1945 VFL Season Round 16: North Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 1945 between North Melbourne and Fitzroy during round sixteen of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at Arden Street Oval. Dally O'Brien captained the hosts. Fred Hughson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob McCaskill and the visitors were coached by Fred Hughson.

North Melbourne (12.6.78) defeated Fitzroy (4.9.33).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: North Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 4 August 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 12.6.78 - 4.9.33

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 3 . 3 5 . 5 7 . 5 12 . 6 12 . 6 (78)
Fitzroy 1 . 1 2 . 3 4 . 7 4 . 9 4 . 9 (33)
Margin NMLB by 14 NMLB by 20 NMLB by 16 NMLB by 45 NMLB by 45
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Dally O'Brien
Coach: Bob McCaskill

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. McLellan

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
31 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Bogie, Cam ? ? 0 ?
15 Clay, Alf ? ? 2 ?
16 Condon, Don ? ? 5 ?
34 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Crawford, Alan ? ? 1 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 1 ?
21 Fairweather, Fred ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 1 ?
18 Foote, Les ? ? 0 ?
31 Francis, Leo ? ? 0 ?
19 Jarrard, Ted ? ? 0 ?
11 Malone, Jim ? ? 1 ?
20 McKenzie, Keith ? ? 0 ?
30 Moran, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Morcom, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally (c) ? ? 0 ?
35 Quinn, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 6

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bristowe, Wally ? ? 0 ?
12 Calverley, Des ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
5 Dawson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
32 Denning, Clen ? ? 0 ?
2 Edwards, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
33 Gemmell, Leon ? ? 0 ?
8 Hillard, Norm ? ? 0 ?
14 Hoskins, George ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
24 O'Bryan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 1 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 1 ?
17 Sier, Ken ? ? 1 ?
29 Symons, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Winberg, Harold ? ? 0 ?
35 Wright, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 4 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