1945 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 12-0-8, P%: 108.9%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Joe Ryan (37)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Harry Hickey

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Arthur Olliver

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Broadway, Allan #28 13 R01-R08, R11-R12, R16-R17, R20 12
Chalmers, Harry #26 4 R01-R03, R05 2
Dudley, Merv #16 14 R06-R14, R16-R20 0
Evenden, Reg #19 19 R01-R16, R18-R20 1
Gingell, Harry #18 20 R01-R20 2
Greenham, Jim #20 18 R01-R11, R13-R19 0
Grove, Ron #5 19 R01-R10, R12-R20 10
Hand, Pat #9 9 R01-R09 0
Hickey, Harry #7 20 R01-R20 9
Jacobsen, Allan #11 18 R01-R11, R13, R15-R20 19
Kennedy, Del #23 9 R01-R02, R09-R10, R12-R16 1
Laffey, Merv #12 8 R04, R10-R16 9
Mather, Vic #34 3 R13-R14, R19 0
McBean, Mal #4 3 R05, R07, R17 0
McCankie, Len #27 16 R01-R11, R13, R15-R17, R20 0
McLaren, George #21 19 R01-R04, R06-R20 0
McTaggart, Bert #6 10 R10-R15, R17-R20 0
McTaggart, Bill #31 19 R01-R19 28
Miller, Jim #14 10 R01-R04, R06, R16-R20 1
Moncrieff, Allan #29 11 R01-R05, R09-R12, R14-R15 24
Olliver, Arthur #3 19 R01-R19 31
Rawlings, Roy #12 4 R08-R10, R18 1
Ryan, Joe #10 19 R01-R09, R11-R20 37
Ryan, Ted #32 6 R03-R08 7
Sexton, Gerry #22 1 R20 0
Sutton, Jack #8 4 R12, R14-R15, R20 4
Taylor, Dan #24 3 R17-R19 3
Thoms, Jim #1 14 R05-R15, R18-R20 3
Tribe, George #30 20 R01-R20 33
Tribe, Tom #25 20 R01-R20 0
Ware, Norm #4 1 R20 6
Welsh, Jack #2 2 R12, R20 1
Witney, Col #35 5 R11, R16-R19 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)
Olliver, Arthur 20 12 -0- 8 R01-R20

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
21/04/1945 Round 1 Richmond AWAY WIN FOO by 10 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
28/04/1945 Round 2 Geelong HOME WIN FOO by 36 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
05/05/1945 Round 3 Fitzroy AWAY WIN FOO by 17 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
12/05/1945 Round 4 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 13 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
19/05/1945 Round 5 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 16 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
26/05/1945 Round 6 Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 27 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
02/06/1945 Round 7 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FOO by 35 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
09/06/1945 Round 8 Essendon HOME WIN FOO by 31 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
16/06/1945 Round 9 Carlton AWAY WIN FOO by 9 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
23/06/1945 Round 10 St Kilda HOME WIN FOO by 63 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
30/06/1945 Round 11 Collingwood AWAY WIN FOO by 5 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
07/07/1945 Round 12 Richmond HOME WIN FOO by 28 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
14/07/1945 Round 13 Geelong AWAY WIN FOO by 17 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
21/07/1945 Round 14 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 2 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
28/07/1945 Round 15 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 19 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
04/08/1945 Round 16 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 1 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
11/08/1945 Round 17 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 9 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
18/08/1945 Round 18 Hawthorn HOME WIN FOO by 16 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
25/08/1945 Round 19 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 40 Arthur Olliver Arthur Olliver
01/09/1945 Round 20 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 53 Arthur Olliver unknown