1945 VFLS Season

These are the results for the 1945 season of the Victorian Football League Seconds (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves).

It featured twenty rounds. Fitzroy Seconds were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Footscray Seconds were the premiers.

Season Details

Name: 1945 VFLS Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 20
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 124

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Seconds Princes Park
Collingwood Seconds Victoria Park Bervin Woods
Essendon Seconds Windy Hill
Fitzroy Seconds Brunswick Street Oval
Footscray Seconds Western Oval
Geelong Seconds Kardinia Park
Hawthorn Seconds Glenferrie Oval
Melbourne Seconds Albert Cricket Ground Roy McKay
North Melbourne Seconds Arden Street Oval
Richmond Seconds Punt Road Oval Bob Williams
South Melbourne Seconds Old Scotch Oval
St Kilda Seconds Junction Oval

Season Results

Premiers: Footscray Seconds
Runners-Up: Fitzroy Seconds
Minor Premiers: Fitzroy Seconds

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Fitzroy Seconds 1st 18 -0- 2 72 165.9% 2,060 1,242 297 278 167 240
Footscray Seconds 2nd 16 -0- 4 64 165.5% 2,146 1,297 296 370 185 187
Essendon Seconds 3rd 14 -1- 5 58 127.3% 1,888 1,483 263 310 205 253
Collingwood Seconds 4th 14 -0- 6 56 127.3% 1,639 1,288 228 271 180 208
South Melbourne Seconds 5th 14 -0- 6 56 112.2% 1,731 1,543 245 261 218 235
Carlton Seconds 6th 12 -0- 8 48 111.9% 1,693 1,513 240 253 202 301
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 9 -0- 11 36 83.1% 1,401 1,686 196 225 240 246
Geelong Seconds 8th 5 -2- 13 24 92.1% 1,436 1,559 199 242 221 233
Melbourne Seconds 9th 6 -0- 14 24 77.7% 1,717 2,210 242 265 313 332
Richmond Seconds 10th 5 -1- 14 22 97.2% 1,653 1,701 238 225 235 291
St Kilda Seconds 11th 4 -1- 15 18 64.5% 1,313 2,035 181 227 283 337
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -1- 19 2 54.2% 1,328 2,448 179 254 355 318

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Footscray Seconds 1st Premiers
Fitzroy Seconds 2nd Runners-Up
Collingwood Seconds 3rd Defeated by Fitzroy Seconds (Preliminary Final)
Essendon Seconds 4th Defeated by Collingwood Seconds (Semi Final)
South Melbourne Seconds 5th Did not qualify for finals
Carlton Seconds 6th Did not qualify for finals
North Melbourne Seconds 7th Did not qualify for finals
Geelong Seconds 8th Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne Seconds 9th Did not qualify for finals
Richmond Seconds 10th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda Seconds 11th Did not qualify for finals
Hawthorn Seconds 12th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/04/1945 Fitzroy (S) v Geelong (S) Brunswick Street Oval 88 - 64
SAT 21/04/1945 Footscray (S) v Richmond (S) Western Oval 103 - 74
SAT 21/04/1945 Hawthorn (S) v Essendon (S) Glenferrie Oval 96 - 104
SAT 21/04/1945 Melbourne (S) v Carlton (S) Albert Cricket Ground 89 - 131
SAT 21/04/1945 North Melbourne (S) v Collingwood (S) Arden Street Oval 58 - 93
SAT 21/04/1945 South Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S) Old Scotch Oval 109 - 61

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Melbourne Seconds 1st 1 -0- 0 4 178.7% 109 61
Collingwood Seconds 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 160.3% 93 58
Carlton Seconds 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 147.2% 131 89
Footscray Seconds 4th 1 -0- 0 4 139.2% 103 74
Fitzroy Seconds 5th 1 -0- 0 4 137.5% 88 64
Essendon Seconds 6th 1 -0- 0 4 108.3% 104 96
Hawthorn Seconds 7th 0 -0- 1 0 92.3% 96 104
Geelong Seconds 8th 0 -0- 1 0 72.7% 64 88
Richmond Seconds 9th 0 -0- 1 0 71.8% 74 103
Melbourne Seconds 10th 0 -0- 1 0 67.9% 89 131
North Melbourne Seconds 11th 0 -0- 1 0 62.4% 58 93
St Kilda Seconds 12th 0 -0- 1 0 56.0% 61 109

