1945 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: Punt Road Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 8-0-12, P%: 99.1%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Fred Fanning (67)
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Trophy Recipient(s): Fred Fanning

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Norm Smith
Vice-Captain(s): Jack Mueller

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Archibald, George #14 6 R01-R06 0
Baggott, Ron #15 16 R01-R03, R05, R07, R10-R20 25
Bickford, George #16 5 R05-R07, R12, R14 0
Bowman, Gordon #11 6 R05-R06, R08, R15, R19-R20 3
Conroy, Clem #7 9 R01-R06, R18-R20 1
Cordner, Don #21 20 R01-R20 8
Deans, Billy #5 20 R01-R20 0
Downey, Es #26 6 R01-R06 0
Dowsing, Roy #2 19 R01-R07, R09-R20 0
Dullard, Adrian #18 9 R02-R10 4
Edge, Bruce #33 3 R15-R16, R18 0
Fanning, Fred #6 19 R01-R11, R13-R20 67
Hall, Ron #14 2 R18-R19 0
Hughes, Frank #31 8 R08-R14, R17 0
Irwin, Ron #3 16 R01, R06-R20 0
Kennedy, Dick #24 9 R05, R08-R09, R15-R20 5
Kennedy, Frank #37 10 R01-R06, R17-R20 6
Kramer, Gordon #10 12 R02-R04, R06-R07, R11-R13, R16-R18, R20 1
La Fontaine, Allan #17 14 R01-R03, R05, R09-R17, R20 5
Latham, Ralph #8, #29 16 R03-R04, R07-R20 11
Lenne, George #20 4 R07, R17-R18, R20 0
Leverton, Norm #23 2 R03, R05 0
McLean, Col #25 20 R01-R20 1
Mitchell, Jack #31 6 R12-R14, R16-R18 9
Molloy, Keith #27 8 R01-R02, R04-R05, R10-R13 0
Mueller, Jack #12 5 R01-R05 5
New, Harry #20 1 R08 0
Newman, Charlie #35 4 R01, R14-R16 0
Oppy, Jim #32 3 R07-R09 0
O'Rourke, Ernie #22 12 R06-R15, R19-R20 12
Porter, Ivan #9 19 R01-R19 26
Rowarth, Ern #1 11 R07-R16, R19 1
Rowe, Harry 1 R20 0
Scanlan, Bill #19 14 R04, R08-R20 4
Smith, Norm #4 17 R01-R02, R04, R06-R11, R13-R20 33
Stabb, Roy #22, #8 14 R03-R04, R07-R17, R19 2
Stock, Jack #38 5 R01-R04, R06 0
Taylor, Percy #28 2 R01-R02 3
Wilson, Norm #30 7 R06-R12 4

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)
Hughes, Frank 20 8 -0- 12 R01-R20

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
21/04/1945 Round 1 Carlton AWAY WIN MEL by 21 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
28/04/1945 Round 2 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 69 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
05/05/1945 Round 3 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 3 Frank Hughes Jack Mueller
12/05/1945 Round 4 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 20 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
19/05/1945 Round 5 Geelong HOME WIN MEL by 20 Frank Hughes Jack Mueller
26/05/1945 Round 6 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 27 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
02/06/1945 Round 7 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 47 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
09/06/1945 Round 8 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 30 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
16/06/1945 Round 9 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 20 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
23/06/1945 Round 10 Hawthorn HOME WIN MEL by 18 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
30/06/1945 Round 11 Essendon AWAY WIN MEL by 14 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
07/07/1945 Round 12 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 1 Frank Hughes unknown
14/07/1945 Round 13 St Kilda AWAY WIN MEL by 19 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
21/07/1945 Round 14 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 35 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
28/07/1945 Round 15 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 13 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
04/08/1945 Round 16 Geelong AWAY WIN MEL by 59 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
11/08/1945 Round 17 Footscray HOME WIN MEL by 9 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
18/08/1945 Round 18 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 25 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
25/08/1945 Round 19 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 19 Frank Hughes Norm Smith
01/09/1945 Round 20 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 5 Frank Hughes Norm Smith