1947 VFL Season: St Kilda
These are the details of the premiership results for St Kilda for the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Junction Oval as their home ground, playing ten matches there (ten as hosts). The team finished the regular season in twelfth place.
Team Details
Competition:
1947 VFL Season
Team:
St Kilda
Club:
St Kilda
Home Ground:
Junction Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
12th (W-D-L: 1-1-17, P%: 58.7)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bennett, Peter | #27 | 16 | 37 | R04-19 |
| Bibby, Bob | #21 | 2 | 0 | R06-07 |
| Bray, Harold | #12 | 16 | 3 | R01-10, R12-15, R17-18 |
| Brunnen, Gordon | #23 | 11 | 0 | R02-08, R10, R13, R15-16 |
| Carmody, Bill | #25 | 7 | 11 | R01-05, R09, R11 |
| Connally, Jack | #21 | 4 | 1 | R10-13 |
| Copsey, Alf | #14 | 10 | 0 | R05-11, R13-14, R18 |
| Curtin, John | #18 | 2 | 0 | R10-11 |
| Dimble, Murray | #22 | 8 | 5 | R02-08, R11 |
| Drinan, Jack | #26 | 10 | 0 | R08-16, R19 |
| Drinan, Keith | #26 | 1 | 0 | R02 |
| Fountain, Roy | #30 | 4 | 4 | R01, R07-09 |
| Gardner, Les | 3 | 0 | R01-03 | |
| Green, Fred | #15 | 13 | 0 | R01, R04, R07-17 |
| Hancock, Bobby | #2 | 9 | 4 | R02, R04, R06-07, R13-17 |
| Hird, Allan | #6 | 19 | 4 | R01-19 |
| Hogan, Vin | #17 | 3 | 1 | R14-16 |
| Howe, Jack | #19 | 6 | 0 | R01, R03-04, R08-09, R16 |
| Kerr, Geoff | #26 | 5 | 2 | R02-03, R05-07 |
| Langdon, Mark | #19 | 4 | 1 | R16-19 |
| Le Lievre, Stan | #13 | 3 | 0 | R01, R18-19 |
| Lundberg, Jim | #29 | 7 | 0 | R02-05, R08-09, R12 |
| Mace, Ken | #11 | 12 | 0 | R06-17 |
| McBean, Mal | #5 | 19 | 0 | R01-19 |
| McIntyre, Ern | #28 | 17 | 9 | R01-13, R15-18 |
| McLeod, Ron | #18 | 13 | 19 | R01-05, R12-19 |
| Meehan, Jack | 3 | 0 | R02-04 | |
| Meehan, Tom | #25 | 2 | 2 | R18-19 |
| Meek, Les | #17 | 1 | 0 | R03 |
| Millar, Len | 6 | 0 | R12-17 | |
| Mulhall, Ken | #4 | 14 | 8 | R01-02, R08-19 |
| Murnane, Danny | 1 | 1 | R19 | |
| Nisbet, Des | #50 | 19 | 1 | R01-19 |
| O'Donnell, Kevin | #7 | 13 | 5 | R01-06, R09-12, R14, R16-17 |
| Olle, Alan | #16 | 6 | 1 | R06-07, R11-12, R18-19 |
| Phillips, Bruce | #14 | 4 | 5 | R06-09 |
| Pickett, Des | #3 | 6 | 0 | R01-04, R18-19 |
| Ramsay, Gordon | #3 | 6 | 0 | R10-15 |
| Richardson, Tony | #14 | 4 | 2 | R16-19 |
| Rippon, Max | #8 | 13 | 0 | R01, R05-06, R09-15, R17-19 |
| Rosewarne, Keith | #10 | 16 | 25 | R01-12, R14-15, R17, R19 |
| Ross, Jim | #20 | 16 | 11 | R01, R03-07, R10-19 |
| Schedlich, Harold | #29 | 3 | 1 | R17-19 |
| Stamps, Bill | #23 | 3 | 0 | R05, R18-19 |
| Stretton, Alan | #1 | 3 | 0 | R01, R05, R08 |
| Wilkie, Bob | #9 | 16 | 1 | R02-10, R13-19 |
| Willis, Les | #19 | 1 | 0 | R01 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hird, Allan | 19 | 1 | -1- | 17 | R01-19 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19/04/1947 | Round 1 | Footscray | HOME | LOSS | FOOT by 61 | Allan Hird | Allan Hird |
| 26/04/1947 | Round 2 | North Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | STKL by 2 | Allan Hird | Allan Hird |
| 03/05/1947 | Round 3 | Essendon | AWAY | LOSS | ESSE by 11 | Allan Hird | Allan Hird |
| 10/05/1947 | Round 4 | Hawthorn | HOME | LOSS | HWTH by 7 | Allan Hird | Allan Hird |
| 17/05/1947 | Round 5 | Fitzroy | AWAY | LOSS | FITZ by 76 | Allan Hird | Allan Hird |
| 24/05/1947 | Round 6 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 102 | Allan Hird | Allan Hird |
| 31/05/1947 | Round 7 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 5 | Allan Hird | Allan Hird |
| 07/06/1947 | Round 8 | Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | MELB by 62 | Allan Hird | Allan Hird |
| 16/06/1947 | Round 9 | South Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | SMLB by 46 | Allan Hird | Allan Hird |
| 21/06/1947 | Round 10 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 43 | Allan Hird | Allan Hird |
| 28/06/1947 | Round 11 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RICH by 101 | Allan Hird | Allan Hird |
| 05/07/1947 | Round 12 | Footscray | AWAY | DRAW | drawn | Allan Hird | Allan Hird |
| 12/07/1947 | Round 13 | North Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | NMLB by 40 | Allan Hird | Allan Hird |
| 19/07/1947 | Round 14 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESSE by 47 | Allan Hird | Allan Hird |
| 26/07/1947 | Round 15 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HWTH by 45 | Allan Hird | Allan Hird |
| 02/08/1947 | Round 16 | Fitzroy | HOME | LOSS | FITZ by 14 | Allan Hird | Allan Hird |
| 16/08/1947 | Round 17 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 73 | Allan Hird | Allan Hird |
| 23/08/1947 | Round 18 | Geelong | HOME | LOSS | GEEL by 34 | Allan Hird | Allan Hird |
| 30/08/1947 | Round 19 | Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | MELB by 93 | Allan Hird | Allan Hird |