1944 VFL Season: North Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Team: North Melbourne
Home Ground: Arden Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 10-0-8, P%: 100.3%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 45
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bill Findlay (55)
Syd Barker Medal Recipient(s): Alan Crawford

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Dally O'Brien

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abikhair, Dick #1 12 R01, R04-R07, R09, R11-R13, R15, R17-R18 0
Allister, Jack #8 16 R01-R08, R11-R18 9
Anderson, Frank #17 1 R12 0
Arthur, Harold #2 2 R02-R03 2
Attenborough, Stan #14 4 R10-R11, R15-R16 0
Bennett, Jack #31 7 R02-R03, R14-R18 0
Bogie, Cam #6 4 R15-R18 1
Clay, Alf #15 11 R07-R17 3
Condon, Don #16 13 R01-R02, R04-R14 2
Crawford, Alan #12 16 R01-R16 10
Crosbie, Les #22 16 R01-R12, R14-R17 0
Cross, Vince 2 R17-R18 0
Crump, Alf #4 17 R01-R11, R13-R18 17
Daly, Harold #26 2 R14-R15 0
Deller, Roy #9 5 R01, R04, R12-R14 0
Dobson, Lance #11 9 R01-R07, R09-R10 4
Dunstone, Phil #6 5 R01-R04, R06 6
Dyer, Sid #5 16 R01-R14, R16-R17 43
Dynon, Kevin #15 2 R04-R05 1
Fairweather, Fred #21 15 R03-R17 5
Findlay, Bill #9 18 R01-R18 55
Foote, Les 1 R18 0
Garlick, George #7 6 R02-R04, R06, R17-R18 0
Haggis, Eric #26 4 R02-R04, R06 0
Harrison, Jack #10 18 R01-R18 1
Hunter, Jack #27 5 R01, R15-R18 12
Jarrard, Ted 1 R18 0
Jones, Herb #14 1 R08 0
McKenzie, Keith #20 13 R01-R03, R05-R14 0
Moran, Jack #30 10 R05, R07, R09-R10, R13-R18 1
Morcom, Eddie 2 R15-R16 0
Murray, Sel #27 7 R08-R14 25
O'Brien, Dally #28 17 R01-R14, R16-R18 8
Patterson, Jim #19 10 R01-R03, R05, R07-R12 12
Roulent, Tom #3 17 R02-R18 6
Slater, Syd #23 2 R01, R16 1
Smith, Clive 2 R17-R18 0
Smith, Ron #29 10 R04-R09, R13-R15, R18 0
Thomas, Ted #32 8 R09-R13, R15-R16, R18 0
Turner, Ted #24 1 R13 1
Watkins, Ken #13 5 R03, R05-R08 0
Wells, Billy #37 1 R08 0
Willis, Geoff #2 2 R10-R11 1
Wilson, Allan #36 1 R01 0
Wood, Herbie #24 5 R01-R02, R12, R17-R18 1

Team Line-Up

Back: Jack Harrison Tom Roulent Jack Allister
Half-Back: Dick Abikhair Jack Moran Ted Turner
Centre: Alf Clay Keith McKenzie Ron Smith
Half-Forward: Dally O'Brien Alf Crump Don Condon
Forward: Bill Findlay Sel Murray Roy Deller
Follower: Alan Crawford Fred Fairweather Sid Dyer
Interchange: Ted Thomas

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 18 10 -0- 8 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
06/05/1944 Round 1 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 36 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
13/05/1944 Round 2 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 20 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
20/05/1944 Round 3 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 25 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
27/05/1944 Round 4 Footscray HOME WIN NOR by 34 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
03/06/1944 Round 5 South Melbourne AWAY WIN NOR by 1 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
10/06/1944 Round 6 Hawthorn HOME WIN NOR by 29 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
17/06/1944 Round 7 Melbourne HOME WIN NOR by 28 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
24/06/1944 Round 8 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 84 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
01/07/1944 Round 9 Carlton HOME WIN NOR by 29 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
08/07/1944 Round 10 Geelong AWAY WIN NOR by 53 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
15/07/1944 Round 11 St Kilda HOME WIN NOR by 33 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
22/07/1944 Round 12 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 19 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
29/07/1944 Round 13 Richmond HOME WIN NOR by 1 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
05/08/1944 Round 14 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 23 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
12/08/1944 Round 15 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 4 Bob McCaskill unknown
19/08/1944 Round 16 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 46 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
26/08/1944 Round 17 Hawthorn AWAY WIN NOR by 25 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
02/09/1944 Round 18 St Kilda AWAY WIN NOR by 29 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien