1937 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1937 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 6-1-11, P%: 89.9%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Herbie Matthews (23)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Laurie Nash (37)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Herbie Matthews

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Laurie Nash

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Allen, Tommy #28 17 R01-R03, R05-R18 6
Austin, Jack #3 18 R01-R18 1
Brain, Terry #5 12 R06-R15, R17-R18 14
Bryce, George #21 12 R01-R02, R05-R07, R12-R18 2
Cleary, Jim #20 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 0
Coyle, Reg 4 R12-R15 0
Dineen, Syd #34 4 R14-R17 7
Evans, Owen #24 7 R02-R04, R08, R11-R13 14
Faul, Bill #14 17 R01-R07, R09-R18 1
Fletcher, Norm #30 4 R04-R06, R16 0
Gillett, Ray #31 5 R10, R14-R17 0
Graham, Jack #22 17 R01-R15, R17-R18 4
Hacker, Jack #29 6 R05, R14-R18 0
Harris, Wilbur #33 16 R01-R15, R18 12
Hedge, Alf #4 5 R05, R07, R10-R11, R16 0
Hillis, Ron #26 14 R02-R14, R16 3
Ilott, Percy #7 7 R07-R09, R14-R16, R18 3
Johnson, Maurie #32 11 R01-R02, R04-R07, R09-R11, R17-R18 13
Kendrick, Frank #11 2 R08-R09 0
Leask, Laurie #8 5 R01, R05-R06, R16, R18 4
Maher, Jimmy #6 4 R01-R04 3
Matthews, Herbie #2 15 R01-R13, R17-R18 0
McInnes, Russell #9 3 R12, R17-R18 0
Mitchell, Alex #18 14 R02-R05, R08-R15, R17-R18 7
Moore, Roy #12 9 R06-R07, R10-R16 35
Mullane, Stan #35 5 R01-R05 0
Nash, Laurie #1 13 R01-R04, R07-R13, R17-R18 37
Patterson, Sandy #9 11 R08-R18 8
Pettiona, Charlie #19 6 R03-R05, R08-R09, R16 0
Pratt, Bob #10 6 R01, R04-R08 12
Ritchie, Rex #23 8 R01-R04, R15-R18 0
Robertson, Austin #16 12 R01-R04, R06-R13 5
Smith, Keith #15 12 R01, R03, R06-R11, R13-R15, R17 0
Taylor, Laurie #11 1 R06 0
Thomas, Len #9 18 R01-R18 18
Welch, Alan #27 5 R01-R03, R11, R16 3

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)
Cazaly, Roy 18 6 -1- 11 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
24/04/1937 Round 1 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 70 Roy Cazaly Laurie Nash
01/05/1937 Round 2 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 55 Roy Cazaly Laurie Nash
08/05/1937 Round 3 Richmond HOME DRAW drawn Roy Cazaly Laurie Nash
15/05/1937 Round 4 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 39 Roy Cazaly Laurie Nash
22/05/1937 Round 5 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 22 Roy Cazaly unknown
29/05/1937 Round 6 Hawthorn HOME WIN SOU by 3 Roy Cazaly unknown
05/06/1937 Round 7 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 32 Roy Cazaly Laurie Nash
14/06/1937 Round 8 North Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 44 Roy Cazaly Laurie Nash
19/06/1937 Round 9 Footscray AWAY WIN SOU by 51 Roy Cazaly Laurie Nash
26/06/1937 Round 10 St Kilda HOME WIN SOU by 42 Roy Cazaly Laurie Nash
03/07/1937 Round 11 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 6 Roy Cazaly Laurie Nash
10/07/1937 Round 12 Carlton HOME WIN SOU by 31 Roy Cazaly Laurie Nash
17/07/1937 Round 13 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 23 Roy Cazaly Laurie Nash
24/07/1937 Round 14 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 30 Roy Cazaly unknown
31/07/1937 Round 15 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 19 Roy Cazaly unknown
07/08/1937 Round 16 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 22 Roy Cazaly unknown
21/08/1937 Round 17 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 27 Roy Cazaly Laurie Nash
28/08/1937 Round 18 Essendon HOME WIN SOU by 3 Roy Cazaly Laurie Nash