1945 VFL Round 8: North Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 9 June 1945 between North Melbourne and Hawthorn during round 8 of the 1945 VFL season. North Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at Arden Street Oval. Dally O'Brien captained the hosts. Jim Bohan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob McCaskill and the visitors were coached by Keith Shea.

North Melbourne
D. O'Brien (capt.), D. Abikhair, C. Bogie, D. Condon, A. Crawford, A. Crump, J. Doherty, S. Dyer, F. Fairweather, B. Findlay, L. Foote, J. Harrison, J. Hunter, T. Jarrard, J. Malone, K. McKenzie, E. Morcom, T. Roulent, S. Slater

Hawthorn
Back: K. Lippiatt, S. Hamilton, B. Rogers
Half-back: J. Blackman, A. Prior, D. Wilks
Centre: M. Worrall, J. Bohan (capt.), R. Baldwin
Half-forward: A. Brannan, T. Campbell, K. Slater
Forward: G. Barwick, K. Bodger, A. Albiston
Follower: J. Barker, J. King, J. McLeod
Sub.: B. Furler

North Melbourne (16.10.106) defeated Hawthorn (10.8.68).

Goalkickers
North Melbourne: B. Findlay (7), A. Crump (3), S. Dyer (2), F. Fairweather (2), D. Condon, D. O'Brien
Hawthorn: A. Albiston (5), K. Bodger (2), G. Barwick, J. McLeod, K. Slater

As a result of this match, North Melbourne were then 2nd on the ladder (up from 5th) and Hawthorn remained 10th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: North Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 9 June 1945
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 7,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Hawthorn
Score: 16.10.106 - 10.8.68

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 2 . 2 5 . 4 9 . 5 16 . 10 16 . 10 (106)
Hawthorn 1 . 5 4 . 6 6 . 7 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Margin NMLB by 3 NMLB by 4 NMLB by 16 NMLB by 38 NMLB by 38
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bob McCaskill (North Melbourne), Keith Shea (Hawthorn)
Captains: Dally O'Brien (North Melbourne), Jim Bohan (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: T. McIntyre

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

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

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Albiston, Alec FPR ? 5 ?
11 Baldwin, Roy WR ? 0 ?
6 Barker, Jack RU ? 0 ?
14 Barwick, Geoff FPL ? 1 ?
17 Blackman, Jack HBFL ? 0 ?
26 Bodger, Ken FF ? 2 ?
15 Bohan, Jim (c) C ? 0 ?
3 Brannan, Andy HFFL ? 0 ?
12 Campbell, Tom CHF ? 0 ?
30 Furler, Bob SUB ? 0 ?
22 Hamilton, Stuart FB ? 0 ?
9 King, Jack RU ? 0 ?
18 Lippiatt, Ken BPL ? 0 ?
31 McLeod, Jack RO ? 1 ?
24 Prior, Albert CHB ? 0 ?
7 Rogers, Bert BPR ? 0 ?
2 Slater, Ken HFFR ? 1 ?
21 Wilks, Don HBFR ? 0 ?
23 Worrall, Malcolm WL ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 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

Player Line-Up

North Melbourne Coach: Bob McCaskill
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
18 K. Lippiatt 22 S. Hamilton 7 B. Rogers













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



17 J. Blackman 24 A. Prior 21 D. Wilks













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



23 M. Worrall 15 J. Bohan (c) 11 R. Baldwin









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 6 J. Barker 30 B. Furler
HALF-FORWARD 9 J. King

3 A. Brannan 12 T. Campbell 2 K. Slater 31 J. McLeod











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



14 G. Barwick 26 K. Bodger 4 A. Albiston













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Keith Shea