Match Recap
Round 1·Sat, 21-Apr-1945 2:45 PM·Windy Hill·11,000 att.
Essendon
22.18 (150)
vs
Hawthorn
12.7 (79)
Essendon won by 71

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Essendon7.8 (50)12.10 (82)19.14 (128)22.18 (150)22.18 (150)
Hawthorn2.0 (12)6.4 (40)7.7 (49)12.7 (79)12.7 (79)

Essendon — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#25 Gordon Abbott1
#8 Bob Annesley2
#31 Norm Betson
#23 Bill Brittingham
#35 Percy Bushby
#15 Wally Buttsworth
#1 Ernie Coward
#10 Laurie Dearle2
#18 Les Gardiner
#6 Allan Hird
#7 Bill Hutchison1
#19 Ron Jory2
#22 Gordon Lane3
#20 Bill Pearson2
#17 Ray Powell2
#3 Dick Reynolds2
#21 Cec Ruddell
#24 Noel Smith5
#29 Ray Thomas

Hawthorn — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#4 Alec Albiston2
#11 Roy Baldwin
#6 Jack Barker
#17 Jack Blackman
#26 Ken Bodger
#15 Jim Bohan1
#10 Jack Burke
#22 Stuart Hamilton
#9 Jack King
#18 Ken Lippiatt
#25 Jim Maguire1
#31 Jack McLeod
#8 Jack OKeefe1
#19 Bill Pavey
#32 Neil Pearson4
#7 Bert Rogers1
#1 Keith Shea2
#21 Don Wilks
#23 Malcolm Worrall