1945 VFL Season: Fitzroy
These are the details of the premiership results of Fitzroy for the 1945 VFL season. The team finished the regular season in sixth place.
Season Team Details
Competition:
1945 VFL Season
Team:
Fitzroy
Home Ground:
Brunswick Street Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
6th (W-D-L: 11-1-8, P%: 119.1)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bristowe, Wally | #19 | 16 | 14 | R01-03, R08-20 |
| Brown, Jim | #18 | 1 | 0 | R18 |
| Calverley, Bruce | #20 | 3 | 0 | R01-02, R05 |
| Calverley, Des | #12 | 10 | 5 | R04, R06, R10-16, R20 |
| Clay, Bert | #31 | 19 | 3 | R01-11, R13-20 |
| Clay, Ivor | #34 | 5 | 2 | R01-04, R12 |
| Collins, Jack | #1 | 8 | 17 | R04-06, R10-11, R17-19 |
| Crouch, Laurie | #21 | 6 | 3 | R01, R04, R09-10, R12, R20 |
| Curcio, Frank | #18 | 13 | 0 | R07-19 |
| Dalwood, Peter | #23 | 7 | 12 | R05-09, R13, R19 |
| Dawson, Stan | #5 | 19 | 6 | R01-09, R11-20 |
| Denning, Clen | #32 | 19 | 0 | R01-19 |
| Edwards, Arthur | #2 | 6 | 7 | R06-10, R16 |
| Gemmell, Leon | #33 | 8 | 4 | R13-20 |
| Gillespie-Jones, Audley | #15 | 1 | 0 | R06 |
| Hall, Dennis | #4 | 1 | 0 | R07 |
| Hammond, Don | #26 | 5 | 0 | R06-07, R12-14 |
| Hill, Ted | #25 | 8 | 1 | R02-03, R10-14, R17 |
| Hillard, Norm | #8 | 15 | 0 | R02-16 |
| Horan, Monty | #9 | 2 | 0 | R03-04 |
| Hoskins, George | #14 | 11 | 1 | R01-09, R15-16 |
| Hughson, Fred | #6 | 19 | 0 | R01-11, R13-20 |
| Hughson, Mick | #4 | 2 | 0 | R19-20 |
| Jarvis, Noel | #27 | 19 | 3 | R01-03, R05-20 |
| Johnstone, Norm | #16 | 15 | 5 | R01-08, R10-15, R20 |
| Kettle, Jim | #32 | 2 | 0 | R04-05 |
| Linney, Charlie | #11 | 7 | 0 | R01-03, R17-20 |
| Miller, Wally | #10 | 8 | 5 | R05, R08-12, R14-15 |
| Murray, Dan | #3 | 3 | 0 | R01, R12, R14 |
| O'Bryan, Arthur | #24 | 20 | 5 | R01-20 |
| Price, Noel | #22 | 18 | 13 | R01-04, R07-20 |
| Ruthven, Allan | #7 | 20 | 42 | R01-20 |
| Shillinglaw, Harold | #30 | 3 | 0 | R17-18, R20 |
| Sier, Ken | #17 | 8 | 13 | R01-02, R15-20 |
| Smith, Len | #28 | 9 | 20 | R03-09, R11-12 |
| Symons, Jack | #29 | 19 | 34 | R01-11, R13-20 |
| White, Ed | #30 | 1 | 0 | R05 |
| Winberg, Harold | #21 | 5 | 3 | R16-20 |
| Wright, Stan | #35 | 19 | 16 | R01-13, R15-20 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hughson, Fred | 19 | 10 | -1- | 8 | R01-11, R13-20 |
| Hillard, Norm | 1 | 1 | -0- | 0 | R12 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21/04/1945 | Round 1 | Geelong | AWAY | WIN | FITZ by 38 | Fred Hughson | Fred Hughson |
| 28/04/1945 | Round 2 | Essendon | HOME | DRAW | drawn | Fred Hughson | Fred Hughson |
| 05/05/1945 | Round 3 | Footscray | HOME | LOSS | FOOT by 17 | Fred Hughson | Fred Hughson |
| 12/05/1945 | Round 4 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 7 | Fred Hughson | Fred Hughson |
| 19/05/1945 | Round 5 | North Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | NMLB by 16 | Fred Hughson | Fred Hughson |
| 26/05/1945 | Round 6 | St Kilda | AWAY | WIN | FITZ by 25 | Fred Hughson | Fred Hughson |
| 02/06/1945 | Round 7 | South Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | SMLB by 10 | Fred Hughson | Fred Hughson |
| 09/06/1945 | Round 8 | Collingwood | HOME | WIN | FITZ by 95 | Fred Hughson | Fred Hughson |
| 16/06/1945 | Round 9 | Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | FITZ by 20 | Fred Hughson | Fred Hughson |
| 23/06/1945 | Round 10 | Richmond | HOME | LOSS | RICH by 3 | Fred Hughson | Fred Hughson |
| 30/06/1945 | Round 11 | Hawthorn | AWAY | WIN | FITZ by 25 | Fred Hughson | Fred Hughson |
| 07/07/1945 | Round 12 | Geelong | HOME | WIN | FITZ by 96 | Norm Hillard | unknown |
| 14/07/1945 | Round 13 | Essendon | AWAY | WIN | FITZ by 24 | Fred Hughson | Fred Hughson |
| 21/07/1945 | Round 14 | Footscray | AWAY | WIN | FITZ by 2 | Fred Hughson | Fred Hughson |
| 28/07/1945 | Round 15 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 4 | Fred Hughson | Fred Hughson |
| 04/08/1945 | Round 16 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 45 | Fred Hughson | Fred Hughson |
| 11/08/1945 | Round 17 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | FITZ by 67 | Fred Hughson | Fred Hughson |
| 18/08/1945 | Round 18 | South Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | FITZ by 9 | Fred Hughson | Fred Hughson |
| 25/08/1945 | Round 19 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 26 | Fred Hughson | Fred Hughson |
| 01/09/1945 | Round 20 | Melbourne | HOME | WIN | FITZ by 5 | Fred Hughson | Fred Hughson |
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.