1945 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 10-1-9, P%: 113.8%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bill Brittingham (48)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Wally Buttsworth

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Dick Reynolds
Vice-Captain(s): Cec Ruddell

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abbott, Gordon #25 5 R01-R05 4
Annesley, Bob #8 6 R01-R04, R07, R12 7
Betson, Norm #31 17 R01-R11, R15-R20 11
Brittingham, Bill #23 19 R01, R03-R20 48
Bushby, Percy #35 20 R01-R20 7
Buttsworth, Fred #27 8 R08-R09, R14-R16, R18-R20 9
Buttsworth, Wally #15 20 R01-R20 1
Clark, Milton #33 3 R11-R13 0
Coward, Ernie #1 19 R01-R11, R13-R20 2
Dearle, Laurie #10 17 R01-R05, R07-R14, R17-R20 5
Dimble, Murray #9 8 R11-R17, R19 8
Drummond, Bob #28 3 R09-R11 6
Equid, Harry #32 1 R20 3
Finn, Ray #16 2 R05-R06 2
Flanigan, Bob #30 3 R07, R09-R10 0
Gardiner, Les #18 15 R01-R09, R11-R12, R17-R20 0
Healy, Terry #11 8 R07, R12-R13, R15-R19 0
Henry, Jack #13 1 R12 1
Hird, Allan #6 20 R01-R20 2
Huggard, Jackie #4 1 R08 0
Hutchison, Bill #7 20 R01-R20 32
Jory, Ron #19 18 R01-R16, R18-R19 15
Lambert, Chris #14 11 R04-R12, R14-R15 1
Lane, Gordon #22 15 R01-R03, R05-R07, R11, R13-R20 18
Lyons, Jack #26 17 R02, R04-R18, R20 3
Paterson, Peter #32 5 R08, R10-R13 4
Pearson, Bill #20 16 R01-R06, R08-R10, R14-R20 11
Powell, Ray #17 14 R01-R03, R10-R20 12
Ralph, Harry #32 4 R17-R20 0
Randall, Alan #2 3 R13, R16, R20 0
Reynolds, Dick #3 19 R01-R11, R13-R20 26
Ruddell, Cec #21 19 R01-R10, R12-R20 0
Shaw, Alan #12 1 R14 0
Smith, Noel #24 8 R01-R06, R08, R10 10
Syme, Bob #34 10 R04, R06-R07, R09, R12-R17 4
Thomas, Ray #29 4 R01-R03, R06 0

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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)
Reynolds, Dick 19 10 -1- 8 R01-R11, R13-R20
Ruddell, Cec 1 0 -0- 1 R12

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
21/04/1945 Round 1 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 71 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
28/04/1945 Round 2 Fitzroy AWAY DRAW drawn Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
05/05/1945 Round 3 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 100 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
12/05/1945 Round 4 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 55 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
19/05/1945 Round 5 Collingwood HOME WIN ESS by 1 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
26/05/1945 Round 6 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 12 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
02/06/1945 Round 7 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 48 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
09/06/1945 Round 8 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 31 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
16/06/1945 Round 9 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 30 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
23/06/1945 Round 10 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 46 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
30/06/1945 Round 11 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 14 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
07/07/1945 Round 12 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 53 Cec Ruddell Cec Ruddell
14/07/1945 Round 13 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 24 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
21/07/1945 Round 14 Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 3 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
28/07/1945 Round 15 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 99 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
04/08/1945 Round 16 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 29 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
11/08/1945 Round 17 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 33 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
18/08/1945 Round 18 Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 18 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
25/08/1945 Round 19 Footscray HOME WIN ESS by 40 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds
01/09/1945 Round 20 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 6 Dick Reynolds Dick Reynolds