1945 VFL Season Round 5: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 19 May 1945 between Melbourne and Geelong during round five of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at Punt Road Oval. In the absence of Norm Smith, vice-captain Jack Mueller captained the hosts. Jack Butcher captained the visitors with Lindsay White as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Jack Williams.

Melbourne (18.12.120) defeated Geelong (15.10.100).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 19 May 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 7,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 18.12.120 - 15.10.100

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 2 11 . 3 12 . 5 18 . 12 18 . 12 (120)
Geelong 2 . 1 8 . 3 13 . 6 15 . 10 15 . 10 (100)
Margin MELB by 25 MELB by 18 GEEL by 7 MELB by 20 MELB by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Jack Mueller (acting)
Coach: Frank Hughes

Geelong

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Lane

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Archibald, George ? ? 0 ?
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 1 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
7 Conroy, Clem ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
26 Downey, Es ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
18 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 2 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 7 ?
24 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 0 ?
37 Kennedy, Frank ? ? 1 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan ? ? 0 ?
23 Leverton, Norm ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
27 Molloy, Keith ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack (ac) ? ? 2 ?
9 Porter, Ivan ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 12

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Brown, Ian ? ? 0 ?
21 Brown, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
1 Butcher, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Dougherty, George ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 Glenister, Norm ? ? 4 ?
17 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
8 Hose, Frank ? ? 0 ?
30 Howie, Jim ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
32 Lindsay, Alwyn ? ? 0 ?
2 Marsham, Alan ? ? 1 ?
18 Morgan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Nankervis, Vic ? ? 2 ?
10 Patman, Ralph ? ? 2 ?
24 Sing, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Tompkins, Neil ? ? 2 ?
33 Toyne, Len ? ? 3 ?
7 White, Lindsay (vc) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 10

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