1971 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1971 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 12th (W-D-L: 3-0-19, P%: 69.9%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 46
Brownlow Leader(s): Wayne Walsh (11)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Peter Bedford (44)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Peter Bedford

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bob Skilton

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Ball, Ray #31 8 R06-R08, R18-R22 0
Baskin, Keith #4 8 R05-R10, R12-R13 7
Bedford, Peter #11 18 R01-R03, R07-R15, R17-R22 44
Bell, Bob #43 2 R16-R17 0
Brandt, Graham #34 1 R01 0
Brice, Gary #7 21 R01-R17, R19-R22 13
Brown, Peter #32 8 R02, R04-R05, R18-R22 0
Carrodus, Trevor #38 2 R11-R12 2
Cook, Russell #17 8 R01-R03, R05, R09, R14-R16 4
Davis, Bruce #37 11 R11-R21 1
Doyle, Robert #28 12 R04, R10, R13-R22 4
Droscher, David #15 2 R18-R19 2
Gleeson, Reg #27 22 R01-R22 0
Grima, Robert #42 5 R03, R14-R17 6
Haenen, Tony #50 13 R01, R04, R06-R10, R17-R22 8
Haines, Jim #1 9 R02-R03, R06-R08, R19-R22 0
Hay, Robert #44 7 R14-R15, R17-R21 0
Hocking, Graham #47 1 R05 0
Hoffman, Steve #26 18 R03-R08, R11-R22 31
Hug, Ernie #2 15 R01-R15 0
Lambert, Greg #33 9 R01, R04-R10, R22 0
MacGregor, Duncan #48 1 R17 0
Matthews, Dennis #45 1 R14 0
McAuliffe, Haydn #25 9 R01, R04-R08, R19-R21 6
McCracken, Peter #22 9 R01-R02, R09-R11, R14, R16-R18 1
McHenry, Russell #36 9 R02-R04, R13-R15, R18-R20 7
McKew, Shane #35 1 R01 0
McLeish, David #29 19 R01-R17, R21-R22 3
Miller, Neville #13 12 R05-R13, R16, R21-R22 14
Murphy, John #6 21 R01-R08, R10-R22 6
Officer, Stephen #3 5 R09-R13 2
Page, Ron #18 3 R02-R04 1
Pavone, Mick #23 4 R02, R16-R18 2
Payne, John #40 1 R20 0
Pitura, John #21 20 R03-R22 8
Prentice, Jim #19 12 R01-R04, R09, R12-R13, R15-R18, R22 8
Quade, Ricky #16 18 R01-R16, R21-R22 20
Rantall, John #5 22 R01-R22 1
Robertson, Garry #34 4 R11-R13, R15 0
Sarich, Eric #24 3 R09-R11 1
Skilton, Bob #14 19 R01-R13, R16, R18-R22 16
Sudholz, John #20 2 R01, R04 0
Svorinich, Bob #46 1 R02 0
Walsh, Wayne #10 20 R01, R03, R05-R22 4
Way, Fred #30 20 R01-R12, R14-R20, R22 5
Wilkinson, Jim #9 4 R02-R03, R05-R06 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 22 3 -0- 19 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
03/04/1971 Round 1 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 105 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
10/04/1971 Round 2 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 18 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
17/04/1971 Round 3 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 6 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
24/04/1971 Round 4 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 94 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
01/05/1971 Round 5 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 48 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
08/05/1971 Round 6 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 2 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
15/05/1971 Round 7 Essendon AWAY WIN SOU by 16 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
22/05/1971 Round 8 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 44 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
29/05/1971 Round 9 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 34 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
05/06/1971 Round 10 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 71 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
14/06/1971 Round 11 North Melbourne AWAY WIN SOU by 9 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
19/06/1971 Round 12 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 31 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
26/06/1971 Round 13 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 21 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
03/07/1971 Round 14 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 2 Norm Smith unknown
10/07/1971 Round 15 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 11 Norm Smith unknown
17/07/1971 Round 16 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 49 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
24/07/1971 Round 17 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 87 Norm Smith unknown
31/07/1971 Round 18 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 10 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
07/08/1971 Round 19 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 25 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
14/08/1971 Round 20 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 64 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
21/08/1971 Round 21 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 72 Norm Smith Bob Skilton
28/08/1971 Round 22 North Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 72 Norm Smith Bob Skilton