1945 VFL Season Round 18: North Melbourne v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 18 August 1945 between North Melbourne and Melbourne during round eighteen of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. North Melbourne hosted Melbourne at Arden Street Oval. Dally O'Brien captained the hosts. Norm Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob McCaskill and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

North Melbourne (11.17.83) defeated Melbourne (8.10.58).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: North Melbourne v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 18 August 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Arden Street Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: North Melbourne def. Melbourne
Score: 11.17.83 - 8.10.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
North Melbourne 0 . 2 3 . 10 4 . 11 11 . 17 11 . 17 (83)
Melbourne 2 . 4 4 . 5 7 . 9 8 . 10 8 . 10 (58)
Margin MELB by 14 MELB by 1 MELB by 16 NMLB by 25 NMLB by 25
Duration

Honour Roll

North Melbourne

Captain: Dally O'Brien
Coach: Bob McCaskill

Melbourne

Captain: Norm Smith
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Sawyer

Player Statistics

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Abikhair, Dick ? ? 0 ?
31 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Bogie, Cam ? ? 0 ?
15 Clay, Alf ? ? 1 ?
16 Condon, Don ? ? 2 ?
34 Crane, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Crawford, Alan ? ? 0 ?
4 Crump, Alf ? ? 3 ?
5 Dyer, Sid ? ? 4 ?
21 Fairweather, Fred ? ? 0 ?
9 Findlay, Bill ? ? 0 ?
18 Foote, Les ? ? 0 ?
19 Jarrard, Ted ? ? 0 ?
11 Malone, Jim ? ? 0 ?
30 Moran, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Morcom, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
28 O'Brien, Dally (c) ? ? 1 ?
35 Quinn, Roy ? ? 0 ?
3 Roulent, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 17

Melbourne

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

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