1927 VFL Season: St Kilda

Season Team Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Team: St Kilda
Home Ground: Junction Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 8-0-10, P%: 75.3%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Cyril Gambetta, Fred Phillips (2)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack Shelton (24)
Trevor Barker Award Recipient(s): Harold Matthews

Team Leaders

Captain(s): George Heinz, Horrie Mason

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Arthur, Vin #30 1 R02 0
Bahen, Con 4 R15-R18 2
Bence, Roy #12 18 R01-R18 8
Brown, Harry #5 3 R07, R09-R10 0
Bryce, Allan #16 2 R10-R11 0
Carr, Barney #13 15 R01-R08, R11, R13-R18 0
Cormack, Eric #24 6 R01-R02, R07, R09-R10, R14 0
Dalton, Jim #3 9 R06-R08, R11-R14, R17-R18 3
Day, Bert #21 1 R07 0
Fidler, Jack #29 6 R01, R07, R15-R18 2
Forty, Jack #22 7 R02-R08 1
Gambetta, Cyril #7 13 R01-R08, R13-R15, R17-R18 23
Gunnyon, Wal #28 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 1
Hayhow, Syd #17 9 R10-R18 0
Heinz, George 1 R01 1
Hepburn, Stan #26 9 R01-R06, R08-R09, R11 5
Hutchesson, Frank #23 11 R04-R11, R15-R17 4
Hutton, Allan #1 2 R12-R13 1
Keddie, Jim #6 13 R01-R05, R08-R09, R13-R18 0
Lakin, Harry 1 R01 0
Leaper, Roy #10 11 R03-R10, R12, R16, R18 1
Lomer, George #14 13 R05-R13, R15-R18 8
Loveless, Ernie #33 2 R03-R04 0
Lucas, George #30 14 R02-R07, R09-R14, R16-R17 4
Mason, Horrie #18 15 R01-R06, R08-R16 8
Matthews, Harold #8 18 R01-R18 0
Neill, Harry #28 6 R08-R09, R15-R18 4
O'Brien, Dermot #11 4 R01, R12-R14 0
Phillips, Fred #9 17 R01-R06, R08-R18 8
Proudfoot, Alec 1 R02 1
Roberts, Tasman #4 17 R01-R11, R13-R18 14
Sanneman, Ed #25 17 R01, R03-R18 17
Scully, Frank #19 14 R01-R12, R14-R15 18
Sharpe, Lew #5 2 R02-R03 1
Shelton, Jack #15 10 R01-R04, R09-R14 24
Vary, Alec #21 3 R10-R12 2
Verdon, Harry 2 R12, R18 3
Wyatt, Clarrie #20 10 R05-R06, R11-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)
Heinz, George 18 8 -0- 10 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
30/04/1927 Round 1 Hawthorn HOME WIN STK by 20 George Heinz unknown
07/05/1927 Round 2 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 11 George Heinz Horrie Mason
14/05/1927 Round 3 South Melbourne HOME WIN STK by 8 George Heinz Horrie Mason
21/05/1927 Round 4 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 17 George Heinz Horrie Mason
28/05/1927 Round 5 Essendon HOME WIN STK by 9 George Heinz Horrie Mason
04/06/1927 Round 6 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 19 George Heinz Horrie Mason
11/06/1927 Round 7 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 112 George Heinz unknown
18/06/1927 Round 8 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 50 George Heinz Horrie Mason
25/06/1927 Round 9 North Melbourne HOME WIN STK by 9 George Heinz Horrie Mason
02/07/1927 Round 10 Footscray AWAY WIN STK by 13 George Heinz Horrie Mason
09/07/1927 Round 11 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 91 George Heinz Horrie Mason
16/07/1927 Round 12 Hawthorn AWAY WIN STK by 5 George Heinz Horrie Mason
23/07/1927 Round 13 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 39 George Heinz Horrie Mason
30/07/1927 Round 14 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 41 George Heinz Horrie Mason
06/08/1927 Round 15 Fitzroy HOME WIN STK by 7 George Heinz Horrie Mason
27/08/1927 Round 16 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 24 George Heinz Horrie Mason
03/09/1927 Round 17 Geelong HOME WIN STK by 2 George Heinz unknown
10/09/1927 Round 18 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 55 George Heinz unknown