1942 VFL Season: North Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1942 VFL Season
Team: North Melbourne
Home Ground: Arden Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 4-0-10, P%: 78.2%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 44
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Sel Murray (42)
Syd Barker Medal Recipient(s): Jack Allister

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bill Findlay

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abikhair, Dick #1 12 R01-R02, R04, R06, R08-R13, R15-R16 0
Allister, Jack #8 14 R01-R02, R04-R13, R15-R16 29
Anderson, Frank #35 7 R08-R12, R15-R16 5
Bamford, Ray 2 R12-R13 0
Bennett, Jack #11 3 R12, R15-R16 1
Blades, Lawrie #7 2 R12-R13 0
Casey, Vin #20 2 R01-R02 0
Chirgwin, Dick #19 10 R01-R02, R04-R11 2
Crosbie, Les #12 12 R01-R02, R06-R13, R15-R16 0
Crump, Alf #33 6 R10-R13, R15-R16 0
Dyer, Sid #5 2 R02, R11 5
Findlay, Bill #9 11 R01-R02, R04-R06, R09-R10, R12-R13, R15-R16 30
Foden, Joe #17 3 R06, R08, R15 0
Foote, Les #30 12 R04-R13, R15-R16 2
Green, Gordon 1 R12 0
Green, Harry #11 5 R01, R04-R05, R09, R11 1
Hamilton, Arch #22 1 R16 0
Harrison, Jack #10 8 R01-R02, R04-R05, R08, R10, R13, R16 0
Hogan, Vin #27 6 R01-R02, R07, R09, R11-R12 0
Howell, Ron #2 1 R01 1
Hurley, Kevin #25 2 R13, R16 1
Jackson, Syd #35 1 R07 0
Jones, Herb #15 13 R01-R02, R04-R12, R15-R16 0
Kearney, Dan #2 3 R08-R09, R13 0
Kemp, Don #31 11 R04-R11, R13, R15-R16 0
Kennedy, George #18 3 R01-R02, R04 7
Lander, John #19 2 R13, R15 2
Long, Teddy #3 8 R01-R02, R04-R05, R07, R10-R11, R15 6
McCorkell, Jock #14 11 R01-R02, R04-R10, R12-R13 0
McTaggart, Ian #25 4 R05-R07, R12 5
Miller, Keith #20 7 R06, R08-R11, R13, R15 0
Montgomery, Allan #32 3 R07-R08, R16 0
Montgomery, Bill #22 4 R01, R04-R06 3
Murray, Sel #26 13 R02, R04-R13, R15-R16 42
O'Brien, Dally #28 13 R01-R02, R04-R05, R07-R13, R15-R16 5
Parks, Ossy #21 8 R04-R11 0
Peterson, Charlie #36 1 R15 2
Reid, Jim #33 2 R05-R06 1
Sharp, Bill #25 1 R02 0
Skinner, Charles #7 4 R01-R02, R06-R07 1
Slater, Syd #23 14 R01-R02, R04-R13, R15-R16 7
Smith, Ron #34 12 R04-R13, R15-R16 0
Stewart, Alec #3 2 R07, R16 1
Willis, Geoff #24 4 R01-R02, R04-R05 0

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
McCaskill, Bob 7 2 -0- 5 R01-R02, R04-R08
Findlay, Bill 7 2 -0- 5 R09-R13, R15-R16

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
09/05/1942 Round 1 Hawthorn AWAY WIN NOR by 34 Bob McCaskill Bill Findlay
16/05/1942 Round 2 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 21 Bob McCaskill Bill Findlay
Round 3 BYE
30/05/1942 Round 4 South Melbourne HOME WIN NOR by 15 Bob McCaskill Bill Findlay
06/06/1942 Round 5 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 40 Bob McCaskill Bill Findlay
13/06/1942 Round 6 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 47 Bob McCaskill Bill Findlay
20/06/1942 Round 7 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 7 Bob McCaskill unknown
27/06/1942 Round 8 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 56 Bob McCaskill unknown
04/07/1942 Round 9 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 3 Bill Findlay Bill Findlay
11/07/1942 Round 10 Collingwood HOME WIN NOR by 28 Bill Findlay Bill Findlay
18/07/1942 Round 11 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 73 Bill Findlay unknown
25/07/1942 Round 12 Hawthorn HOME WIN NOR by 12 Bill Findlay Bill Findlay
01/08/1942 Round 13 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 66 Bill Findlay Bill Findlay
Round 14 BYE
15/08/1942 Round 15 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 58 Bill Findlay Bill Findlay
22/08/1942 Round 16 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 26 Bill Findlay Bill Findlay