1945 VFL Season Round 10: Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 23 June 1945 between Melbourne and Hawthorn during round ten of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at Punt Road Oval. Norm Smith captained the hosts. Jim Bohan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Keith Shea.

Melbourne (15.14.104) defeated Hawthorn (12.14.86).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 23 June 1945
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 6,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Hawthorn
Score: 15.14.104 - 12.14.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 4 . 1 9 . 6 10 . 6 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Hawthorn 2 . 6 5 . 10 10 . 13 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Margin MELB by 7 MELB by 20 HWTH by 7 MELB by 18 MELB by 18
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Norm Smith
Coach: Frank Hughes

Hawthorn

Captain: Jim Bohan
Coach: Keith Shea

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

F. Spokes

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 3 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 1 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
18 Dullard, Adrian ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 2 ?
31 Hughes, Frank ? ? 0 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan ? ? 0 ?
29 Latham, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
27 Molloy, Keith ? ? 0 ?
22 O'Rourke, Ernie ? ? 3 ?
9 Porter, Ivan ? ? 3 ?
1 Rowarth, Ern ? ? 0 ?
19 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 3 ?
8 Stabb, Roy ? ? 0 ?
30 Wilson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 14

Hawthorn

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

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

Melbourne Coach: Frank Hughes
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
21 D. Wilks 22 S. Hamilton 7 B. Rogers













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



18 K. Lippiatt 17 J. Blackman 5 J. Taylor













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



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









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 6 J. Barker 2 K. Slater
HALF-FORWARD 14 G. Barwick

30 B. Furler 29 D. McVilly 32 N. Pearson 31 J. McLeod











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



33 J. Cleary 9 J. King 4 A. Albiston













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Keith Shea