1918 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1918 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 13-0-1, P%: 143.1%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 29
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Gerald Ryan (29)

Team Leaders

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

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Barber, Ernie #4 13 R01-R06, R10-R14, SF, GF 20
Belcher, Vic #2 16 R01-R14, SF, GF 1
Boyce, Alf #2 4 R01-R04 5
Brennan, Jack #2 6 R01, R06-R07, R09-R10, R14 2
Bulpit, Harry #5 4 R07-R09, R14 3
Caldwell, Jim #6 14 R01-R03, R05-R11, R13-R14, SF, GF 7
Cummins, Frank #7 1 R05 0
Daly, Bill #9 16 R01-R14, SF, GF 0
Doherty, Jock #8 15 R01-R13, SF, GF 5
Graham, Jim #12 15 R01-R04, R06-R14, SF, GF 0
Hair, Ben #15 1 R05 1
Howell, Jack #14 13 R01-R08, R11-R13, SF, GF 16
Hynes, Tammy #16 12 R02-R04, R08-R14, SF, GF 1
Laird, Chris #17 12 R05-R14, SF, GF 26
Magill, Frank #19 2 R04, R13 0
Morgan, Harry #18 8 R02-R06, R10-R12 2
O'Donoghue, Alan #32 10 R06-R12, R14, SF, GF 2
O'Halloran, Tom #20 16 R01-R14, SF, GF 5
Prince, Joe #21 2 R11-R12 0
Rademacher, Arthur #22 15 R01-R05, R07-R14, SF, GF 0
Robertson, Harold #23 14 R01-R06, R08-R13, SF, GF 18
Ryan, Gerald #24 16 R01-R14, SF, GF 32
Ryan, Mick #24 1 R07 0
Sampson, Reg #27 2 R01, R14 1
Skehan, Phil #26 15 R01-R09, R11-R14, SF, GF 0
Talbot, Bill #31 2 R13-R14 0
Tandy, Mark #27 15 R01-R10, R12-R14, SF, GF 3
Turner, Chip #29 14 R01-R10, R13-R14, SF, GF 0
Wood, Artie #30 14 R01-R12, SF, GF 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)
Howson, Bert 16 15 -0- 1 R01-R14, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
11/05/1918 Round 1 Geelong HOME WIN SOU by 26 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell
18/05/1918 Round 2 Fitzroy AWAY WIN SOU by 40 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell
25/05/1918 Round 3 Collingwood HOME WIN SOU by 18 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell
03/06/1918 Round 4 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 5 Bert Howson Vic Belcher
08/06/1918 Round 5 Carlton HOME WIN SOU by 4 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell
15/06/1918 Round 6 Essendon AWAY WIN SOU by 20 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell
22/06/1918 Round 7 Richmond HOME WIN SOU by 52 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell
29/06/1918 Round 8 Geelong AWAY WIN SOU by 5 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell
06/07/1918 Round 9 Fitzroy HOME WIN SOU by 25 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell
13/07/1918 Round 10 Collingwood AWAY WIN SOU by 7 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell
20/07/1918 Round 11 St Kilda HOME WIN SOU by 50 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell
27/07/1918 Round 12 Carlton AWAY WIN SOU by 12 Bert Howson Vic Belcher
03/08/1918 Round 13 Essendon HOME WIN SOU by 33 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell
10/08/1918 Round 14 Richmond AWAY WIN SOU by 5 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell
31/08/1918 Semi Final Carlton HOME WIN SOU by 5 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell
07/09/1918 Grand Final Collingwood HOME WIN SOU by 5 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell