1961 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1961 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 11th (W-D-L: 5-0-13, P%: 72.2%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 40
Brownlow Leader(s): Frank Johnson (13)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Brian McGowan (38)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Bob Skilton

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bob Skilton

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bennett, Brian #15 11 R01-R06, R08-R10, R17-R18 3
Boyd, Ken #32 10 R01-R04, R11-R15, R17 10
Brain, Peter #16 1 R18 0
Brain, Terry #16 3 R01-R02, R04 3
Briglia, Paul #1 7 R05-R10, R13 4
Burke, Dick #34 11 R01-R04, R09, R12-R17 8
Carlile, John #41 4 R03-R06 0
Chisholm, Bob #33 13 R05-R07, R09-R18 15
Crough, Gerald #9 14 R01, R04, R07-R18 0
Deacon, Cliff #35 14 R01-R08, R10-R11, R13-R16 0
Dunn, Albie #38 6 R01, R03-R07 2
Elliott, Morrie #2 1 R18 0
Goonan, Clem #37 3 R08-R10 0
Gunstone, Henry #5 2 R01-R02 0
Hannon, Barry #18 2 R03-R04 0
Heriot, John #21 16 R01-R11, R14-R18 1
Hopkins, Bill #48 3 R09, R12, R15 0
Hotchkin, Allan #49 5 R11-R14, R18 0
Johnson, Frank #8 16 R01-R04, R07-R18 0
Kingston, Bob #46 10 R06-R07, R11-R18 4
Kiteley, Jeff #4 11 R02-R04, R07, R09-R15 0
Lewthwaite, Neil #7 9 R03, R06-R07, R09-R14 0
McCormack, Ken #36 16 R01-R10, R13-R18 3
McGowan, Brian #3 18 R01-R18 38
McKenzie, Norm #43 8 R05-R10, R16-R17 2
McLaughlin, Hugh #25 12 R01-R06, R08-R11, R15-R16 0
Munn, Bob #44 10 R03, R05, R08-R12, R16-R18 5
Oaten, Max #19 14 R01-R07, R12-R18 24
Porta, Ron #40 5 R01, R07-R10 0
Power, Bill #39 9 R08, R11-R18 3
Rice, Peter #42 17 R01-R03, R05-R18 1
Rolfe, Ron #18 8 R11-R18 4
Skilton, Bob #14 17 R01-R08, R10-R18 28
Sonnleitner, Otto #30 3 R16-R18 1
Stockman, Ron #27 8 R01-R08 0
Taylor, Jim #20 11 R01-R02, R05-R12, R16 0
Tomlinson, Brian #28 11 R05-R06, R08, R11-R18 0
Trethowan, John #20 5 R01-R05 2
Woolley, John #31 15 R02, R04-R15, R17-R18 0
Younger, Marshall #12 1 R02 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)
Faul, Bill 18 5 -0- 13 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
15/04/1961 Round 1 Hawthorn AWAY WIN SOU by 25 Bill Faul Bob Skilton
22/04/1961 Round 2 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 4 Bill Faul Bob Skilton
25/04/1961 Round 3 Richmond AWAY WIN SOU by 44 Bill Faul Bob Skilton
06/05/1961 Round 4 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 16 Bill Faul Bob Skilton
13/05/1961 Round 5 Footscray HOME WIN SOU by 2 Bill Faul Bob Skilton
20/05/1961 Round 6 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 79 Bill Faul Bob Skilton
03/06/1961 Round 7 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 67 Bill Faul Bob Skilton
10/06/1961 Round 8 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 64 Bill Faul Bob Skilton
17/06/1961 Round 9 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 36 Bill Faul unknown
24/06/1961 Round 10 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 40 Bill Faul Bob Skilton
01/07/1961 Round 11 North Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 18 Bill Faul Bob Skilton
08/07/1961 Round 12 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 16 Bill Faul Bob Skilton
22/07/1961 Round 13 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 15 Bill Faul Bob Skilton
29/07/1961 Round 14 Richmond HOME WIN SOU by 37 Bill Faul Bob Skilton
05/08/1961 Round 15 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 59 Bill Faul Bob Skilton
12/08/1961 Round 16 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 55 Bill Faul Bob Skilton
19/08/1961 Round 17 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 29 Bill Faul Bob Skilton
26/08/1961 Round 18 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 103 Bill Faul Bob Skilton