Episode 63 - 1945

In our 1945 episode, we get into the last of the war years, and we have a very interesting year to discuss as 1945 is the year of the infamous bloodbath, and we can't wait to get stuck into it. Also, 1945 has a once in a league anomaly, that will never ever happen again! We have a team with a new nickname! Possibly one you have never heard of, we have some legends of the game making their debuts, One of the expansion teams makes their first appearance in the finals and we say goodbye to a long list of retirees!

Ken Hands Audio from 1985 History of the Carlton Football Club video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmVN3UIBhQg 

 

MSO Song details

• Fitzroy Lions: based on La Marseillaise from 1792. Performed by Dale Barltrop (violin).
• Carlton: We are the Navy Blues by Ernie Walton in 1930 based on Lily of Laguna from 1898. Performed by Mary Allison (violin) and Tiffany Cheng (violin).
• Collingwood: Good Old Collingwood Forever by Tom Nelson in 1906 based on Goodbye Dolly Gray from 1897. Performed by Antony Chataway (viola). 
• Essendon: See the Bombers Fly Up is based on Johnny Hamp’s Keep Your Sunny Side Up written in 1929. Performed by Michelle Wood (cello).
• Geelong Cats: We Are Geelong by John K Watts in 1963 and based on The Toreador Song from 1875. Performed by Robert Macindoe (violin). 
• Hawthorn: The Mighty Fighting Hawks by Chic Lander in 1956 based on The Yankee Doodle Boy from 1904. Performed by Rob Cossom (percussion).
• Melbourne: It’s a Grand Old Flag by George M Cohen & Keith Bluey Truscott in 1912, based on You’re A Grand Old Flag from 1906. Performed by Benjamin Hanlon (double bass). 
• North Melbourne: Join in the Chorus by Sir Harry Lauder in the 1920s, based on the traditional Scottish song Wee Deoch an Doris. Performed by Nico Fleury (French horn).
• Richmond: We’re from Tiger Land by Jack Malcomson in 1962, based on Row, Row, Row from 1912. Performed by Ben Northey (conductor), Sophie Rowell (violin), Damien Eckersley (double bass) and Lauren Brigden (viola).
• St Kilda: When the Saints Go Marching In based on the original of the same name from 1923. Performed by Rohan De Korte (cello) and Wendy Clarke (flute).
• Sydney Swans: The Red and the White by Larry Spokes in 1961, based on Notre Dame Victory March from 1928. Performed by Sophie Rowell (violin), Damien Eckersley (double bass) and Lauren Brigden (viola).
• Western Bulldogs: Sons of the West from the 1940s based on Sons of the Sea from 1897. Performed by Thomas Hutchinson (oboe) and Elise Millman (bassoon).

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