1962 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1962 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 12th (W-D-L: 3-0-15, P%: 74.4%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 43
Brownlow Leader(s): Bob Skilton (13)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bob Skilton (36)
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
Alexander, Harry #36 15 R01-R03, R05, R08-R18 2
Bennett, Brian #15 17 R01-R15, R17-R18 1
Burke, Dick #34 18 R01-R18 5
Castlehow, Trevor #48 5 R13-R17 0
Chisholm, Bob #33 6 R05-R09, R12 3
Colvin, Ken #2 16 R01, R03-R06, R08-R18 3
Crough, Gerald #9 7 R01-R07 0
Dann, Gordon #46 2 R16, R18 0
Deacon, Cliff #35 3 R01-R03 0
Dolling, Peter #39 12 R03, R08-R18 1
Dunn, Albie #38 8 R01, R04-R07, R09, R12, R15 2
Fogarty, John #32 4 R04-R07 0
Forge, Neville #1 2 R01-R02 0
Goonan, Clem #37 17 R02-R18 2
Gunstone, Henry #5 4 R04-R06, R13 2
Heriot, John #21 15 R01-R09, R13-R18 14
Heyme, Geoff #11 5 R01-R03, R08, R10 0
Hopkins, Bill #18 2 R10-R11 0
Hotchkin, Allan #20 8 R08-R11, R14-R17 0
Howland, Darryl #12 3 R01, R03-R04 1
Hynes, Tom #16 5 R06-R08, R12-R13 1
Johnson, Frank #8 9 R01, R04, R12-R18 14
Kingston, Bob #23 15 R01-R02, R05-R15, R17-R18 7
Magee, Stuart #6 6 R05-R09, R16 2
McGee, Terry #49 5 R12, R15-R18 2
McGowan, Brian #3 18 R01-R18 25
McKenzie, Norm #43 2 R05, R07 0
McLaughlin, Hugh #25 15 R01-R04, R06-R12, R14, R16-R18 3
Mithen, Kevin #3 4 R01-R04 1
Munn, Bob #44 10 R01-R03, R07-R08, R12-R15, R18 13
Oaten, Max #19 11 R01-R07, R11, R16-R18 12
Plumridge, John #17 8 R10-R17 0
Porter, Bob #22 3 R16-R18 0
Pumphrey, Jim #45 7 R02-R04, R08-R11 2
Reilly, Elkin #35 12 R05, R08-R18 1
Rice, Peter #42 8 R02, R04-R07, R12-R14 0
Self, Alan #51 5 R09, R11-R13, R15 3
Skilton, Bob #14 16 R01-R04, R06-R11, R13-R18 36
Tomlinson, Brian #28 4 R10-R13 0
Trethowan, John #20 13 R01-R11, R14-R15 5
Trethowan, Pat #26 10 R02-R03, R06-R07, R09-R11, R16-R18 2
Tulloch, Russell #45 4 R05, R10, R14, R18 1
Woolley, John #31 1 R04 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)
McMahen, Noel 18 3 -0- 15 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
23/04/1962 Round 1 North Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 6 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
28/04/1962 Round 2 St Kilda AWAY WIN SOU by 12 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
05/05/1962 Round 3 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 44 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
12/05/1962 Round 4 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 48 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
19/05/1962 Round 5 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 21 Noel McMahen unknown
26/05/1962 Round 6 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 46 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
02/06/1962 Round 7 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 58 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
09/06/1962 Round 8 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 20 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
23/06/1962 Round 9 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 6 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
30/06/1962 Round 10 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 36 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
07/07/1962 Round 11 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 68 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
14/07/1962 Round 12 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 49 Noel McMahen unknown
21/07/1962 Round 13 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 17 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
28/07/1962 Round 14 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 4 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
04/08/1962 Round 15 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 17 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
11/08/1962 Round 16 Fitzroy AWAY WIN SOU by 25 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
18/08/1962 Round 17 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 15 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
25/08/1962 Round 18 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 5 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton