1948 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 7-0-12, P%: 82.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Ron Clegg (16)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack Graham (33)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Ron Clegg

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Jack Graham

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Allen, George #7 3 R08-R09, R12 3
Barry, Ron #35 9 R06-R09, R11, R15-R18 0
Bourke, Pat #34 13 R01-R02, R04-R07, R13-R19 0
Brew, Frank #3 10 R03, R05-R12, R19 3
Bulpit, Stan #1 7 R04-R08, R14, R19 5
Bywater, Ron #32 4 R15-R18 1
Callick, Alf #36 13 R01-R05, R09-R10, R12-R17 5
Caris, George #18 15 R01-R12, R14-R15, R19 0
Chambers, Wylie #33 12 R05, R07-R08, R11-R19 4
Cleary, Jim #20 8 R01-R04, R06, R10-R12 0
Clegg, Ron #23 18 R01-R14, R16-R19 30
Collins, Kevin #30 9 R01-R06, R13, R15, R19 11
Crane, Len #21 16 R01-R05, R07, R09, R11-R19 0
Dornau, Erwin #17 17 R01-R06, R08-R11, R13-R19 2
Eichhorn, Jack #2 4 R09, R16-R18 1
Fox, Arthur #8 7 R01-R02, R07, R12-R15 0
Garrick, Jack #29 8 R01-R05, R14-R15, R19 5
Graham, Jack #27 16 R01-R14, R16, R18 33
Harley, Reg #14 19 R01-R19 11
Hill, Vic #15 17 R01-R13, R16-R19 6
Holland, Len #5 11 R03-R06, R11-R13, R15-R18 4
Jarry, Les #28 4 R16-R19 3
Kennedy, George #31 5 R06-R10 5
King, Billy #12 17 R01-R11, R14-R19 0
Lucas, Bert #37 10 R06-R15 4
Mears, Harry #19 5 R01-R03, R07, R10 2
Miller, Allan #19 3 R17-R19 8
Mullane, Jack #9 3 R10-R12 0
Read, Chester #11 1 R19 0
Ryan, Tom #10 5 R05-R06, R12-R13, R19 0
Schaefer, Keith #22 12 R01-R11, R13 2
Simpson, Harry #16 5 R13-R14, R16-R18 2
Spokes, Larry #24 16 R01-R04, R07-R18 12
Stephens, Frank #20 3 R13-R15 3
Strang, Allan #28 5 R07-R10, R12 2
Taylor, Don #26 17 R01-R08, R10-R12, R14-R19 19
Williams, Billy #4 17 R01-R06, R08-R11, R13-R19 26
Williams, Les #6 16 R01-R04, R08-R19 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)
Adams, Bill 10 4 -0- 6 R01-R10
Hale, Jack 9 3 -0- 6 R11-R19

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
17/04/1948 Round 1 Richmond HOME WIN SOU by 15 Bill Adams Jack Graham
26/04/1948 Round 2 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 53 Bill Adams Jack Graham
01/05/1948 Round 3 North Melbourne AWAY WIN SOU by 23 Bill Adams Jack Graham
08/05/1948 Round 4 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 62 Bill Adams Jack Graham
15/05/1948 Round 5 St Kilda AWAY WIN SOU by 23 Bill Adams Jack Graham
22/05/1948 Round 6 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 46 Bill Adams Jack Graham
29/05/1948 Round 7 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 32 Bill Adams Jack Graham
05/06/1948 Round 8 Geelong AWAY WIN SOU by 20 Bill Adams Jack Graham
12/06/1948 Round 9 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 35 Bill Adams Jack Graham
19/06/1948 Round 10 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 62 Bill Adams Jack Graham
03/07/1948 Round 11 Hawthorn AWAY WIN SOU by 26 Jack Hale Jack Graham
10/07/1948 Round 12 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 77 Jack Hale Jack Graham
17/07/1948 Round 13 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 22 Jack Hale Jack Graham
24/07/1948 Round 14 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 2 Jack Hale Jack Graham
07/08/1948 Round 15 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 28 Jack Hale unknown
14/08/1948 Round 16 St Kilda HOME WIN SOU by 2 Jack Hale Jack Graham
21/08/1948 Round 17 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 49 Jack Hale unknown
28/08/1948 Round 18 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 51 Jack Hale Jack Graham
04/09/1948 Round 19 Geelong HOME WIN SOU by 96 Jack Hale unknown