1945 VFL Season Round 2: Melbourne v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 28 April 1945 between Melbourne and St Kilda during round two of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted St Kilda at Punt Road Oval. Norm Smith captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Hughie Thomas.

Melbourne (17.16.118) defeated St Kilda (7.7.49).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 28 April 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. St Kilda
Score: 17.16.118 - 7.7.49

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 6 . 8 10 . 11 17 . 16 17 . 16 (118)
St Kilda 3 . 3 5 . 4 6 . 7 7 . 7 7 . 7 (49)
Margin level MELB by 10 MELB by 28 MELB by 69 MELB by 69
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: Hughie Thomas

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Archibald, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 6 ?
7 Conroy, Clem ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
26 Downey, Es ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
18 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 7 ?
37 Kennedy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
10 Kramer, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan ? ? 1 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
27 Molloy, Keith ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 0 ?
9 Porter, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 1 ?
38 Stock, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Taylor, Percy ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 16

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Armour, Wal ? ? 3 ?
18 Bibby, Bob ? ? 0 ?
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 1 ?
32 Burns, Les ? ? 0 ?
2 Butler, Bill ? ? 0 ?
1 Comerford, Eric ? ? 0 ?
19 Garvin, Reg ? ? 0 ?
26 Hall, Jim ? ? 1 ?
Handley, Les ? ? 0 ?
20 Killigrew, Alan ? ? 0 ?
28 McIntyre, Ern ? ? 0 ?
Mummery, Allan ? ? 0 ?
8 Rippon, Max ? ? 0 ?
15 Rippon, Ted ? ? 2 ?
24 Rowell, Les ? ? 0 ?
3 Snell, Sam ? ? 0 ?
21 Walker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
23 Wilson, Ron ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 7

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