1900 VFL Season: South Melbourne

These are the details of the premiership results for South Melbourne for the 1900 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Lakeside Oval as their home ground, playing eight matches there (eight as hosts). The team finished the regular season in fifth place. After facing Essendon, Carlton and Fitzroy in a round-robin finals series (section A), South Melbourne finished fourth, resulting in finishing in sixth place overall (adjusted for finals).

Team Details

Competition: 1900 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Club: Sydney
Home Ground: Lakeside Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 8-0-6, P%: 90.4)
Finals Performance: 4th place in round-robin finals series (Ladder A)

Team Leaders

Captains: George Davidson, Bill Windley
Vice-Captain: Mick Pleass

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Adamson, Dave 16 1 R01-14, RF1, RF3
Armstrong, Warwick 3 4 R11-13
Brockwell, Sam 15 4 R02-08, R10-14, RF1-3
Bryce, Bob 3 1 R02, R04-05
Chapman, Alf 2 0 R09-10
Colgan, Charlie 5 3 R01-02, R04, R07, R14
Davidson, George 1 0 R01
Davidson, Jack 7 0 R01-05, RF1-2
Dowsing, Alf 2 0 RF2-3
Fraser, Bill 17 5 R01-14, RF1-3
Garbutt, Joe 2 0 R01-02
Gardner, Harry 1 0 R07
Goding, Charlie 8 7 R02-06, R11, R14, RF3
Gullan, Martin 2 1 R01, R04
Howson, Bert 16 0 R01-13, RF1-3
James, Charlie 8 3 R04-09, RF1, RF3
Jeanneret, Henri 15 7 R01-02, R04-14, RF1, RF3
Lampe, Harry 17 16 R01-14, RF1-3
McKeegan, Tim 2 0 R14, RF2
Monkhouse, Fred 2 1 R12-13
Moodie, Bill 5 0 R03, R13-14, RF1-2
Nelson, Ernie 7 0 R03, R12-14, RF1-3
O'Hara, Frank 11 0 R01-02, R04-12
O'Hara, Jim 4 0 R08-11
O'Hehir, Mike 6 0 R03, R13-14, RF1-3
Pleass, Mick 14 2 R01-03, R05-14, RF2
Purdy, Harry 16 5 R01-13, RF1-3
Robertson, Charlie 5 0 R01, R03, RF1-3
Rose, Alby 4 2 R01-02, R04, R06
Trim, Albert 13 0 R05-14, RF1-3
Vernon, Les 17 0 R01-14, RF1-3
Waugh, Fred 13 3 R01-11, R13-14
Wenborn, Tom 10 0 R06-12, RF1-3
Williams, Bert 7 1 R03, R08-12, R14
Williamson, Jim 13 0 R03, R05-10, R12-14, RF1-3
Windley, Bill 17 2 R01-14, RF1-3

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
05/05/1900 Round 1 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESSE by 56 unknown George Davidson
12/05/1900 Round 2 St Kilda HOME WIN SMLB by 32 unknown Bill Windley
18/08/1900 Round 3 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COLL by 20 unknown Bill Windley
24/05/1900 Round 4 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FITZ by 33 unknown Bill Windley
26/05/1900 Round 5 Geelong HOME WIN SMLB by 14 unknown Bill Windley
02/06/1900 Round 6 Melbourne HOME WIN SMLB by 3 unknown Bill Windley
09/06/1900 Round 7 Carlton HOME WIN SMLB by 12 unknown Bill Windley
23/06/1900 Round 8 Essendon HOME WIN SMLB by 28 unknown Bill Windley
30/06/1900 Round 9 St Kilda AWAY WIN SMLB by 41 unknown Bill Windley
07/07/1900 Round 10 Collingwood HOME WIN SMLB by 2 unknown Bill Windley
14/07/1900 Round 11 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FITZ by 6 unknown Bill Windley
28/07/1900 Round 12 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEEL by 46 unknown Bill Windley
04/08/1900 Round 13 Melbourne AWAY WIN SMLB by 4 unknown Bill Windley
11/08/1900 Round 14 Carlton AWAY LOSS CARL by 26 unknown Bill Windley
25/08/1900 Round-Robin Final 1 Essendon HOME LOSS ESSE by 40 unknown Bill Windley
01/09/1900 Round-Robin Final 2 Carlton AWAY LOSS CARL by 1 unknown Bill Windley
08/09/1900 Round-Robin Final 3 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FITZ by 31 unknown Bill Windley