1966 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 7-0-11, P%: 98.7%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): Bob Skilton (7)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Austin Robertson (60)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Max Papley

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bob Skilton

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Barnes, Ken #32 3 R01-R02, R18 0
Batch, Kevin #27 1 R12 0
Bethke, Des #15 7 R01-R02, R07-R09, R12, R15 5
Bray, Jeff #23 18 R01-R18 1
Cook, Russell #17 4 R08-R11 0
Davey, Geoff #22 5 R01, R04-R05, R09-R10 0
Davison, Ian #29 8 R01, R03, R05-R06, R09-R12 4
Dore, Kevin #38 5 R06-R10 0
Dunn, Albie #10 13 R01-R13 8
Haenen, Tony #8 1 R18 0
Harrison, Paul #18 16 R01-R06, R08-R11, R13-R18 8
Heriot, John #21 12 R07-R18 1
John, Graeme #7 13 R02-R07, R11, R13-R18 16
Kingston, Bob #23 10 R01, R03-R07, R12-R13, R17-R18 9
Lambert, Greg #33 6 R02-R06, R16 1
Long, John #4 2 R03-R04 2
Lucev, Ray #8 15 R01-R04, R06-R16 12
Magee, Stuart #6 14 R01-R07, R10-R14, R17-R18 10
Matthews, Herbie #2 17 R01-R03, R05-R18 3
McAuliffe, Haydn #25 7 R03-R04, R08-R09, R16-R18 8
Orange, Noel #26 8 R01-R02, R10-R14, R17 0
Papley, Max #11 16 R01-R02, R04-R09, R11-R18 14
Parker, Glen #41 7 R01-R02, R06-R07, R09, R14-R15 3
Parker, Kevin #3 7 R03-R06, R08, R15, R18 0
Pasquill, Clive #36 6 R07-R08, R10-R11, R16, R18 0
Pedrotti, Kevin #47 11 R07-R08, R10-R18 0
Phillips, Ken #42 6 R12-R17 2
Priest, Doug #9 8 R11-R18 0
Rantall, John #5 14 R01-R10, R13-R16 0
Reilly, Elkin #35 6 R12-R17 0
Robertson, Austin #16 18 R01-R18 60
Sarich, Eric #28 17 R02-R18 17
Self, Alan #1 2 R17-R18 0
Skilton, Bob #14 13 R01-R05, R11-R18 18
Somerville, Trevor #19 5 R01, R03, R05, R14-R15 0
Sudholz, John #20 12 R01-R10, R16-R17 10
Tenabel, Ron #37 3 R02, R04, R11 0
Way, Fred #30 18 R01-R18 0
Wilson, Eric #34 6 R05-R10 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)
Skilton, Bob 18 7 -0- 11 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
23/04/1966 Round 1 Fitzroy HOME WIN SOU by 53 Bob Skilton Bob Skilton
30/04/1966 Round 2 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 20 Bob Skilton Bob Skilton
07/05/1966 Round 3 Hawthorn HOME WIN SOU by 49 Bob Skilton Bob Skilton
14/05/1966 Round 4 Melbourne AWAY WIN SOU by 30 Bob Skilton Bob Skilton
21/05/1966 Round 5 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 42 Bob Skilton Bob Skilton
28/05/1966 Round 6 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 25 Bob Skilton unknown
04/06/1966 Round 7 North Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 12 Bob Skilton unknown
11/06/1966 Round 8 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 3 Bob Skilton unknown
18/06/1966 Round 9 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 25 Bob Skilton unknown
25/06/1966 Round 10 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 12 Bob Skilton unknown
09/07/1966 Round 11 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 8 Bob Skilton Bob Skilton
16/07/1966 Round 12 Fitzroy AWAY WIN SOU by 22 Bob Skilton Bob Skilton
23/07/1966 Round 13 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 6 Bob Skilton Bob Skilton
30/07/1966 Round 14 Hawthorn AWAY WIN SOU by 25 Bob Skilton Bob Skilton
06/08/1966 Round 15 Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 16 Bob Skilton Bob Skilton
13/08/1966 Round 16 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 67 Bob Skilton Bob Skilton
20/08/1966 Round 17 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 1 Bob Skilton Bob Skilton
27/08/1966 Round 18 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 17 Bob Skilton Bob Skilton