1945 VFL Season Round 18: Footscray v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 18 August 1945 between Footscray and Hawthorn during round eighteen of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Hawthorn at Western Oval. Arthur Olliver captained the hosts. Jim Bohan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Arthur Olliver and the visitors were coached by Keith Shea.

Footscray (15.15.105) defeated Hawthorn (13.11.89).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Footscray v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 18 August 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Hawthorn
Score: 15.15.105 - 13.11.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 2 9 . 7 11 . 8 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Hawthorn 3 . 1 6 . 4 9 . 8 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Margin FOOT by 1 FOOT by 21 FOOT by 12 FOOT by 16 FOOT by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Arthur Olliver
Coach: Arthur Olliver

Hawthorn

Captain: Jim Bohan
Coach: Keith Shea

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Dudley, Merv ? ? 0 ?
19 Evenden, Reg ? ? 0 ?
18 Gingell, Harry ? ? 1 ?
20 Greenham, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 Grove, Ron ? ? 2 ?
7 Hickey, Harry ? ? 1 ?
11 Jacobsen, Allan ? ? 2 ?
21 McLaren, George ? ? 0 ?
6 McTaggart, Bert ? ? 0 ?
31 McTaggart, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Miller, Jim ? ? 0 ?
3 Olliver, Arthur (c) ? ? 1 ?
12 Rawlings, Roy ? ? 0 ?
10 Ryan, Joe ? ? 5 ?
24 Taylor, Dan ? ? 0 ?
1 Thoms, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Tribe, George ? ? 3 ?
25 Tribe, Tom ? ? 0 ?
35 Witney, Col ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 15

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Albiston, Alec RO ? 5 ?
11 Baldwin, Roy C ? 0 ?
14 Barwick, Geoff RU ? 1 ?
17 Blackman, Jack HBFR ? 0 ?
15 Bohan, Jim (c) CHF ? 3 ?
27 Bragg, Dudley FB ? 0 ?
3 Brannan, Andy FPR ? 1 ?
33 Cleary, Jack HFFL ? 0 ?
9 King, Jack BPR ? 0 ?
18 Lippiatt, Ken HBFL ? 0 ?
31 McLeod, Jack HFFR ? 0 ?
29 McVilly, Don RU ? 1 ?
32 Pearson, Neil SUB ? 0 ?
24 Prior, Albert FF ? 0 ?
7 Rogers, Bert FPL ? 2 ?
28 Shea, Jack WL ? 0 ?
10 Spear, Tom CHB ? 0 ?
21 Wilks, Don BPL ? 0 ?
23 Worrall, Malcolm WR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 11

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

Player Line-Up

Footscray Coach: Arthur Olliver
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
21 D. Wilks 27 D. Bragg 9 J. King













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



18 K. Lippiatt 10 T. Spear 17 J. Blackman













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



28 J. Shea 11 R. Baldwin 23 M. Worrall









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 14 G. Barwick 32 N. Pearson
HALF-FORWARD 29 D. McVilly

33 J. Cleary 15 J. Bohan (c) 31 J. McLeod 4 A. Albiston











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



7 B. Rogers 24 A. Prior 3 A. Brannan













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Keith Shea