1945 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 11-1-8, P%: 119.1%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Allan Ruthven (42)
Mitchell Medal Recipient(s): Allan Ruthven

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Fred Hughson

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bristowe, Wally #19 16 R01-R03, R08-R20 14
Brown, Jim #18 1 R18 0
Calverley, Bruce #20 3 R01-R02, R05 0
Calverley, Des #12 10 R04, R06, R10-R16, R20 5
Clay, Bert #31 19 R01-R11, R13-R20 3
Clay, Ivor #34 5 R01-R04, R12 2
Collins, Jack #1 8 R04-R06, R10-R11, R17-R19 17
Crouch, Laurie #21 6 R01, R04, R09-R10, R12, R20 3
Curcio, Frank #18 13 R07-R19 0
Dalwood, Peter #23 7 R05-R09, R13, R19 12
Dawson, Stan #5 19 R01-R09, R11-R20 6
Denning, Clen #32 19 R01-R19 0
Edwards, Arthur #2 6 R06-R10, R16 7
Gemmell, Leon #33 8 R13-R20 4
Gillespie-Jones, Audley #15 1 R06 0
Hall, Dennis #4 1 R07 0
Hammond, Don #26 5 R06-R07, R12-R14 0
Hill, Ted #25 8 R02-R03, R10-R14, R17 1
Hillard, Norm #8 15 R02-R16 0
Horan, Monty #9 2 R03-R04 0
Hoskins, George #14 11 R01-R09, R15-R16 1
Hughson, Fred #6 19 R01-R11, R13-R20 0
Hughson, Mick #4 2 R19-R20 0
Jarvis, Noel #27 19 R01-R03, R05-R20 3
Johnstone, Norm #16 15 R01-R08, R10-R15, R20 5
Kettle, Jim #32 2 R04-R05 0
Linney, Charlie #11 7 R01-R03, R17-R20 0
Miller, Wally #10 8 R05, R08-R12, R14-R15 5
Murray, Dan #3 3 R01, R12, R14 0
O'Bryan, Arthur #24 20 R01-R20 5
Price, Noel #22 18 R01-R04, R07-R20 13
Ruthven, Allan #7 20 R01-R20 42
Shillinglaw, Harold #30 3 R17-R18, R20 0
Sier, Ken #17 8 R01-R02, R15-R20 13
Smith, Len #28 9 R03-R09, R11-R12 20
Symons, Jack #29 19 R01-R11, R13-R20 34
White, Ed #30 1 R05 0
Winberg, Harold #21 5 R16-R20 3
Wright, Stan #35 19 R01-R13, R15-R20 16

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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)
Hughson, Fred 19 10 -1- 8 R01-R11, R13-R20
Hillard, Norm 1 1 -0- 0 R12

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
21/04/1945 Round 1 Geelong AWAY WIN FIT by 38 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
28/04/1945 Round 2 Essendon HOME DRAW drawn Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
05/05/1945 Round 3 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 17 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
12/05/1945 Round 4 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 7 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
19/05/1945 Round 5 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 16 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
26/05/1945 Round 6 St Kilda AWAY WIN FIT by 25 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
02/06/1945 Round 7 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 10 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
09/06/1945 Round 8 Collingwood HOME WIN FIT by 95 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
16/06/1945 Round 9 Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 20 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
23/06/1945 Round 10 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 3 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
30/06/1945 Round 11 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FIT by 25 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
07/07/1945 Round 12 Geelong HOME WIN FIT by 96 Norm Hillard unknown
14/07/1945 Round 13 Essendon AWAY WIN FIT by 24 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
21/07/1945 Round 14 Footscray AWAY WIN FIT by 2 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
28/07/1945 Round 15 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 4 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
04/08/1945 Round 16 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 45 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
11/08/1945 Round 17 St Kilda HOME WIN FIT by 67 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
18/08/1945 Round 18 South Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 9 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
25/08/1945 Round 19 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 26 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson
01/09/1945 Round 20 Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 5 Fred Hughson Fred Hughson