1923 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1923 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 9-0-7, P%: 107.3%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Fitzroy (Preliminary Final)
Players: 30
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ted Johnson (35)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Paddy Scanlan
Vice-Captain(s): Mark Tandy

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Alexander, Harold #3 17 R01-R06, R08-R15, R18, SF, PF 11
Allison, Bobby #4 8 R01-R06, R08, R13 9
Beer, Leon #5 1 R01 1
Billett, Billy #20 3 R04-R06 4
Brown, Martin #32 11 R05, R08, R10-R14, R17-R18, SF, PF 6
Cazaly, Roy #11 17 R01-R04, R06, R08-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF 16
Condon, Bill #21 13 R01-R03, R10-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF 11
Fleiter, Fred #7 4 R09-R12 0
Hando, Arthur #9 17 R01-R05, R08-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF 0
Hiskins, Arthur #8 15 R01-R06, R08-R12, R17-R18, SF, PF 0
Hynes, Tammy #22 12 R01-R04, R09-R10, R14-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF 0
James, Syd #14 8 R01-R03, R05-R06, R08-R09, PF 3
Johnson, Ted #23 15 R04-R06, R08-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF 44
Joyce, Tom #15 4 R01-R04 0
Laird, Frank #12 15 R01, R05-R06, R08-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF 1
Matthews, Herb #31 16 R02-R04, R06, R08-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF 15
Matthews, Wal #16 8 R01, R03-R06, R13-R15 6
McDonald, Bob #32 10 R02-R03, R05-R06, R08-R13 1
Nicholls, Charlie #25 2 R15, R17 1
O'Connell, Jack #26 15 R04-R06, R08-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF 0
Roberts, Bill #27 1 R02 1
Robertson, Harold #27 4 R17-R18, SF, PF 4
Ross, Frank #6 16 R01-R06, R08-R09, R11-R15, R17-R18, SF 1
Russell, Bert #28 3 R09, R14-R15 2
Scanlan, Joe #18 18 R01-R06, R08-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF 0
Scanlan, Paddy #1 17 R01-R06, R08, R10-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF 7
Sutton, Bert #30 10 R10-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF 1
Tandy, Mark #2 18 R01-R06, R08-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF 3
Wood, Artie #17 18 R01-R06, R08-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF 3
Woodfield, Les #29 8 R01-R06, R08-R09 11

Team Line-Up

Back: Joe Scanlan Arthur Hiskins Bob McDonald
Half-Back: Frank Laird Arthur Hando Frank Ross
Centre: Artie Wood Paddy Scanlan Jack O'Connell
Half-Forward: Harold Robertson Martin Brown Bert Sutton
Forward: Bill Condon Ted Johnson Harold Alexander
Follower: Roy Cazaly Herb Matthews Mark Tandy

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)
Pannam, Charlie 18 10 -0- 8 R01-R06, R08-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
05/05/1923 Round 1 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 22 Charlie Pannam Paddy Scanlan
12/05/1923 Round 2 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 2 Charlie Pannam Paddy Scanlan
19/05/1923 Round 3 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 10 Charlie Pannam Paddy Scanlan
26/05/1923 Round 4 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 35 Charlie Pannam Paddy Scanlan
04/06/1923 Round 5 Geelong HOME WIN SOU by 14 Charlie Pannam Paddy Scanlan
09/06/1923 Round 6 Carlton AWAY WIN SOU by 2 Charlie Pannam Paddy Scanlan
Round 7 BYE
23/06/1923 Round 8 Richmond HOME WIN SOU by 51 Charlie Pannam Paddy Scanlan
07/07/1923 Round 9 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 11 Charlie Pannam unknown
14/07/1923 Round 10 Collingwood AWAY WIN SOU by 21 Charlie Pannam Paddy Scanlan
21/07/1923 Round 11 Fitzroy HOME WIN SOU by 4 Charlie Pannam Paddy Scanlan
28/07/1923 Round 12 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 17 Charlie Pannam Paddy Scanlan
04/08/1923 Round 13 Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 26 Charlie Pannam Paddy Scanlan
11/08/1923 Round 14 Geelong AWAY WIN SOU by 7 Charlie Pannam Paddy Scanlan
25/08/1923 Round 15 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 21 Charlie Pannam Paddy Scanlan
Round 16 BYE
08/09/1923 Round 17 Richmond AWAY WIN SOU by 45 Charlie Pannam Paddy Scanlan
15/09/1923 Round 18 St Kilda HOME WIN SOU by 20 Charlie Pannam Paddy Scanlan
29/09/1923 Semi Final Essendon AWAY WIN SOU by 17 Charlie Pannam Paddy Scanlan
06/10/1923 Preliminary Final Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 12 Charlie Pannam Paddy Scanlan