1921 VFL Season: South Melbourne
These are the details of the premiership results for South Melbourne for the 1921 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 seventh place.
Team Details
Competition:
1921 VFL Season
Team:
South Melbourne
Club:
Sydney
Home Ground:
Lakeside Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
7th (W-D-L: 5-1-10, P%: 84.6)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allison, Bobby | #4 | 9 | 12 | R01-03, R06, R09-10, R13-15 |
| Beer, Leon | #31 | 8 | 0 | R04-06, R08-10, R17-18 |
| Brown, Martin | #2 | 9 | 11 | R05, R08, R10-13, R15, R17-18 |
| Cazaly, Roy | #1 | 16 | 19 | R01-06, R08-15, R17-18 |
| Davenport, Harry | #30 | 1 | 0 | R18 |
| Fleiter, Fred | #7 | 16 | 2 | R01-06, R08-15, R17-18 |
| Gibb, Bobby | #5 | 4 | 0 | R04-06, R17 |
| Hiskins, Arthur | #8 | 16 | 0 | R01-06, R08-15, R17-18 |
| Hiskins, Stan | #9 | 7 | 1 | R01-05, R11, R14 |
| Laird, Chris | #10 | 12 | 11 | R01-04, R08-14, R18 |
| Laird, Frank | #10 | 8 | 10 | R03, R09-14, R17 |
| Lanigan, Vernon | #25 | 2 | 0 | R15, R17 |
| Lawrence, Bert | #6 | 5 | 6 | R05-06, R08, R12, R18 |
| Makin, Jim | #14 | 11 | 0 | R01, R06, R08-15, R17 |
| Marsh, Ted | #12 | 2 | 3 | R01-02 |
| McDonald, Bob | #10 | 5 | 2 | R04, R06, R09-11 |
| Mitchell, John | #25 | 1 | 0 | R04 |
| Nadort, Tom | #15 | 16 | 1 | R01-06, R08-15, R17-18 |
| Nicholson, Alex | #18 | 6 | 1 | R01-02, R04-06, R14 |
| O'Halloran, Tom | #16 | 14 | 0 | R01-03, R05-06, R08-10, R12-15, R17-18 |
| Power, Gladstone | #17 | 2 | 1 | R01, R03 |
| Reardon, Roy | #27 | 3 | 2 | R02-03, R08 |
| Robertson, Harold | #12 | 3 | 3 | R11, R14-15 |
| Rodgers, Jimmy | #19 | 11 | 1 | R04-06, R08-11, R13-14, R17-18 |
| Russell, Bert | #17 | 1 | 3 | R18 |
| Sampson, Reg | #21 | 3 | 1 | R02-03, R12 |
| Scanlan, Paddy | #23 | 12 | 5 | R01-02, R05-06, R08-15 |
| Seedsman, Reg | #22 | 15 | 0 | R01-06, R08-09, R11-15, R17-18 |
| Sutton, Bert | #20 | 5 | 0 | R03, R13, R15, R17-18 |
| Tandy, Mark | #26 | 15 | 6 | R01-05, R08-15, R17-18 |
| Turner, Chip | #3 | 9 | 1 | R03-06, R12-13, R15, R17-18 |
| Willis, Carl | #24 | 12 | 7 | R01-02, R04-06, R08-12, R15, R18 |
| Wood, Artie | #28 | 16 | 1 | R01-06, R08-15, R17-18 |
| Wootton, Stan | #29 | 13 | 8 | R01-04, R08-15, R17 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wood, Artie | 16 | 5 | -1- | 10 | R01-06, R08-15, R17-18 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07/05/1921 | Round 1 | St Kilda | AWAY | WIN | SMLB by 1 | Artie Wood | Carl Willis |
| 14/05/1921 | Round 2 | Richmond | HOME | LOSS | RICH by 31 | Artie Wood | Carl Willis |
| 21/05/1921 | Round 3 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESSE by 43 | Artie Wood | unknown |
| 28/05/1921 | Round 4 | Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | MELB by 1 | Artie Wood | Carl Willis |
| 04/06/1921 | Round 5 | Carlton | HOME | DRAW | drawn | Artie Wood | Carl Willis |
| 11/06/1921 | Round 6 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 23 | Artie Wood | Carl Willis |
| Round 7 | BYE | ||||||
| 25/06/1921 | Round 8 | Geelong | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 21 | Artie Wood | Carl Willis |
| 02/07/1921 | Round 9 | Fitzroy | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 18 | Artie Wood | Carl Willis |
| 09/07/1921 | Round 10 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 13 | Artie Wood | Carl Willis |
| 16/07/1921 | Round 11 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RICH by 5 | Artie Wood | Carl Willis |
| 23/07/1921 | Round 12 | Essendon | AWAY | LOSS | ESSE by 18 | Artie Wood | Carl Willis |
| 30/07/1921 | Round 13 | Melbourne | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 16 | Artie Wood | unknown |
| 20/08/1921 | Round 14 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 25 | Artie Wood | unknown |
| 27/08/1921 | Round 15 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 15 | Artie Wood | Carl Willis |
| Round 16 | BYE | ||||||
| 10/09/1921 | Round 17 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 39 | Artie Wood | unknown |
| 17/09/1921 | Round 18 | Fitzroy | AWAY | LOSS | FITZ by 34 | Artie Wood | Carl Willis |