1938 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1938 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 12th (W-D-L: 2-0-16, P%: 71.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 40
Brownlow Leader(s): Jack Graham (11)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Roy Moore (34)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Len Thomas

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Herbie Matthews, Len Thomas

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Allen, Tommy 2 R01-R02 0
Austin, Jack #3 14 R01-R12, R14-R15 0
Bryce, George #21 13 R01-R03, R06-R11, R13-R14, R17-R18 4
Cleary, Jim #20 17 R01-R02, R04-R18 0
Collard, George #31 7 R12-R18 3
Cook, Frank #28 1 R06 1
Coyle, Reg #28 6 R02, R14-R18 0
Dunn, Les #7 1 R03 0
Evans, Owen #24 13 R01-R05, R07-R08, R10, R13, R15-R18 22
Farrelly, Pat #30 6 R02-R04, R16-R18 1
Faul, Bill #14 18 R01-R18 1
Fletcher, Norm #17 8 R02-R03, R05-R10 2
Graham, Jack #22 16 R01, R03-R10, R12-R18 10
Hacker, Jack #29 18 R01-R18 1
Harris, Wilbur #33 10 R01, R03-R05, R08-R09, R13-R16 4
Hayes, Gerry #32 5 R07, R10-R13 0
Hedge, Alf #5 11 R01-R07, R10-R11, R17-R18 3
Horner, Perc 1 R03 1
Howard, Don #16 6 R01-R05, R09 1
Humphries, Reg #26 18 R01-R18 0
Leonard, Mick #6 7 R05-R11 1
Mason, Norm #31 2 R06, R09 0
Matthews, Herbie #1 4 R01-R02, R04, R16 0
Matthews, Norm #8 6 R13-R18 1
Meehan, Joe #27 2 R08, R14 0
Mitchell, Alex #18 8 R07-R08, R11-R12, R15-R18 6
Moore, Roy #12 17 R01-R02, R04-R18 34
Patterson, Sandy #9 13 R01, R04-R07, R09-R14, R17-R18 7
Pratt, Bob #10 7 R11-R14, R16-R18 32
Purvis, Tom #23 3 R15-R17 0
Quinn, Jack #2 7 R01-R05, R15, R18 7
Redstone, Jim #8 4 R06-R09 5
Richards, Reg #11 8 R04-R08, R11-R13 0
Ritchie, Rex #23 6 R01-R04, R09, R12 1
Sinclair, Frank #7 9 R08-R16 6
Smith, Keith #15 14 R01-R07, R09-R11, R13-R15, R18 0
Taylor, Laurie #16 3 R10-R12 0
Thomas, Len #9 18 R01-R18 22
Timms, Arthur 1 R12 1
Tims, Syd #19 12 R03, R05-R06, R08, R10-R17 13

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 2 -0- 16 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
23/04/1938 Round 1 Footscray HOME WIN SOU by 29 Roy Cazaly unknown
30/04/1938 Round 2 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 20 Roy Cazaly unknown
07/05/1938 Round 3 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 23 Roy Cazaly Len Thomas
14/05/1938 Round 4 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 52 Roy Cazaly unknown
21/05/1938 Round 5 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 20 Roy Cazaly Len Thomas
28/05/1938 Round 6 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 26 Roy Cazaly Len Thomas
04/06/1938 Round 7 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 76 Roy Cazaly Len Thomas
13/06/1938 Round 8 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 73 Roy Cazaly Len Thomas
18/06/1938 Round 9 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 52 Roy Cazaly Len Thomas
25/06/1938 Round 10 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 36 Roy Cazaly Len Thomas
02/07/1938 Round 11 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 12 Roy Cazaly Len Thomas
09/07/1938 Round 12 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 63 Roy Cazaly Len Thomas
23/07/1938 Round 13 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 1 Roy Cazaly Len Thomas
30/07/1938 Round 14 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 18 Roy Cazaly Len Thomas
06/08/1938 Round 15 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 29 Roy Cazaly Len Thomas
13/08/1938 Round 16 Essendon HOME WIN SOU by 5 Roy Cazaly unknown
20/08/1938 Round 17 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 43 Roy Cazaly Len Thomas
27/08/1938 Round 18 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 22 Roy Cazaly Len Thomas