1936 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1936 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 16-0-2, P%: 118.5%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): Herbie Matthews (20)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bob Pratt (55)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Herbie Matthews

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Jack Bisset

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Allen, Tommy #28 7 R10-R16 2
Austin, Jack #3 16 R01, R04-R05, R07-R12, R14-R16, R18, SF, PF, GF 3
Bisset, Jack #1 18 R03-R12, R14-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Brain, Terry #5 13 R01-R12, R17 25
Cleary, Jim #20 18 R02-R07, R09-R12, R14-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Davies, Frank #19 13 R01-R11, R18, PF 3
Diggins, Brighton #17 17 R01-R08, R11-R18, SF 6
Dineen, Syd #4 11 R01-R03, R07, R15-R18, SF, PF, GF 14
Evans, Owen #24 17 R05-R18, SF, PF, GF 9
Faul, Bill #14 18 R01-R14, R17, SF, PF, GF 0
Fletcher, Norm #30 2 R10-R11 0
George, Jack #31 11 R03, R05-R06, R09-R16 1
Goldsmith, Gordon #8 1 R13 0
Graham, Jack #22 17 R05-R18, SF, PF, GF 4
Harris, Wilbur #33 1 R14 0
Hillis, Ron #26 11 R01-R03, R08, R15-R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Humphries, Reg #18 8 R01-R04, R06-R09 2
Johnson, Maurie #32 8 R10-R14, SF, PF, GF 14
Kelleher, Dinny #29 15 R01-R02, R04-R10, R15, R17-R18, SF, PF, GF 3
Leask, Laurie #8 6 R04-R05, R09, R16-R18 7
Matthews, Herbie #2 18 R01-R13, R17-R18, SF, PF, GF 1
McEachen, Roy #32 3 R01-R03 0
McKenzie, Jock #30 3 R01, R04, R08 0
Mitchell, Alex #18 5 R13-R17 8
Moore, Roy #12 12 R01-R04, R06-R10, R18, PF, GF 21
Mullane, Stan #11 10 R10-R18, SF 1
Nash, Laurie #25 16 R01-R13, SF, PF, GF 42
O'Meara, Joe #11 1 R08 0
Pettiona, Charlie #30 8 R11, R13-R18, GF 0
Pratt, Bob #10 21 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF 64
Reid, Jim #21 17 R01-R06, R08-R09, R12-R17, SF, PF, GF 3
Richards, Lin #7 9 R02-R06, R18, SF, PF, GF 0
Richards, Reg #23 3 R13-R14, R16 0
Ritchie, Rex #7 3 R07, R12-R13 0
Robertson, Austin #16 20 R01-R13, R15-R18, SF, PF, GF 39
Smith, Keith #15 1 R12 0
Thomas, Len #9 15 R01-R07, R14-R18, SF, PF, GF 6
Thomas, Reg #6 3 R13-R15 3
Welch, Alan #27 3 R01-R02, R09 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)
Bisset, Jack 21 17 -0- 4 R01-R18, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
02/05/1936 Round 1 Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 21 Jack Bisset unknown
09/05/1936 Round 2 St Kilda AWAY WIN SOU by 18 Jack Bisset unknown
16/05/1936 Round 3 Footscray HOME WIN SOU by 40 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
23/05/1936 Round 4 North Melbourne AWAY WIN SOU by 69 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
30/05/1936 Round 5 Essendon HOME WIN SOU by 32 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
06/06/1936 Round 6 Hawthorn AWAY WIN SOU by 63 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
13/06/1936 Round 7 Fitzroy HOME WIN SOU by 40 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
20/06/1936 Round 8 Geelong HOME WIN SOU by 13 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
27/06/1936 Round 9 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 21 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
11/07/1936 Round 10 Collingwood AWAY WIN SOU by 11 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
18/07/1936 Round 11 Carlton HOME WIN SOU by 7 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
25/07/1936 Round 12 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 52 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
01/08/1936 Round 13 St Kilda HOME WIN SOU by 14 Jack Bisset unknown
08/08/1936 Round 14 Footscray AWAY WIN SOU by 12 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
15/08/1936 Round 15 North Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 1 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
22/08/1936 Round 16 Essendon AWAY WIN SOU by 8 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
29/08/1936 Round 17 Hawthorn HOME WIN SOU by 5 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
05/09/1936 Round 18 Fitzroy AWAY WIN SOU by 1 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
19/09/1936 Semi Final Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 13 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
26/09/1936 Preliminary Final Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 26 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset
03/10/1936 Grand Final Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 11 Jack Bisset Jack Bisset