1896 VFA Season: South Melbourne
These are the details of the premiership results for South Melbourne for the 1896 season of the Victorian Football Association (currently known as the Victorian Football League). The team used Lakeside Oval as their home ground, playing nine matches there (nine as hosts). The team finished the regular season in first place, sharing the minor premiership, and 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.
Team Details
Competition:
1896 VFA Season
Team:
South Melbourne
Club:
Sydney
Home Ground:
Lakeside Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
1st (W-D-L: 14-1-3, P%: 154.5)
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 |