1945 VFL Season Round 3: Collingwood v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 1945 between Collingwood and Melbourne during round three of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Melbourne at Victoria Park. Alby Pannam captained the hosts with Alan Williams as vice-captain. In the absence of Norm Smith, vice-captain Jack Mueller captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Collingwood (10.21.81) defeated Melbourne (11.12.78).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Collingwood v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 5 May 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Melbourne
Score: 10.21.81 - 11.12.78

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 2 . 2 6 . 15 9 . 19 10 . 21 10 . 21 (81)
Melbourne 3 . 2 5 . 3 8 . 9 11 . 12 11 . 12 (78)
Margin MELB by 6 COLL by 18 COLL by 16 COLL by 3 COLL by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

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

Melbourne

Captain: Jack Mueller (acting)
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hooper

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Boyall, Marcus ? ? 0 ?
4 Brown, Allan ? ? 0 ?
6 Carruthers, Ron ? ? 0 ?
7 Dalkin, Bill ? ? 1 ?
10 Fitzgerald, Len ? ? 0 ?
14 Holten, Mac ? ? 0 ?
16 Mann, Neil ? ? 0 ?
17 Mears, Harry ? ? 1 ?
19 Murphy, Jack ? ? 0 ?
20 Naismith, Herb ? ? 0 ?
22 Nelson, George ? ? 0 ?
23 Newman, Dave ? ? 1 ?
1 Pannam, Alby (c) ? ? 2 ?
24 Richards, Lou ? ? 4 ?
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) 10 21

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Archibald, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 3 ?
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 ? ? 2 ?
37 Kennedy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
10 Kramer, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan ? ? 1 ?
8 Latham, Ralph ? ? 1 ?
23 Leverton, Norm ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (ac) ? ? 0 ?
9 Porter, Ivan ? ? 4 ?
22 Stabb, Roy ? ? 0 ?
38 Stock, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 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