1945 WANFL season

Australian rules football season

Australian rules football season
1945 WAFL season
Teams8
Premiers‹See Tfd›East Fremantle
20th premiership
Minor premiers‹See Tfd›East Fremantle
25th minor premiership
Sandover MedallistGeorge Bailey (‹See Tfd›Perth)
Bernie Naylor MedallistBill Baker (‹See Tfd›West Perth)
Matches played84
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The 1945 WANFL season was the 61st season of the various incarnations of the Western Australian National Football League.

During the 1944 season, participation had been restricted to players under nineteen as of October 1, 1944. After the season, it was clear to the WANFL that changes had to be made to this underage restriction,[1] since the Over-Age Footballers Association, the Metal Trades Association and services competitions were developing a good standard from players who were too old to play league football.[2] In October 1944, the WANFL agreed to raise the limit to 25 years of age as of December 31, 1945,[3] but this move proved ill-received and on March 29 the League decided to abolish age restrictions altogether, returning the WANFL to open-age competition.[4] There was concern that the erratic availability of players who were still in the services would cause difficulties,[5] which meant that the seconds competition, which was disbanded after 1940, was not resumed.

Numerous famous players of the era — amongst them Merv McIntosh and Bernie Naylor — remained entirely unavailable due to war service, and all clubs had to make constant changes to their lineups.[6] It was generally thought that the 1945 teams would largely be composed of under-age players from 1944, but this proved not to be the case as most either joined the military or proved uncompetitive in senior competition. East Perth, whose unbeaten under-age team of 1944 retained many more of its players than any other club,[7] found the going very tough in open competition and fell to sixth. Owing to the return of numerous top players from its 1941 team, including “Scranno” Jenkins, “Corp” Reilly, Alby Higham and Harry Carbon, South Fremantle, whose restricted-age team had at the close of 1944 lost 24 consecutive matches by an average of ninety-six points,[8] recovered in remarkable fashion to reach the Grand Final.

Claremont were forced to play home games at Subiaco and the W.A.C.A. due to the 1944 Claremont Oval fire[2] and the Claremont Showground, which would ordinarily have become an alternative Tiger home venue, being itself burned in a separate fire during January 1945,.[9] The Tigers finished last by six games, and would apart from a surprising narrow fourth position in 1952 remain perennial tailenders until Jim Conway took them from last to first in 1964, winning only 116 of 386 matches for a success rate of 30.05 percent. East Fremantle and West Perth, who contested the previous open-age Grand Final, against set the pace, but Old Easts dominated the latter part of the season and won the premiership.

A new innovation was the Simpson Medal, the first award in Australian sport for the best player in a Grand Final.

Home-and-away season

Round 1

Round 1
Saturday, 5 May (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 16.20 (116) def. ‹See Tfd›Subiaco 3.17 (35) Fremantle Oval [10]
Saturday, 5 May (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Claremont 11.13 (79) def. by ‹See Tfd›Perth 12.10 (82) Subiaco Oval [11]
Saturday, 5 May (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›East Perth 9.8 (62) def. by ‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 10.12 (72) Perth Oval [12]
Saturday, 5 May (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›West Perth 12.12 (84) def. ‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 12.9 (81) Leederville Oval [13]
  • Good crowds attended the first open-age football for four seasons, which caused difficulties at Leederville Oval where only a single turnstile was available.[14]
  • Steve Marsh kicked five goals for South Fremantle on debut.

Round 2

Round 2
Saturday, 12 May (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 18.19 (127) def. ‹See Tfd›East Perth 13.12 (90) Fremantle Oval [15]
Saturday, 12 May (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 15.13 (103) def. by ‹See Tfd›West Perth 18.18 (126) Bassendean Oval (crowd: 4009) [16]
Saturday, 12 May (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Perth 12.10 (82) def. by ‹See Tfd›Subiaco 13.13 (91) WACA [17]
Saturday, 12 May (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Claremont 10.12 (72) def. by ‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 20.14 (134) Subiaco Oval [18]

South Fremantle broke a 24-match losing streak with its first win since 1943. Returning forward Alby Higham kicked seven goals in the win.

