1945 VFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 12 May 1945 between Melbourne and Richmond during round four of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at Punt Road Oval. Norm Smith captained the hosts with Jack Mueller as vice-captain. Jack Dyer captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Jack Dyer.

Melbourne (9.11.65) were defeated by Richmond (13.7.85).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 12 May 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 23,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Richmond
Score: 9.11.65 - 13.7.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 0 . 3 5 . 7 7 . 7 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Richmond 7 . 2 7 . 4 13 . 6 13 . 7 13 . 7 (85)
Margin RICH by 41 RICH by 9 RICH by 35 RICH by 20 RICH by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Richmond

Captain: Jack Dyer
Coach: Jack Dyer

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Archibald, George ? ? 0 ?
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 ? ? 6 ?
37 Kennedy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
10 Kramer, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
8 Latham, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
27 Molloy, Keith ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (vc) ? ? 1 ?
9 Porter, Ivan ? ? 1 ?
19 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 0 ?
22 Stabb, Roy ? ? 1 ?
38 Stock, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 11

Richmond

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