1945 VFL Season Round 20: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 1 September 1945 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round twenty of the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Fred Hughson captained the hosts. Norm Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Fred Hughson and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Fitzroy (14.22.106) defeated Melbourne (15.11.101).

Match Details

Season: 1945 VFL Season
Round: Round 20
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 1 September 1945
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 5,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Melbourne
Score: 14.22.106 - 15.11.101

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 7 8 . 16 12 . 21 14 . 22 14 . 22 (106)
Melbourne 4 . 1 9 . 2 12 . 6 15 . 11 15 . 11 (101)
Margin FITZ by 6 FITZ by 8 FITZ by 15 FITZ by 5 FITZ by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Hughson
Coach: Fred Hughson

Melbourne

Captain: Norm Smith
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Jamieson

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
19 Bristowe, Wally ? ? 0 ?
12 Calverley, Des ? ? 0 ?
31 Clay, Bert ? ? 0 ?
21 Crouch, Laurie ? ? 2 ?
5 Dawson, Stan ? ? 0 ?
33 Gemmell, Leon ? ? 0 ?
6 Hughson, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
4 Hughson, Mick ? ? 0 ?
27 Jarvis, Noel ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnstone, Norm ? ? 0 ?
11 Linney, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
24 O'Bryan, Arthur ? ? 5 ?
22 Price, Noel ? ? 0 ?
7 Ruthven, Allan ? ? 5 ?
30 Shillinglaw, Harold ? ? 0 ?
17 Sier, Ken ? ? 0 ?
29 Symons, Jack ? ? 1 ?
21 Winberg, Harold ? ? 0 ?
35 Wright, Stan ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 22

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Baggott, Ron ? ? 2 ?
11 Bowman, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
7 Conroy, Clem ? ? 0 ?
21 Cordner, Don ? ? 0 ?
5 Deans, Billy ? ? 0 ?
2 Dowsing, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Fanning, Fred ? ? 5 ?
3 Irwin, Ron ? ? 0 ?
24 Kennedy, Dick ? ? 4 ?
37 Kennedy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
10 Kramer, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan ? ? 0 ?
29 Latham, Ralph ? ? 2 ?
20 Lenne, George ? ? 0 ?
25 McLean, Col ? ? 0 ?
22 O'Rourke, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
Rowe, Harry ? ? 0 ?
19 Scanlan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 Smith, Norm (c) ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 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