1945 SANFL Season: North Adelaide
These are the details of the premiership results for North Adelaide for the 1945 season of the South Australian National Football League. The team used Prospect Oval as their home ground, playing seven matches there (seven as hosts). The team finished the regular season in fourth place, securing a place in the finals series. North Adelaide were defeated by West Torrens in the first semi final, resulting in finishing in fourth place overall (adjusted for finals).
Team Details
Competition:
1945 SANFL Season
Team:
North Adelaide
Home Ground:
Prospect Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
4th (W-D-L: 9-0-8, P%: 50.1)
Finals Performance:
Defeated by West Torrens (Semi Final)
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aamodt, Colin | #8 | 3 | 1 | R16-17, SF |
| Arbon, Morrie | #2 | 17 | 32 | R01, R03-17, SF |
| Boucaut, Arthur | #19, #8 | 11 | 9 | R02-03, R05-13 |
| Burrett, Eric | #11 | 1 | 0 | R06 |
| Burton, Alan | #13 | 15 | 5 | R01-07, R10-11, R13-17, SF |
| Carter, Lawrence | #10 | 1 | 0 | R09 |
| Cearns, Barney | #4 | 18 | 22 | R01-17, SF |
| Coward, Bob | #7, #17 | 8 | 0 | R02-03, R11-16 |
| Crago, Reg | #15 | 1 | 0 | R01 |
| Draper, Willis | #5 | 9 | 2 | R01-09 |
| Dyson, Bert | #23, #19 | 6 | 0 | R01-02, R06, R09-11 |
| Elliott, Bob | #21 | 5 | 4 | R14-17, SF |
| Ferris, Henry | #16 | 3 | 1 | R01-03 |
| Harby, Frank | #16, #20 | 10 | 0 | R07-16 |
| Harris, Bill | #9, #13, ... | 12 | 18 | R04-08, R10, R12-15, R17, SF |
| Hawke, Hedley | #15, #3 | 16 | 55 | R03-17, SF |
| Hogan, Gordon | #22, #12 | 2 | 0 | R15, SF |
| Hoskins, Raymond | #18, #1 | 16 | 17 | R01-02, R04-15, R17, SF |
| Johnson, Keith | #12 | 1 | 0 | R16 |
| Keane, Jack | #9, #7, ... | 15 | 4 | R02, R05-17, SF |
| Lehmann, Ross | #22 | 3 | 20 | R16-17, SF |
| Lush, Ross | #11, #6, ... | 13 | 0 | R01, R07-17, SF |
| Martin, Owen | #10, #11 | 15 | 0 | R01-08, R11-15, R17, SF |
| Melville, Robert | #19, #18 | 2 | 0 | R12-13 |
| Norton, Howard | #21 | 1 | 0 | R03 |
| Olds, Frank | #23 | 1 | 0 | R05 |
| O'Leary, Frank | #17, #21, ... | 4 | 1 | R01-02, R04, R10 |
| Parslow, Norm | #17, #15, ... | 10 | 2 | R03-05, R07-11, R16-17 |
| Pash, Jeff | #1, #15 | 18 | 6 | R01-17, SF |
| Pash, Ronald | #9 | 2 | 0 | R16-17 |
| Pedersen, Lionel | #6, #7 | 17 | 0 | R01-06, R08-17, SF |
| Perkins, Brian | #16, #11, ... | 3 | 0 | R04, R09, R11 |
| Power, Mick | #7, #21, ... | 9 | 8 | R01, R09-10, R12-16, SF |
| Priest, Donald | #12, #10 | 15 | 0 | R01-12, R14, R17, SF |
| Ranger, Bruce | #11, #15 | 3 | 0 | R03-04, R12 |
| Renner, Paul | #18 | 2 | 0 | R14-15 |
| Sandery, Jack | #14 | 2 | 0 | R16-17 |
| Searle, Horrie | #21 | 1 | 0 | R02 |
| Smith, Mervyn | #8, #21 | 3 | 0 | R01-02, R08 |
| Spencer, Lionel | #20 | 7 | 0 | R02-08 |
| Taylor, Ron | #23 | 1 | 0 | R03 |
| Veal, Laurie | #9 | 1 | 0 | R01 |
| Ward, Eric | #8, #9, ... | 11 | 16 | R04-13, SF |
| West, Donald | #14, #6 | 18 | 2 | R01-17, SF |
| Woolford, Rex | #3, #14 | 10 | 20 | R01-07, R13-15 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smith, Jack | 18 | 9 | -0- | 9 | R01-17, SF |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28/04/1945 | Round 1 | Norwood | AWAY | LOSS | NRWD by 30 | Jack Smith | unknown |
| 05/05/1945 | Round 2 | Port Adelaide | AWAY | LOSS | PADL by 61 | Jack Smith | unknown |
| 12/05/1945 | Round 3 | Sturt | HOME | LOSS | STRT by 66 | Jack Smith | unknown |
| 19/05/1945 | Round 4 | Glenelg | AWAY | WIN | NADL by 17 | Jack Smith | unknown |
| 26/05/1945 | Round 5 | West Adelaide | HOME | WIN | NADL by 80 | Jack Smith | unknown |
| 02/06/1945 | Round 6 | South Adelaide | AWAY | WIN | NADL by 63 | Jack Smith | unknown |
| 09/06/1945 | Round 7 | Norwood | HOME | LOSS | NRWD by 7 | Jack Smith | unknown |
| 18/06/1945 | Round 8 | West Torrens | HOME | WIN | NADL by 40 | Jack Smith | unknown |
| 23/06/1945 | Round 9 | Sturt | AWAY | LOSS | STRT by 73 | Jack Smith | unknown |
| 30/06/1945 | Round 10 | Port Adelaide | HOME | LOSS | PADL by 50 | Jack Smith | unknown |
| 14/07/1945 | Round 11 | West Torrens | AWAY | LOSS | WTRN by 58 | Jack Smith | unknown |
| 21/07/1945 | Round 12 | West Adelaide | AWAY | WIN | NADL by 6 | Jack Smith | unknown |
| 04/08/1945 | Round 13 | Glenelg | HOME | WIN | NADL by 26 | Jack Smith | unknown |
| 11/08/1945 | Round 14 | South Adelaide | HOME | WIN | NADL by 45 | Jack Smith | unknown |
| 20/08/1945 | Round 15 | West Torrens | HOME | LOSS | WTRN by 12 | Jack Smith | unknown |
| 25/08/1945 | Round 16 | Glenelg | AWAY | WIN | NADL by 34 | Jack Smith | unknown |
| 01/09/1945 | Round 17 | South Adelaide | HOME | WIN | NADL by 53 | Jack Smith | unknown |
| 08/09/1945 | Semi Final | West Torrens | AWAY | LOSS | WTRN by 6 | Jack Smith | unknown |