1945 VFL Season
The complete 1945 season — final ladder, results and finals.
Premiers
🏆 Carltondef. Sydney
Carlton won the 1945 VFL premiership, defeating Sydney in the Grand Final. South Melbourne had finished on top of the home-and-away ladder as minor premiers.
12 teams contested the season. The 4th-placed cut-off sent South Melbourne, Collingwood, North Melbourne and Carlton into the finals. St Kilda finished last with 2 wins. The full final ladder and round-by-round results follow.
Ladder
| # | Club | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Melbourne | 20 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 1840 | 1396 | 131.8 | 64 |
| 2 | Collingwood | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1902 | 1477 | 128.8 | 60 |
| 3 | North Melbourne | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1696 | 1526 | 111.1 | 52 |
| 4 | Carlton | 20 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 1718 | 1607 | 106.9 | 52 |
| 5 | Footscray | 20 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 1717 | 1576 | 108.9 | 48 |
| 6 | Fitzroy | 20 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 1730 | 1452 | 119.1 | 46 |
| 7 | Richmond | 20 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 1802 | 1742 | 103.4 | 44 |
| 8 | Essendon | 20 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1837 | 1614 | 113.8 | 42 |
| 9 | Melbourne | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1683 | 1699 | 99.1 | 32 |
| 10 | Hawthorn | 20 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 1665 | 1944 | 85.6 | 24 |
| 11 | Geelong | 20 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 1415 | 2180 | 64.9 | 8 |
| 12 | St Kilda | 20 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 1305 | 2097 | 62.2 | 8 |
Top 4 (green) made the finals. Ladder is home-and-away only; percentage = points for ÷ points against.
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Results
124 matches