1928 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 5-0-13, P%: 85.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): Harry Clarke (3)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ted Johnson (60)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Charles Stanbridge

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Charlie Pannam, Joe Scanlan

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Avery, Bert #3 11 R01, R06-R07, R11-R18 1
Barlow, Arthur #4 5 R06-R10 0
Barnes, Jack #29 16 R01-R04, R06-R13, R15-R18 34
Berryman, Bill #7 16 R01-R06, R09-R18 0
Bollman, Les #11 10 R08-R10, R12-R18 0
Brain, Terry #24 11 R01-R03, R11-R18 11
Brown, Martin #18 6 R01-R02, R04-R05, R08-R09 4
Cameron, Paul #26 6 R04-R09 7
Churchill, Bill #14 8 R09-R12, R14-R15, R17-R18 11
Clarke, Harry #6 18 R01-R18 5
Condon, George #21 5 R02-R03, R12, R15-R16 0
Crossan, Jim #32 4 R05-R07, R09 4
Fairley, Rolland #25 2 R02-R03 0
Ferguson, Jack #27 3 R03, R08-R09 0
Hogg, Len #33 9 R10-R18 18
Hogg, Syd #17 1 R05 0
Jacobsen, Alby #16 11 R03, R06-R10, R12-R14, R16-R17 2
Johnson, Ted #23 15 R01-R08, R10-R11, R13-R15, R17-R18 60
Kennett, Fred 1 R01 0
Mannion, Bill 1 R03 0
McDonald, Charles #28 3 R01-R02, R05 0
McKay, Hec #10 15 R01-R05, R07-R09, R12-R18 0
Murphy, Tommy #15 3 R11, R14, R16 0
O'Brien, Jack #28 1 R18 0
Pannam, Charlie #1 13 R01-R11, R16-R17 11
Petchell, Jack #1 15 R01-R15 11
Pettiona, Cecil #31 4 R04, R06-R07, R10 0
Poulter, Joe #26 13 R05-R12, R14-R18 7
Powell, Cyril #19 8 R01-R07, R13 0
Reville, Peter #25 18 R01-R18 15
Richardson, Jack #30 1 R18 0
Robertson, Austin #30 3 R02, R04, R13 2
Scanlan, Joe #2 17 R01-R08, R10-R18 1
Stanbridge, Charles #9 18 R01-R18 2
Tebble, Pat #20 3 R04, R10-R11 0
Thomas, Len #12 18 R01-R18 0
Wheelahan, Danny #34 12 R01, R04-R05, R08, 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)
Pannam, Charlie 18 5 -0- 13 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
21/04/1928 Round 1 Footscray HOME WIN SOU by 1 Charlie Pannam unknown
28/04/1928 Round 2 St Kilda AWAY WIN SOU by 21 Charlie Pannam unknown
05/05/1928 Round 3 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 44 Charlie Pannam unknown
12/05/1928 Round 4 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 1 Charlie Pannam unknown
19/05/1928 Round 5 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 24 Charlie Pannam unknown
26/05/1928 Round 6 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 3 Charlie Pannam unknown
02/06/1928 Round 7 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 36 Charlie Pannam unknown
04/06/1928 Round 8 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 17 Charlie Pannam unknown
09/06/1928 Round 9 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 76 Charlie Pannam Charlie Pannam
23/06/1928 Round 10 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 12 Charlie Pannam unknown
30/06/1928 Round 11 Hawthorn AWAY WIN SOU by 5 Charlie Pannam unknown
07/07/1928 Round 12 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 2 Charlie Pannam Joe Scanlan
14/07/1928 Round 13 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 51 Charlie Pannam Joe Scanlan
28/07/1928 Round 14 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 36 Charlie Pannam Joe Scanlan
04/08/1928 Round 15 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 2 Charlie Pannam Joe Scanlan
11/08/1928 Round 16 Geelong HOME WIN SOU by 37 Charlie Pannam unknown
18/08/1928 Round 17 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 18 Charlie Pannam unknown
01/09/1928 Round 18 Fitzroy HOME WIN SOU by 10 Charlie Pannam Joe Scanlan