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/04/1945 Carlton (S) v Hawthorn (S) Princes Park 135 - 63
SAT 28/04/1945 Collingwood (S) v South Melbourne (S) Victoria Park 66 - 72
SAT 28/04/1945 Essendon (S) v Fitzroy (S) Windy Hill 84 - 112
SAT 28/04/1945 Geelong (S) v Footscray (S) Kardinia Park 90 - 99
SAT 28/04/1945 Richmond (S) v North Melbourne (S) Old Scotch Oval 85 - 103
SAT 28/04/1945 St Kilda (S) v Melbourne (S) Junction Oval 73 - 85

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Seconds 1st 2 -0- 0 8 175.0% 266 152
South Melbourne Seconds 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 142.5% 181 127
Fitzroy Seconds 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 135.1% 200 148
Footscray Seconds 4th 2 -0- 0 8 123.2% 202 164
Collingwood Seconds 5th 1 -0- 1 4 122.3% 159 130
Essendon Seconds 6th 1 -0- 1 4 90.4% 188 208
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 1 -0- 1 4 90.4% 161 178
Melbourne Seconds 8th 1 -0- 1 4 85.3% 174 204
Geelong Seconds 9th 0 -0- 2 0 82.4% 154 187
Richmond Seconds 10th 0 -0- 2 0 77.2% 159 206
St Kilda Seconds 11th 0 -0- 2 0 69.1% 134 194
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -0- 2 0 66.5% 159 239

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/05/1945 Carlton (S) v Essendon (S) Princes Park 72 - 88
SAT 05/05/1945 Footscray (S) v Fitzroy (S) Western Oval 115 - 63
SAT 05/05/1945 Geelong (S) v North Melbourne (S) Kardinia Park 47 - 83
SAT 05/05/1945 Hawthorn (S) v St Kilda (S) Glenferrie Oval 70 - 111
SAT 05/05/1945 Melbourne (S) v Collingwood (S) Albert Cricket Ground 83 - 107
SAT 05/05/1945 South Melbourne (S) v Richmond (S) Old Scotch Oval 62 - 101

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 3 -0- 0 12 139.6% 317 227
Carlton Seconds 2nd 2 -0- 1 8 140.8% 338 240
Collingwood Seconds 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 124.9% 266 213
North Melbourne Seconds 4th 2 -0- 1 8 108.4% 244 225
South Melbourne Seconds 5th 2 -0- 1 8 106.6% 243 228
Fitzroy Seconds 6th 2 -0- 1 8 100.0% 263 263
Essendon Seconds 7th 2 -0- 1 8 98.6% 276 280
Richmond Seconds 8th 1 -0- 2 4 97.0% 260 268
St Kilda Seconds 9th 1 -0- 2 4 92.8% 245 264
Melbourne Seconds 10th 1 -0- 2 4 82.6% 257 311
Geelong Seconds 11th 0 -0- 3 0 74.4% 201 270
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -0- 3 0 65.4% 229 350

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/05/1945 Essendon (S) v St Kilda (S) Windy Hill 144 - 56
SAT 12/05/1945 Fitzroy (S) v Carlton (S) Brunswick Street Oval 91 - 78
SAT 12/05/1945 Hawthorn (S) v Collingwood (S) Glenferrie Oval 78 - 101
SAT 12/05/1945 North Melbourne (S) v Footscray (S) Arden Street Oval 45 - 73
SAT 12/05/1945 Richmond (S) v Melbourne (S) Punt Road Oval 94 - 95
SAT 12/05/1945 South Melbourne (S) v Geelong (S) Albert Cricket Ground 100 - 90

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 4 -0- 0 16 143.4% 390 272
Collingwood Seconds 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 126.1% 367 291
Essendon Seconds 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 125.0% 420 336
South Melbourne Seconds 4th 3 -0- 1 12 107.9% 343 318
Fitzroy Seconds 5th 3 -0- 1 12 103.8% 354 341
Carlton Seconds 6th 2 -0- 2 8 125.7% 416 331
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 2 -0- 2 8 97.0% 289 298
Melbourne Seconds 8th 2 -0- 2 8 86.9% 352 405
Richmond Seconds 9th 1 -0- 3 4 97.5% 354 363
St Kilda Seconds 10th 1 -0- 3 4 73.8% 301 408
Geelong Seconds 11th 0 -0- 4 0 78.6% 291 370
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -0- 4 0 68.1% 307 451

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/05/1945 Collingwood (S) v Essendon (S) Victoria Park 78 - 62
SAT 19/05/1945 Footscray (S) v South Melbourne (S) Western Oval 124 - 61
SAT 19/05/1945 Geelong (S) v Melbourne (S) Kardinia Park 110 - 104
SAT 19/05/1945 North Melbourne (S) v Fitzroy (S) Arden Street Oval 32 - 71
SAT 19/05/1945 Richmond (S) v Hawthorn (S) Punt Road Oval 149 - 88
SAT 19/05/1945 St Kilda (S) v Carlton (S) Albert Cricket Ground 92 - 114

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 5 -0- 0 20 154.4% 514 333
Collingwood Seconds 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 126.1% 445 353
Fitzroy Seconds 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 113.9% 425 373
Carlton Seconds 4th 3 -0- 2 12 125.3% 530 423
Essendon Seconds 5th 3 -0- 2 12 116.4% 482 414
South Melbourne Seconds 6th 3 -0- 2 12 91.4% 404 442
Richmond Seconds 7th 2 -0- 3 8 111.5% 503 451
Melbourne Seconds 8th 2 -0- 3 8 88.5% 456 515
North Melbourne Seconds 9th 2 -0- 3 8 87.0% 321 369
Geelong Seconds 10th 1 -0- 4 4 84.6% 401 474
St Kilda Seconds 11th 1 -0- 4 4 75.3% 393 522
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -0- 5 0 65.8% 395 600

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/05/1945 Carlton (S) v Collingwood (S) Princes Park 56 - 89
SAT 26/05/1945 Essendon (S) v Richmond (S) Windy Hill 106 - 59
SAT 26/05/1945 Fitzroy (S) v St Kilda (S) Brunswick Street Oval 88 - 52
SAT 26/05/1945 Hawthorn (S) v Geelong (S) Glenferrie Oval 77 - 77
SAT 26/05/1945 Melbourne (S) v Footscray (S) Albert Cricket Ground 70 - 215
SAT 26/05/1945 South Melbourne (S) v North Melbourne (S) Old Scotch Oval 110 - 72

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 6 -0- 0 24 180.9% 729 403
Collingwood Seconds 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 130.6% 534 409
Fitzroy Seconds 3rd 5 -0- 1 20 120.7% 513 425
Essendon Seconds 4th 4 -0- 2 16 124.3% 588 473
South Melbourne Seconds 5th 4 -0- 2 16 100.0% 514 514
Carlton Seconds 6th 3 -0- 3 12 114.5% 586 512
Richmond Seconds 7th 2 -0- 4 8 100.9% 562 557
North Melbourne Seconds 8th 2 -0- 4 8 82.0% 393 479
Melbourne Seconds 9th 2 -0- 4 8 72.1% 526 730
Geelong Seconds 10th 1 -1- 4 6 86.8% 478 551
St Kilda Seconds 11th 1 -0- 5 4 73.0% 445 610
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -1- 5 2 69.7% 472 677

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/06/1945 Collingwood (S) v St Kilda (S) Victoria Park 103 - 49
SAT 02/06/1945 Footscray (S) v Hawthorn (S) Western Oval 136 - 51
SAT 02/06/1945 Geelong (S) v Essendon (S) Kardinia Park 76 - 72
SAT 02/06/1945 North Melbourne (S) v Melbourne (S) Arden Street Oval 77 - 67
SAT 02/06/1945 Richmond (S) v Carlton (S) Punt Road Oval 74 - 77
SAT 02/06/1945 South Melbourne (S) v Fitzroy (S) Albert Cricket Ground 101 - 95

