1968 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1968 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 6-1-13, P%: 83.9%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): Bob Skilton (24)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): John Sudholz (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
Anderson, Ray #35 7 R13-R16, R18-R20 2
Baskin, Keith #4 19 R01-R12, R14-R20 17
Bedford, Peter #11 19 R02-R20 24
Bennett, Stuart #31 13 R03-R06, R11-R12, R14-R20 8
Bethke, Des #15 2 R05-R06 1
Brookes, Don #1 6 R13-R18 0
Busse, Neil #24 17 R01-R10, R13-R16, R18-R20 2
Cook, Russell #17 19 R02-R20 8
Davison, Ian #29 15 R01-R15 11
Elwin, Ross #32 8 R08-R14, R16 5
Greenwood, Jack #39 4 R17-R20 0
Haenen, Tony #8 20 R01-R20 13
Harrison, Paul #18 16 R01-R15, R19 9
Heriot, John #21 14 R07-R20 0
Jacobs, Graeme #30 20 R01-R20 11
John, Graeme #7 9 R01-R03, R08-R13 9
Lambert, Greg #33 13 R01-R02, R10-R20 1
Leahy, Terry #19 12 R01-R03, R07-R12, R16-R18 4
Luke, Richard #37 15 R04-R13, R16-R20 4
Luscombe, John #23 1 R05 0
Magee, Stuart #6 4 R01-R04 2
Mallett, Bob #40 3 R14-R15, R20 1
Matthews, Herbie #2 15 R03, R06-R12, R14-R20 0
McAuliffe, Haydn #25 12 R01, R03-R08, R12, R17-R20 15
McCracken, Peter #6 1 R19 0
McGee, Jeff #26 2 R01-R02 0
Mohr, Rod #39 1 R13 0
Mulligan, Mick #41 1 R05 0
Pedrotti, Kevin #42 2 R06-R07 0
Phillips, Ken #3 7 R04-R07, R12, R14-R15 2
Priest, Doug #9 9 R01-R04, R06-R10 0
Rantall, John #5 18 R01-R07, R09-R17, R19-R20 0
Reid, Bruce #13 2 R01, R17 0
Sarich, Eric #16 19 R01-R11, R13-R20 7
Skilton, Bob #14 17 R01-R02, R04-R05, R07-R11, R13-R20 35
Sudholz, John #20 19 R01-R13, R15-R20 36
Viney, Ron #44 5 R01-R04, R06 3
Wilcox, Dick #27 12 R01-R05, R08, R11-R12, R16-R18, R20 2
Williams, Rod #10 2 R09, R13 1

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)
Miller, Allan 20 6 -1- 13 R01-R20

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
15/04/1968 Round 1 St Kilda HOME WIN SOU by 25 Allan Miller Bob Skilton
20/04/1968 Round 2 Hawthorn AWAY DRAW drawn Allan Miller Bob Skilton
27/04/1968 Round 3 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 10 Allan Miller unknown
04/05/1968 Round 4 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 40 Allan Miller Bob Skilton
11/05/1968 Round 5 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 45 Allan Miller Bob Skilton
18/05/1968 Round 6 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 12 Allan Miller unknown
25/05/1968 Round 7 North Melbourne AWAY WIN SOU by 4 Allan Miller Bob Skilton
08/06/1968 Round 8 Footscray AWAY WIN SOU by 13 Allan Miller Bob Skilton
15/06/1968 Round 9 Collingwood HOME WIN SOU by 25 Allan Miller Bob Skilton
22/06/1968 Round 10 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 30 Allan Miller Bob Skilton
29/06/1968 Round 11 Fitzroy HOME WIN SOU by 27 Allan Miller Bob Skilton
06/07/1968 Round 12 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 64 Allan Miller unknown
13/07/1968 Round 13 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 19 Allan Miller Bob Skilton
20/07/1968 Round 14 Melbourne AWAY WIN SOU by 10 Allan Miller Bob Skilton
27/07/1968 Round 15 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 43 Allan Miller Bob Skilton
03/08/1968 Round 16 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 40 Allan Miller Bob Skilton
10/08/1968 Round 17 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 42 Allan Miller Bob Skilton
17/08/1968 Round 18 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 11 Allan Miller Bob Skilton
24/08/1968 Round 19 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 4 Allan Miller Bob Skilton
31/08/1968 Round 20 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 59 Allan Miller Bob Skilton