1914 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1914 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 12-1-5, P%: 109.4%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack Freeman (32)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Vic Belcher

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Belcher, Vic #1 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Bennett, Harold #4 7 R01-R03, R12-R15 0
Bollard, Tom #12 9 R13-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Bower, George #3 2 R01-R02 0
Caldwell, Jim #2 17 R02-R08, R11-R14, R16-R18, SF, PF, GF 4
Charge, Les #5 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 18
Deas, Bob #8 19 R01-R11, R14-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Eastick, Bill #7 2 R01-R02 0
Freeman, Jack #9 19 R01-R06, R09-R18, SF, PF, GF 36
Hair, Ben #6 18 R01-R11, R13, R16-R18, SF, PF, GF 1
Hennington, Bill #11 6 R04-R06, R08-R09, R12 0
Hiskins, Arthur #12 4 R01-R03, R07 1
Hiskins, Stan #15 16 R01-R11, R16, R18, SF, PF, GF 11
Jackson, Percy #32 8 R07-R08, R12-R15, R17, SF 5
Jones, Charlie #13 4 R09, R11-R12, R15 1
Joolen, Herb #28 1 R16 1
Kelly, Harvey #14 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 21
Laidlaw, Wally #7 2 R10, R15 0
Matthews, Herb 1 R10 0
Morgan, Harry #24 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 27
Mortimer, Len #16 3 R04, R17-R18 1
Mullaly, Dick #17 18 R01-R09, R11-R17, PF, GF 3
O'Brien, Jack #28 2 R09-R10 2
O'Donoghue, Alan #26 17 R03-R04, R07-R18, SF, PF, GF 8
Payne, George #29 7 R05-R08, R10-R11, R14 3
Prince, Joe #19 16 R01-R10, R14, R17-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Rademacher, Arthur #20 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Rusich, Les #18 16 R01-R09, R12-R13, R16, R18, SF, PF, GF 7
Saltau, Harry #22 16 R05-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Sloss, Bruce #21 18 R01-R06, R10-R18, SF, PF, GF 14
Tandy, Mark #27 17 R01, R05-R09, R11-R18, SF, PF, GF 3
Thomas, Claude #30 8 R03-R04, R10-R13, R15-R16 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Harry Saltau Bob Deas Arthur Rademacher
Half-Back: Stan Hiskins Harvey Kelly Vic Belcher
Centre: Mark Tandy Tom Bollard Joe Prince
Half-Forward: Bruce Sloss Alan O'Donoghue Les Rusich
Forward: Dick Mullaly Jack Freeman Harry Morgan
Follower: Les Charge Ben Hair Jim Caldwell

This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Belcher, Vic 21 14 -1- 6 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
25/04/1914 Round 1 University AWAY WIN SOU by 54 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
02/05/1914 Round 2 Geelong HOME WIN SOU by 11 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
09/05/1914 Round 3 Fitzroy AWAY WIN SOU by 8 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
16/05/1914 Round 4 Carlton HOME DRAW drawn Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
23/05/1914 Round 5 St Kilda HOME WIN SOU by 11 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
30/05/1914 Round 6 Essendon AWAY WIN SOU by 2 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
06/06/1914 Round 7 Richmond AWAY WIN SOU by 18 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
08/06/1914 Round 8 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 3 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
13/06/1914 Round 9 Melbourne AWAY WIN SOU by 35 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
20/06/1914 Round 10 University HOME WIN SOU by 15 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
27/06/1914 Round 11 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 29 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
04/07/1914 Round 12 Fitzroy HOME WIN SOU by 10 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
11/07/1914 Round 13 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 20 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
18/07/1914 Round 14 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 22 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
25/07/1914 Round 15 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 72 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
01/08/1914 Round 16 Richmond HOME WIN SOU by 14 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
22/08/1914 Round 17 Collingwood AWAY WIN SOU by 21 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
29/08/1914 Round 18 Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 43 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
05/09/1914 Semi Final Geelong HOME WIN SOU by 7 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
19/09/1914 Preliminary Final Carlton AWAY WIN SOU by 19 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
26/09/1914 Grand Final Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 6 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher