1919 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1919 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 12-0-4, P%: 158.7%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Richmond (Semi Final)
Players: 30
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Harold Robertson (38)

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 #3 8 R01, R11-R15, R17, SF 8
Belcher, Vic #2 12 R01-R06, R08, R10-R13, R18 2
Brereton, Harry #7 8 R11-R15, R17-R18, SF 27
Bulpit, Harry #5 2 R02, SF 0
Caldwell, Jim #6 17 R01-R06, R08-R15, R17-R18, SF 4
Carpenter, Fred #10 5 R05-R06, R08-R10 9
Daly, Bill #9 14 R01-R06, R08-R15 0
Doherty, Jock #8 16 R01-R06, R08-R13, R15, R17-R18, SF 12
Fleiter, Fred #14 3 R15, R18, SF 0
Froud, Harry #13 10 R01-R06, R10-R11, R14-R15 4
Hiskins, Arthur #24 3 R17-R18, SF 0
Hiskins, Stan #15 16 R01-R06, R08-R14, R17-R18, SF 1
Hynes, Tammy #16 16 R01-R06, R08-R12, R14-R15, R17-R18, SF 1
Kenny, Bill #2 2 R08-R09 0
Laidlaw, Wally 1 R09 0
Laird, Chris #17 17 R01-R06, R08-R15, R17-R18, SF 28
Lugg, Norm #18 17 R01-R06, R08-R15, R17-R18, SF 4
Makin, Jim #19 7 R01-R06, R08 0
O'Halloran, Tom #20 16 R01-R06, R08-R10, R12-R15, R17-R18, SF 1
Pearson, Bill #25 5 R01-R05 6
Power, Gladstone #11 7 R11-R14, R17-R18, SF 5
Purdy, Harry #21 2 R04-R05 1
Rademacher, Arthur #22 12 R06, R08-R15, R17-R18, SF 0
Robertson, Harold #23 16 R01-R06, R08-R15, R17-R18 38
Sampson, Reg #27 15 R02-R04, R06, R08-R15, R17-R18, SF 1
Skehan, Phil #26 13 R01, R03-R06, R08-R09, R12-R15, R17, SF 2
Stewart, Jim #12 3 R09-R11 0
Tandy, Mark #27 17 R01-R06, R08-R15, R17-R18, SF 3
Turner, Chip #29 17 R01-R06, R08-R15, R17-R18, SF 0
Wood, Artie #30 9 R01-R03, R10, R13-R15, R17-R18 0

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 17 12 -0- 5 R01-R06, R08-R15, R17-R18, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
03/05/1919 Round 1 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 13 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell
10/05/1919 Round 2 Melbourne AWAY WIN SOU by 51 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell
17/05/1919 Round 3 St Kilda AWAY WIN SOU by 36 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell
24/05/1919 Round 4 Fitzroy HOME WIN SOU by 3 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell
31/05/1919 Round 5 Essendon AWAY WIN SOU by 20 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell
07/06/1919 Round 6 Richmond AWAY WIN SOU by 20 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell
Round 7 BYE
21/06/1919 Round 8 Carlton HOME WIN SOU by 5 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell
28/06/1919 Round 9 Geelong HOME WIN SOU by 18 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell
12/07/1919 Round 10 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 23 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell
19/07/1919 Round 11 Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 67 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell
26/07/1919 Round 12 St Kilda HOME WIN SOU by 171 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell
09/08/1919 Round 13 Fitzroy AWAY WIN SOU by 47 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell
16/08/1919 Round 14 Essendon HOME WIN SOU by 32 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell
23/08/1919 Round 15 Richmond HOME WIN SOU by 5 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell
Round 16 BYE
06/09/1919 Round 17 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 4 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell
13/09/1919 Round 18 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 24 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell
20/09/1919 Semi Final Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 14 Bert Howson Jim Caldwell