1945 VFL Season Round 3: North Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 1945 between North Melbourne and Geelong during round three of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Geelong at Arden Street Oval. Dally O'Brien captained the hosts. Jack Butcher captained the visitors with Lindsay White as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob McCaskill and the visitors were coached by Jack Williams.

North Melbourne (14.15.99) defeated Geelong (10.15.75).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: North Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 5 May 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 6,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 14.15.99 - 10.15.75

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 1 . 2 6 . 7 9 . 8 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
Geelong 3 . 7 6 . 8 7 . 11 10 . 15 10 . 15 (75)
Margin GEEL by 17 GEEL by 1 NMLB by 9 NMLB by 24 NMLB by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Dally O'Brien
Coach: Bob McCaskill

Geelong

Captain: Jack Butcher
Vice-Captain: Lindsay White
Coach: Jack Williams

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Abikhair, Dick ? ? 0 ?
8 Allister, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Clay, Alf ? ? 0 ?
16 Condon, Don ? ? 0 ?
12 Crawford, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Crump, Alf ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 3 ?
27 Evans, Alfie ? ? 0 ?
21 Fairweather, Fred ? ? 1 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 4 ?
18 Foote, Les ? ? 0 ?
19 Jarrard, Ted ? ? 0 ?
20 McKenzie, Keith ? ? 0 ?
30 Moran, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Morcom, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally (c) ? ? 1 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
23 Slater, Syd ? ? 5 ?
29 Wood, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 15

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Brown, Ian ? ? 0 ?
1 Butcher, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Dougherty, George ? ? 2 ?
19 Finn, Joe ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
17 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Graham, Colin ? ? 0 ?
8 Hose, Frank ? ? 0 ?
30 Howie, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 2 ?
28 Leslie, Max ? ? 0 ?
32 Lindsay, Alwyn ? ? 0 ?
15 Munday, Jim ? ? 1 ?
23 Nankervis, Vic ? ? 1 ?
10 Patman, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
24 Sing, Jack ? ? 0 ?
22 Southern, Wally ? ? 1 ?
33 Toyne, Len ? ? 1 ?
7 White, Lindsay (vc) ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 15

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