Round 3

Round 3
Saturday, 19 May (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 11.10 (76) def. by ‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 13.11 (89) Bassendean Oval [19]
Saturday, 19 May (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›West Perth 14.16 (100) def. by ‹See Tfd›East Perth 17.8 (110) Leederville Oval [20]
Saturday, 19 May (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Claremont 16.15 (111) def. by ‹See Tfd›Subiaco 17.17 (119) Subiaco Oval [21]
Saturday, 19 May (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 20.17 (137) def. ‹See Tfd›Perth 14.14 (98) Fremantle Oval [22]

Allan Wilkinson, who had been playing for West Adelaide in previous weeks, kicked nine goals for Subiaco, but he was soon to be forced out of the game after suffering a serious knee problem and being unable to afford surgery.[6]

Round 4

Round 4
Saturday, 26 May (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Subiaco 11.21 (87) def. by ‹See Tfd›West Perth 13.10 (88) Subiaco Oval [23]
Saturday, 26 May (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Perth 15.11 (101) def. ‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 14.13 (97) WACA [24]
Saturday, 26 May (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›East Perth 13.16 (94) def. by ‹See Tfd›Claremont 17.14 (116) Perth Oval [25]
Saturday, 26 May (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 18.14 (122) def. ‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 13.13 (91) Fremantle Oval [26]

Round 5

Round 5
Saturday, 2 June (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Subiaco 13.13 (91) def. ‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 8.14 (62) Subiaco Oval [27]
Saturday, 2 June (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Perth 21.8 (134) def. ‹See Tfd›East Perth 14.10 (94) WACA [28]
Saturday, 2 June (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 16.16 (112) def. ‹See Tfd›Claremont 13.11 (89) Bassendean Oval [29]
Saturday, 2 June (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›West Perth 16.9 (105) def. ‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 14.14 (98) Leederville Oval [30]

Round 6

Round 6
Saturday, 9 June (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Perth 9.12 (66) def. ‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 6.6 (42) WACA [31]
Saturday, 9 June (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›East Perth 8.8 (56) def. ‹See Tfd›Subiaco 3.6 (24) Perth Oval [32]
Saturday, 9 June (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Claremont 4.11 (35) def. by ‹See Tfd›West Perth 13.12 (90) Subiaco Oval [33]
Saturday, 9 June (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 7.16 (58) def. by ‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 11.15 (81) Fremantle Oval [34]
  • On Perth’s wettest football day on record with 77.7 millimetres (3.06 in)[35] East Perth defeated Subiaco despite kicking no goals in the second and third quarters.
  • Subiaco’s score of 3.6 (24) was its lowest since 1922.[36]

Round 7

Round 7
Saturday, 16 June (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Subiaco 11.11 (77) def. ‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 6.10 (46) Subiaco Oval [37]
Saturday, 16 June (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›West Perth 9.16 (70) def. ‹See Tfd›Perth 6.17 (53) Leederville Oval [38]
Saturday, 16 June (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 12.14 (86) def. ‹See Tfd›Claremont 10.15 (75) Fremantle Oval [39]
Saturday, 16 June (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›East Perth 10.3 (63) def. by ‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 11.10 (76) Perth Oval [40]

Round 8

Round 8
Saturday, 23 June (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 17.17 (119) def. ‹See Tfd›West Perth 14.14 (98) Fremantle Oval [41]
Saturday, 23 June (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›East Perth 7.11 (53) def. ‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 5.19 (49) Bassendean Oval [42]
Saturday, 23 June (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Perth 7.9 (51) def. by ‹See Tfd›Claremont 11.11 (77) Leederville Oval [43]
Saturday, 23 June (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Subiaco 7.14 (56) def. by ‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 11.13 (79) Subiaco Oval [44]

Record rainfall in Perth of 384.7 millimetres (15.15 in) over thirteen days ending 22 June[35] led to the Perth v Claremont match being transferred due to flooding of the WACA. It is the only such transfer due to a flooded ground in WA(N)FL history.[45]

Round 9

Round 9
Saturday, 30 June (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›West Perth 23.14 (152) def. ‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 11.16 (82) Leederville Oval [46]
Saturday, 30 June (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›East Perth 19.16 (130) def. ‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 7.18 (60) Perth Oval [47]
Saturday, 30 June (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Subiaco 12.9 (81) def. ‹See Tfd›Perth 9.6 (60) Subiaco Oval [48]
Saturday, 30 June (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 15.17 (107) def. ‹See Tfd›Claremont 7.3 (45) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2604) [49]

East Perth take the last place in the top four with a fine win led by a 9.8 (62) to 0.2 (2) second quarter with captain-coach Cecil Rowland scoring their first six goals and eight overall.

