1947 VFL Season: St Kilda

Season Team Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Team: St Kilda
Home Ground: Junction Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 12th (W-D-L: 1-1-17, P%: 58.7%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 47
Brownlow Leader(s): Harold Bray (21)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Peter Bennett (37)
Trevor Barker Award Recipient(s): Harold Bray

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Allan Hird

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bennett, Peter #27 16 R04-R19 37
Bibby, Bob #21 2 R06-R07 0
Bray, Harold #12 16 R01-R10, R12-R15, R17-R18 3
Brunnen, Gordon #23 11 R02-R08, R10, R13, R15-R16 0
Carmody, Bill #25 7 R01-R05, R09, R11 11
Connally, Jack #21 4 R10-R13 1
Copsey, Alf #14 10 R05-R11, R13-R14, R18 0
Curtin, John #18 2 R10-R11 0
Dimble, Murray #22 8 R02-R08, R11 5
Drinan, Jack #26 10 R08-R16, R19 0
Drinan, Keith #26 1 R02 0
Fountain, Roy #30 4 R01, R07-R09 4
Gardner, Les 3 R01-R03 0
Green, Fred #15 13 R01, R04, R07-R17 0
Hancock, Bobby #2 9 R02, R04, R06-R07, R13-R17 4
Hird, Allan #6 19 R01-R19 4
Hogan, Vin #17 3 R14-R16 1
Howe, Jack #19 6 R01, R03-R04, R08-R09, R16 0
Kerr, Geoff #26 5 R02-R03, R05-R07 2
Langdon, Mark #19 4 R16-R19 1
Le Lievre, Stan #13 3 R01, R18-R19 0
Lundberg, Jim #29 7 R02-R05, R08-R09, R12 0
Mace, Ken #11 12 R06-R17 0
McBean, Mal #5 19 R01-R19 0
McIntyre, Ern #28 17 R01-R13, R15-R18 9
McLeod, Ron #18 13 R01-R05, R12-R19 19
Meehan, Jack 3 R02-R04 0
Meehan, Tom #25 2 R18-R19 2
Meek, Les #17 1 R03 0
Millar, Len 6 R12-R17 0
Mulhall, Ken #4 14 R01-R02, R08-R19 8
Murnane, Danny 1 R19 1
Nisbet, Des #50 19 R01-R19 1
O'Donnell, Kevin #7 13 R01-R06, R09-R12, R14, R16-R17 5
Olle, Alan #16 6 R06-R07, R11-R12, R18-R19 1
Phillips, Bruce #14 4 R06-R09 5
Pickett, Des #3 6 R01-R04, R18-R19 0
Ramsay, Gordon #3 6 R10-R15 0
Richardson, Tony #14 4 R16-R19 2
Rippon, Max #8 13 R01, R05-R06, R09-R15, R17-R19 0
Rosewarne, Keith #10 16 R01-R12, R14-R15, R17, R19 25
Ross, Jim #20 16 R01, R03-R07, R10-R19 11
Schedlich, Harold #29 3 R17-R19 1
Stamps, Bill #23 3 R05, R18-R19 0
Stretton, Alan #1 3 R01, R05, R08 0
Wilkie, Bob #9 16 R02-R10, R13-R19 1
Willis, Les #19 1 R01 0

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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)
Hird, Allan 19 1 -1- 17 R01-R19

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
19/04/1947 Round 1 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 61 Allan Hird Allan Hird
26/04/1947 Round 2 North Melbourne AWAY WIN STK by 2 Allan Hird Allan Hird
03/05/1947 Round 3 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 11 Allan Hird Allan Hird
10/05/1947 Round 4 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 7 Allan Hird Allan Hird
17/05/1947 Round 5 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 76 Allan Hird Allan Hird
24/05/1947 Round 6 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 102 Allan Hird Allan Hird
31/05/1947 Round 7 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 5 Allan Hird Allan Hird
07/06/1947 Round 8 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 62 Allan Hird Allan Hird
16/06/1947 Round 9 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 46 Allan Hird Allan Hird
21/06/1947 Round 10 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 43 Allan Hird Allan Hird
28/06/1947 Round 11 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 101 Allan Hird Allan Hird
05/07/1947 Round 12 Footscray AWAY DRAW drawn Allan Hird Allan Hird
12/07/1947 Round 13 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 40 Allan Hird Allan Hird
19/07/1947 Round 14 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 47 Allan Hird Allan Hird
26/07/1947 Round 15 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 45 Allan Hird Allan Hird
02/08/1947 Round 16 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 14 Allan Hird Allan Hird
16/08/1947 Round 17 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 73 Allan Hird Allan Hird
23/08/1947 Round 18 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 34 Allan Hird Allan Hird
30/08/1947 Round 19 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 93 Allan Hird Allan Hird