1934 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1934 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 14-0-4, P%: 140.2%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): Bob Pratt (13)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bob Pratt (138)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Terry Brain

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Jack Bisset

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Austin, Jack #3 17 R05-R18, SF, PF, GF 4
Backway, Fred #4 3 R04-R05, R07 2
Beard, Bert #22 7 R02-R04, R07, R09, R11, R16 1
Bertram, Ossie #23 8 R01-R06, PF, GF 15
Bisset, Jack #1 19 R01-R06, R08-R17, SF, PF, GF 1
Brain, Terry #5 18 R01-R07, R10-R18, SF, GF 33
Clarke, Harry #6 19 R01-R14, R17-R18, SF, PF, GF 3
Cleary, Jim #20 6 R05-R08, R16-R17 2
Davies, Frank #19 3 R18, SF, PF 1
Diggins, Brighton #17 5 R01-R02, R18, SF, GF 2
Fahey, Jock #24 13 R04-R10, R12-R17 1
Faul, Bill #14 20 R01, R03-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Harris, Wilbur #33 5 R11, R14, R18, PF, GF 0
Hearn, Maurie #33 1 R07 1
Hillis, Ron #26 12 R01-R05, R08, R13-R17, SF 0
Humphries, Reg #18 16 R03-R18 4
Kelleher, Dinny #29 17 R01-R02, R07-R18, SF, PF, GF 7
Lee, Ian #32 2 R05-R06 0
Matthews, Herbie #2 18 R01-R03, R07-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
McKay, Hec #9 19 R01-R10, R12-R15, R17-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
McKenzie, Jock #30 14 R01-R02, R06, R08-R11, R15-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
McLaughlin, Hugh #8 11 R01-R04, R06, R12-R13, R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Nash, Laurie #25 17 R01-R15, PF, GF 49
O'Meara, Joe #11 20 R01-R13, R15-R18, SF, PF, GF 16
Pettiona, Cecil #15 1 R03 0
Pratt, Bob #10 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 150
Reville, Peter #21 18 R01-R04, R08-R18, SF, PF, GF 35
Richards, Lin #7 12 R09-R12, R14-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Robertson, Austin #16 17 R01-R17 21
Thomas, Len #12 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Welch, Alan #27 19 R01-R16, R18, SF, PF 8

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)
Bisset, Jack 21 16 -0- 5 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
05/05/1934 Round 1 Collingwood HOME WIN SOU by 35 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
12/05/1934 Round 2 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 3 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
19/05/1934 Round 3 Essendon HOME WIN SOU by 42 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
26/05/1934 Round 4 Footscray AWAY WIN SOU by 36 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
02/06/1934 Round 5 Hawthorn AWAY WIN SOU by 52 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
09/06/1934 Round 6 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 44 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
23/06/1934 Round 7 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 29 Jack Bisset unknown
30/06/1934 Round 8 Fitzroy HOME WIN SOU by 9 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
07/07/1934 Round 9 North Melbourne AWAY WIN SOU by 92 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
14/07/1934 Round 10 St Kilda HOME WIN SOU by 64 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
21/07/1934 Round 11 Melbourne AWAY WIN SOU by 56 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
28/07/1934 Round 12 Collingwood AWAY WIN SOU by 48 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
04/08/1934 Round 13 Carlton HOME WIN SOU by 41 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
18/08/1934 Round 14 Essendon AWAY WIN SOU by 75 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
25/08/1934 Round 15 Footscray HOME WIN SOU by 86 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
01/09/1934 Round 16 Hawthorn HOME WIN SOU by 31 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
08/09/1934 Round 17 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 6 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
15/09/1934 Round 18 Geelong HOME WIN SOU by 42 Jack Bisset unknown
22/09/1934 Semi Final Collingwood HOME WIN SOU by 3 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
06/10/1934 Preliminary Final Geelong AWAY WIN SOU by 60 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
13/10/1934 Grand Final Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 39 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset