1945 VFL Season: Melbourne
These are the details of the premiership results of Melbourne for the 1945 VFL season. The team finished the regular season in ninth place.
Season Team Details
Competition:
1945 VFL Season
Team:
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
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 | #29, #8 | 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 | #8, #22 | 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 |
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.