1943 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1943 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Princes Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 6-0-9, P%: 105.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Charlie Culph (35)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Herbie Matthews

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Herbie Matthews

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Benison, Alf #27 7 R01-R03, R05, R07-R08, R15 3
Blumfield, Max 8 R09-R16 2
Brown, Mel 1 R02 0
Butcher, Jack #10 15 R01-R03, R05-R16 13
Callick, Alf 1 R16 0
Castles, Vic #8 15 R01-R03, R05-R16 16
Cleary, Jim #20 15 R01-R03, R05-R16 1
Culph, Charlie #11 11 R02-R03, R05, R09-R16 35
Eastmure, Bill #25 4 R05-R08 2
Engellenner, Dave #2 10 R02-R03, R09-R16 0
Goldsmith, Gordon #22 1 R02 0
Graham, Jack #22 13 R01, R05-R16 12
Hacker, Jack #29 14 R01, R03, R05-R16 3
Hartridge, Ron #16 9 R08-R16 7
Hazelwood, Les #15 6 R01-R03, R05-R07 0
Icke, Bill #16 2 R01, R03 0
Kelly, Brian #5 15 R01-R03, R05-R16 0
King, Billy #12 13 R01, R05-R16 4
Lamborn, Chris #24 1 R06 0
Leahy, Pat #18 11 R03, R05-R14 14
Leith, Merv #23 14 R01-R03, R05-R06, R08-R16 10
Linden, Alan #33 5 R06-R09, R16 3
Matthews, Herbie #1 11 R01, R07-R16 1
McCrory, Alan 1 R02 0
Mitchell, Alex #17 4 R01-R03, R05 0
Moloney, George #31 3 R01-R03 2
Moloney, Vin #30 6 R02-R03, R07-R10 0
Mullenger, Allan #21 13 R02-R03, R05-R15 7
Patterson, Fred #3 1 R01 0
Richards, Reg #14 10 R02-R03, R07, R10-R16 0
Smith, Keith #9 13 R01, R03, R05-R06, R08-R16 4
Southern, Wally #19 1 R02 0
Sweet, Eric #28 2 R06-R07 1
Sweet, Jack #26 6 R05-R08, R10-R11 0
Taylor, Percy #6 7 R01, R03, R05-R09 16
White, Lindsay #7 9 R01-R02, R05-R06, R12-R16 31
Williams, Jack #32 7 R01, R11-R16 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 10 2 -0- 8 R01-R03, R05-R11
Leonard, Johnny 5 4 -0- 1 R12-R16

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
08/05/1943 Round 1 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 25 Joe Kelly Herbie Matthews
15/05/1943 Round 2 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 23 Joe Kelly unknown
22/05/1943 Round 3 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 1 Joe Kelly unknown
Round 4 BYE
05/06/1943 Round 5 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 10 Joe Kelly unknown
12/06/1943 Round 6 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 1 Joe Kelly unknown
19/06/1943 Round 7 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 30 Joe Kelly Herbie Matthews
26/06/1943 Round 8 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 21 Joe Kelly Herbie Matthews
03/07/1943 Round 9 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 30 Joe Kelly Herbie Matthews
10/07/1943 Round 10 Collingwood AWAY WIN SOU by 50 Joe Kelly Herbie Matthews
17/07/1943 Round 11 St Kilda HOME WIN SOU by 35 Joe Kelly Herbie Matthews
31/07/1943 Round 12 North Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 53 Johnny Leonard Herbie Matthews
07/08/1943 Round 13 Melbourne AWAY WIN SOU by 79 Johnny Leonard Herbie Matthews
14/08/1943 Round 14 Collingwood HOME WIN SOU by 17 Johnny Leonard Herbie Matthews
21/08/1943 Round 15 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 32 Johnny Leonard Herbie Matthews
28/08/1943 Round 16 Footscray HOME WIN SOU by 13 Johnny Leonard Herbie Matthews