1945 VFL Season Round 16: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 1945 between Geelong and Melbourne during round sixteen of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Kardinia Park. Lindsay White captained the hosts. Norm Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Williams and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Geelong (7.14.56) were defeated by Melbourne (17.13.115).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 August 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Kardinia Park
Attendance: 7,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Melbourne
Score: 7.14.56 - 17.13.115

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 2 5 . 3 7 . 7 7 . 14 7 . 14 (56)
Melbourne 5 . 2 6 . 8 10 . 10 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Margin MELB by 6 MELB by 11 MELB by 21 MELB by 59 MELB by 59
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Lindsay White
Coach: Jack Williams

Melbourne

Captain: Norm Smith
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

O. Thomas

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bauer, Don ? ? 0 ?
21 Brown, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
3 Fitzgerald, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 Glenister, Norm ? ? 0 ?
17 Gniel, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Grant, Jack ? ? 2 ?
20 Hovey, Ced ? ? 0 ?
25 Hunt, Percy ? ? 0 ?
32 Jerram, Doug ? ? 0 ?
28 Leslie, Max ? ? 0 ?
32 Lindsay, Alwyn ? ? 0 ?
2 Marsham, Alan ? ? 0 ?
27 Muller, Jack ? ? 1 ?
15 Munday, Jim ? ? 1 ?
23 Nankervis, Vic ? ? 0 ?
10 Patman, Ralph ? ? 1 ?
18 Pike, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Powell, Les ? ? 0 ?
7 White, Lindsay (c) ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 14

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 2 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
33 Edge, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 6 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
24 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 0 ?
10 Kramer, Gordon ? ? 1 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan ? ? 0 ?
29 Latham, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Jack ? ? 3 ?
35 Newman, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
9 Porter, Ivan ? ? 2 ?
1 Rowarth, Ern ? ? 0 ?
19 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 3 ?
8 Stabb, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 17 13

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