1944 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Junction Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 9-0-9, P%: 96.9%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 43
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ron Hartridge (31)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Jim Cleary

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Jack Graham, Herbie Matthews

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Baxter, Archie #10 4 R01-R04 2
Benison, Alf #28 1 R02 0
Blumfield, Max #3 9 R01, R03-R04, R13-R18 3
Bourke, Pat 3 R16-R18 0
Brown, Stan #23 6 R02-R03, R05, R07, R11-R12 4
Bywater, Ron #21 1 R17 0
Castles, Vic #8 17 R01-R17 22
Churchett, Col #7 1 R13 0
Cleary, Jim #20 14 R01-R14 0
Crane, Tom #26 4 R11, R16-R18 1
Culph, Charlie #19 6 R01, R04-R06, R09-R10 17
Danckert, Jack #24 4 R09-R10, R12-R13 0
De Medici, Joe #15 5 R12, R15-R18 3
Dempsey, Jack #30 11 R03-R07, R13-R18 4
Dineen, Ken #28 4 R05-R06, R15-R16 6
Duncan, Norm #25 13 R06-R18 10
Engellenner, Dave #2 13 R01-R08, R11-R12, R16-R18 1
Frost, Lou #18 6 R01-R03, R09-R11 0
Grace, Pat #19 4 R15-R18 0
Graham, Jack #27 18 R01-R18 16
Grossman, Don #17 17 R01-R16, R18 7
Hacker, Jack #29 11 R01-R11 3
Hartridge, Ron #16 17 R02-R18 31
Hayes, Gerry 1 R10 0
Hazelwood, Les #15 3 R02, R05-R06 2
Keighran, Lyal #26 8 R01-R04, R12-R15 3
Kelly, Brian #5 13 R01-R13 1
King, Billy #12 16 R01-R14, R17-R18 2
Linden, Alan #33 18 R01-R18 14
Mangan, Lou #3 8 R11-R18 3
Matlock, Bob #7 11 R04-R09, R14-R18 0
Matthews, Herbie #1 1 R01 0
McKnight, Jimmy #19 2 R15, R18 0
Moloney, George #31 8 R02, R11-R12, R14-R18 3
Mullenger, Allan #21 1 R01 0
Oatey, Jack #4 5 R05, R07-R10 4
O'Shea, Len #33 2 R13-R14 1
Richards, Reg #14 13 R01-R03, R05-R06, R08, R10-R15, R18 3
Rippon, Max #10 4 R07-R10 0
Sheedy, Jack #6 6 R04, R06, R08-R10, R14 7
Smith, Keith #9 7 R01, R03-R08 9
Whitfield, Ted #22 11 R07-R17 2
Williams, Jack #32 15 R01-R04, R07-R09, R11-R18 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 9 -0- 9 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
06/05/1944 Round 1 Carlton HOME WIN SOU by 27 Joe Kelly unknown
13/05/1944 Round 2 Geelong AWAY WIN SOU by 19 Joe Kelly Jack Graham
20/05/1944 Round 3 St Kilda HOME WIN SOU by 12 Joe Kelly Jack Graham
27/05/1944 Round 4 Collingwood AWAY WIN SOU by 6 Joe Kelly Jack Graham
03/06/1944 Round 5 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 1 Joe Kelly Jack Graham
10/06/1944 Round 6 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 14 Joe Kelly Jack Graham
17/06/1944 Round 7 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 9 Joe Kelly Jack Graham
24/06/1944 Round 8 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 35 Joe Kelly Jack Graham
01/07/1944 Round 9 Hawthorn HOME WIN SOU by 25 Joe Kelly Jack Graham
08/07/1944 Round 10 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 3 Joe Kelly Jack Graham
15/07/1944 Round 11 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 49 Joe Kelly Jack Graham
22/07/1944 Round 12 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 14 Joe Kelly Jack Graham
29/07/1944 Round 13 Geelong HOME WIN SOU by 22 Joe Kelly Jack Graham
05/08/1944 Round 14 St Kilda AWAY WIN SOU by 25 Joe Kelly Jack Graham
12/08/1944 Round 15 Collingwood HOME WIN SOU by 36 Joe Kelly Jack Graham
19/08/1944 Round 16 North Melbourne AWAY WIN SOU by 46 Joe Kelly Jack Graham
26/08/1944 Round 17 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 55 Joe Kelly Jack Graham
02/09/1944 Round 18 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 82 Joe Kelly Jack Graham