1950 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1950 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 11th (W-D-L: 5-0-13, P%: 75.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 40
Brownlow Leader(s): Billy Williams (10)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Gordon Lane (47)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Billy Williams

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Gordon Lane

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Barry, Ron #35 14 R05-R18 1
Brew, Frank #3 16 R01-R09, R11-R17 5
Bulpit, Stan 1 R03 0
Bywater, Ron #32 9 R01-R09 9
Callick, Alf #36 4 R01-R02, R10, R13 0
Caris, George #18 1 R04 1
Chambers, Wylie #33 11 R01-R08, R10-R12 1
Clegg, Ron #23 9 R01, R07-R13, R16 3
Collihole, Ernie #5 8 R10-R13, R15-R18 0
Crane, Len #21 6 R01-R04, R14, R17 0
Davis, Syd #37 3 R02-R03, R05 0
Dornau, Erwin #17 6 R12-R13, R15-R18 2
Duniam, Urban #2 1 R13 0
Eichhorn, Jack #31 2 R01-R02 2
Fox, Arthur #8 14 R02-R03, R06-R08, R10-R18 10
Garrick, Jack #29 18 R01-R18 3
Giles, Bob #9 18 R01-R18 0
Goodes, Reg #11 1 R18 0
Gull, Jim #26 10 R01-R03, R05-R10, R14 9
Harley, Reg #14 14 R04, R06-R18 0
Hilet, Kevin #13 9 R05, R09-R11, R14-R18 0
Lane, Gordon #1 16 R01-R03, R05-R12, R14-R18 47
Lucas, Bert #25 15 R01-R11, R14-R15, R17-R18 9
McDonald, Brian #12 6 R10-R13, R17-R18 6
Miller, Allan #19 14 R04-R13, R15-R18 21
Paez, Ron #15 14 R01-R02, R04, R08-R18 0
Palmer, Frank 2 R14, R16 1
Read, Chester 4 R13-R16 0
Rohleder, Noel 1 R18 1
Ryan, Tom #10 10 R01-R05, R12, R14-R15, R17-R18 2
Schaefer, Keith #22 17 R01, R03-R18 2
Scott, Don #34 14 R03-R16 7
Sibun, Mick #7 11 R01-R09, R14, R16 12
Simms, Fred #36 2 R02, R06 0
Simpson, Harry #16 7 R01-R04, R09, R11-R12 1
Spokes, Larry #24 10 R04-R09, R11-R13, R17 2
Taylor, Jim #20 13 R01-R08, R14-R18 9
Trainer, Bob 3 R13-R15 3
Williams, Billy #4 17 R01-R13, R15-R18 36
Williams, Les #6 9 R01, R03-R07, R09-R10, 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)
Lane, Gordon 18 5 -0- 13 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
22/04/1950 Round 1 Collingwood HOME WIN SOU by 20 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
29/04/1950 Round 2 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 105 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
06/05/1950 Round 3 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 22 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
13/05/1950 Round 4 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 66 Gordon Lane unknown
20/05/1950 Round 5 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 3 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
27/05/1950 Round 6 Hawthorn HOME WIN SOU by 60 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
03/06/1950 Round 7 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 6 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
10/06/1950 Round 8 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 63 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
17/06/1950 Round 9 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 34 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
24/06/1950 Round 10 Richmond HOME WIN SOU by 15 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
01/07/1950 Round 11 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 80 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
08/07/1950 Round 12 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 43 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
15/07/1950 Round 13 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 92 Gordon Lane unknown
29/07/1950 Round 14 St Kilda AWAY WIN SOU by 10 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
05/08/1950 Round 15 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 3 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
12/08/1950 Round 16 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 51 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
19/08/1950 Round 17 Hawthorn AWAY WIN SOU by 9 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
26/08/1950 Round 18 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 12 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane