1945 VFL Season: North Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Team: North Melbourne
Home Ground: Arden Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 13-0-7, P%: 111.1%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Carlton (Semi Final)
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bill Findlay (45)
Syd Barker Medal Recipient(s): Les Foote

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Dally O'Brien

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abikhair, Dick #1 12 R03-R12, R18-R19 2
Allister, Jack #8 5 R01-R03, R13, R17 0
Arthur, Harold #2 4 R05-R06, R09-R10 0
Bennett, Jack #31 5 R15-R19 0
Bogie, Cam #7 15 R02, R04-R08, R13-R20, SF 1
Clay, Alf #15 10 R01-R03, R12-R18 12
Condon, Don #16 21 R01-R20, SF 27
Crane, Jack #34 17 R04-R07, R09-R20, SF 0
Crane, Tom #18 1 R19 0
Crawford, Alan #12 19 R01-R11, R14-R20, SF 13
Cross, Vince #36 1 R02 0
Crump, Alf #4 17 R01-R10, R12, R14, R17-R20, SF 22
Dalton, Pat #10 1 R12 0
Doherty, Jack #33 14 R04-R15, R20, SF 0
Dyer, Sid #5 20 R02-R20, SF 42
Dynon, Kevin #24 2 R20, SF 0
Evans, Alfie #27 3 R01-R03 0
Fairweather, Fred #21 21 R01-R20, SF 7
Findlay, Bill #9 20 R01-R11, R13-R20, SF 49
Foote, Les #18 21 R01-R20, SF 18
Francis, Leo #31 7 R12-R16, R20, SF 2
Hager, Bill #6 3 R01-R02, R19 0
Harrison, Jack #10 6 R01-R02, R04-R05, R08, SF 0
Hunter, Jack #24 2 R08, R11 1
Jarrard, Ted #19 17 R03-R09, R11-R20 8
Kelly, Pat #22 2 R14, R20 0
Malone, Jim #11 16 R06-R20, SF 3
McGain, Syd #25 6 R01, R09-R13 0
McKenzie, Keith #20 16 R01-R13, R15-R17 1
Moran, Jack #30 7 R01-R03, R13, R16, R18, SF 0
Morcom, Eddie #26 20 R01-R20 3
O'Brien, Dally #28 21 R01-R20, SF 7
Quinn, Roy #35 7 R15-R20, SF 4
Roulent, Tom #3 20 R01-R12, R14-R20, SF 7
Slater, Syd #23 6 R03-R08 16
Stubbs, Frank #36 4 R09-R11, SF 2
Thomas, Ted #32 3 R01, R11-R12 0
Turner, Ted #23 2 R01, R13 0
Wood, Herbie #29 5 R03-R04, R07, R10, R14 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)
McCaskill, Bob 21 13 -0- 8 R01-R20, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
21/04/1945 Round 1 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 21 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
28/04/1945 Round 2 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 5 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
05/05/1945 Round 3 Geelong HOME WIN NOR by 24 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
12/05/1945 Round 4 Footscray AWAY WIN NOR by 13 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
19/05/1945 Round 5 Fitzroy AWAY WIN NOR by 16 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
26/05/1945 Round 6 South Melbourne HOME WIN NOR by 8 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
02/06/1945 Round 7 Melbourne AWAY WIN NOR by 47 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
09/06/1945 Round 8 Hawthorn HOME WIN NOR by 38 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
16/06/1945 Round 9 Essendon AWAY WIN NOR by 30 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
23/06/1945 Round 10 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 25 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
30/06/1945 Round 11 St Kilda AWAY WIN NOR by 6 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
07/07/1945 Round 12 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 6 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
14/07/1945 Round 13 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 19 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
21/07/1945 Round 14 Geelong AWAY WIN NOR by 34 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
28/07/1945 Round 15 Footscray HOME WIN NOR by 19 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
04/08/1945 Round 16 Fitzroy HOME WIN NOR by 45 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
11/08/1945 Round 17 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 58 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
18/08/1945 Round 18 Melbourne HOME WIN NOR by 25 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
25/08/1945 Round 19 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 7 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
01/09/1945 Round 20 Essendon HOME WIN NOR by 6 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien
08/09/1945 Semi Final Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 26 Bob McCaskill Dally O'Brien