1941 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1941 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 8-0-10, P%: 90.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 43
Brownlow Leader(s): Herbie Matthews (22)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack Graham (33)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Rex Ritchie

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Herbie Matthews

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Barrett, Kevin #12 4 R01-R02, R04-R05 6
Baxter, Archie #15 11 R04-R12, R14, R18 16
Benison, Alf #10 13 R01, R04, R07, R09-R18 11
Broadley, Alan #19 3 R06-R08 1
Cleary, Jim #20 16 R01, R03-R10, R12-R18 0
Collard, George #31 13 R01-R09, R15-R18 12
Coyle, Reg #28 12 R01-R03, R08, R11-R18 1
Deans, Billy #26 1 R17 1
Dempsey, Jack #18 4 R03-R05, R11 2
Dineen, Ken #16 13 R01-R06, R08-R11, R13-R14, R18 15
Engellenner, Dave 1 R17 0
Evans, Owen #24 3 R01-R03 8
Gibson, Reg #17 1 R01 0
Graham, Jack #22 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 33
Grieve, Jeff #2 11 R02-R09, R15-R17 0
Grossman, Don #25 2 R02, R12 0
Hacker, Jack #29 17 R01-R05, R07-R18 0
Hall, Grahame #32 2 R06, R15 0
Hall, Tom #30 2 R15-R16 5
Harris, Wilbur #33 6 R05, R09-R13 1
Huxtable, Eric #14 13 R01, R04-R15 1
Jasper, Howard #9 15 R01-R04, R06-R08, R10-R17 3
Kelly, Brian #31 18 R01-R18 7
King, Billy #12 16 R02-R16, R18 0
Linden, Alan #23 8 R10-R11, R13-R18 3
Lucas, Bert #26 4 R04-R06, R13 6
Martin, Des #8 9 R07-R12, R15-R16, R18 6
Matthews, Herbie #1 16 R01-R14, R17-R18 2
McCrory, Alan #24 3 R09, R14-R15 2
Moore, Roy #23 1 R03 0
Mullenger, Allan #21 8 R02, R04-R09, R17 3
Mulligan, Jack #27 8 R06-R07, R10-R13, R17-R18 17
Palmer, Ian #25 1 R17 0
Pearsall, Allan #18 2 R16, R18 0
Porter, Roy #19 1 R01 1
Reiffel, Lou #5 2 R02-R03 4
Richards, Reg #11 17 R01-R14, R16-R18 3
Ritchie, Rex #4 16 R01-R03, R05-R17 0
Sawley, Gordon #12 7 R11-R16, R18 8
Sweet, Eric #16 2 R16, R18 1
Traynor, Harold #32 18 R01-R18 10
Whitfield, Ted #30 3 R01-R03 2
Young, Syd #5 2 R10, R14 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)
Kelly, Joe 18 8 -0- 10 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
26/04/1941 Round 1 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 5 Joe Kelly Herbie Matthews
03/05/1941 Round 2 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 8 Joe Kelly Herbie Matthews
10/05/1941 Round 3 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 42 Joe Kelly Herbie Matthews
17/05/1941 Round 4 Fitzroy HOME WIN SOU by 27 Joe Kelly Herbie Matthews
31/05/1941 Round 5 Geelong AWAY WIN SOU by 7 Joe Kelly Herbie Matthews
07/06/1941 Round 6 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 35 Joe Kelly Herbie Matthews
14/06/1941 Round 7 Hawthorn AWAY WIN SOU by 34 Joe Kelly Herbie Matthews
21/06/1941 Round 8 North Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 22 Joe Kelly Herbie Matthews
28/06/1941 Round 9 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 33 Joe Kelly Herbie Matthews
05/07/1941 Round 10 Collingwood AWAY WIN SOU by 7 Joe Kelly Herbie Matthews
12/07/1941 Round 11 Carlton HOME WIN SOU by 16 Joe Kelly Herbie Matthews
19/07/1941 Round 12 St Kilda HOME WIN SOU by 42 Joe Kelly Herbie Matthews
26/07/1941 Round 13 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 51 Joe Kelly Herbie Matthews
02/08/1941 Round 14 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 26 Joe Kelly Herbie Matthews
09/08/1941 Round 15 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 33 Joe Kelly unknown
16/08/1941 Round 16 Geelong HOME WIN SOU by 1 Joe Kelly unknown
23/08/1941 Round 17 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 49 Joe Kelly Herbie Matthews
30/08/1941 Round 18 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 29 Joe Kelly Herbie Matthews