1945 VFL Season: South Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Team: South Melbourne
Home Ground: Junction Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 16-0-4, P%: 131.8%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Laurie Nash (50)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Jack Graham

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Herbie Matthews

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Blumfield, Max #24 1 SF 1
Calder, Tom #15 5 R14-R18 0
Castles, Vic #8 21 R01-R03, R05-R20, SF, GF 38
Cleary, Jim #20 22 R01-R20, SF, GF 0
Clegg, Ron #23 15 R03-R09, R12-R13, R17-R20, SF, GF 6
Coyle, Reg #6 9 R01-R06, R12-R13, R19 2
Crane, Tom #18 1 R02 0
Danckert, Jack #19 5 R06, R12, R20, SF, GF 0
Dempsey, Jack #30 21 R01, R03-R20, SF, GF 4
Dineen, Ken #26 4 R01-R02, R04, R08 3
Dougherty, George #33 10 R09-R10, R12-R17, R19-R20 26
Engellenner, Dave #2 3 R01, R04, R07 1
Glass, Max #2 3 R14-R15, R19 0
Graham, Jack #27 21 R01-R11, R13-R20, SF, GF 19
Grossman, Don #17 22 R01-R20, SF, GF 5
Guyatt, Owen #3 4 R08-R09, R11-R12 1
Hartridge, Ron #16 22 R01-R20, SF, GF 32
Hill, Frank #18 2 R01-R02 0
Kelly, Brian #5 22 R01-R20, SF, GF 0
King, Billy #12 20 R01-R09, R12-R20, SF, GF 3
Leahy, Pat #28 1 R07 0
Linden, Alan #31 20 R01-R18, R20, GF 12
Matlock, Bob #7 22 R01-R20, SF, GF 0
Matthews, Herbie #1 19 R01-R08, R10-R11, R14-R20, SF, GF 0
McKnight, Jimmy #10 5 R10, R14, R16-R18 0
Nash, Laurie #25 17 R01-R05, R07, R10-R16, R18-R19, SF, GF 56
Porter, Roy #26 4 R10-R11, R19, SF 0
Richards, Reg #14 20 R01-R13, R15-R20, GF 24
Smith, Keith #9 13 R03-R06, R08-R09, R11, R16-R18, R20, SF, GF 12
Tippett, Peter #21 5 R09-R13 0
Whitfield, Ted #22 18 R01-R15, R20, SF, GF 3
Williams, Billy #4 20 R02-R03, R05-R20, SF, GF 33
Williams, Jack #32 21 R01-R11, R13-R20, SF, GF 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)
Adams, Bill 22 17 -0- 5 R01-R20, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
21/04/1945 Round 1 St Kilda AWAY WIN SOU by 41 Bill Adams Herbie Matthews
28/04/1945 Round 2 Collingwood HOME WIN SOU by 10 Bill Adams Herbie Matthews
05/05/1945 Round 3 Richmond AWAY WIN SOU by 20 Bill Adams Herbie Matthews
12/05/1945 Round 4 Geelong AWAY WIN SOU by 16 Bill Adams Herbie Matthews
19/05/1945 Round 5 Footscray HOME WIN SOU by 16 Bill Adams Herbie Matthews
26/05/1945 Round 6 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 8 Bill Adams Herbie Matthews
02/06/1945 Round 7 Fitzroy AWAY WIN SOU by 10 Bill Adams Herbie Matthews
09/06/1945 Round 8 Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 30 Bill Adams Herbie Matthews
16/06/1945 Round 9 Hawthorn AWAY WIN SOU by 48 Bill Adams unknown
23/06/1945 Round 10 Essendon HOME WIN SOU by 46 Bill Adams Herbie Matthews
30/06/1945 Round 11 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 6 Bill Adams Herbie Matthews
07/07/1945 Round 12 St Kilda HOME WIN SOU by 56 Bill Adams unknown
14/07/1945 Round 13 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 26 Bill Adams unknown
21/07/1945 Round 14 Richmond HOME WIN SOU by 18 Bill Adams Herbie Matthews
28/07/1945 Round 15 Geelong HOME WIN SOU by 68 Bill Adams Herbie Matthews
04/08/1945 Round 16 Footscray AWAY WIN SOU by 1 Bill Adams Herbie Matthews
11/08/1945 Round 17 North Melbourne HOME WIN SOU by 58 Bill Adams Herbie Matthews
18/08/1945 Round 18 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 9 Bill Adams Herbie Matthews
25/08/1945 Round 19 Melbourne AWAY WIN SOU by 19 Bill Adams Herbie Matthews
01/09/1945 Round 20 Hawthorn HOME WIN SOU by 36 Bill Adams Herbie Matthews
15/09/1945 Semi Final Collingwood HOME WIN SOU by 11 Bill Adams Herbie Matthews
29/09/1945 Grand Final Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 28 Bill Adams Herbie Matthews