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 7 -0- 0 28 190.5% 865 454
Collingwood Seconds 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 139.1% 637 458
Fitzroy Seconds 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 115.6% 608 526
South Melbourne Seconds 4th 5 -0- 2 20 101.0% 615 609
Essendon Seconds 5th 4 -0- 3 16 120.2% 660 549
Carlton Seconds 6th 4 -0- 3 16 113.1% 663 586
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 3 -0- 4 12 86.1% 470 546
Geelong Seconds 8th 2 -1- 4 10 88.9% 554 623
Richmond Seconds 9th 2 -0- 5 8 100.3% 636 634
Melbourne Seconds 10th 2 -0- 5 8 73.5% 593 807
St Kilda Seconds 11th 1 -0- 6 4 69.3% 494 713
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -1- 6 2 64.3% 523 813

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/06/1945 Carlton (S) v Geelong (S) Princes Park 101 - 71
SAT 09/06/1945 Collingwood (S) v Fitzroy (S) Victoria Park 65 - 97
SAT 09/06/1945 Essendon (S) v Footscray (S) Windy Hill 109 - 86
SAT 09/06/1945 Hawthorn (S) v North Melbourne (S) Glenferrie Oval 74 - 109
SAT 09/06/1945 Melbourne (S) v South Melbourne (S) Albert Cricket Ground 100 - 108
SAT 09/06/1945 St Kilda (S) v Richmond (S) Junction Oval 60 - 140

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 7 -0- 1 28 168.9% 951 563
Collingwood Seconds 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 126.5% 702 555
Fitzroy Seconds 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 119.3% 705 591
South Melbourne Seconds 4th 6 -0- 2 24 102.0% 723 709
Essendon Seconds 5th 5 -0- 3 20 121.1% 769 635
Carlton Seconds 6th 5 -0- 3 20 116.3% 764 657
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 4 -0- 4 16 93.4% 579 620
Richmond Seconds 8th 3 -0- 5 12 111.8% 776 694
Geelong Seconds 9th 2 -1- 5 10 86.3% 625 724
Melbourne Seconds 10th 2 -0- 6 8 75.7% 693 915
St Kilda Seconds 11th 1 -0- 7 4 64.9% 554 853
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -1- 7 2 64.8% 597 922

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/06/1945 Fitzroy (S) v Melbourne (S) Brunswick Street Oval 145 - 69
SAT 16/06/1945 Footscray (S) v Carlton (S) Western Oval 83 - 38
SAT 16/06/1945 Geelong (S) v St Kilda (S) Kardinia Park 90 - 76
SAT 16/06/1945 North Melbourne (S) v Essendon (S) Arden Street Oval 67 - 73
SAT 16/06/1945 Richmond (S) v Collingwood (S) Punt Road Oval 122 - 86
SAT 16/06/1945 South Melbourne (S) v Hawthorn (S) Albert Cricket Ground 107 - 102

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 8 -0- 1 32 172.0% 1,034 601
Fitzroy Seconds 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 128.8% 850 660
South Melbourne Seconds 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 102.3% 830 811
Essendon Seconds 4th 6 -0- 3 24 119.9% 842 702
Collingwood Seconds 5th 6 -0- 3 24 116.4% 788 677
Carlton Seconds 6th 5 -0- 4 20 108.4% 802 740
Richmond Seconds 7th 4 -0- 5 16 115.1% 898 780
North Melbourne Seconds 8th 4 -0- 5 16 93.2% 646 693
Geelong Seconds 9th 3 -1- 5 14 89.4% 715 800
Melbourne Seconds 10th 2 -0- 7 8 71.9% 762 1,060
St Kilda Seconds 11th 1 -0- 8 4 66.8% 630 943
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -1- 8 2 67.9% 699 1,029

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/06/1945 Carlton (S) v North Melbourne (S) Princes Park 83 - 65
SAT 23/06/1945 Collingwood (S) v Geelong (S) Victoria Park 68 - 63
SAT 23/06/1945 Essendon (S) v South Melbourne (S) Windy Hill 70 - 65
SAT 23/06/1945 Hawthorn (S) v Melbourne (S) Glenferrie Oval 83 - 98
SAT 23/06/1945 Richmond (S) v Fitzroy (S) Punt Road Oval 30 - 68
SAT 23/06/1945 St Kilda (S) v Footscray (S) Junction Oval 52 - 165

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 9 -0- 1 36 183.6% 1,199 653
Fitzroy Seconds 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 133.0% 918 690
Essendon Seconds 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 118.9% 912 767
Collingwood Seconds 4th 7 -0- 3 28 115.7% 856 740
South Melbourne Seconds 5th 7 -0- 3 28 101.6% 895 881
Carlton Seconds 6th 6 -0- 4 24 109.9% 885 805
Richmond Seconds 7th 4 -0- 6 16 109.4% 928 848
North Melbourne Seconds 8th 4 -0- 6 16 91.6% 711 776
Geelong Seconds 9th 3 -1- 6 14 89.6% 778 868
Melbourne Seconds 10th 3 -0- 7 12 75.2% 860 1,143
St Kilda Seconds 11th 1 -0- 9 4 61.6% 682 1,108
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -1- 9 2 69.4% 782 1,127

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/06/1945 Fitzroy (S) v Hawthorn (S) Brunswick Street Oval 127 - 30
SAT 30/06/1945 Footscray (S) v Collingwood (S) Western Oval 43 - 44
SAT 30/06/1945 Geelong (S) v Richmond (S) Kardinia Park 73 - 41
SAT 30/06/1945 Melbourne (S) v Essendon (S) Albert Cricket Ground 108 - 79
SAT 30/06/1945 North Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S) Arden Street Oval 92 - 47
SAT 30/06/1945 South Melbourne (S) v Carlton (S) Old Scotch Oval 44 - 45

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 9 -0- 2 36 178.2% 1,242 697
Fitzroy Seconds 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 145.1% 1,045 720
Collingwood Seconds 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 114.9% 900 783
Essendon Seconds 4th 7 -0- 4 28 113.3% 991 875
Carlton Seconds 5th 7 -0- 4 28 109.5% 930 849
South Melbourne Seconds 6th 7 -0- 4 28 101.4% 939 926
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 5 -0- 6 20 97.6% 803 823
Geelong Seconds 8th 4 -1- 6 18 93.6% 851 909
Richmond Seconds 9th 4 -0- 7 16 105.2% 969 921
Melbourne Seconds 10th 4 -0- 7 16 79.2% 968 1,222
St Kilda Seconds 11th 1 -0- 10 4 60.8% 729 1,200
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -1- 10 2 64.8% 812 1,254

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/07/1945 Carlton (S) v Melbourne (S) Princes Park 104 - 66
SAT 07/07/1945 Collingwood (S) v North Melbourne (S) Victoria Park 84 - 49
SAT 07/07/1945 Essendon (S) v Hawthorn (S) Windy Hill 182 - 80
SAT 07/07/1945 Geelong (S) v Fitzroy (S) Kardinia Park 30 - 44
SAT 07/07/1945 Richmond (S) v Footscray (S) Punt Road Oval 66 - 127
SAT 07/07/1945 St Kilda (S) v South Melbourne (S) Albert Cricket Ground 44 - 130

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 10 -0- 2 40 179.4% 1,369 763
Fitzroy Seconds 2nd 10 -0- 2 40 145.2% 1,089 750
Collingwood Seconds 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 118.3% 984 832
Essendon Seconds 4th 8 -0- 4 32 122.8% 1,173 955
Carlton Seconds 5th 8 -0- 4 32 113.0% 1,034 915
South Melbourne Seconds 6th 8 -0- 4 32 110.2% 1,069 970
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 5 -0- 7 20 93.9% 852 907
Geelong Seconds 8th 4 -1- 7 18 92.4% 881 953
Richmond Seconds 9th 4 -0- 8 16 98.8% 1,035 1,048
Melbourne Seconds 10th 4 -0- 8 16 78.0% 1,034 1,326
St Kilda Seconds 11th 1 -0- 11 4 58.1% 773 1,330
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -1- 11 2 62.1% 892 1,436

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/07/1945 Fitzroy (S) v Essendon (S) Brunswick Street Oval 134 - 60
SAT 14/07/1945 Footscray (S) v Geelong (S) Western Oval 66 - 23
SAT 14/07/1945 Hawthorn (S) v Carlton (S) Glenferrie Oval 61 - 129
SAT 14/07/1945 Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S) Albert Cricket Ground 87 - 103
SAT 14/07/1945 North Melbourne (S) v Richmond (S) Arden Street Oval 85 - 56
SAT 14/07/1945 South Melbourne (S) v Collingwood (S) Old Scotch Oval 63 - 62

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Footscray Seconds 1st 11 -0- 2 44 182.6% 1,435 786
Fitzroy Seconds 2nd 11 -0- 2 44 151.0% 1,223 810
Carlton Seconds 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 119.2% 1,163 976
Collingwood Seconds 4th 9 -0- 4 36 116.9% 1,046 895
South Melbourne Seconds 5th 9 -0- 4 36 109.7% 1,132 1,032
Essendon Seconds 6th 8 -0- 5 32 113.2% 1,233 1,089
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 6 -0- 7 24 97.3% 937 963
Geelong Seconds 8th 4 -1- 8 18 88.7% 904 1,019
Richmond Seconds 9th 4 -0- 9 16 96.3% 1,091 1,133
Melbourne Seconds 10th 4 -0- 9 16 78.4% 1,121 1,429
St Kilda Seconds 11th 2 -0- 11 8 61.8% 876 1,417
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -1- 12 2 60.9% 953 1,565

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/07/1945 Collingwood (S) v Melbourne (S) Victoria Park 82 - 55
SAT 21/07/1945 Essendon (S) v Carlton (S) Windy Hill 80 - 78
SAT 21/07/1945 Fitzroy (S) v Footscray (S) Brunswick Street Oval 161 - 91
SAT 21/07/1945 North Melbourne (S) v Geelong (S) Arden Street Oval 72 - 45
SAT 21/07/1945 Richmond (S) v South Melbourne (S) Old Scotch Oval 91 - 102
SAT 21/07/1945 St Kilda (S) v Hawthorn (S) Junction Oval 120 - 71

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy Seconds 1st 12 -0- 2 48 153.6% 1,384 901
Footscray Seconds 2nd 11 -0- 3 44 161.1% 1,526 947
Collingwood Seconds 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 118.7% 1,128 950
South Melbourne Seconds 4th 10 -0- 4 40 109.9% 1,234 1,123
Carlton Seconds 5th 9 -0- 5 36 117.5% 1,241 1,056
Essendon Seconds 6th 9 -0- 5 36 112.5% 1,313 1,167
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 7 -0- 7 28 100.1% 1,009 1,008
Geelong Seconds 8th 4 -1- 9 18 87.0% 949 1,091
Richmond Seconds 9th 4 -0- 10 16 95.7% 1,182 1,235
Melbourne Seconds 10th 4 -0- 10 16 77.8% 1,176 1,511
St Kilda Seconds 11th 3 -0- 11 12 66.9% 996 1,488
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -1- 13 2 60.8% 1,024 1,685

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/07/1945 Carlton (S) v Fitzroy (S) Princes Park 55 - 64
SAT 28/07/1945 Collingwood (S) v Hawthorn (S) Victoria Park 122 - 34
SAT 28/07/1945 Footscray (S) v North Melbourne (S) Western Oval 119 - 21
SAT 28/07/1945 Geelong (S) v South Melbourne (S) Kardinia Park 39 - 57
SAT 28/07/1945 Melbourne (S) v Richmond (S) Albert Cricket Ground 110 - 96
SAT 28/07/1945 St Kilda (S) v Essendon (S) Junction Oval 43 - 111

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy Seconds 1st 13 -0- 2 52 151.5% 1,448 956
Footscray Seconds 2nd 12 -0- 3 48 169.9% 1,645 968
Collingwood Seconds 3rd 11 -0- 4 44 127.0% 1,250 984
South Melbourne Seconds 4th 11 -0- 4 44 111.1% 1,291 1,162
Essendon Seconds 5th 10 -0- 5 40 117.7% 1,424 1,210
Carlton Seconds 6th 9 -0- 6 36 115.7% 1,296 1,120
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 7 -0- 8 28 91.4% 1,030 1,127
Melbourne Seconds 8th 5 -0- 10 20 80.0% 1,286 1,607
Geelong Seconds 9th 4 -1- 10 18 86.1% 988 1,148
Richmond Seconds 10th 4 -0- 11 16 95.0% 1,278 1,345
St Kilda Seconds 11th 3 -0- 12 12 65.0% 1,039 1,599
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -1- 14 2 58.6% 1,058 1,807

