1976 VFL Season: South Melbourne
These are the details of the premiership results of South Melbourne for the 1976 VFL season. The team finished the regular season in eighth place.
Season Team Details
Competition:
1976 VFL Season
Team:
South Melbourne
Home Ground:
Lakeside Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
8th (W-D-L: 9-0-13, P%: 94.0)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aanensen, Vic | #2 | 1 | 1 | R01 |
| Anderson, Syd | #28 | 4 | 0 | R01-02, R17-18 |
| Bedford, Peter | #11 | 19 | 31 | R01-15, R17, R20-22 |
| Beecroft, Barry | #8 | 8 | 0 | R01-04, R15-16, R18, R22 |
| Blair, John | #24 | 12 | 15 | R02-06, R12-13, R15-18, R22 |
| Brice, Gary | #7 | 21 | 13 | R01-21 |
| Brown, Peter | #32 | 13 | 7 | R01-02, R05-14, R20 |
| Browning, Mark | #43 | 22 | 15 | R01-22 |
| Daniher, Terry | #40 | 1 | 0 | R08 |
| Dean, Robert | #18 | 20 | 37 | R01-03, R05-06, R08-22 |
| Dempster, Graham | #13 | 18 | 5 | R04-05, R07-22 |
| Elliott, Chris | #36 | 5 | 0 | R01-04, R06 |
| Gleeson, Reg | #27 | 7 | 6 | R01, R04, R08-10, R16, R19 |
| Goodingham, Barry | #28 | 20 | 9 | R02-20, R22 |
| Goss, Norm | #12 | 17 | 23 | R02-07, R09-14, R18-22 |
| Gull, Stewart | #34 | 15 | 36 | R02-06, R08, R12-14, R17-22 |
| Hodges, Russ | #17 | 5 | 0 | R11, R19-22 |
| Hoffman, Steve | #26 | 14 | 17 | R02-03, R08, R10-11, R14-22 |
| Hounsell, Colin | #37 | 10 | 13 | R13-22 |
| Jackson, Francis | #31 | 4 | 0 | R01, R03, R06-07 |
| Lambert, Greg | #33 | 13 | 5 | R01, R04-10, R13-14, R18-19, R21 |
| McLeish, David | #29 | 21 | 3 | R01-03, R05-22 |
| Miller, Greg | #1 | 6 | 0 | R04-07, R19-20 |
| Morrison, Peter | #35 | 10 | 4 | R01, R07, R15-22 |
| O'Neill, Terry | #19 | 7 | 4 | R02-03, R06-09, R12 |
| Pagan, Denis | #6 | 16 | 0 | R01-16 |
| Quade, Ricky | #16 | 22 | 16 | R01-22 |
| Rantall, John | #5 | 21 | 0 | R01-21 |
| Robertson, Max | #23 | 16 | 0 | R04-05, R09-22 |
| Round, Barry | #25 | 14 | 12 | R01-03, R07, R13-22 |
| Russ, Stephen | #22 | 3 | 0 | R05, R11-12 |
| Stilo, Michael | #3 | 2 | 1 | R09-10 |
| Teasdale, Graham | #20 | 15 | 11 | R03-04, R07-17, R21-22 |
| Thomson, Ian | #9 | 19 | 22 | R01-12, R15-19, R21-22 |
| Wilson, Graeme | #4 | 1 | 0 | R11 |
| Woodman, Brian | #10 | 18 | 17 | R01, R04-17, R20-22 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart, Ian | 22 | 9 | -0- | 13 | R01-22 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/04/1976 | Round 1 | Geelong | HOME | LOSS | GEEL by 4 | Ian Stewart | Peter Bedford |
| 10/04/1976 | Round 2 | Collingwood | AWAY | WIN | SMLB by 11 | Ian Stewart | Peter Bedford |
| 17/04/1976 | Round 3 | Footscray | AWAY | LOSS | FOOT by 39 | Ian Stewart | Peter Bedford |
| 24/04/1976 | Round 4 | Essendon | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 34 | Ian Stewart | Peter Bedford |
| 01/05/1976 | Round 5 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 1 | Ian Stewart | Peter Bedford |
| 08/05/1976 | Round 6 | Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | MELB by 28 | Ian Stewart | Peter Bedford |
| 15/05/1976 | Round 7 | Fitzroy | AWAY | LOSS | FITZ by 1 | Ian Stewart | Peter Bedford |
| 22/05/1976 | Round 8 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HWTH by 60 | Ian Stewart | Peter Bedford |
| 29/05/1976 | Round 9 | Richmond | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 8 | Ian Stewart | Peter Bedford |
| 05/06/1976 | Round 10 | St Kilda | AWAY | WIN | SMLB by 25 | Ian Stewart | Peter Bedford |
| 12/06/1976 | Round 11 | North Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | NMLB by 26 | Ian Stewart | Peter Bedford |
| 19/06/1976 | Round 12 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 104 | Ian Stewart | Peter Bedford |
| 26/06/1976 | Round 13 | Collingwood | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 39 | Ian Stewart | Peter Bedford |
| 03/07/1976 | Round 14 | Essendon | AWAY | LOSS | ESSE by 15 | Ian Stewart | Peter Bedford |
| 10/07/1976 | Round 15 | Footscray | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 20 | Ian Stewart | Peter Bedford |
| 17/07/1976 | Round 16 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 6 | Ian Stewart | unknown |
| 24/07/1976 | Round 17 | Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | SMLB by 14 | Ian Stewart | Peter Bedford |
| 31/07/1976 | Round 18 | Fitzroy | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 27 | Ian Stewart | unknown |
| 07/08/1976 | Round 19 | Hawthorn | HOME | LOSS | HWTH by 14 | Ian Stewart | unknown |
| 14/08/1976 | Round 20 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RICH by 26 | Ian Stewart | Peter Bedford |
| 21/08/1976 | Round 21 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | SMLB by 42 | Ian Stewart | Peter Bedford |
| 28/08/1976 | Round 22 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 37 | Ian Stewart | Peter Bedford |
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.