1945 VFL Season: Melbourne
These are the details of the premiership results for Melbourne for the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Punt Road Oval as their home ground, playing eleven matches there (ten as hosts and one as visitors). The team finished the regular season in ninth place.
Team Details
Competition:
1945 VFL Season
Team:
Melbourne
Club:
Melbourne
Home Ground:
Punt Road Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
9th (W-D-L: 8-0-12, P%: 99.1)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Team Leaders
Captain:
Norm Smith
Vice-Captain:
Jack Mueller
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Archibald, George | #14 | 6 | 0 | R01-06 |
| Baggott, Ron | #15 | 16 | 25 | R01-03, R05, R07, R10-20 |
| Bickford, George | #16 | 5 | 0 | R05-07, R12, R14 |
| Bowman, Gordon | #11 | 6 | 3 | R05-06, R08, R15, R19-20 |
| Conroy, Clem | #7 | 9 | 1 | R01-06, R18-20 |
| Cordner, Don | #21 | 20 | 8 | R01-20 |
| Deans, Billy | #5 | 20 | 0 | R01-20 |
| Downey, Es | #26 | 6 | 0 | R01-06 |
| Dowsing, Roy | #2 | 19 | 0 | R01-07, R09-20 |
| Dullard, Adrian | #18 | 9 | 4 | R02-10 |
| Edge, Bruce | #33 | 3 | 0 | R15-16, R18 |
| Fanning, Fred | #6 | 19 | 67 | R01-11, R13-20 |
| Hall, Ron | #14 | 2 | 0 | R18-19 |
| Hughes, Frank | #31 | 8 | 0 | R08-14, R17 |
| Irwin, Ron | #3 | 16 | 0 | R01, R06-20 |
| Kennedy, Dick | #24 | 9 | 5 | R05, R08-09, R15-20 |
| Kennedy, Frank | #37 | 10 | 6 | R01-06, R17-20 |
| Kramer, Gordon | #10 | 12 | 1 | R02-04, R06-07, R11-13, R16-18, R20 |
| La Fontaine, Allan | #17 | 14 | 5 | R01-03, R05, R09-17, R20 |
| Latham, Ralph | #8, #29 | 16 | 11 | R03-04, R07-20 |
| Lenne, George | #20 | 4 | 0 | R07, R17-18, R20 |
| Leverton, Norm | #23 | 2 | 0 | R03, R05 |
| McLean, Col | #25 | 20 | 1 | R01-20 |
| Mitchell, Jack | #31 | 6 | 9 | R12-14, R16-18 |
| Molloy, Keith | #27 | 8 | 0 | R01-02, R04-05, R10-13 |
| Mueller, Jack | #12 | 5 | 5 | R01-05 |
| New, Harry | #20 | 1 | 0 | R08 |
| Newman, Charlie | #35 | 4 | 0 | R01, R14-16 |
| Oppy, Jim | #32 | 3 | 0 | R07-09 |
| O'Rourke, Ernie | #22 | 12 | 12 | R06-15, R19-20 |
| Porter, Ivan | #9 | 19 | 26 | R01-19 |
| Rowarth, Ern | #1 | 11 | 1 | R07-16, R19 |
| Rowe, Harry | 1 | 0 | R20 | |
| Scanlan, Bill | #19 | 14 | 4 | R04, R08-20 |
| Smith, Norm | #4 | 17 | 33 | R01-02, R04, R06-11, R13-20 |
| Stabb, Roy | #22, #8 | 14 | 2 | R03-04, R07-17, R19 |
| Stock, Jack | #38 | 5 | 0 | R01-04, R06 |
| Taylor, Percy | #28 | 2 | 3 | R01-02 |
| Wilson, Norm | #30 | 7 | 4 | R06-12 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hughes, Frank | 20 | 8 | -0- | 12 | R01-20 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21/04/1945 | Round 1 | Carlton | AWAY | WIN | MELB by 21 | Frank Hughes | Norm Smith |
| 28/04/1945 | Round 2 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | MELB by 69 | Frank Hughes | Norm Smith |
| 05/05/1945 | Round 3 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 3 | Frank Hughes | Jack Mueller |
| 12/05/1945 | Round 4 | Richmond | HOME | LOSS | RICH by 20 | Frank Hughes | Norm Smith |
| 19/05/1945 | Round 5 | Geelong | HOME | WIN | MELB by 20 | Frank Hughes | Jack Mueller |
| 26/05/1945 | Round 6 | Footscray | AWAY | LOSS | FOOT by 27 | Frank Hughes | Norm Smith |
| 02/06/1945 | Round 7 | North Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | NMLB by 47 | Frank Hughes | Norm Smith |
| 09/06/1945 | Round 8 | South Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | SMLB by 30 | Frank Hughes | Norm Smith |
| 16/06/1945 | Round 9 | Fitzroy | HOME | LOSS | FITZ by 20 | Frank Hughes | Norm Smith |
| 23/06/1945 | Round 10 | Hawthorn | HOME | WIN | MELB by 18 | Frank Hughes | Norm Smith |
| 30/06/1945 | Round 11 | Essendon | AWAY | WIN | MELB by 14 | Frank Hughes | Norm Smith |
| 07/07/1945 | Round 12 | Carlton | HOME | LOSS | CARL by 1 | Frank Hughes | unknown |
| 14/07/1945 | Round 13 | St Kilda | AWAY | WIN | MELB by 19 | Frank Hughes | Norm Smith |
| 21/07/1945 | Round 14 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 35 | Frank Hughes | Norm Smith |
| 28/07/1945 | Round 15 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RICH by 13 | Frank Hughes | Norm Smith |
| 04/08/1945 | Round 16 | Geelong | AWAY | WIN | MELB by 59 | Frank Hughes | Norm Smith |
| 11/08/1945 | Round 17 | Footscray | HOME | WIN | MELB by 9 | Frank Hughes | Norm Smith |
| 18/08/1945 | Round 18 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 25 | Frank Hughes | Norm Smith |
| 25/08/1945 | Round 19 | South Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | SMLB by 19 | Frank Hughes | Norm Smith |
| 01/09/1945 | Round 20 | Fitzroy | AWAY | LOSS | FITZ by 5 | Frank Hughes | Norm Smith |