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/08/1945 Carlton (S) v St Kilda (S) Princes Park 99 - 48
SAT 04/08/1945 Essendon (S) v Collingwood (S) Windy Hill 41 - 40
SAT 04/08/1945 Fitzroy (S) v North Melbourne (S) Brunswick Street Oval 135 - 39
SAT 04/08/1945 Hawthorn (S) v Richmond (S) Glenferrie Oval 77 - 136
SAT 04/08/1945 Melbourne (S) v Geelong (S) Albert Cricket Ground 132 - 117
SAT 04/08/1945 South Melbourne (S) v Footscray (S) Old Scotch Oval 82 - 86

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy Seconds 1st 14 -0- 2 56 159.1% 1,583 995
Footscray Seconds 2nd 13 -0- 3 52 164.9% 1,731 1,050
Collingwood Seconds 3rd 11 -0- 5 44 125.9% 1,290 1,025
Essendon Seconds 4th 11 -0- 5 44 117.2% 1,465 1,250
South Melbourne Seconds 5th 11 -0- 5 44 110.0% 1,373 1,248
Carlton Seconds 6th 10 -0- 6 40 119.4% 1,395 1,168
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 7 -0- 9 28 84.7% 1,069 1,262
Melbourne Seconds 8th 6 -0- 10 24 82.3% 1,418 1,724
Richmond Seconds 9th 5 -0- 11 20 99.4% 1,414 1,422
Geelong Seconds 10th 4 -1- 11 18 86.3% 1,105 1,280
St Kilda Seconds 11th 3 -0- 13 12 64.0% 1,087 1,698
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -1- 15 2 58.4% 1,135 1,943

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/08/1945 Collingwood (S) v Carlton (S) Victoria Park 104 - 57
SAT 11/08/1945 Footscray (S) v Melbourne (S) Western Oval 116 - 55
SAT 11/08/1945 Geelong (S) v Hawthorn (S) Kardinia Park 151 - 18
SAT 11/08/1945 North Melbourne (S) v South Melbourne (S) Arden Street Oval 31 - 90
SAT 11/08/1945 Richmond (S) v Essendon (S) Punt Road Oval 58 - 58
SAT 11/08/1945 St Kilda (S) v Fitzroy (S) Junction Oval 61 - 118

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy Seconds 1st 15 -0- 2 60 161.1% 1,701 1,056
Footscray Seconds 2nd 14 -0- 3 56 167.1% 1,847 1,105
Collingwood Seconds 3rd 12 -0- 5 48 128.8% 1,394 1,082
South Melbourne Seconds 4th 12 -0- 5 48 114.4% 1,463 1,279
Essendon Seconds 5th 11 -1- 5 46 116.4% 1,523 1,308
Carlton Seconds 6th 10 -0- 7 40 114.2% 1,452 1,272
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 7 -0- 10 28 81.4% 1,100 1,352
Melbourne Seconds 8th 6 -0- 11 24 80.1% 1,473 1,840
Richmond Seconds 9th 5 -1- 11 22 99.5% 1,472 1,480
Geelong Seconds 10th 5 -1- 11 22 96.8% 1,256 1,298
St Kilda Seconds 11th 3 -0- 14 12 63.2% 1,148 1,816
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -1- 16 2 55.1% 1,153 2,094

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/08/1945 Carlton (S) v Richmond (S) Princes Park 95 - 80
SAT 18/08/1945 Essendon (S) v Geelong (S) Windy Hill 114 - 39
SAT 18/08/1945 Fitzroy (S) v South Melbourne (S) Brunswick Street Oval 118 - 57
SAT 18/08/1945 Hawthorn (S) v Footscray (S) Glenferrie Oval 36 - 125
SAT 18/08/1945 Melbourne (S) v North Melbourne (S) Albert Cricket Ground 93 - 102
SAT 18/08/1945 St Kilda (S) v Collingwood (S) Junction Oval 48 - 104

