1945 VFL Season: Essendon
These are the details of the premiership results for Essendon for the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Windy Hill as their home ground, playing ten matches there (ten as hosts). The team finished the regular season in eighth place.
Team Details
Competition:
1945 VFL Season
Team:
Essendon
Club:
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 |