1945 VFL Season Round 17: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 11 August 1945 between Melbourne and Footscray during round seventeen of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at Punt Road Oval. Norm Smith captained the hosts. Arthur Olliver captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Arthur Olliver.

Melbourne (12.18.90) defeated Footscray (12.9.81).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 11 August 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 12.18.90 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 3 4 . 6 9 . 15 12 . 18 12 . 18 (90)
Footscray 4 . 2 7 . 7 9 . 7 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin FOOT by 5 FOOT by 19 MELB by 8 MELB by 9 MELB by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Norm Smith
Coach: Frank Hughes

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

T. McIntyre

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 1 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 4 ?
31 Hughes, Frank ? ? 0 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
24 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 0 ?
37 Kennedy, Frank ? ? 1 ?
10 Kramer, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan ? ? 0 ?
29 Latham, Ralph ? ? 1 ?
20 Lenne, George ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
31 Mitchell, Jack ? ? 3 ?
9 Porter, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
19 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 2 ?
8 Stabb, Roy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 18

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
28 Broadway, Allan ? ? 0 ?
16 Dudley, Merv ? ? 0 ?
18 Gingell, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 0 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 1 ?
11 Jacobsen, Allan ? ? 1 ?
4 McBean, Mal ? ? 0 ?
27 McCankie, Len ? ? 0 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
6 McTaggart, Bert ? ? 0 ?
31 McTaggart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 1 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 3 ?
24 Taylor, Dan ? ? 1 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 5 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
35 Witney, Col ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 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