1950 VFL Season: South Melbourne
These are the details of the premiership results of South Melbourne for the 1950 VFL season. The team finished the regular season in eleventh place.
Season Team Details
Competition:
1950 VFL Season
Team:
South Melbourne
Home Ground:
Lakeside Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
11th (W-D-L: 5-0-13, P%: 75.5)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barry, Ron | #35 | 14 | 1 | R05-18 |
| Brew, Frank | #3 | 16 | 5 | R01-09, R11-17 |
| Bulpit, Stan | 1 | 0 | R03 | |
| Bywater, Ron | #32 | 9 | 9 | R01-09 |
| Callick, Alf | #36 | 4 | 0 | R01-02, R10, R13 |
| Caris, George | #18 | 1 | 1 | R04 |
| Chambers, Wylie | #33 | 11 | 1 | R01-08, R10-12 |
| Clegg, Ron | #23 | 9 | 3 | R01, R07-13, R16 |
| Collihole, Ernie | #5 | 8 | 0 | R10-13, R15-18 |
| Crane, Len | #21 | 6 | 0 | R01-04, R14, R17 |
| Davis, Syd | #37 | 3 | 0 | R02-03, R05 |
| Dornau, Erwin | #17 | 6 | 2 | R12-13, R15-18 |
| Duniam, Urban | #2 | 1 | 0 | R13 |
| Eichhorn, Jack | #31 | 2 | 2 | R01-02 |
| Fox, Arthur | #8 | 14 | 10 | R02-03, R06-08, R10-18 |
| Garrick, Jack | #29 | 18 | 3 | R01-18 |
| Giles, Bob | #9 | 18 | 0 | R01-18 |
| Goodes, Reg | #11 | 1 | 0 | R18 |
| Gull, Jim | #26 | 10 | 9 | R01-03, R05-10, R14 |
| Harley, Reg | #14 | 14 | 0 | R04, R06-18 |
| Hilet, Kevin | #13 | 9 | 0 | R05, R09-11, R14-18 |
| Lane, Gordon | #1 | 16 | 47 | R01-03, R05-12, R14-18 |
| Lucas, Bert | #25 | 15 | 9 | R01-11, R14-15, R17-18 |
| McDonald, Brian | #12 | 6 | 6 | R10-13, R17-18 |
| Miller, Allan | #19 | 14 | 21 | R04-13, R15-18 |
| Paez, Ron | #15 | 14 | 0 | R01-02, R04, R08-18 |
| Palmer, Frank | 2 | 1 | R14, R16 | |
| Read, Chester | 4 | 0 | R13-16 | |
| Rohleder, Noel | 1 | 1 | R18 | |
| Ryan, Tom | #10 | 10 | 2 | R01-05, R12, R14-15, R17-18 |
| Schaefer, Keith | #22 | 17 | 2 | R01, R03-18 |
| Scott, Don | #34 | 14 | 7 | R03-16 |
| Sibun, Mick | #7 | 11 | 12 | R01-09, R14, R16 |
| Simms, Fred | #36 | 2 | 0 | R02, R06 |
| Simpson, Harry | #16 | 7 | 1 | R01-04, R09, R11-12 |
| Spokes, Larry | #24 | 10 | 2 | R04-09, R11-13, R17 |
| Taylor, Jim | #20 | 13 | 9 | R01-08, R14-18 |
| Trainer, Bob | 3 | 3 | R13-15 | |
| Williams, Billy | #4 | 17 | 36 | R01-13, R15-18 |
| Williams, Les | #6 | 9 | 0 | R01, R03-07, R09-10, R18 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lane, Gordon | 18 | 5 | -0- | 13 | R01-18 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22/04/1950 | Round 1 | Collingwood | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 20 | Gordon Lane | Gordon Lane |
| 29/04/1950 | Round 2 | Essendon | AWAY | LOSS | ESSE by 105 | Gordon Lane | Gordon Lane |
| 06/05/1950 | Round 3 | St Kilda | HOME | LOSS | STKL by 22 | Gordon Lane | Gordon Lane |
| 13/05/1950 | Round 4 | Fitzroy | AWAY | LOSS | FITZ by 66 | Gordon Lane | unknown |
| 20/05/1950 | Round 5 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 3 | Gordon Lane | Gordon Lane |
| 27/05/1950 | Round 6 | Hawthorn | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 60 | Gordon Lane | Gordon Lane |
| 03/06/1950 | Round 7 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 6 | Gordon Lane | Gordon Lane |
| 10/06/1950 | Round 8 | Footscray | AWAY | LOSS | FOOT by 63 | Gordon Lane | Gordon Lane |
| 17/06/1950 | Round 9 | Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | MELB by 34 | Gordon Lane | Gordon Lane |
| 24/06/1950 | Round 10 | Richmond | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 15 | Gordon Lane | Gordon Lane |
| 01/07/1950 | Round 11 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 80 | Gordon Lane | Gordon Lane |
| 08/07/1950 | Round 12 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 43 | Gordon Lane | Gordon Lane |
| 15/07/1950 | Round 13 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESSE by 92 | Gordon Lane | unknown |
| 29/07/1950 | Round 14 | St Kilda | AWAY | WIN | SMLB by 10 | Gordon Lane | Gordon Lane |
| 05/08/1950 | Round 15 | Fitzroy | HOME | LOSS | FITZ by 3 | Gordon Lane | Gordon Lane |
| 12/08/1950 | Round 16 | North Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | NMLB by 51 | Gordon Lane | Gordon Lane |
| 19/08/1950 | Round 17 | Hawthorn | AWAY | WIN | SMLB by 9 | Gordon Lane | Gordon Lane |
| 26/08/1950 | Round 18 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 12 | Gordon Lane | Gordon Lane |
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.