Round 10

Round 10
Saturday, 7 July (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 10.26 (86) def. ‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 11.14 (80) Fremantle Oval [50]
Saturday, 7 July (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›East Perth 7.13 (55) def. by ‹See Tfd›West Perth 10.11 (71) Perth Oval [51]
Saturday, 7 July (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Subiaco 19.11 (125) def. ‹See Tfd›Claremont 5.6 (36) Subiaco Oval [52]
Saturday, 7 July (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Perth 7.5 (47) def. by ‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 18.18 (126) WACA [53]

Following the match between traditional rivals West Perth and East Perth, a mob of around fifty spectators made a hostile attack upon field umpire Mosey, following him until he dispersed some distance down Bulwer Street.[54]

Round 11

Round 11
Saturday, 14 July (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›West Perth 19.14 (128) def. ‹See Tfd›Subiaco 19.5 (119) Leederville Oval [55]
Saturday, 14 July (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 12.19 (91) def. ‹See Tfd›Perth 11.6 (72) Bassendean Oval [56]
Saturday, 14 July (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Claremont 9.13 (67) def. by ‹See Tfd›East Perth 12.12 (84) Subiaco Oval [57]
Saturday, 14 July (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 15.12 (102) def. by ‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 16.14 (110) Fremantle Oval [58]

Round 12

Round 12
Saturday, 21 July (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 15.15 (105) def. ‹See Tfd›Subiaco 7.7 (49) Fremantle Oval [59]
Saturday, 21 July (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›East Perth 11.11 (77) def. ‹See Tfd›Perth 7.18 (60) Perth Oval [60]
Saturday, 21 July (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Claremont 9.4 (58) def. by ‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 17.9 (111) WACA [61]
Saturday, 21 July (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 7.14 (56) def. by ‹See Tfd›West Perth 8.13 (61) Subiaco Oval [62]
  • Prior to the round, South Fremantle won an appeal regarding the residential eligibility of Harry Carbon, who before the war had been residentially tied to East Fremantle, but had since moved into South Fremantle's territory.[63][64]

Round 13

Round 13
Saturday, 28 July (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 10.8 (68) def. ‹See Tfd›Perth 7.14 (56) Fremantle Oval [65]
Saturday, 28 July (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Subiaco 5.7 (37) def. by ‹See Tfd›East Perth 9.5 (59) Subiaco Oval [66]
Saturday, 28 July (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›West Perth 16.13 (109) def. ‹See Tfd›Claremont 3.11 (29) Leederville Oval [67]
Saturday, 28 July (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 14.13 (97) def. by ‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 15.10 (100) Bassendean Oval [68]

Round 14

Round 14
Saturday, 4 August (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 11.19 (85) def. ‹See Tfd›Subiaco 7.10 (52) Bassendean Oval [69]
Saturday, 4 August (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Perth 9.8 (62) def. ‹See Tfd›West Perth 7.13 (55) WACA [70]
Saturday, 4 August (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Claremont 8.11 (59) def. by ‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 16.13 (109) Subiaco Oval [71]
Saturday, 4 August (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 23.12 (150) def. ‹See Tfd›East Perth 6.10 (46) Fremantle Oval [72]
  • Perth unexpectedly end a run of seven consecutive losses against the league leaders, who fail to adapt to muddy grounds resulting from a recurrence of June’s record rainfall.[73]
  • East Fremantle forward George Doig returned for his first match since 1941 and kicked seven goals.

Round 15

Round 15
Saturday, 11 August (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›West Perth 11.10 (76) def. by ‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 13.16 (94) Leederville Oval [74]
Saturday, 11 August (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 10.20 (80) def. ‹See Tfd›East Perth 8.7 (55) Bassendean Oval [75]
Saturday, 11 August (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Perth 17.33 (135) def. ‹See Tfd›Claremont 1.3 (9) WACA [76]
Saturday, 11 August (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Subiaco 11.5 (71) def. by ‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 12.15 (87) Subiaco Oval [77]
  • Perth’s win over Claremont set several records:
  1. It remains the equal-lowest score in the WA(N)FL since Subiaco kicked 1.2 (8) against East Perth in 1920 — being equalled by East Perth in 2003.[78]
  2. It remains Claremont’s lowest-ever score in the WANFL, with the previous lowest being 2.10 (22) against West Perth in 1935.[79]
  3. It was the first time since East Perth against West Perth in 1913 that a senior WA(N)FL team failed to score in the first half.
  4. Perth’s 33 behinds was the most since East Fremantle’s record 41 against Midland Junction in 1917 and is still the equal second-most in league history.[80]
  • Swan Districts came from 21 points behind to defeat East Perth, after kicking twelve consecutive behinds between the midpoints of the first and last quarters. It is the last time a WA(N)FL team has won without scoring any goals in the second and third quarters.

