1917 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1917 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 9-0-6, P%: 118.0%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Collingwood (Semi Final)
Players: 30
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Harry Morgan (23)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Vic Belcher
Vice-Captain(s): Jim Caldwell

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Ashton, Jim #7 4 R03-R04, R06, R08 0
Belcher, Vic #1 16 R01-R15, SF 0
Bollard, Tom #23 6 R09-R11, R14-R15, SF 0
Boyce, Alf #10 12 R01-R05, R10-R15, SF 13
Brennan, Jack #5 12 R05-R15, SF 0
Caldwell, Jim #2 14 R01-R08, R10-R14, SF 3
Daly, Bill #6 16 R01-R15, SF 0
Deas, Bob #8 16 R01-R15, SF 3
Doherty, Jock #32 9 R01-R05, R13-R15, SF 4
Hair, Ben #25 11 R05-R07, R09-R15, SF 0
Howell, Jack #3 15 R01-R05, R07-R15, SF 6
Hutchinson, Dick #4 11 R03-R06, R08-R09, R11-R14, SF 17
Jenkins, Wal #22 2 R13-R14 0
Lakin, Harry #30 1 R07 1
Lowrie, Mal #26 4 R04, R09, R13-R14 3
Moloney, George #16 2 R02, R08 0
Morgan, Harry #18 15 R01-R05, R07-R15, SF 23
Mullaly, Dick #17 10 R01-R02, R06-R09, R12-R13, R15, SF 5
O'Donoghue, Alan #13, #32 6 R01, R06-R09, R12 3
Payne, George #15 7 R02-R03, R05-R06, R10-R11, SF 4
Prince, Joe #19 10 R01-R08, R15, SF 0
Purdy, Harry #21 7 R01-R03, R05-R06, R10, R15 5
Rademacher, Arthur #9 16 R01-R15, SF 0
Robertson, Harold #29 16 R01-R15, SF 18
Ryan, Gerald #27 10 R01-R04, R06-R07, R09-R12 5
Skehan, Phil #12 10 R01-R02, R04-R11 0
Stewart, Jim #22 3 R03-R04, R12 1
Strong, Sydney #23 2 R01, R15 0
Tandy, Mark #11 15 R01-R15 7
Wood, Artie #14 10 R07-R15, SF 1

Team Line-Up

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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 16 9 -0- 7 R01-R15, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
12/05/1917 Round 1 Geelong HOME WIN SOU by 34 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
19/05/1917 Round 2 Richmond AWAY WIN SOU by 12 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
26/05/1917 Round 3 Carlton HOME WIN SOU by 15 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
02/06/1917 Round 4 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 21 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
09/06/1917 Round 5 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 5 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
16/06/1917 Round 6 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 3 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
23/06/1917 Round 7 Richmond HOME WIN SOU by 32 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
30/06/1917 Round 8 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 11 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
07/07/1917 Round 9 Collingwood HOME WIN SOU by 17 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
14/07/1917 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 7 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
21/07/1917 Round 11 Geelong HOME WIN SOU by 49 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
28/07/1917 Round 12 Richmond AWAY WIN SOU by 15 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
11/08/1917 Round 13 Carlton HOME WIN SOU by 5 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
18/08/1917 Round 14 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 31 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
25/08/1917 Round 15 Fitzroy HOME WIN SOU by 38 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher
08/09/1917 Semi Final Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 60 Vic Belcher Vic Belcher