Round 8, 1945 · Western Oval (Whitten Oval) · Saturday 9 June 1945, 2:30pm
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Footscray | 14 | 44 | 58 | 87 |
| Essendon | 12 | 16 | 37 | 56 |
Crowd 23,000. Coaches: Arthur Olliver and Dick Reynolds. Umpires: Alfred Sawyer.
| Bill McTaggart | 31 | 0 |
| Pat Hand | 9 | 0 |
| Harry Gingell | 18 | 0 |
| Merv Dudley | 16 | 0 |
| Tom Tribe | 25 | 0 |
| Allan Broadway | 28 | 0 |
| George McLaren | 21 | 0 |
| Len McCankie | 27 | 0 |
| Harry Hickey | 7 | 0 |
| Jim Greenham | 20 | 0 |
| Reg Evenden | 19 | 0 |
| Roy Rawlings (debut) | 12 | 1 |
| George Tribe | 30 | 1 |
| Jim Thoms | 1 | 1 |
| Ted Ryan | 32 | 1 |
| Arthur Olliver | 3 | 2 |
| Allan Jacobsen | 11 | 2 |
| Joe Ryan | 10 | 2 |
| Ron Grove | 5 | 2 |
| Bill Pearson | 20 | 0 |
| Noel Smith | 24 | 0 |
| Peter Paterson | 32 | 0 |
| Ernie Coward | 1 | 0 |
| Percy Bushby | 35 | 0 |
| Les Gardiner | 18 | 0 |
| Jack Lyons | 26 | 0 |
| Chris Lambert | 14 | 0 |
| Allan Hird | 6 | 0 |
| Laurie Dearle | 10 | 0 |
| Wally Buttsworth | 15 | 0 |
| Jackie Huggard (debut) | 4 | 0 |
| Bill Hutchison | 7 | 0 |
| Cec Ruddell | 21 | 0 |
| Norm Betson | 31 | 0 |
| Ron Jory | 19 | 1 |
| Dick Reynolds | 3 | 2 |
| Fred Buttsworth (debut) | 27 | 2 |
| Bill Brittingham | 23 | 2 |
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170 meetings: Footscray 72, Essendon 96, 2 drawn.
Western Bulldogs by 34 · crowd 38,786
Western Bulldogs by 93 · crowd 29,367
Western Bulldogs by 91 · crowd 47,266
Essendon by 29 · crowd 50,144
Western Bulldogs by 41 · crowd 43,634
Western Bulldogs by 32 · crowd 33,677