1945 VFL Season Round 9: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 16 June 1945 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round nine of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Punt Road Oval. Norm Smith captained the hosts. Fred Hughson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Fred Hughson.

Melbourne (11.15.81) were defeated by Fitzroy (14.17.101).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 16 June 1945
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Fitzroy
Score: 11.15.81 - 14.17.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 4 5 . 5 9 . 11 11 . 15 11 . 15 (81)
Fitzroy 6 . 3 11 . 6 13 . 12 14 . 17 14 . 17 (101)
Margin FITZ by 11 FITZ by 37 FITZ by 25 FITZ by 20 FITZ by 20
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Norm Smith
Coach: Frank Hughes

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 1 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
18 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 1 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 2 ?
31 Hughes, Frank ? ? 0 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
24 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan ? ? 0 ?
29 Latham, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
32 Oppy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
22 O'Rourke, Ernie ? ? 4 ?
9 Porter, Ivan ? ? 1 ?
1 Rowarth, Ern ? ? 0 ?
19 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 1 ?
8 Stabb, Roy ? ? 0 ?
30 Wilson, Norm ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 15

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bristowe, Wally ? ? 2 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 1 ?
21 Crouch, Laurie ? ? 1 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
23 Dalwood, Peter ? ? 2 ?
5 Dawson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
2 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
14 Hoskins, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
10 Miller, Wally ? ? 0 ?
24 O'Bryan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 1 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 2 ?
28 Smith, Len ? ? 2 ?
29 Symons, Jack ? ? 2 ?
35 Wright, Stan ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 17

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