1945 VFL Season: Footscray
These are the details of the premiership results for Footscray for the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Western Oval as their home ground, playing ten matches there (ten as hosts). The team finished the regular season in fifth place.
Team Details
Competition:
1945 VFL Season
Team:
Footscray
Club:
Western Bulldogs
Home Ground:
Western Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
5th (W-D-L: 12-0-8, P%: 108.9)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadway, Allan | #28 | 13 | 12 | R01-08, R11-12, R16-17, R20 |
| Chalmers, Harry | #26 | 4 | 2 | R01-03, R05 |
| Dudley, Merv | #16 | 14 | 0 | R06-14, R16-20 |
| Evenden, Reg | #19 | 19 | 1 | R01-16, R18-20 |
| Gingell, Harry | #18 | 20 | 2 | R01-20 |
| Greenham, Jim | #20 | 18 | 0 | R01-11, R13-19 |
| Grove, Ron | #5 | 19 | 10 | R01-10, R12-20 |
| Hand, Pat | #9 | 9 | 0 | R01-09 |
| Hickey, Harry | #7 | 20 | 9 | R01-20 |
| Jacobsen, Allan | #11 | 18 | 19 | R01-11, R13, R15-20 |
| Kennedy, Del | #23 | 9 | 1 | R01-02, R09-10, R12-16 |
| Laffey, Merv | #12 | 8 | 9 | R04, R10-16 |
| Mather, Vic | #34 | 3 | 0 | R13-14, R19 |
| McBean, Mal | #4 | 3 | 0 | R05, R07, R17 |
| McCankie, Len | #27 | 16 | 0 | R01-11, R13, R15-17, R20 |
| McLaren, George | #21 | 19 | 0 | R01-04, R06-20 |
| McTaggart, Bert | #6 | 10 | 0 | R10-15, R17-20 |
| McTaggart, Bill | #31 | 19 | 28 | R01-19 |
| Miller, Jim | #14 | 10 | 1 | R01-04, R06, R16-20 |
| Moncrieff, Allan | #29 | 11 | 24 | R01-05, R09-12, R14-15 |
| Olliver, Arthur | #3 | 19 | 31 | R01-19 |
| Rawlings, Roy | #12 | 4 | 1 | R08-10, R18 |
| Ryan, Joe | #10 | 19 | 37 | R01-09, R11-20 |
| Ryan, Ted | #32 | 6 | 7 | R03-08 |
| Sexton, Gerry | #22 | 1 | 0 | R20 |
| Sutton, Jack | #8 | 4 | 4 | R12, R14-15, R20 |
| Taylor, Dan | #24 | 3 | 3 | R17-19 |
| Thoms, Jim | #1 | 14 | 3 | R05-15, R18-20 |
| Tribe, George | #30 | 20 | 33 | R01-20 |
| Tribe, Tom | #25 | 20 | 0 | R01-20 |
| Ware, Norm | #4 | 1 | 6 | R20 |
| Welsh, Jack | #2 | 2 | 1 | R12, R20 |
| Witney, Col | #35 | 5 | 0 | R11, R16-19 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olliver, Arthur | 20 | 12 | -0- | 8 | R01-20 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21/04/1945 | Round 1 | Richmond | AWAY | WIN | FOOT by 10 | Arthur Olliver | Arthur Olliver |
| 28/04/1945 | Round 2 | Geelong | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 36 | Arthur Olliver | Arthur Olliver |
| 05/05/1945 | Round 3 | Fitzroy | AWAY | WIN | FOOT by 17 | Arthur Olliver | Arthur Olliver |
| 12/05/1945 | Round 4 | North Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | NMLB by 13 | Arthur Olliver | Arthur Olliver |
| 19/05/1945 | Round 5 | South Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | SMLB by 16 | Arthur Olliver | Arthur Olliver |
| 26/05/1945 | Round 6 | Melbourne | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 27 | Arthur Olliver | Arthur Olliver |
| 02/06/1945 | Round 7 | Hawthorn | AWAY | WIN | FOOT by 35 | Arthur Olliver | Arthur Olliver |
| 09/06/1945 | Round 8 | Essendon | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 31 | Arthur Olliver | Arthur Olliver |
| 16/06/1945 | Round 9 | Carlton | AWAY | WIN | FOOT by 9 | Arthur Olliver | Arthur Olliver |
| 23/06/1945 | Round 10 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 63 | Arthur Olliver | Arthur Olliver |
| 30/06/1945 | Round 11 | Collingwood | AWAY | WIN | FOOT by 5 | Arthur Olliver | Arthur Olliver |
| 07/07/1945 | Round 12 | Richmond | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 28 | Arthur Olliver | Arthur Olliver |
| 14/07/1945 | Round 13 | Geelong | AWAY | WIN | FOOT by 17 | Arthur Olliver | Arthur Olliver |
| 21/07/1945 | Round 14 | Fitzroy | HOME | LOSS | FITZ by 2 | Arthur Olliver | Arthur Olliver |
| 28/07/1945 | Round 15 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 19 | Arthur Olliver | Arthur Olliver |
| 04/08/1945 | Round 16 | South Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | SMLB by 1 | Arthur Olliver | Arthur Olliver |
| 11/08/1945 | Round 17 | Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | MELB by 9 | Arthur Olliver | Arthur Olliver |
| 18/08/1945 | Round 18 | Hawthorn | HOME | WIN | FOOT by 16 | Arthur Olliver | Arthur Olliver |
| 25/08/1945 | Round 19 | Essendon | AWAY | LOSS | ESSE by 40 | Arthur Olliver | Arthur Olliver |
| 01/09/1945 | Round 20 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 53 | Arthur Olliver | unknown |