1945 VFL Season Round 1: Collingwood v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1945 between Collingwood and North Melbourne during round one of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted North Melbourne at Victoria Park. Alby Pannam captained the hosts with Alan Williams as vice-captain. Dally O'Brien captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Bob McCaskill.

Collingwood (13.13.91) defeated North Melbourne (10.10.70).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Collingwood v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 21 April 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. North Melbourne
Score: 13.13.91 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 2 . 4 5 . 5 10 . 7 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
North Melbourne 4 . 1 6 . 4 7 . 5 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin NMLB by 9 NMLB by 5 COLL by 20 COLL by 21 COLL by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Alby Pannam
Vice-Captain: Alan Williams
Coach: Jock McHale

North Melbourne

Captain: Dally O'Brien
Coach: Bob McCaskill

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. McLellan

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Boyall, Marcus ? ? 1 ?
4 Brown, Allan ? ? 2 ?
7 Dalkin, Bill ? ? 1 ?
10 Dalton, Pat ? ? 0 ?
10 Fitzgerald, Len ? ? 0 ?
11 Fothergill, Des ? ? 5 ?
14 Holten, Mac ? ? 0 ?
16 Mann, Neil ? ? 1 ?
19 Murphy, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Naismith, Herb ? ? 0 ?
4 Negri, Des ? ? 0 ?
23 Newman, Dave ? ? 0 ?
1 Pannam, Alby (c) ? ? 2 ?
24 Richards, Lou ? ? 0 ?
25 Ryan, Phil ? ? 0 ?
27 Twomey, Bill ? ? 0 ?
28 Utting, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
30 Wade, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
28 Williams, Alan (vc) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 13

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Allister, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Clay, Alf ? ? 0 ?
16 Condon, Don ? ? 1 ?
12 Crawford, Alan ? ? 1 ?
4 Crump, Alf ? ? 1 ?
27 Evans, Alfie ? ? 0 ?
21 Fairweather, Fred ? ? 1 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 6 ?
18 Foote, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Hager, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 McGain, Syd ? ? 0 ?
20 McKenzie, Keith ? ? 0 ?
30 Moran, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Morcom, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
32 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
23 Turner, Ted ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 10

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