1945 VFL Season Grand Final: South Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 29 September 1945 between South Melbourne and Carlton in the grand final of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne "hosted" Carlton at Princes Park. Herbie Matthews captained the hosts. Bob Chitty captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Adams and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

South Melbourne (10.15.75) were defeated by Carlton (15.13.103).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: South Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 29 September 1945
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 62,986

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. by Carlton
Score: 10.15.75 - 15.13.103

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 0 . 5 6 . 9 8 . 10 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Carlton 2 . 4 7 . 5 12 . 9 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Margin CARL by 11 CARL by 2 CARL by 23 CARL by 28 CARL by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Bill Adams

Carlton

Captain: Bob Chitty
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Goal Umpires

C. White
L. Whyte

Boundary Umpires

N. Batty
R. Watson

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Castles, Vic ? ? 3 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Clegg, Ron ? ? 0 ?
19 Danckert, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Dempsey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Graham, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 0 ?
16 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
31 Linden, Alan ? ? 2 ?
7 Matlock, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
25 Nash, Laurie ? ? 2 ?
14 Richards, Reg ? ? 1 ?
9 Smith, Keith ? ? 2 ?
22 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 0 ?
4 Williams, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 15

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Baird, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Baxter, Ken ? ? 2 ?
3 Bennett, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Brown, Vin ? ? 0 ?
6 Chitty, Bob (c) ? ? 1 ?
26 Clark, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 Collins, Lance ? ? 0 ?
23 Deacon, Bert ? ? 0 ?
1 Hands, Ken ? ? 3 ?
31 McInnes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
14 McLean, Rod ? ? 1 ?
16 Mooring, Jim ? ? 2 ?
30 Price, Mick ? ? 3 ?
18 Sanger, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Savage, Ron ? ? 1 ?
7 Turner, Herb ? ? 0 ?
4 Way, Alex ? ? 0 ?
12 Williams, Doug ? ? 0 ?
10 Wines, Clinton ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 13

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s