1946 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1946 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Junction Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 10-0-9, P%: 106.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 44
Brownlow Leader(s): Harry Mears (11)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Harry Mears (32)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Billy Williams

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Jack Graham

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Allen, George 4 R16-R19 6
Barnes, Fred #28 3 R01-R02, R05 2
Barry, Ron #35 7 R04, R13-R16, R18-R19 0
Baxter, Archie #15 8 R01-R02, R05-R10 7
Blumfield, Max #3 3 R01, R03, R05 5
Bourke, Pat 4 R07-R09, R12 0
Bywater, Ron #2 8 R01-R03, R05-R06, R09-R10, R12 4
Callick, Alf #36 16 R04-R19 3
Castles, Vic #8 17 R01-R17 25
Chambers, Wylie #33 11 R03-R04, R07-R09, R11-R12, R16-R19 1
Cleary, Jim #20 11 R09-R19 0
Clegg, Ron #23 19 R01-R19 21
Cotter, Jack #3 9 R11-R19 0
Dempsey, Jack #30 8 R03-R08, R10, R14 2
Dowling, Doug #34 4 R03-R04, R10-R11 1
Duncan, Norm #26 6 R01-R05, R13 5
Graham, Jack #27 18 R01-R13, R15-R19 22
Grossman, Don #17 11 R09-R19 15
Hartridge, Ron #16 2 R02, R04 1
Holland, Len #5 15 R01-R03, R06-R11, R13-R14, R16-R19 0
Jasper, Howard #25 6 R06-R07, R12, R15, R18-R19 0
Jones, Ray 1 R14 0
King, Billy #12 18 R01-R13, R15-R19 1
Leith, Merv #24 3 R08-R10 0
Linden, Alan #31 18 R02-R19 17
Lucas, Bert #37 11 R04, R06, R11-R19 2
Lugg, Jack #9 2 R01, R17 0
Matlock, Bob #7 2 R01-R02 0
McKnight, Jimmy #24 1 R01 0
Mears, Harry #19 15 R05-R19 32
Mullenger, Bobby 2 R01-R02 0
Nankervis, Vic #22 4 R02-R05 2
Perrett, George #6 10 R02-R07, R12-R15 1
Piggott, Max #16 4 R08-R11 10
Pratt, Bob #10 1 R01 2
Richards, Reg #14 15 R01-R15 18
Ritchie, Rex #11 12 R01, R04-R08, R11, R15-R19 0
Roulent, Tom #29 19 R01-R19 9
Spokes, Larry #1 4 R03-R04, R18-R19 1
Stibbard, Neville #18 6 R01-R03, R06-R08 2
Thomas, Ray 1 R14 0
Tippett, Peter #21 15 R02-R03, R05-R17 2
Williams, Billy #4 19 R01-R19 4
Williams, Jack #32 7 R13-R19 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)
Adams, Bill 19 10 -0- 9 R01-R19

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
22/04/1946 Round 1 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 8 Bill Adams Jack Graham
27/04/1946 Round 2 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 18 Bill Adams Jack Graham
04/05/1946 Round 3 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 16 Bill Adams Jack Graham
11/05/1946 Round 4 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 13 Bill Adams Jack Graham
18/05/1946 Round 5 Hawthorn HOME WIN SOU by 34 Bill Adams Jack Graham
25/05/1946 Round 6 Fitzroy AWAY WIN SOU by 9 Bill Adams Jack Graham
01/06/1946 Round 7 North Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 6 Bill Adams Jack Graham
10/06/1946 Round 8 St Kilda AWAY WIN SOU by 65 Bill Adams Jack Graham
17/06/1946 Round 9 Richmond HOME WIN SOU by 14 Bill Adams Jack Graham
22/06/1946 Round 10 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 41 Bill Adams Jack Graham
06/07/1946 Round 11 Geelong HOME WIN SOU by 37 Bill Adams Jack Graham
13/07/1946 Round 12 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 1 Bill Adams Jack Graham
20/07/1946 Round 13 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 1 Bill Adams Jack Graham
27/07/1946 Round 14 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 53 Bill Adams unknown
03/08/1946 Round 15 Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 11 Bill Adams Jack Graham
10/08/1946 Round 16 Hawthorn AWAY WIN SOU by 23 Bill Adams Jack Graham
17/08/1946 Round 17 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 29 Bill Adams Jack Graham
24/08/1946 Round 18 North Melbourne AWAY WIN SOU by 35 Bill Adams Jack Graham
31/08/1946 Round 19 St Kilda HOME WIN SOU by 45 Bill Adams Jack Graham