1945 VFL Season Round 4: Footscray v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 12 May 1945 between Footscray and North Melbourne during round four of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted North Melbourne at Western Oval. Arthur Olliver captained the hosts. Dally O'Brien captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Arthur Olliver and the visitors were coached by Bob McCaskill.

Footscray (11.13.79) were defeated by North Melbourne (14.8.92).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Footscray v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 12 May 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by North Melbourne
Score: 11.13.79 - 14.8.92

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 7 . 4 7 . 7 10 . 12 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
North Melbourne 1 . 1 7 . 5 8 . 5 14 . 8 14 . 8 (92)
Margin FOOT by 39 FOOT by 2 FOOT by 19 NMLB by 13 NMLB by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

North Melbourne

Captain: Dally O'Brien
Coach: Bob McCaskill

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
28 Broadway, Allan ? ? 2 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
18 Gingell, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 1 ?
9 Hand, Pat ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 0 ?
11 Jacobsen, Allan ? ? 1 ?
12 Laffey, Merv ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
31 McTaggart, Bill ? ? 1 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 1 ?
29 Moncrieff, Allan ? ? 1 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 2 ?
32 Ryan, Ted ? ? 1 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 1 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 13

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Abikhair, Dick ? ? 0 ?
7 Bogie, Cam ? ? 0 ?
16 Condon, Don ? ? 0 ?
34 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Crawford, Alan ? ? 1 ?
4 Crump, Alf ? ? 0 ?
33 Doherty, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 3 ?
21 Fairweather, Fred ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 4 ?
18 Foote, Les ? ? 2 ?
10 Harrison, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Jarrard, Ted ? ? 0 ?
20 McKenzie, Keith ? ? 1 ?
26 Morcom, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally (c) ? ? 1 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
23 Slater, Syd ? ? 2 ?
29 Wood, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 8

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