1890 VFA Season: South Melbourne

These are the details of the premiership results of South Melbourne for the 1890 VFA season. The team finished the regular season in first place, securing the premiership.

Season Team Details

Competition: 1890 VFA Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 16-1-2, P%: 237.0)
Finals Performance: Not applicable

Team Leaders

Captain: Sonny Elms

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Burns, Peter 1 0 R01
Elms, Sonny 1 0 R01
Purdy, Harry 2 0 R01, R21

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
03/05/1890 Round 1 Richmond HOME WIN SMLB by 6 unknown Sonny Elms
10/05/1890 Round 2 Footscray HOME WIN SMLB by 5 unknown unknown
17/05/1890 Round 3 North Melbourne HOME WIN SMLB by 1 unknown unknown
24/05/1890 Round 4 Essendon AWAY DRAW drawn unknown unknown
31/05/1890 Round 5 Melbourne HOME WIN SMLB by 3 unknown unknown
07/06/1890 Round 6 Geelong AWAY WIN SMLB by 9 unknown unknown
14/06/1890 Round 7 Fitzroy HOME WIN SMLB by 1 unknown unknown
12/07/1890 Round 11 St Kilda AWAY WIN SMLB by 1 unknown unknown
19/07/1890 Round 12 Port Melbourne AWAY WIN SMLB by 5 unknown unknown
26/07/1890 Round 13 Williamstown HOME WIN SMLB by 8 unknown unknown
02/08/1890 Round 14 Carlton AWAY WIN SMLB by 1 unknown unknown
09/08/1890 Round 15 North Melbourne AWAY WIN SMLB by 1 unknown unknown
16/08/1890 Round 16 Essendon HOME WIN SMLB by 6 unknown unknown
23/08/1890 Round 17 St Kilda HOME WIN SMLB by 4 unknown unknown
30/08/1890 Round 18 Port Melbourne HOME WIN SMLB by 2 unknown unknown
06/09/1890 Round 19 Carlton HOME LOSS CARL by 2 unknown unknown
13/09/1890 Round 20 Geelong HOME WIN SMLB by 2 unknown unknown
20/09/1890 Round 21 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FITZ by 3 unknown Harry Purdy
27/09/1890 Round 22 Richmond HOME WIN SMLB by 11 unknown unknown

Ladder Chart

This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic.