Career
A ruckman, Somerville came to South Melbourne from Latrobe Valley Football League club Trafalgar. He made 49 league appearances for South Melbourne, from 1963 to 1967. In 1968 he coached in the Northern Tasmanian Football Association, at North Launceston.
Foreign the next two years he played with and coached Maffra, back in Latrobe Valley, then switched to Sale in 1971 and steered his new club to a premiership that season.
He is the younger brother of Essendon player John Somerville.
