1945 VFL Season: Geelong
These are the details of the premiership results for Geelong for the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Kardinia Park as their home ground, playing ten matches there (ten as hosts). The team finished the regular season in eleventh place.
Team Details
Competition:
1945 VFL Season
Team:
Geelong
Club:
Geelong
Home Ground:
Kardinia Park
Team Results
Ladder Position:
11th (W-D-L: 2-0-18, P%: 64.9)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Team Leaders
Captains:
Jack Butcher, Lindsay White
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atkin, Max | #16 | 1 | 0 | R01 |
| Barclay, Lionel | #12 | 1 | 0 | R07 |
| Bauer, Don | #19 | 9 | 0 | R12-20 |
| Brown, Ian | #14 | 11 | 0 | R01-09, R11, R19 |
| Brown, Kevin | #21 | 14 | 0 | R04-07, R10-16, R18-20 |
| Butcher, Jack | #1 | 6 | 0 | R01, R03-07 |
| Dean, Leo | #20 | 1 | 0 | R01 |
| Dougherty, George | #33 | 5 | 8 | R01-05 |
| Elliott, Alan | #11 | 9 | 4 | R09-15, R17, R19 |
| Finn, Joe | #19 | 8 | 1 | R01-04, R06-08, R11 |
| Fitzgerald, Jim | #3 | 19 | 0 | R01-10, R12-20 |
| Glenister, Norm | #5 | 18 | 22 | R01, R04-20 |
| Gniel, George | #17 | 18 | 4 | R01-10, R13-20 |
| Graham, Colin | #11 | 5 | 3 | R02-04, R06-07 |
| Grant, Jack | #6 | 11 | 17 | R09-18, R20 |
| Hammer, Cec | #27 | 2 | 0 | R08-09 |
| Hose, Frank | #8 | 14 | 0 | R02-06, R08-14, R18, R20 |
| Hovey, Ced | #20 | 10 | 0 | R07-10, R12-14, R16, R18-19 |
| Howie, Jim | #30 | 3 | 0 | R03, R05-06 |
| Hunt, Percy | #25 | 19 | 6 | R01-05, R07-20 |
| Jerram, Doug | #32 | 4 | 2 | R16-19 |
| Leslie, Max | #28 | 14 | 4 | R01-04, R06-09, R11-16 |
| Lindsay, Alwyn | #32 | 14 | 0 | R02-06, R12-20 |
| Marsham, Alan | #2 | 15 | 3 | R01-02, R04-05, R08-11, R13-17, R19-20 |
| Monahan, Andy | #29 | 4 | 1 | R02, R08, R15, R18 |
| Morgan, Jack | #18 | 2 | 0 | R05, R20 |
| Muller, Jack | #27 | 4 | 4 | R13-16 |
| Munday, Jim | #15 | 16 | 15 | R01-03, R06-12, R15-20 |
| Nankervis, Vic | #23 | 19 | 43 | R01-08, R10-20 |
| Park, Keith | #9 | 4 | 1 | R12, R18-20 |
| Patman, Ralph | #10 | 20 | 10 | R01-20 |
| Pike, Frank | #18 | 2 | 0 | R16-17 |
| Powell, Les | #4 | 10 | 1 | R09-17, R20 |
| Sellwood, Joe | #21 | 1 | 1 | R01 |
| Sing, Jack | #24 | 11 | 0 | R01-11 |
| Southern, Wally | #22 | 8 | 3 | R01-03, R12, R17-20 |
| Tompkins, Neil | #26 | 12 | 3 | R04-12, R17-19 |
| Toyne, Len | #33 | 16 | 9 | R02-03, R05-15, R17, R19-20 |
| White, Lindsay | #7 | 18 | 33 | R01-11, R13-18, R20 |
| Young, Jim | #34 | 2 | 2 | R10-11 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williams, Jack | 20 | 2 | -0- | 18 | R01-20 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21/04/1945 | Round 1 | Fitzroy | HOME | LOSS | FITZ by 38 | Jack Williams | Jack Butcher |
| 28/04/1945 | Round 2 | Footscray | AWAY | LOSS | FOOT by 36 | Jack Williams | Lindsay White |
| 05/05/1945 | Round 3 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 24 | Jack Williams | Jack Butcher |
| 12/05/1945 | Round 4 | South Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | SMLB by 16 | Jack Williams | Jack Butcher |
| 19/05/1945 | Round 5 | Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | MELB by 20 | Jack Williams | Jack Butcher |
| 26/05/1945 | Round 6 | Hawthorn | HOME | WIN | GEEL by 8 | Jack Williams | Jack Butcher |
| 02/06/1945 | Round 7 | Essendon | AWAY | LOSS | ESSE by 48 | Jack Williams | Jack Butcher |
| 09/06/1945 | Round 8 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 36 | Jack Williams | Lindsay White |
| 16/06/1945 | Round 9 | St Kilda | AWAY | LOSS | STKL by 5 | Jack Williams | Lindsay White |
| 23/06/1945 | Round 10 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 97 | Jack Williams | Lindsay White |
| 30/06/1945 | Round 11 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RICH by 56 | Jack Williams | Lindsay White |
| 07/07/1945 | Round 12 | Fitzroy | AWAY | LOSS | FITZ by 96 | Jack Williams | Jack Grant |
| 14/07/1945 | Round 13 | Footscray | HOME | LOSS | FOOT by 17 | Jack Williams | Lindsay White |
| 21/07/1945 | Round 14 | North Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | NMLB by 34 | Jack Williams | Lindsay White |
| 28/07/1945 | Round 15 | South Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | SMLB by 68 | Jack Williams | Lindsay White |
| 04/08/1945 | Round 16 | Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | MELB by 59 | Jack Williams | Lindsay White |
| 11/08/1945 | Round 17 | Hawthorn | AWAY | LOSS | HWTH by 38 | Jack Williams | Lindsay White |
| 18/08/1945 | Round 18 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESSE by 18 | Jack Williams | Lindsay White |
| 25/08/1945 | Round 19 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 94 | Jack Williams | unknown |
| 01/09/1945 | Round 20 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | GEEL by 27 | Jack Williams | Lindsay White |