1945 VFL Season Round 1: Carlton v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1945 between Carlton and Melbourne during round one of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Carlton hosted Melbourne at Princes Park. Bob Green captained the hosts. Norm Smith captained the visitors with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Carlton (13.9.87) were defeated by Melbourne (15.18.108).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Carlton v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 21 April 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Princes Park
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Carlton def. by Melbourne
Score: 13.9.87 - 15.18.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Carlton 3 . 2 3 . 4 8 . 6 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Melbourne 1 . 4 6 . 13 12 . 14 15 . 18 15 . 18 (108)
Margin CARL by 10 MELB by 27 MELB by 32 MELB by 21 MELB by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Carlton

Captain: Bob Green
Coach: Perce Bentley

Melbourne

Captain: Norm Smith
Vice-Captain: Jack Mueller
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
9 Alexander, Wal ? ? 0 ?
3 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Brown, Vin ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Jim ? ? 0 ?
8 Fitzgibbon, Fred ? ? 0 ?
32 Green, Bob (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Hanton, Hal ? ? 0 ?
19 Hearn, Adrian ? ? 2 ?
11 Hines, Ron ? ? 0 ?
2 Hopper, Ken ? ? 1 ?
22 Jones, Jim ? ? 0 ?
27 Mann, Cyril ? ? 2 ?
31 McInnes, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
16 Mooring, Jim ? ? 0 ?
21 Rose, Fred ? ? 1 ?
18 Sanger, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Savage, Ron ? ? 4 ?
4 Way, Alex ? ? 2 ?
12 Williams, Doug ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 9

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Archibald, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 1 ?
7 Conroy, Clem ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
26 Downey, Es ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 4 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
37 Kennedy, Frank ? ? 1 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan ? ? 3 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
27 Molloy, Keith ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 2 ?
35 Newman, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
9 Porter, Ivan ? ? 2 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 1 ?
38 Stock, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Taylor, Percy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 18

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