1943 VFL Season: North Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1943 VFL Season
Team: North Melbourne
Home Ground: Arden Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 5-1-9, P%: 77.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bill Findlay (43)
Syd Barker Medal Recipient(s): Don Kemp

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bill Findlay

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abikhair, Dick #1 9 R01-R03, R05, R07, R13-R16 0
Allister, Jack #8 11 R01-R07, R10-R12, R16 2
Attenborough, Stan #14 4 R10, R14-R16 0
Bennett, Jack #7 7 R01-R06, R09 0
Boldiston, Jack #13 7 R01-R03, R10-R13 0
Bretherton, Basil #21 4 R07, R09, R11, R14 0
Casey, Vin 2 R01, R05 2
Chalmers, Harry #16 10 R01, R06-R07, R09-R14, R16 0
Chirgwin, Dick #13 2 R04-R05 0
Cooper, Ron #19 2 R12-R13 1
Crawford, Alan #25 12 R04-R07, R09-R16 0
Crosbie, Les #22 5 R06-R07, R09, R11-R12 1
Cross, Vince #36 1 R15 0
Crump, Alf #4 14 R01-R02, R04-R07, R09-R16 8
Day, Dick #14 2 R02, R09 0
Dobson, Lance #11 12 R03-R07, R10-R16 2
Dunstone, Phil #6 8 R07, R09-R13, R15-R16 9
Dyer, Sid #5 15 R01-R07, R09-R16 26
Dynon, Kevin #2 10 R01-R07, R09-R10, R15 2
Findlay, Bill #9 15 R01-R07, R09-R16 43
Foote, Les 1 R09 1
Garlick, George #7 2 R14-R15 0
Hacker, Alf #18 13 R01, R03-R07, R10-R16 0
Harrison, Jack #10 2 R03, R06 0
Jones, Herb #15 15 R01-R07, R09-R16 0
Kemp, Don #12 14 R01-R07, R09-R10, R12-R16 1
McGain, Syd #3 6 R07, R09-R13 0
Moran, Jack #30 13 R01-R06, R10-R16 0
Murray, Sel #26 12 R02-R07, R09-R14 41
O'Brien, Dally #28 12 R01-R04, R06-R07, R09, R12-R16 1
Patterson, Jim #10 3 R14-R16 0
Pullen, Mick 1 R16 1
Slater, Syd #23 9 R01-R07, R09, R13 1
Smith, Ron #29 11 R01-R03, R09-R16 1
Spratling, Col #17 3 R04-R05, R11 1
Wellington, Ted 1 R02 0
Wells, Billy 1 R01 0
Williams, Alby #19 3 R02-R04 0
Willis, Geoff #24 11 R01-R06, R10-R11, R14-R16 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)
Findlay, Bill 15 5 -1- 9 R01-R07, R09-R16

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
08/05/1943 Round 1 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 4 Bill Findlay Bill Findlay
15/05/1943 Round 2 St Kilda HOME DRAW drawn Bill Findlay Bill Findlay
22/05/1943 Round 3 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 13 Bill Findlay Bill Findlay
29/05/1943 Round 4 Melbourne HOME WIN NOR by 33 Bill Findlay Bill Findlay
05/06/1943 Round 5 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 77 Bill Findlay Bill Findlay
12/06/1943 Round 6 South Melbourne HOME WIN NOR by 1 Bill Findlay Bill Findlay
19/06/1943 Round 7 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 41 Bill Findlay Bill Findlay
Round 8 BYE
03/07/1943 Round 9 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 29 Bill Findlay Bill Findlay
10/07/1943 Round 10 Footscray AWAY WIN NOR by 9 Bill Findlay Bill Findlay
17/07/1943 Round 11 Carlton HOME WIN NOR by 4 Bill Findlay Bill Findlay
31/07/1943 Round 12 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 53 Bill Findlay Bill Findlay
07/08/1943 Round 13 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 58 Bill Findlay Bill Findlay
14/08/1943 Round 14 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 11 Bill Findlay Bill Findlay
21/08/1943 Round 15 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 66 Bill Findlay Bill Findlay
28/08/1943 Round 16 Hawthorn HOME WIN NOR by 1 Bill Findlay Bill Findlay