1945 VFL Season Round 14: Melbourne v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 21 July 1945 between Melbourne and Collingwood during round fourteen of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Collingwood at Punt Road Oval. Norm Smith captained the hosts. Alby Pannam captained the visitors with, in the absence of Alan Williams, deputy vice-captain Jack Murphy as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Melbourne (10.17.77) were defeated by Collingwood (16.16.112).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Melbourne v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 21 July 1945
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Collingwood
Score: 10.17.77 - 16.16.112

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 6 5 . 6 8 . 12 10 . 17 10 . 17 (77)
Collingwood 3 . 3 6 . 12 10 . 13 16 . 16 16 . 16 (112)
Margin MELB by 3 COLL by 12 COLL by 13 COLL by 35 COLL by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Norm Smith
Coach: Frank Hughes

Collingwood

Captain: Alby Pannam
Vice-Captain: Jack Murphy (acting)
Coach: Jock McHale

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 1 ?
16 Bickford, George ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 2 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 1 ?
31 Hughes, Frank ? ? 0 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan ? ? 0 ?
29 Latham, Ralph ? ? 1 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
35 Newman, Charlie ? ? 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 17

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Burns, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Carruthers, Ron ? ? 0 ?
7 Dalkin, Bill ? ? 2 ?
10 Fitzgerald, Len ? ? 0 ?
11 Fothergill, Des ? ? 2 ?
14 Holten, Mac ? ? 1 ?
8 Hustler, Len ? ? 0 ?
17 Mears, Harry ? ? 0 ?
18 Moore, Guy ? ? 3 ?
19 Murphy, Jack (avc) ? ? 0 ?
20 Naismith, Herb ? ? 0 ?
23 Newman, Dave ? ? 0 ?
1 Pannam, Alby (c) ? ? 2 ?
24 Richards, Lou ? ? 2 ?
25 Ryan, Phil ? ? 2 ?
27 Twomey, Bill ? ? 2 ?
28 Utting, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
30 Wade, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
29 Wallis, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 16

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