1945 VFL Season Round 13: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 14 July 1945 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round thirteen of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Clarrie Vontom captained the hosts. Norm Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Hughie Thomas and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

St Kilda (9.10.64) were defeated by Melbourne (10.23.83).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 14 July 1945
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 6,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Melbourne
Score: 9.10.64 - 10.23.83

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 6 . 1 8 . 3 8 . 6 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Melbourne 3 . 3 4 . 8 5 . 13 10 . 23 10 . 23 (83)
Margin STKL by 16 STKL by 19 STKL by 11 MELB by 19 MELB by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Clarrie Vontom
Coach: Hughie Thomas

Melbourne

Captain: Norm Smith
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Hooper

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Armour, Wal ? ? 4 ?
23 Aubrey, Bob ? ? 0 ?
18 Bibby, Bob ? ? 0 ?
12 Bray, Harold ? ? 0 ?
2 Butler, Bill ? ? 0 ?
19 Garvin, Reg ? ? 1 ?
31 Geddes, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
5 Harbour, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
14 Knott, Arch ? ? 0 ?
27 Le Lievre, Stan ? ? 2 ?
28 McIntyre, Ern ? ? 0 ?
8 Rippon, Max ? ? 0 ?
3 Snell, Sam ? ? 1 ?
7 Vontom, Clarrie (c) ? ? 0 ?
21 Walker, Ken ? ? 0 ?
10 Wells, Billy ? ? 0 ?
9 Wilkie, Bob ? ? 1 ?
4 Williamson, Col ? ? 0 ?
33 Willis, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 10

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 1 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 1 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 0 ?
31 Hughes, Frank ? ? 0 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
10 Kramer, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan ? ? 0 ?
29 Latham, Ralph ? ? 1 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Jack ? ? 2 ?
27 Molloy, Keith ? ? 0 ?
22 O'Rourke, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
9 Porter, Ivan ? ? 1 ?
1 Rowarth, Ern ? ? 0 ?
19 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 4 ?
8 Stabb, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 23

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