1963 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1963 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 11th (W-D-L: 4-0-14, P%: 69.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Bob Skilton (20)
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 11 R02-R11, R18 0
Batch, Kevin #27 4 R15-R18 0
Bethke, Des #15 6 R01-R06 6
Burke, Dick #34 4 R01, R09, R17-R18 4
Colvin, Ken #2 18 R01-R18 2
Cotton, Ron #43 4 R15-R18 0
Deacon, Cliff #35 2 R01-R02 0
Dolling, Peter #39 11 R01-R10, R16 8
Fogarty, John #32 2 R02-R03 0
Fuller, Jim #46 1 R10 0
Goonan, Clem #37 17 R01, R03-R18 0
Harrison, Paul #18 18 R01-R18 4
Heriot, John #21 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 14
Heyme, Geoff #11 5 R11-R12, R16-R18 0
Hotchkin, Allan #20 1 R01 0
Howland, Darryl #12 6 R08, R10-R12, R17-R18 0
Hynes, Tom #16 5 R01-R02, R10, R16-R17 0
Johnson, Frank #8 10 R01-R07, R09-R11 13
Johnston, Gary #42 14 R03, R06-R18 0
Kingston, Bob #23 18 R01-R18 18
Magee, Stuart #6 8 R01-R02, R04, R08, R11-R14 8
McGee, Terry #49 11 R01-R06, R12-R16 0
McGowan, Brian #3 18 R01-R18 19
McLaughlin, Hugh #25 7 R01, R04-R07, R13, R15 1
Munn, Bob #44 1 R14 0
Phillips, Ken #38 14 R04-R05, R07-R18 4
Plumridge, John #17 4 R01-R02, R09-R10 0
Porter, Bob #22 15 R03, R05-R18 10
Rantall, John #5 14 R01-R09, R11-R15 2
Rees, Fred #9 1 R02 0
Reilly, Elkin #35 12 R01-R08, R11, R13-R15 0
Ross, Bill #10 15 R03-R10, R12-R18 4
Self, Alan #1 9 R07-R14, R18 8
Skilton, Bob #14 17 R01-R09, R11-R18 36
Somerville, Trevor #19 16 R03-R18 4
Strachan, Bob #28 3 R02-R04 0
Trethowan, Pat #26 9 R09-R17 1
White, Eric #50 12 R05-R08, R11-R18 5

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 4 -0- 14 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
20/04/1963 Round 1 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 59 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
25/04/1963 Round 2 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 23 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
04/05/1963 Round 3 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 37 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
11/05/1963 Round 4 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 71 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
18/05/1963 Round 5 North Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 38 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
25/05/1963 Round 6 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 41 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
01/06/1963 Round 7 Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 4 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
10/06/1963 Round 8 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 13 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
22/06/1963 Round 9 Fitzroy HOME WIN SOU by 19 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
29/06/1963 Round 10 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 51 Noel McMahen unknown
20/07/1963 Round 11 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 46 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
27/07/1963 Round 12 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 35 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
03/08/1963 Round 13 Richmond AWAY WIN SOU by 66 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
10/08/1963 Round 14 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 58 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
17/08/1963 Round 15 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 60 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
24/08/1963 Round 16 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 45 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
31/08/1963 Round 17 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 73 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton
07/09/1963 Round 18 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 35 Noel McMahen Bob Skilton