1945 VFL Season Round 2: North Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 28 April 1945 between North Melbourne and Richmond during round two of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Richmond at Arden Street Oval. Dally O'Brien captained the hosts. Jack Dyer captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob McCaskill and the visitors were coached by Jack Dyer.

North Melbourne (7.18.60) were defeated by Richmond (8.17.65).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: North Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 28 April 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 11,500

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 7.18.60 - 8.17.65

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 0 . 2 4 . 7 4 . 12 7 . 18 7 . 18 (60)
Richmond 4 . 4 6 . 6 7 . 15 8 . 17 8 . 17 (65)
Margin RICH by 26 RICH by 11 RICH by 21 RICH by 5 RICH by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Dally O'Brien
Coach: Bob McCaskill

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Allister, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Bogie, Cam ? ? 0 ?
15 Clay, Alf ? ? 0 ?
16 Condon, Don ? ? 0 ?
12 Crawford, Alan ? ? 0 ?
36 Cross, Vince ? ? 0 ?
4 Crump, Alf ? ? 1 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 1 ?
27 Evans, Alfie ? ? 0 ?
21 Fairweather, Fred ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 4 ?
18 Foote, Les ? ? 0 ?
6 Hager, Bill ? ? 0 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 McKenzie, Keith ? ? 0 ?
30 Moran, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Morcom, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally (c) ? ? 1 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 18

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
23 Bawden, Bob ? ? 1 ?
3 Bower, Ray ? ? 0 ?
10 Burge, Fred ? ? 2 ?
12 Cook, Keith ? ? 0 ?
28 Curran, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack (c) ? ? 2 ?
2 Edwards, Bert ? ? 0 ?
21 Fraser, Don ? ? 0 ?
27 Hull, Ian ? ? 0 ?
5 Kemp, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
22 Merrett, Leo ? ? 0 ?
15 Mooney, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
5 Morris, Bill ? ? 1 ?
14 Oppy, Max ? ? 0 ?
11 Priestley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
4 Russell, Wally ? ? 0 ?
13 Waldron, Bernie ? ? 0 ?
33 Wiggins, Bob ? ? 0 ?
32 Wilson, Bill ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 17

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