1945 VFL Season Round 7: Melbourne v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 2 June 1945 between Melbourne and North Melbourne during round seven of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted North Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Norm Smith captained the hosts. Dally O'Brien captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Bob McCaskill.

Melbourne (10.12.72) were defeated by North Melbourne (18.11.119).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Melbourne v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 2 June 1945
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by North Melbourne
Score: 10.12.72 - 18.11.119

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 2 4 . 4 7 . 9 10 . 12 10 . 12 (72)
North Melbourne 2 . 3 9 . 4 13 . 8 18 . 11 18 . 11 (119)
Margin MELB by 11 NMLB by 30 NMLB by 35 NMLB by 47 NMLB by 47
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Norm Smith
Coach: Frank Hughes

North Melbourne

Captain: Dally O'Brien
Coach: Bob McCaskill

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 0 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
18 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 6 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
10 Kramer, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
29 Latham, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
20 Lenne, George ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 1 ?
32 Oppy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
22 O'Rourke, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
9 Porter, Ivan ? ? 2 ?
1 Rowarth, Ern ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 1 ?
8 Stabb, Roy ? ? 0 ?
30 Wilson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 12

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Abikhair, Dick ? ? 1 ?
7 Bogie, Cam ? ? 0 ?
16 Condon, Don ? ? 2 ?
34 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Crawford, Alan ? ? 2 ?
4 Crump, Alf ? ? 0 ?
33 Doherty, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 6 ?
21 Fairweather, Fred ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 1 ?
18 Foote, Les ? ? 0 ?
19 Jarrard, Ted ? ? 2 ?
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 ? ? 4 ?
29 Wood, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 18 11

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