1945 VFL Season Round 14: Geelong v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 21 July 1945 between Geelong and North Melbourne during round fourteen of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted North Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Lindsay White captained the hosts. Dally O'Brien captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Williams and the visitors were coached by Bob McCaskill.

Geelong (9.9.63) were defeated by North Melbourne (13.19.97).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Geelong v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 21 July 1945
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 7,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by North Melbourne
Score: 9.9.63 - 13.19.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 1 8 . 5 9 . 6 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
North Melbourne 0 . 7 3 . 12 8 . 15 13 . 19 13 . 19 (97)
Margin GEEL by 18 GEEL by 23 NMLB by 3 NMLB by 34 NMLB by 34
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Lindsay White
Coach: Jack Williams

North Melbourne

Captain: Dally O'Brien
Coach: Bob McCaskill

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. McLellan

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
21 Brown, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
11 Elliott, Alan ? ? 1 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 Glenister, Norm ? ? 1 ?
17 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Grant, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Hose, Frank ? ? 0 ?
20 Hovey, Ced ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
28 Leslie, Max ? ? 0 ?
32 Lindsay, Alwyn ? ? 0 ?
2 Marsham, Alan ? ? 0 ?
27 Muller, Jack ? ? 2 ?
23 Nankervis, Vic ? ? 3 ?
10 Patman, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
4 Powell, Les ? ? 1 ?
33 Toyne, Len ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 9

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Bogie, Cam ? ? 0 ?
15 Clay, Alf ? ? 1 ?
16 Condon, Don ? ? 4 ?
34 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Crawford, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Crump, Alf ? ? 1 ?
33 Doherty, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 1 ?
21 Fairweather, Fred ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 3 ?
18 Foote, Les ? ? 0 ?
31 Francis, Leo ? ? 0 ?
19 Jarrard, Ted ? ? 1 ?
22 Kelly, Pat ? ? 0 ?
11 Malone, Jim ? ? 2 ?
26 Morcom, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally (c) ? ? 0 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
29 Wood, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 19

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