1945 VFL Season Round 12: Melbourne v Carlton

This is the match report for the match played on 7 July 1945 between Melbourne and Carlton during round twelve of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Carlton at Punt Road Oval. Bob Chitty captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Melbourne (12.8.80) were defeated by Carlton (12.9.81).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v Carlton
Date: Saturday 7 July 1945
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Carlton
Score: 12.8.80 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 1 7 . 6 8 . 7 12 . 8 12 . 8 (80)
Carlton 5 . 5 8 . 7 10 . 8 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin CARL by 16 CARL by 7 CARL by 13 CARL by 1 CARL by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Frank Hughes

Carlton

Captain: Bob Chitty
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. McIntyre

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 1 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 1 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
31 Hughes, Frank ? ? 0 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
10 Kramer, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan ? ? 0 ?
29 Latham, Ralph ? ? 4 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Molloy, Keith ? ? 0 ?
22 O'Rourke, Ernie ? ? 2 ?
9 Porter, Ivan ? ? 1 ?
1 Rowarth, Ern ? ? 0 ?
19 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 3 ?
8 Stabb, Roy ? ? 0 ?
30 Wilson, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 8

Carlton

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Baird, Jim ? ? 1 ?
21 Baxter, Ken ? ? 0 ?
17 Beauvais, Don ? ? 0 ?
3 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
15 Brown, Vin ? ? 0 ?
6 Chitty, Bob (c) ? ? 0 ?
26 Clark, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 Collins, Lance ? ? 2 ?
1 Hands, Ken ? ? 0 ?
11 Hines, Ron ? ? 1 ?
2 Hopper, Ken ? ? 0 ?
19 McGrath, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 McLean, Rod ? ? 0 ?
30 Price, Mick ? ? 5 ?
18 Sanger, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
7 Turner, Herb ? ? 2 ?
4 Way, Alex ? ? 1 ?
12 Williams, Doug ? ? 0 ?
10 Wines, Clinton ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 9

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