1945 Dockerty Cup Results
Researched by John Punshon, written by Tony Persoglia

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Sources: The Age, The Argus, The Recorder, The Sun, Sunshine Advocate.

Round One

Saturday July 7 1945
Hurlingham Park, Brighton East
Referee: A Dreyfus
Brighton
Line-up included: Parsons, L Sierakowski, Harry Pritchard, W McMurray
Goals: Parsons x 3, Sierakowski x 2, Pritchard x 2, McMurray
8 - 0 6th AEC

Saturday July 7 1945
Campbell Reserve, Coburg
Referee: C Rodger
Moreland-Hakoah
Line-up included: Jack Wallace, Wilkinson, McDermott, Stewart
Goals: Wallace x 2, Wilkinson, McDermott, Stewart
5 - 0 South Melbourne United

Saturday July 7 1945
Walkover to Nobels
RAAF Ascot Vale was unable to field a team because players had been posted toother bases
Nobels w - o RAAF Ascot Vale

Saturday July 7 1945
Preston Technical School, Preston
Referee: C McEwan
Preston
Goals: Scorers not known
3 - 4 Box Hill
Line-up included: F Mountford, E Abberton
Goals: Mountford x 3, Abberton

Saturday July 7 1945
Middle Park
Referee: T Anderson
RAAF Laverton
Line-up included: Joyce
Goals: Joyce x 2
2 - 3 HMS Beaconsfield
Line-up included: P Tanner, J Howe
Goals: Tanner x 2, Howe

Byes: Prahran A, Prahran B and South Yarra
 
Round Two

Saturday July 21 1945
Surrey Park, Box Hill
Referee: C McEwan
Box Hill
Line-up included: J Bailey, E Abberton
Goals: Bailey, Abberton
2 - 1 Prahran B
Line-up included: Elliott
Goal: Elliott

Saturday July 21 1945
Hurlingham Park, Brighton East
Referee: C Rodger
Brighton
Line-up included: Jack Marone
Goals: Marone x 2
2 - 4 South Yarra
Line-up included: Godby
Goals: Godby x 4

Saturday July 21 1945
Campbell Reserve, Coburg
Referee: J Bell
Moreland-Hakoah
Line-up included: Jim Fairweather
Goal: Fairweather
1 - 0 Prahran A

Saturday July 21 1945
Middle Park, Referee: R Harris
Nobels
Line-up included: Tom Scrafton, Andy Kyle
Goals: Scrafton x 2, Kyle
3 - 0 HMS Beaconsfield
 
Semi-Finals

Saturday August 18 1945
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: J Bell
Moreland-Hakoah
Line-up included: Jim Fairweather, James, Mackie, Duke, Ruddock, Jack Wallace, Werther, Bird
Goals: Jim Fairweather x 2, James x 2, Mackie x 2, Duke
7 - 2 South Yarra
Line-up included: Godby, A Bradd, Gray, Rudd, Nicholson
Goals: Godby, A Bradd

The five week gap between the playing of the semi-finals was because of the unavailability of Olympic Park, the only enclosed ground suitable for the playing of the final stages of the Cup

Saturday September 22 1945
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: J Bell
Note: 20 minutes of extra time was played in this match, even though this was outside the rules of the competition
Box Hill
Line-up included: Dodds, Jobson, F Mountford, E Abberton
Goals: F Mountford x 2
2 - 2 Nobels
Line-up included: Tom Sharp, Jock Lyons, A Harraden, George Weir
Goals: Jock Lyons, A Harraden
 
Semi-Final Replay

Saturday September 29 1945
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: C Armstrong
Box Hill
Line-up included: Dodds, J Holborn, Jobson, F Mountford, Dowson, Don Hutchinson, Woodcock, J Bailey, W Tester
Goals: F Mountford x 2, Dowson x 2, Tony Hodge og
5 - 1 Nobels
Line-up included: Jock Lyons, Andy Kyle, Tony Hodge
Goal: Andy Kyle
 
Final

Saturday October 6 1945
Olympic Park, Melbourne
Referee: C Armstrong
Attendance: 2,000
Moreland-Hakoah
Selected team: Power; Higgins, Ruddock; Lester, Jack Wallace, Werther; Peters, Kellett, Wells, Mackie, Jim Fairweather.
Goals: Wells x 4, Kellett, Mackie
6 - 1 Box Hill
Selected team: Dodds; Woodcock, J Holborn; J Bailey, Jobson, Tester: F Mountford, Don Hutchinson, Thompson or Davis, Ernie Bergner, E Abberton.
Goal: Ernie Bergner

Last updated: 7 January 2022.