1951 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1951 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 8-1-9, P%: 93.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Ron Clegg (20)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Billy Williams (41)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Ron Clegg

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Gordon Lane

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Brew, Frank #3 14 R01-R03, R05-R09, R11-R12, R15-R18 3
Browning, Keith #26 6 R10-R15 4
Clegg, Brian #38 2 R17-R18 0
Clegg, Ron #23 17 R01-R09, R11-R18 0
Collihole, Ernie #5 9 R06-R11, R13-R14, R16 0
Deagan, Paddy #30 16 R02-R04, R06-R18 16
Digney, Ron #25 1 R08 0
Dorgan, Jim #11 5 R13-R14, R16-R18 0
Dornau, Erwin #17 16 R01-R05, R07, R09-R18 4
Eichhorn, Jack #31 2 R01, R10 0
Garrick, Jack #29 16 R01-R06, R09-R18 4
Gillett, Ian #28 18 R01-R18 20
Goldsmith, Fred #2 3 R01-R02, R17 3
Harley, Reg #14 7 R01, R09, R12-R13, R15, R17-R18 0
Hilet, Kevin #16 15 R01-R08, R10-R16 0
Jones, Dick #18 2 R01-R02 1
Lane, Eddie #27 18 R01-R18 17
Lane, Gordon #1 12 R01-R05, R07-R11, R16-R17 14
McDonald, Brian #12 5 R01, R03-R06 0
McGuinness, Keith #21 2 R02, R04 0
Miller, Allan #19 10 R03, R05-R12, R18 9
Moore, Harry #32 13 R02-R13, R18 0
Murray, Bruce #38 17 R01, R03-R18 1
Owens, Llew #25 2 R01-R02 1
Paez, Ron #15 10 R01-R02, R04-R10, R14 26
Patterson, Jeff #23 9 R03-R05, R07-R08, R14-R15, R17-R18 1
Ryan, Tom #10 17 R02-R18 0
Schaefer, Keith #22 17 R01-R02, R04-R18 5
Scott, Don #34 16 R03-R18 10
Sibun, Mick #7 17 R02-R18 13
Smith, Stan #36 6 R10, R12-R16 0
Taylor, Jim #20 17 R01-R16, R18 3
Walker, Ron #8 2 R01-R02 0
Williams, Billy #4 15 R03-R09, R11-R18 41
Williams, Les #6 6 R01, R03, R06, R15-R17 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 14 6 -1- 7 R01-R11, R16-R18
Clegg, Ron 4 2 -0- 2 R12-R15

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
21/04/1951 Round 1 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 54 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
28/04/1951 Round 2 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 60 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
05/05/1951 Round 3 Essendon HOME WIN SOU by 13 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
12/05/1951 Round 4 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 5 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
19/05/1951 Round 5 Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 18 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
02/06/1951 Round 6 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 47 Gordon Lane unknown
11/06/1951 Round 7 Footscray HOME WIN SOU by 47 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
16/06/1951 Round 8 Hawthorn HOME WIN SOU by 33 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
23/06/1951 Round 9 Fitzroy AWAY DRAW drawn Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
30/06/1951 Round 10 St Kilda AWAY WIN SOU by 44 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
14/07/1951 Round 11 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 5 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
21/07/1951 Round 12 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 57 Ron Clegg unknown
28/07/1951 Round 13 Richmond AWAY WIN SOU by 39 Ron Clegg unknown
04/08/1951 Round 14 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 46 Ron Clegg unknown
11/08/1951 Round 15 North Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 1 Ron Clegg unknown
18/08/1951 Round 16 Melbourne AWAY WIN SOU by 19 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
25/08/1951 Round 17 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 1 Gordon Lane Gordon Lane
01/09/1951 Round 18 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 45 Gordon Lane unknown