1945 VFL Season: Essendon
These are the details of the premiership results of Essendon for the 1945 VFL season. The team finished the regular season in eighth place.
Season Team Details
Competition:
1945 VFL Season
Team:
Essendon
Home Ground:
Windy Hill
Team Results
Ladder Position:
8th (W-D-L: 10-1-9, P%: 113.8)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbott, Gordon | #25 | 5 | 4 | R01-05 |
| Annesley, Bob | #8 | 6 | 7 | R01-04, R07, R12 |
| Betson, Norm | #31 | 17 | 11 | R01-11, R15-20 |
| Brittingham, Bill | #23 | 19 | 48 | R01, R03-20 |
| Bushby, Percy | #35 | 20 | 7 | R01-20 |
| Buttsworth, Fred | #27 | 8 | 9 | R08-09, R14-16, R18-20 |
| Buttsworth, Wally | #15 | 20 | 1 | R01-20 |
| Clark, Milton | #33 | 3 | 0 | R11-13 |
| Coward, Ernie | #1 | 19 | 2 | R01-11, R13-20 |
| Dearle, Laurie | #10 | 17 | 5 | R01-05, R07-14, R17-20 |
| Dimble, Murray | #9 | 8 | 8 | R11-17, R19 |
| Drummond, Bob | #28 | 3 | 6 | R09-11 |
| Equid, Harry | #32 | 1 | 3 | R20 |
| Finn, Ray | #16 | 2 | 2 | R05-06 |
| Flanigan, Bob | #30 | 3 | 0 | R07, R09-10 |
| Gardiner, Les | #18 | 15 | 0 | R01-09, R11-12, R17-20 |
| Healy, Terry | #11 | 8 | 0 | R07, R12-13, R15-19 |
| Henry, Jack | #13 | 1 | 1 | R12 |
| Hird, Allan | #6 | 20 | 2 | R01-20 |
| Huggard, Jackie | #4 | 1 | 0 | R08 |
| Hutchison, Bill | #7 | 20 | 32 | R01-20 |
| Jory, Ron | #19 | 18 | 15 | R01-16, R18-19 |
| Lambert, Chris | #14 | 11 | 1 | R04-12, R14-15 |
| Lane, Gordon | #22 | 15 | 18 | R01-03, R05-07, R11, R13-20 |
| Lyons, Jack | #26 | 17 | 3 | R02, R04-18, R20 |
| Paterson, Peter | #32 | 5 | 4 | R08, R10-13 |
| Pearson, Bill | #20 | 16 | 11 | R01-06, R08-10, R14-20 |
| Powell, Ray | #17 | 14 | 12 | R01-03, R10-20 |
| Ralph, Harry | #32 | 4 | 0 | R17-20 |
| Randall, Alan | #2 | 3 | 0 | R13, R16, R20 |
| Reynolds, Dick | #3 | 19 | 26 | R01-11, R13-20 |
| Ruddell, Cec | #21 | 19 | 0 | R01-10, R12-20 |
| Shaw, Alan | #12 | 1 | 0 | R14 |
| Smith, Noel | #24 | 8 | 10 | R01-06, R08, R10 |
| Syme, Bob | #34 | 10 | 4 | R04, R06-07, R09, R12-17 |
| Thomas, Ray | #29 | 4 | 0 | R01-03, R06 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reynolds, Dick | 19 | 10 | -1- | 8 | R01-11, R13-20 |
| Ruddell, Cec | 1 | 0 | -0- | 1 | R12 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21/04/1945 | Round 1 | Hawthorn | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 71 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 28/04/1945 | Round 2 | Fitzroy | AWAY | DRAW | drawn | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 05/05/1945 | Round 3 | Carlton | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 100 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 12/05/1945 | Round 4 | St Kilda | AWAY | WIN | ESSE by 55 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 19/05/1945 | Round 5 | Collingwood | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 1 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 26/05/1945 | Round 6 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RICH by 12 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 02/06/1945 | Round 7 | Geelong | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 48 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 09/06/1945 | Round 8 | Footscray | AWAY | LOSS | FOOT by 31 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 16/06/1945 | Round 9 | North Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | NMLB by 30 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 23/06/1945 | Round 10 | South Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | SMLB by 46 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 30/06/1945 | Round 11 | Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | MELB by 14 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 07/07/1945 | Round 12 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HWTH by 53 | Cec Ruddell | Cec Ruddell |
| 14/07/1945 | Round 13 | Fitzroy | HOME | LOSS | FITZ by 24 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 21/07/1945 | Round 14 | Carlton | AWAY | WIN | ESSE by 3 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 28/07/1945 | Round 15 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 99 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 04/08/1945 | Round 16 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 29 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 11/08/1945 | Round 17 | Richmond | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 33 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 18/08/1945 | Round 18 | Geelong | AWAY | WIN | ESSE by 18 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 25/08/1945 | Round 19 | Footscray | HOME | WIN | ESSE by 40 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
| 01/09/1945 | Round 20 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 6 | Dick Reynolds | Dick Reynolds |
Ladder Chart
This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic.