1976 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1976 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 9-0-13, P%: 94.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Barry Round (17)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Robert Dean (37)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Ricky Quade

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Peter Bedford

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Aanensen, Vic #2 1 R01 1
Anderson, Syd #28 4 R01-R02, R17-R18 0
Bedford, Peter #11 19 R01-R15, R17, R20-R22 31
Beecroft, Barry #8 8 R01-R04, R15-R16, R18, R22 0
Blair, John #24 12 R02-R06, R12-R13, R15-R18, R22 15
Brice, Gary #7 21 R01-R21 13
Brown, Peter #32 13 R01-R02, R05-R14, R20 7
Browning, Mark #43 22 R01-R22 15
Daniher, Terry #40 1 R08 0
Dean, Robert #18 20 R01-R03, R05-R06, R08-R22 37
Dempster, Graham #13 18 R04-R05, R07-R22 5
Elliott, Chris #36 5 R01-R04, R06 0
Gleeson, Reg #27 7 R01, R04, R08-R10, R16, R19 6
Goodingham, Barry #28 20 R02-R20, R22 9
Goss, Norm #12 17 R02-R07, R09-R14, R18-R22 23
Gull, Stewart #34 15 R02-R06, R08, R12-R14, R17-R22 36
Hodges, Russ #17 5 R11, R19-R22 0
Hoffman, Steve #26 14 R02-R03, R08, R10-R11, R14-R22 17
Hounsell, Colin #37 10 R13-R22 13
Jackson, Francis #31 4 R01, R03, R06-R07 0
Lambert, Greg #33 13 R01, R04-R10, R13-R14, R18-R19, R21 5
McLeish, David #29 21 R01-R03, R05-R22 3
Miller, Greg #1 6 R04-R07, R19-R20 0
Morrison, Peter #35 10 R01, R07, R15-R22 4
O'Neill, Terry #19 7 R02-R03, R06-R09, R12 4
Pagan, Denis #6 16 R01-R16 0
Quade, Ricky #16 22 R01-R22 16
Rantall, John #5 21 R01-R21 0
Robertson, Max #23 16 R04-R05, R09-R22 0
Round, Barry #25 14 R01-R03, R07, R13-R22 12
Russ, Stephen #22 3 R05, R11-R12 0
Stilo, Michael #3 2 R09-R10 1
Teasdale, Graham #20 15 R03-R04, R07-R17, R21-R22 11
Thomson, Ian #9 19 R01-R12, R15-R19, R21-R22 22
Wilson, Graeme #4 1 R11 0
Woodman, Brian #10 18 R01, R04-R17, R20-R22 17

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)
Stewart, Ian 22 9 -0- 13 R01-R22

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
03/04/1976 Round 1 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 4 Ian Stewart Peter Bedford
10/04/1976 Round 2 Collingwood AWAY WIN SOU by 11 Ian Stewart Peter Bedford
17/04/1976 Round 3 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 39 Ian Stewart Peter Bedford
24/04/1976 Round 4 Essendon HOME WIN SOU by 34 Ian Stewart Peter Bedford
01/05/1976 Round 5 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 1 Ian Stewart Peter Bedford
08/05/1976 Round 6 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 28 Ian Stewart Peter Bedford
15/05/1976 Round 7 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 1 Ian Stewart Peter Bedford
22/05/1976 Round 8 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 60 Ian Stewart Peter Bedford
29/05/1976 Round 9 Richmond HOME WIN SOU by 8 Ian Stewart Peter Bedford
05/06/1976 Round 10 St Kilda AWAY WIN SOU by 25 Ian Stewart Peter Bedford
12/06/1976 Round 11 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 26 Ian Stewart Peter Bedford
19/06/1976 Round 12 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 104 Ian Stewart Peter Bedford
26/06/1976 Round 13 Collingwood HOME WIN SOU by 39 Ian Stewart Peter Bedford
03/07/1976 Round 14 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 15 Ian Stewart Peter Bedford
10/07/1976 Round 15 Footscray HOME WIN SOU by 20 Ian Stewart Peter Bedford
17/07/1976 Round 16 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 6 Ian Stewart unknown
24/07/1976 Round 17 Melbourne AWAY WIN SOU by 14 Ian Stewart Peter Bedford
31/07/1976 Round 18 Fitzroy HOME WIN SOU by 27 Ian Stewart unknown
07/08/1976 Round 19 Hawthorn HOME LOSS HAW by 14 Ian Stewart unknown
14/08/1976 Round 20 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 26 Ian Stewart Peter Bedford
21/08/1976 Round 21 St Kilda HOME WIN SOU by 42 Ian Stewart Peter Bedford
28/08/1976 Round 22 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 37 Ian Stewart Peter Bedford