1934 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1934 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 5-0-13, P%: 83.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): Dick Reynolds (19)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Ted Freyer (61)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Dick Reynolds

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Keith Forbes
Vice-Captain(s): Bruce Anderson

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Bruce #16 16 R01-R14, R17-R18 0
Bawden, Tom #9 5 R11-R12, R15-R16, R18 3
Bell, George #10 12 R04, R06-R11, R14-R18 0
Bloomer, Steve #27 1 R16 0
Braid, Colin #33 1 R05 0
Clarke, Tom #23 16 R01-R03, R06-R18 0
Crawford, Col #11 8 R01, R04, R11, R14-R18 4
Dalton, Eric #35 5 R03-R06, R09 6
Earle, Bill #25 13 R03-R10, R13-R16, R18 0
Fay, Ted #31 15 R01-R03, R06-R13, R15-R18 0
Forbes, Keith #1 14 R01-R12, R17-R18 47
Freyer, Ted #26 17 R01-R02, R04-R18 61
Griggs, Les #19 15 R01-R03, R05-R08, R10, R12-R18 6
Gyles, Harry #13 9 R10-R18 6
Hardiman, Kevin #30 1 R05 0
Hearn, Clarrie #4 12 R01, R06-R12, R15-R18 12
Hiskins, Jack #5 13 R01-R02, R05-R10, R12-R13, R15, R17-R18 5
Lowenthal, Bill #7 15 R01-R12, R14-R16 0
Luff, Bill #10 10 R01-R02, R04-R06, R10-R13, R15 17
Madden, Russell #18 1 R04 0
Milne, Wally #14 11 R01-R11 8
Nash, Frank #22 7 R03-R04, R07-R09, R14, R17 2
Oakley, Joe #15 2 R04-R05 2
O'Brien, Jock #6 7 R01-R02, R04-R05, R08, R13, R16 0
Okey, Howard #2 12 R01-R02, R06-R07, R09-R10, R12-R17 4
Pattinson, George #24 6 R12-R13, R15-R18 4
Plummer, Elton #8 1 R14 0
Plummer, Harry #36 2 R11, R13 0
Reynolds, Dick #3 16 R01-R04, R07-R18 14
Rippon, Ted #21 8 R01-R03, R11, R14, R16-R18 1
Sharpe, Lew #22 1 R03 0
Storey, Merv #34 2 R13-R14 2
Torney, Hugh #20 15 R01-R14, R16 11
Turner, Bill #18 12 R05-R10, R12-R15, R17-R18 1
Walker, Johnny #8 3 R02-R04 0
Wallace, Len #17 14 R02-R03, R05-R09, R11-R15, R17-R18 0
Walsh, Paddy #28 5 R01-R05 0
Webster, Len #32 18 R01-R18 17
Wilkie, David 1 R03 3

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
May, Charlie 18 5 -0- 13 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
05/05/1934 Round 1 Footscray HOME WIN ESS by 11 Charlie May Keith Forbes
12/05/1934 Round 2 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 28 Charlie May Keith Forbes
19/05/1934 Round 3 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 42 Charlie May Keith Forbes
26/05/1934 Round 4 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 14 Charlie May Keith Forbes
04/06/1934 Round 5 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 22 Charlie May Keith Forbes
09/06/1934 Round 6 Geelong HOME WIN ESS by 13 Charlie May Keith Forbes
23/06/1934 Round 7 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 5 Charlie May Keith Forbes
30/06/1934 Round 8 North Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 87 Charlie May Keith Forbes
07/07/1934 Round 9 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 16 Charlie May Keith Forbes
14/07/1934 Round 10 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 9 Charlie May Keith Forbes
21/07/1934 Round 11 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 39 Charlie May Keith Forbes
28/07/1934 Round 12 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 42 Charlie May Keith Forbes
04/08/1934 Round 13 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 48 Charlie May Bruce Anderson
18/08/1934 Round 14 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 75 Charlie May Bruce Anderson
25/08/1934 Round 15 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 2 Charlie May unknown
01/09/1934 Round 16 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 23 Charlie May unknown
08/09/1934 Round 17 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 116 Charlie May Keith Forbes
15/09/1934 Round 18 Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 19 Charlie May Keith Forbes