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