1896 VFA Season: South Melbourne
These are the details of the premiership results of South Melbourne for the 1896 VFA season. The team finished the regular season in first place, securing the minor premiership, but were required to participate in a play-off for the premiership due to a lack of formal tie-breakers. South Melbourne were defeated by Collingwood in the play-off, resulting in becoming the runners-up.
Season Team Details
Competition:
1896 VFA Season
Team:
South Melbourne
Home Ground:
Lakeside Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
1st (W-D-L: 14-1-3, P%: 150.9)
Finals Performance:
Runners-Up
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/05/1896 | Round 1 | Footscray | AWAY | WIN | SMLB by 2 | unknown | unknown |
| 09/05/1896 | Round 2 | North Melbourne | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 1 | unknown | unknown |
| 16/05/1896 | Round 3 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 1 | unknown | unknown |
| 23/05/1896 | Round 4 | Geelong | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 6 | unknown | unknown |
| Round 5 | BYE | ||||||
| 13/06/1896 | Round 6 | Essendon | AWAY | LOSS | ESSE by 2 | unknown | unknown |
| 20/06/1896 | Round 7 | Richmond | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 7 | unknown | unknown |
| 27/06/1896 | Round 8 | Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | SMLB by 1 | unknown | unknown |
| 04/07/1896 | Round 9 | Port Melbourne | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 1 | unknown | unknown |
| 11/07/1896 | Round 10 | Fitzroy | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 1 | unknown | unknown |
| 18/07/1896 | Round 11 | Carlton | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 2 | unknown | unknown |
| 25/07/1896 | Round 12 | Williamstown | AWAY | WIN | SMLB by 2 | unknown | unknown |
| 01/08/1896 | Round 13 | Melbourne | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 2 | unknown | unknown |
| 08/08/1896 | Round 14 | St Kilda | AWAY | WIN | SMLB by 4 | unknown | unknown |
| 15/08/1896 | Round 15 | Essendon | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 2 | unknown | unknown |
| 22/08/1896 | Round 16 | Collingwood | HOME | DRAW | drawn | unknown | unknown |
| 05/09/1896 | Round 17 | Geelong | AWAY | WIN | SMLB by 1 | unknown | unknown |
| 12/09/1896 | Round 18 | Fitzroy | AWAY | LOSS | FITZ by 2 | unknown | unknown |
| 19/09/1896 | Round 19 | Port Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | SMLB by 3 | unknown | unknown |
| Round 20 | BYE | ||||||
| 03/10/1896 | Grand Final | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 1 | 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.