Match Recap
Round 6·Sat, 26-May-1945 2:45 PM·Western Oval·13,000 att.
Footscray
11.16 (82)
vs
Melbourne
7.13 (55)
Footscray won by 27

Quarter scores

TeamQ1Q2Q3Q4Final
Footscray3.2 (20)6.8 (44)7.10 (52)11.16 (82)11.16 (82)
Melbourne2.7 (19)3.9 (27)7.12 (54)7.13 (55)7.13 (55)

Footscray — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#28 Allan Broadway1
#16 Merv Dudley
#19 Reg Evenden
#18 Harry Gingell
#20 Jim Greenham
#5 Ron Grove1
#9 Pat Hand
#7 Harry Hickey
#11 Allan Jacobsen1
#27 Len McCankie
#21 George McLaren
#31 Bill McTaggart2
#14 Jim Miller
#3 Arthur Olliver1
#10 Joe Ryan4
#32 Ted Ryan1
#1 Jim Thoms
#30 George Tribe
#25 Tom Tribe

Melbourne — full stats

PlayerKHBDMTGBHOI50CLCPCGBRTOG%KICK
#14 George Archibald
#16 George Bickford
#11 Gordon Bowman
#7 Clem Conroy
#21 Don Cordner
#5 Billy Deans
#26 Es Downey
#2 Roy Dowsing
#18 Adrian Dullard1
#6 Fred Fanning1
#3 Ron Irwin
#37 Frank Kennedy2
#10 Gordon Kramer
#25 Col McLean
#22 Ernie ORourke1
#9 Ivan Porter1
#4 Norm Smith
#38 Jack Stock
#30 Norm Wilson1