1965 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1965 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 9-0-9, P%: 89.4%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Bob Skilton (14)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bob Kingston (48)
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
Barnes, Ken #32 7 R01-R02, R09-R10, R16-R18 2
Batch, Kevin #27 10 R02-R07, R09, R12-R13, R18 0
Bethke, Des #15 9 R01-R05, R08-R10, R17 7
Bray, Jeff #23 13 R06-R18 1
Colvin, Ken #2 5 R01-R04, R11 1
Davey, Geoff #22 9 R07-R12, R14-R16 2
Davison, Ian #42 11 R08-R18 5
Dore, Kevin #38 1 R02 0
Harrison, Paul #18 18 R01-R18 4
Heriot, John #21 15 R01, R04-R17 0
Higgins, Paul #10 2 R10-R11 1
John, Graeme #7 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 27
Kingston, Bob #23 18 R01-R18 48
Long, John #4 5 R01-R02, R06-R07, R18 2
Lucev, Ray #8 15 R03-R08, R10-R18 2
Magee, Stuart #6 18 R01-R18 15
Matthews, Herbie #33 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 14
McAuliffe, Haydn #25 3 R11-R12, R16 4
Nilsson, Ray #37 13 R01, R03-R04, R06-R08, R10-R13, R16-R18 8
Orange, Noel #26 16 R01-R05, R08-R18 3
Papley, Max #11 13 R01-R09, R11, R13-R15 9
Parker, Brian #25 1 R06 0
Parker, Glen #41 16 R01-R07, R09-R11, R13-R18 2
Parker, Kevin #3 8 R03-R08, R14-R15 0
Pedrotti, Kevin #50 2 R17-R18 0
Rantall, John #5 18 R01-R18 1
Reilly, Elkin #35 13 R01-R06, R11-R12, R14-R18 1
Sarich, Eric #16 6 R13-R18 4
Self, Alan #1 1 R05 0
Skilton, Bob #14 16 R01-R09, R12-R18 26
Somerville, Trevor #19 17 R01-R11, R13-R18 0
Strachan, Bob #28 3 R09-R10, R12 0
Tate, Terry #3 2 R01-R02 1
Tenabel, Ron #49 7 R03, R07, R11-R15 0
White, Eric #31 7 R01-R06, R08 2
Williamson, Gary #45 8 R05, R07-R13 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)
Skilton, Bob 17 9 -0- 8 R01-R10, R12-R18
Lahiff, Tommy 1 0 -0- 1 R11

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
19/04/1965 Round 1 North Melbourne AWAY WIN SOU by 10 Bob Skilton Bob Skilton
24/04/1965 Round 2 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 33 Bob Skilton Bob Skilton
01/05/1965 Round 3 Carlton HOME WIN SOU by 15 Bob Skilton Bob Skilton
08/05/1965 Round 4 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 3 Bob Skilton Bob Skilton
15/05/1965 Round 5 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 1 Bob Skilton Bob Skilton
22/05/1965 Round 6 Essendon HOME WIN SOU by 8 Bob Skilton Bob Skilton
29/05/1965 Round 7 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 29 Bob Skilton Bob Skilton
05/06/1965 Round 8 Hawthorn HOME WIN SOU by 11 Bob Skilton Bob Skilton
12/06/1965 Round 9 Geelong HOME WIN SOU by 14 Bob Skilton Bob Skilton
26/06/1965 Round 10 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 6 Bob Skilton unknown
10/07/1965 Round 11 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 76 Tommy Lahiff unknown
17/07/1965 Round 12 North Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 3 Bob Skilton Bob Skilton
24/07/1965 Round 13 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 69 Bob Skilton Bob Skilton
31/07/1965 Round 14 Carlton AWAY WIN SOU by 17 Bob Skilton Bob Skilton
07/08/1965 Round 15 Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 39 Bob Skilton Bob Skilton
14/08/1965 Round 16 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 14 Bob Skilton Bob Skilton
21/08/1965 Round 17 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 66 Bob Skilton Bob Skilton
28/08/1965 Round 18 Collingwood HOME WIN SOU by 16 Bob Skilton Bob Skilton