Round 16

Round 16
Saturday, 18 August (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›West Perth 7.15 (57) def. ‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 5.7 (37) Leederville Oval [81]
Saturday, 18 August (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›East Perth 8.14 (62) def. by ‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 13.9 (87) Perth Oval [82]
Saturday, 18 August (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Perth 11.8 (74) def. by ‹See Tfd›Subiaco 10.16 (76) WACA [83]
Saturday, 18 August (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 23.19 (157) def. ‹See Tfd›Claremont 9.5 (59) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2253) [84]

Round 17

Round 17
Saturday, 25 August (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 15.12 (102) def. ‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 10.15 (75) Bassendean Oval [85]
Saturday, 25 August (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›East Perth 7.14 (56) def. by ‹See Tfd›West Perth 14.7 (91) Perth Oval [86]
Saturday, 25 August (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Claremont 6.11 (47) def. by ‹See Tfd›Subiaco 18.15 (123) Subiaco Oval [87]
Saturday, 25 August (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 19.7 (121) def. ‹See Tfd›Perth 9.10 (64) Fremantle Oval [88]

Round 18

Round 18
Saturday, 1 September (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›West Perth 9.13 (67) def. ‹See Tfd›Subiaco 6.17 (53) Leederville Oval [89]
Saturday, 1 September (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Perth 7.12 (54) def. ‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 6.17 (53) WACA [90]
Saturday, 1 September (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Claremont 6.7 (43) def. by ‹See Tfd›East Perth 16.19 (115) Subiaco Oval [91]
Saturday, 1 September (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 18.15 (123) def. ‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 12.14 (86) Fremantle Oval [92]

Swan Districts lost by one point against Perth after kicking 0.8 (8) with the breeze in the last quarter.

Round 19

Round 19
Saturday, 8 September (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Subiaco 16.16 (112) def. ‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 14.7 (91) Subiaco Oval [93]
Saturday, 8 September (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›East Perth 13.21 (99) def. ‹See Tfd›Perth 9.14 (68) Perth Oval [94]
Saturday, 8 September (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Claremont 10.10 (70) def. by ‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 15.25 (115) WACA [95]
Saturday, 8 September (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 19.13 (127) def. ‹See Tfd›West Perth 11.9 (75) Fremantle Oval [96]

Round 20

Round 20
Saturday, 15 September (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›Subiaco 7.12 (54) def. by ‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 11.13 (79) Subiaco Oval [97]
Saturday, 15 September (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›West Perth 10.14 (74) def. by ‹See Tfd›Perth 14.9 (93) Leederville Oval [98]
Saturday, 15 September (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 21.18 (144) def. ‹See Tfd›Claremont 14.12 (96) Fremantle Oval [99]
Saturday, 15 September (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›East Perth 5.8 (38) def. by ‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 9.19 (73) Perth Oval [100]

Swan Districts defeated Subiaco by 25 points in a match which directly decided which of the two teams finished fourth.

Ladder

1945 ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 ‹See Tfd›East Fremantle (P) 20 16 4 0 2149 1400 153.5 64
2 ‹See Tfd›West Perth 20 14 6 0 1777 1549 114.7 56
3 ‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 20 12 8 0 1812 1749 103.6 48
4 ‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 20 10 10 0 1648 1540 107.0 40
5 ‹See Tfd›Subiaco 20 9 11 0 1532 1558 98.3 36
6 ‹See Tfd›East Perth 20 9 11 0 1498 1585 94.5 36
7 ‹See Tfd›Perth 20 8 12 0 1512 1617 93.5 32
8 ‹See Tfd›Claremont 20 2 18 0 1272 2202 57.8 8
Source: WAFL Footy Facts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

First semi-final

First semi-final
Saturday, 22 September (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 16.13 (109) def. ‹See Tfd›Swan Districts 9.11 (65) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 10,500) [101]

First-year rover Steve Marsh (South Fremantle) kicked eight goals.

Second semi-final

Second semi-final
Saturday, 29 September (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›East Fremantle 14.14 (98) def. ‹See Tfd›West Perth 6.10 (46) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 18,000) [102]

Ted Tyson played his last match for the Cardinals.

Preliminary final

Preliminary final
Saturday, 6 October (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›West Perth 9.7 (61) def. by ‹See Tfd›South Fremantle 16.11 (107) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 13,000) [103]

Grand Final

1945 WANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 13 October (2:45 pm) ‹See Tfd›East Fremantle def. ‹See Tfd›South Fremantle Subiaco Oval (crowd: 21,000) [104]
2.2 (14)
5.6 (36)
6.10 (46)
12.15 (87) 		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final 		4.6 (30)
4.6 (30)
6.9 (45)
7.9 (51) 		Umpires: Leo McComish
Simpson Medal: Alan Ebbs (‹See Tfd›East Fremantle)
Meiers 3, McDonald 3, George Doig 2, French, Prince, Alan Ebbs, Strang Goals Marsh 3, Reilly 2, Lewington, Lyon
Strang, Gabrielson, Alan Ebbs, Mann, Soltoggio, McDonald, Garrity, French Best “Scranno” Jenkins, Reilly, Marsh, Carbon, Erikson, Graham, Brown

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