1969 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1969 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 7-0-13, P%: 82.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 42
Brownlow Leader(s): John Rantall (8)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): John Sudholz (35)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Peter Bedford

Team Leaders

Captain(s): John Rantall

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Ray #35 2 R03, R05 0
Baskin, Keith #4 12 R01-R07, R09-R10, R15-R16, R20 16
Bedford, Peter #11 19 R01-R09, R11-R20 26
Bennett, Stuart #31 7 R01, R04, R06-R07, R10-R11, R15 8
Brandt, Graham #34 12 R01-R08, R12, R16-R18 2
Budd, Arthur #16 7 R01-R03, R06-R09 2
Busse, Neil #24 1 R03 0
Catlin, Sid #46 7 R04-R05, R16-R20 10
Coghlan, John #26 2 R03-R04 1
Cook, Russell #17 20 R01-R20 8
Cooper, Reuben #43 2 R15-R16 0
Davison, Ian #29 4 R02-R05 2
Dowsing, Rob #27 4 R01-R03, R06 6
Doyle, Robert #28 10 R04-R05, R08, R11, R14, R16-R20 3
Haenen, Tony #8 18 R01-R18 0
Harrison, Paul #18 19 R01-R02, R04-R20 0
Hartree, John #35 1 R20 1
Hoffman, Steve #26 12 R07-R15, R17-R19 24
Jacobs, Graeme #15 18 R01-R03, R05-R10, R12-R20 24
John, Graeme #7 9 R02-R06, R08-R10, R12 12
Lambert, Greg #33 18 R01-R03, R05-R09, R11-R20 1
Leahy, Terry #19 19 R01-R02, R04-R20 3
Luke, Richard #37 4 R03, R07-R08, R10 0
Luscombe, Ken #39 7 R07-R13 0
Matthews, Herbie #2 10 R01-R08, R10, R14 0
McAuliffe, Haydn #25 19 R02-R20 31
McCracken, Peter #22 5 R09-R11, R19-R20 0
McLeish, David #29 9 R12-R20 0
Mohr, Rod #12 6 R05-R06, R11-R14 1
Page, Graham #38 1 R04 0
Phillips, Ken #3 2 R01-R02 0
Pitura, John #21 12 R04, R10-R20 14
Priest, Doug #9 2 R01-R02 0
Rantall, John #5 20 R01-R20 3
Reid, Bruce #13 3 R01, R12-R13 0
Richardson, Alan #24 6 R13-R15, R17-R19 9
Sudholz, John #20 15 R01-R03, R09-R20 35
Svorinich, Bob #36 7 R06-R11, R14 7
Walsh, Wayne #10 16 R01, R04-R11, R13, R15-R20 0
Way, Fred #30 19 R01-R09, R11-R20 8
Wetzel, Ron #38 12 R09-R20 0
Williams, Gary #37 2 R19-R20 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)
Smith, Norm 20 7 -0- 13 R01-R20

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
05/04/1969 Round 1 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 9 Norm Smith John Rantall
12/04/1969 Round 2 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 2 Norm Smith John Rantall
19/04/1969 Round 3 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 60 Norm Smith John Rantall
26/04/1969 Round 4 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 45 Norm Smith John Rantall
03/05/1969 Round 5 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 25 Norm Smith John Rantall
10/05/1969 Round 6 St Kilda HOME WIN SOU by 37 Norm Smith John Rantall
17/05/1969 Round 7 Footscray AWAY WIN SOU by 8 Norm Smith John Rantall
24/05/1969 Round 8 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 56 Norm Smith John Rantall
31/05/1969 Round 9 Melbourne AWAY WIN SOU by 25 Norm Smith John Rantall
14/06/1969 Round 10 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 20 Norm Smith John Rantall
21/06/1969 Round 11 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 58 Norm Smith John Rantall
28/06/1969 Round 12 North Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 3 Norm Smith John Rantall
05/07/1969 Round 13 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 49 Norm Smith John Rantall
12/07/1969 Round 14 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 26 Norm Smith John Rantall
19/07/1969 Round 15 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 67 Norm Smith John Rantall
26/07/1969 Round 16 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 52 Norm Smith John Rantall
09/08/1969 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY WIN SOU by 32 Norm Smith John Rantall
16/08/1969 Round 18 Footscray HOME WIN SOU by 17 Norm Smith John Rantall
23/08/1969 Round 19 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 71 Norm Smith John Rantall
30/08/1969 Round 20 Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 35 Norm Smith John Rantall