1949 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1949 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 6-0-13, P%: 80.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Ron Clegg (23)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Dick Jones (27)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Ron Clegg

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bert Lucas

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Barry, Ron #35 11 R04-R12, R15, R18 0
Bourke, Pat #2 12 R01-R08, R11-R14 0
Brew, Frank #3 14 R01-R11, R13, R18-R19 12
Bruce, Jack #16 5 R04-R05, R14-R16 2
Bulpit, Stan #5 4 R14, R17-R19 3
Bywater, Ron #32 16 R01, R05-R19 25
Callick, Alf #36 13 R01-R02, R06, R08, R11-R19 1
Caris, George #18 3 R04-R05, R13 0
Chambers, Wylie #33 13 R04-R16 0
Clegg, Ron #23 18 R01-R13, R15-R19 16
Collins, Kevin #30 3 R01-R03 1
Crane, Len #21 15 R01-R08, R11, R14-R19 1
Davis, Syd 1 R19 0
Dornau, Erwin #17 4 R01-R04 0
Eichhorn, Jack #30 10 R09-R12, R14-R19 4
Fox, Arthur #8 18 R01-R13, R15-R19 4
Garrick, Jack #29 15 R01-R11, R16-R19 1
Graham, Jack #27 4 R03-R06 6
Gull, Jim #26 11 R07-R17 11
Harley, Reg #14 17 R01-R02, R04-R10, R12-R19 1
Hill, Vic #15 3 R01-R03 2
Jarry, Les #28 17 R01-R17 7
Jones, Dick #7 17 R02-R15, R17-R19 27
Lucas, Bert #1 18 R01-R16, R18-R19 5
Miller, Allan #19 9 R01-R07, R17, R19 10
Paez, Ron #15 7 R09-R15 0
Read, Chester #11 11 R02-R03, R06-R14 4
Richardson, Arthur #12 5 R01, R12-R13, R16, R18 1
Ryan, Tom #10 18 R01-R17, R19 1
Schaefer, Keith #22 13 R01-R03, R09-R10, R12-R19 5
Simms, Fred 2 R17-R18 0
Simpson, Harry #37 4 R16-R19 0
Spokes, Larry #24 17 R01, R03-R05, R07-R19 25
Taylor, Jim #20 7 R13-R19 8
Williams, Billy #4 18 R01-R12, R14-R19 2
Williams, Les #6 7 R02-R03, R06-R10 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)
Hale, Jack 19 6 -0- 13 R01-R19

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
18/04/1949 Round 1 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 64 Jack Hale Bert Lucas
23/04/1949 Round 2 St Kilda HOME WIN SOU by 3 Jack Hale Bert Lucas
30/04/1949 Round 3 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 23 Jack Hale Bert Lucas
07/05/1949 Round 4 Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 8 Jack Hale Bert Lucas
14/05/1949 Round 5 Footscray HOME WIN SOU by 18 Jack Hale Bert Lucas
21/05/1949 Round 6 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 43 Jack Hale Bert Lucas
28/05/1949 Round 7 Hawthorn AWAY WIN SOU by 39 Jack Hale Bert Lucas
04/06/1949 Round 8 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 19 Jack Hale Bert Lucas
11/06/1949 Round 9 Essendon HOME WIN SOU by 25 Jack Hale Bert Lucas
18/06/1949 Round 10 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 88 Jack Hale Bert Lucas
02/07/1949 Round 11 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 54 Jack Hale Bert Lucas
09/07/1949 Round 12 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 33 Jack Hale Bert Lucas
16/07/1949 Round 13 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 20 Jack Hale Bert Lucas
23/07/1949 Round 14 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 16 Jack Hale Bert Lucas
30/07/1949 Round 15 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 14 Jack Hale Bert Lucas
06/08/1949 Round 16 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 16 Jack Hale Bert Lucas
13/08/1949 Round 17 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 10 Jack Hale unknown
20/08/1949 Round 18 Hawthorn HOME WIN SOU by 30 Jack Hale Bert Lucas
27/08/1949 Round 19 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 49 Jack Hale Bert Lucas