1945 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Collingwood v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 22 September 1945 between Collingwood and Carlton in the preliminary final of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood "hosted" Carlton at Princes Park. In the absence of Alby Pannam, vice-captain Alan Williams captained the hosts with Jack Murphy as vice-captain. Bob Chitty captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Collingwood (12.8.80) were defeated by Carlton (13.12.90).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Collingwood v Carlton
Date: Saturday 22 September 1945
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 41,305

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by Carlton
Score: 12.8.80 - 13.12.90

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 5 . 2 6 . 4 11 . 7 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Carlton 1 . 0 4 . 7 6 . 9 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Margin COLL by 26 COLL by 9 COLL by 28 CARL by 10 CARL by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Alan Williams (acting)
Vice-Captain: Jack Murphy (acting)
Coach: Jock McHale

Carlton

Captain: Bob Chitty
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Burns, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Carruthers, Ron ? ? 0 ?
7 Dalkin, Bill ? ? 1 ?
10 Fitzgerald, Len ? ? 0 ?
11 Fothergill, Des ? ? 2 ?
14 Holten, Mac ? ? 1 ?
8 Hustler, Len ? ? 2 ?
17 Mears, Harry ? ? 0 ?
19 Murphy, Jack (avc) ? ? 1 ?
20 Naismith, Herb ? ? 0 ?
23 Newman, Dave ? ? 2 ?
24 Richards, Lou ? ? 3 ?
21 Riddell, Ray ? ? 0 ?
25 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 ?
27 Twomey, Bill ? ? 0 ?
28 Utting, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
30 Wade, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
29 Wallis, Tom ? ? 0 ?
28 Williams, Alan (ac) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 8

Carlton

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

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