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy Seconds 1st 16 -0- 2 64 163.4% 1,819 1,113
Footscray Seconds 2nd 15 -0- 3 60 172.8% 1,972 1,141
Collingwood Seconds 3rd 13 -0- 5 52 132.6% 1,498 1,130
Essendon Seconds 4th 12 -1- 5 50 121.5% 1,637 1,347
South Melbourne Seconds 5th 12 -0- 6 48 108.8% 1,520 1,397
Carlton Seconds 6th 11 -0- 7 44 114.4% 1,547 1,352
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 8 -0- 10 32 83.2% 1,202 1,445
Melbourne Seconds 8th 6 -0- 12 24 80.6% 1,566 1,942
Richmond Seconds 9th 5 -1- 12 22 98.5% 1,552 1,575
Geelong Seconds 10th 5 -1- 12 22 91.7% 1,295 1,412
St Kilda Seconds 11th 3 -0- 15 12 62.3% 1,196 1,920
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -1- 17 2 53.6% 1,189 2,219

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/08/1945 Fitzroy (S) v Collingwood (S) Brunswick Street Oval 94 - 54
SAT 25/08/1945 Footscray (S) v Essendon (S) Western Oval 76 - 79
SAT 25/08/1945 Geelong (S) v Carlton (S) Kardinia Park 63 - 69
SAT 25/08/1945 North Melbourne (S) v Hawthorn (S) Arden Street Oval 139 - 69
SAT 25/08/1945 Richmond (S) v St Kilda (S) Punt Road Oval 37 - 39
SAT 25/08/1945 South Melbourne (S) v Melbourne (S) Old Scotch Oval 121 - 76

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy Seconds 1st 17 -0- 2 68 163.9% 1,913 1,167
Footscray Seconds 2nd 15 -0- 4 60 167.9% 2,048 1,220
Essendon Seconds 3rd 13 -1- 5 54 120.6% 1,716 1,423
Collingwood Seconds 4th 13 -0- 6 52 126.8% 1,552 1,224
South Melbourne Seconds 5th 13 -0- 6 52 111.4% 1,641 1,473
Carlton Seconds 6th 12 -0- 7 48 114.2% 1,616 1,415
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 9 -0- 10 36 88.6% 1,341 1,514
Melbourne Seconds 8th 6 -0- 13 24 79.6% 1,642 2,063
Richmond Seconds 9th 5 -1- 13 22 98.5% 1,589 1,614
Geelong Seconds 10th 5 -1- 13 22 91.7% 1,358 1,481
St Kilda Seconds 11th 4 -0- 15 16 63.1% 1,235 1,957
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -1- 18 2 53.4% 1,258 2,358

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/09/1945 Carlton (S) v Footscray (S) Princes Park 77 - 98
SAT 01/09/1945 Collingwood (S) v Richmond (S) Victoria Park 87 - 64
SAT 01/09/1945 Essendon (S) v North Melbourne (S) Windy Hill 172 - 60
SAT 01/09/1945 Hawthorn (S) v South Melbourne (S) Glenferrie Oval 70 - 90
SAT 01/09/1945 Melbourne (S) v Fitzroy (S) Albert Cricket Ground 75 - 147
SAT 01/09/1945 St Kilda (S) v Geelong (S) Junction Oval 78 - 78

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Fitzroy Seconds 1st 18 -0- 2 72 165.9% 2,060 1,242
Footscray Seconds 2nd 16 -0- 4 64 165.5% 2,146 1,297
Essendon Seconds 3rd 14 -1- 5 58 127.3% 1,888 1,483
Collingwood Seconds 4th 14 -0- 6 56 127.3% 1,639 1,288
South Melbourne Seconds 5th 14 -0- 6 56 112.2% 1,731 1,543
Carlton Seconds 6th 12 -0- 8 48 111.9% 1,693 1,513
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 9 -0- 11 36 83.1% 1,401 1,686
Geelong Seconds 8th 5 -2- 13 24 92.1% 1,436 1,559
Melbourne Seconds 9th 6 -0- 14 24 77.7% 1,717 2,210
Richmond Seconds 10th 5 -1- 14 22 97.2% 1,653 1,701
St Kilda Seconds 11th 4 -1- 15 18 64.5% 1,313 2,035
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -1- 19 2 54.2% 1,328 2,448

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/09/1945 Essendon (S) v Collingwood (S) Brunswick Street Oval 70 - 93
SAT 08/09/1945 Fitzroy (S) v Footscray (S) Victoria Park 85 - 87

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/09/1945 Fitzroy (S) v Collingwood (S) Victoria Park 118 - 59

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/09/1945 Footscray (S) v Fitzroy (S) Victoria Park 70 - 57