1929 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1929 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 7-0-11, P%: 84.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): Peter Reville, Danny Wheelahan (2)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Austin Robertson (53)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Danny Wheelahan

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Charles Stanbridge

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Avery, Bert #3 4 R01, R04-R05, R08 0
Barnes, Jack #29 13 R01, R06-R14, R16-R18 14
Bollman, Les #16 7 R02-R03, R05-R06, R14, R17-R18 0
Brain, Terry #24 13 R01, R06-R16, R18 10
Churchill, Bill #14 9 R06-R13, R18 8
Clarke, Harry #6 16 R01-R09, R12-R18 2
Fagan, Dinny #22 1 R15 0
Forbes, Jim #8 1 R03 0
Hillis, Ron #4 10 R01-R10 11
Hogg, Len #15 7 R09-R13, R16-R17 12
Hogg, Syd #7 7 R11-R14, R16-R18 3
Hutton, Rupe #32 7 R03-R08, R10 2
Johnson, Ted #23 6 R01-R04, R06-R07 7
Le Brun, Norm #13 3 R04-R05, R15 2
McKay, Hec #10 14 R04-R17 0
McLaughlin, Hugh #17 18 R01-R18 0
O'Brien, Jack #28 6 R03, R14-R18 3
O'Connor, Bill #20 1 R01 0
Petchell, Jack #22 5 R01-R05 6
Pettiona, Cecil #31 14 R02, R06-R18 1
Poole, Eric #40 4 R01-R03, R07 0
Poulter, Joe #5 17 R01-R04, R06-R18 6
Powell, Cyril 12 R04-R11, R15-R18 0
Reville, Peter #25 18 R01-R18 35
Richardson, Jack #27 10 R02-R03, R05, R09-R13, R15, R18 6
Robertson, Austin #30 17 R01-R05, R07-R18 53
Rosenbrock, Eddie #18 1 R01 0
Scanlan, Joe #9 15 R01-R02, R04-R07, R10-R18 0
Scott, Max #26 17 R02-R18 0
Stanbridge, Charles #2 14 R01-R02, R04-R09, R12-R17 2
Thomas, Len #12 15 R01-R05, R09-R18 0
Twyford, Jack #21 2 R02-R03 2
Wheelahan, Danny #34 9 R01-R06, R08, R11, R14 2
Wildie, Ted #16 11 R08-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)
Caldwell, Jim 4 1 -0- 3 R01-R04
Fleiter, Fred 14 6 -0- 8 R05-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
27/04/1929 Round 1 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 22 Jim Caldwell Charles Stanbridge
04/05/1929 Round 2 St Kilda HOME WIN SOU by 26 Jim Caldwell Charles Stanbridge
11/05/1929 Round 3 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 96 Jim Caldwell unknown
18/05/1929 Round 4 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 6 Jim Caldwell Charles Stanbridge
25/05/1929 Round 5 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 26 Fred Fleiter Charles Stanbridge
01/06/1929 Round 6 Richmond HOME WIN SOU by 3 Fred Fleiter Charles Stanbridge
15/06/1929 Round 7 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 19 Fred Fleiter Charles Stanbridge
22/06/1929 Round 8 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 14 Fred Fleiter Charles Stanbridge
29/06/1929 Round 9 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 2 Fred Fleiter Charles Stanbridge
06/07/1929 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY WIN SOU by 24 Fred Fleiter unknown
13/07/1929 Round 11 North Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 35 Fred Fleiter unknown
20/07/1929 Round 12 Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 13 Fred Fleiter Charles Stanbridge
27/07/1929 Round 13 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 43 Fred Fleiter Charles Stanbridge
03/08/1929 Round 14 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 27 Fred Fleiter Charles Stanbridge
10/08/1929 Round 15 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 38 Fred Fleiter Charles Stanbridge
17/08/1929 Round 16 Essendon HOME WIN SOU by 6 Fred Fleiter Charles Stanbridge
24/08/1929 Round 17 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 71 Fred Fleiter Charles Stanbridge
31/08/1929 Round 18 Hawthorn HOME WIN SOU by 17 Fred Fleiter unknown