1959 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1959 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 8-0-10, P%: 103.4%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Bob Skilton (20)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bob Skilton (60)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Bob Skilton

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ron Clegg

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Boyd, Ken #32 14 R01-R03, R08-R18 7
Briglia, Paul #1 6 R01-R04, R06-R07 5
Broadway, Ray #50 3 R11, R13-R14 0
Burke, Dick #34 13 R05-R15, R17-R18 9
Clegg, Ron #23 16 R01-R16 8
Crough, Gerald #9 4 R04, R06, R12, R17 0
Deacon, Cliff #35 4 R01-R03, R06 0
Fallon, Bill #52 3 R13-R15 0
Goldsmith, Fred #2 13 R01, R03-R05, R08-R16 11
Gunn, Bill #8 14 R01-R05, R07-R11, R15-R18 1
Harris, Fred #40 7 R01-R04, R10-R12 0
Heriot, John #21 18 R01-R18 0
Hogan, Frank #22 9 R02-R05, R09-R10, R12, R15-R16 2
Hudson, Jack #31 2 R15-R16 1
Kelton, John #23 2 R05, R12 0
Kiteley, Jeff #4 6 R07, R14-R18 0
Landorf, Ray #30 14 R01-R06, R08-R09, R13-R18 0
Marshall, Bob #17 8 R04-R11 0
McCormack, Ken #36 17 R01-R04, R06-R18 3
McGowan, Brian #3 18 R01-R18 31
McGrath, Bill #28 15 R01-R03, R06-R14, R16-R18 18
McKenzie, Norm #43 15 R01-R04, R06-R15, R17 2
McLaughlin, Hugh #25 17 R01-R16, R18 0
Munn, Bob #44 12 R05-R08, R11-R18 6
Oaten, Max #19 6 R02-R04, R13, R17-R18 9
Power, Bill #39 14 R01-R02, R05-R06, R08-R12, R14-R18 11
Rayson, Noel #16 6 R01-R06 7
Rice, Peter #42 2 R16-R17 0
Sharp, Laurie #41 11 R07-R16, R18 5
Skilton, Bob #14 16 R01-R11, R13-R14, R16-R18 60
Stockman, Ron #27 5 R05, R07-R10 0
Svenson, John #15 12 R01-R07, R12-R14, R17-R18 0
Tagliabue, Gerald #37 3 R04-R05, R18 0
Tampion, Ian #7 2 R01, R05 0
Taube, Greg #48 4 R13, R15, R17-R18 1
Taylor, Jim #20 14 R05-R18 6
Trethowan, John #20 12 R01-R04, R06-R07, R10-R12, R16-R18 4
Wills, Hedley #29 3 R07-R09 3

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)
Clegg, Ron 18 8 -0- 10 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
18/04/1959 Round 1 Collingwood AWAY WIN SOU by 41 Ron Clegg Ron Clegg
02/05/1959 Round 2 Fitzroy HOME WIN SOU by 16 Ron Clegg Ron Clegg
09/05/1959 Round 3 Essendon HOME WIN SOU by 13 Ron Clegg Ron Clegg
16/05/1959 Round 4 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 31 Ron Clegg Ron Clegg
23/05/1959 Round 5 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 27 Ron Clegg Ron Clegg
30/05/1959 Round 6 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 30 Ron Clegg Ron Clegg
06/06/1959 Round 7 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 45 Ron Clegg Ron Clegg
15/06/1959 Round 8 St Kilda HOME WIN SOU by 56 Ron Clegg Ron Clegg
27/06/1959 Round 9 Carlton AWAY WIN SOU by 10 Ron Clegg Ron Clegg
04/07/1959 Round 10 Richmond AWAY WIN SOU by 33 Ron Clegg Ron Clegg
11/07/1959 Round 11 Geelong HOME WIN SOU by 34 Ron Clegg Ron Clegg
18/07/1959 Round 12 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 40 Ron Clegg Ron Clegg
25/07/1959 Round 13 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 30 Ron Clegg Ron Clegg
01/08/1959 Round 14 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 17 Ron Clegg Ron Clegg
08/08/1959 Round 15 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 1 Ron Clegg Ron Clegg
15/08/1959 Round 16 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 9 Ron Clegg Ron Clegg
22/08/1959 Round 17 North Melbourne AWAY WIN SOU by 92 Ron Clegg unknown
29/08/1959 Round 18 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 15 Ron Clegg unknown