1945 VFL Season Round 6: North Melbourne v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 26 May 1945 between North Melbourne and South Melbourne during round six of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted South Melbourne at Arden Street Oval. Dally O'Brien captained the hosts. Herbie Matthews captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob McCaskill and the visitors were coached by Bill Adams.

North Melbourne (9.12.66) defeated South Melbourne (8.10.58).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: North Melbourne v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 26 May 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 25,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. South Melbourne
Score: 9.12.66 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 3 6 . 5 7 . 7 9 . 12 9 . 12 (66)
South Melbourne 1 . 3 2 . 5 6 . 8 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin NMLB by 12 NMLB by 24 NMLB by 5 NMLB by 8 NMLB by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Dally O'Brien
Coach: Bob McCaskill

South Melbourne

Captain: Herbie Matthews
Coach: Bill Adams

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

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

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Castles, Vic ? ? 1 ?
20 Cleary, Jim ? ? 0 ?
23 Clegg, Ron ? ? 0 ?
6 Coyle, Reg ? ? 0 ?
19 Danckert, Jack ? ? 0 ?
30 Dempsey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Graham, Jack ? ? 1 ?
17 Grossman, Don ? ? 4 ?
16 Hartridge, Ron ? ? 0 ?
5 Kelly, Brian ? ? 0 ?
12 King, Billy ? ? 0 ?
31 Linden, Alan ? ? 1 ?
7 Matlock, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Matthews, Herbie (c) ? ? 0 ?
14 Richards, Reg ? ? 1 ?
9 Smith, Keith ? ? 0 ?
22 Whitfield, Ted ? ? 0 ?
4 Williams, Billy ? ? 0 ?
32 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 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