1963 VFL Season: South Melbourne
These are the details of the premiership results for South Melbourne for the 1963 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian 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 eleventh place.
Team Details
Competition:
1963 VFL Season
Team:
South Melbourne
Club:
Sydney
Home Ground:
Lakeside Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
11th (W-D-L: 4-0-14, P%: 69.8)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander, Harry | #36 | 11 | 0 | R02-11, R18 |
| Batch, Kevin | #27 | 4 | 0 | R15-18 |
| Bethke, Des | #15 | 6 | 6 | R01-06 |
| Burke, Dick | #34 | 4 | 4 | R01, R09, R17-18 |
| Colvin, Ken | #2 | 18 | 2 | R01-18 |
| Cotton, Ron | #43 | 4 | 0 | R15-18 |
| Deacon, Cliff | #35 | 2 | 0 | R01-02 |
| Dolling, Peter | #39 | 11 | 8 | R01-10, R16 |
| Fogarty, John | #32 | 2 | 0 | R02-03 |
| Fuller, Jim | #46 | 1 | 0 | R10 |
| Goonan, Clem | #37 | 17 | 0 | R01, R03-18 |
| Harrison, Paul | #18 | 18 | 4 | R01-18 |
| Heriot, John | #21 | 17 | 14 | R01-10, R12-18 |
| Heyme, Geoff | #11 | 5 | 0 | R11-12, R16-18 |
| Hotchkin, Allan | #20 | 1 | 0 | R01 |
| Howland, Darryl | #12 | 6 | 0 | R08, R10-12, R17-18 |
| Hynes, Tom | #16 | 5 | 0 | R01-02, R10, R16-17 |
| Johnson, Frank | #8 | 10 | 13 | R01-07, R09-11 |
| Johnston, Gary | #42 | 14 | 0 | R03, R06-18 |
| Kingston, Bob | #23 | 18 | 18 | R01-18 |
| Magee, Stuart | #6 | 8 | 8 | R01-02, R04, R08, R11-14 |
| McGee, Terry | #49 | 11 | 0 | R01-06, R12-16 |
| McGowan, Brian | #3 | 18 | 19 | R01-18 |
| McLaughlin, Hugh | #25 | 7 | 1 | R01, R04-07, R13, R15 |
| Munn, Bob | #44 | 1 | 0 | R14 |
| Phillips, Ken | #38 | 14 | 4 | R04-05, R07-18 |
| Plumridge, John | #17 | 4 | 0 | R01-02, R09-10 |
| Porter, Bob | #22 | 15 | 10 | R03, R05-18 |
| Rantall, John | #5 | 14 | 2 | R01-09, R11-15 |
| Rees, Fred | #9 | 1 | 0 | R02 |
| Reilly, Elkin | #35 | 12 | 0 | R01-08, R11, R13-15 |
| Ross, Bill | #10 | 15 | 4 | R03-10, R12-18 |
| Self, Alan | #1 | 9 | 8 | R07-14, R18 |
| Skilton, Bob | #14 | 17 | 36 | R01-09, R11-18 |
| Somerville, Trevor | #19 | 16 | 4 | R03-18 |
| Strachan, Bob | #28 | 3 | 0 | R02-04 |
| Trethowan, Pat | #26 | 9 | 1 | R09-17 |
| White, Eric | #50 | 12 | 5 | R05-08, R11-18 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| McMahen, Noel | 18 | 4 | -0- | 14 | R01-18 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20/04/1963 | Round 1 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 59 | Noel McMahen | Bob Skilton |
| 25/04/1963 | Round 2 | Richmond | HOME | LOSS | RICH by 23 | Noel McMahen | Bob Skilton |
| 04/05/1963 | Round 3 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 37 | Noel McMahen | Bob Skilton |
| 11/05/1963 | Round 4 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HWTH by 71 | Noel McMahen | Bob Skilton |
| 18/05/1963 | Round 5 | North Melbourne | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 38 | Noel McMahen | Bob Skilton |
| 25/05/1963 | Round 6 | St Kilda | AWAY | LOSS | STKL by 41 | Noel McMahen | Bob Skilton |
| 01/06/1963 | Round 7 | Melbourne | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 4 | Noel McMahen | Bob Skilton |
| 10/06/1963 | Round 8 | Footscray | AWAY | LOSS | FOOT by 13 | Noel McMahen | Bob Skilton |
| 22/06/1963 | Round 9 | Fitzroy | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 19 | Noel McMahen | Bob Skilton |
| 29/06/1963 | Round 10 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 51 | Noel McMahen | unknown |
| 20/07/1963 | Round 11 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESSE by 46 | Noel McMahen | Bob Skilton |
| 27/07/1963 | Round 12 | Geelong | HOME | LOSS | GEEL by 35 | Noel McMahen | Bob Skilton |
| 03/08/1963 | Round 13 | Richmond | AWAY | WIN | SMLB by 66 | Noel McMahen | Bob Skilton |
| 10/08/1963 | Round 14 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 58 | Noel McMahen | Bob Skilton |
| 17/08/1963 | Round 15 | Hawthorn | HOME | LOSS | HWTH by 60 | Noel McMahen | Bob Skilton |
| 24/08/1963 | Round 16 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 45 | Noel McMahen | Bob Skilton |
| 31/08/1963 | Round 17 | St Kilda | HOME | LOSS | STKL by 73 | Noel McMahen | Bob Skilton |
| 07/09/1963 | Round 18 | Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | MELB by 35 | Noel McMahen | Bob Skilton |