1934 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1934 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 6-0-12, P%: 85.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): Norm Ware (12)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Alby Morrison (46)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Norm Ware

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bill Cubbins, Alby Morrison

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Baker, Harry #9 5 R01, R03-R06 0
Baker, Ted #9 3 R01-R03 5
Bennett, George #5 17 R02-R18 1
Bogie, Les #9 2 R08-R09 0
Cubbins, Bill #1 1 R05 0
Dayman, Les #16 6 R01-R02, R04-R06, R08 15
Findlay, Bill #32 4 R06-R07, R16, R18 7
Grundy, Bill #3 15 R01-R06, R10-R18 0
Honey, Norm #19 7 R12-R18 0
Hopkins, Allan #8 18 R01-R18 11
Jackson, Percy #1 3 R08-R10 0
Kelly, Wally #29 7 R06-R08, R11, R16-R18 0
Leahy, Billy #20 17 R02-R18 11
Lockhart, Ken #24 5 R02, R10-R13 1
McKay, Roy #15 18 R01-R18 3
Morrison, Alby #7 12 R01, R08-R18 46
Muir, Bob #19 7 R01-R07 0
O'Brien, Bernie #13 11 R01, R03-R05, R07-R10, R16-R18 13
O'Brien, Wally #12 11 R07-R15, R17-R18 0
O'Leary, Charlie #2 7 R08-R13, R15 0
Palmer, Ambrose #28 2 R06-R07 1
Penberthy, Stan #17 10 R01-R07, R09, R16-R17 2
Pollard, Dick #18 15 R01-R04, R08-R18 14
Rait, Alan #5 4 R05-R07, R10 3
Rodwell, Roy #21 17 R02-R18 5
Ryan, Leo #16 9 R10-R18 0
Somerville, Jack #6 7 R01-R06, R09 1
Spargo, Bob #27 11 R07-R15, R17-R18 2
Spilling, Frank #11 6 R01, R09, R14, R16-R18 0
Spurling, Bill #14 16 R01-R06, R08-R17 7
Streeter, Percy #29 5 R02, R06, R15-R16, R18 3
Sutherland, Tom 5 R03-R04, R07, R14-R15 7
Thomas, Reg #22 1 R01 1
Trim, Ted #25 13 R01-R07, R11-R15, R18 12
Vosti, Jack #23 12 R01-R05, R07-R08, R11-R15 0
Ware, Norm #4 16 R01-R05, R07-R17 11
Waye, Tom #10 17 R01-R14, R16-R18 18

Team Line-Up

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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)
Cubbins, Bill 6 2 -0- 4 R01-R06
Hopkins, Allan 1 0 -0- 1 R07
Morrison, Alby 11 4 -0- 7 R08-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
05/05/1934 Round 1 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 11 Bill Cubbins Alby Morrison
12/05/1934 Round 2 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 24 Bill Cubbins unknown
19/05/1934 Round 3 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FOO by 15 Bill Cubbins unknown
26/05/1934 Round 4 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 36 Bill Cubbins unknown
02/06/1934 Round 5 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 71 Bill Cubbins Bill Cubbins
09/06/1934 Round 6 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 6 Bill Cubbins unknown
23/06/1934 Round 7 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 47 Allan Hopkins unknown
30/06/1934 Round 8 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 16 Alby Morrison Alby Morrison
07/07/1934 Round 9 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 24 Alby Morrison Alby Morrison
14/07/1934 Round 10 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 29 Alby Morrison Alby Morrison
21/07/1934 Round 11 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 10 Alby Morrison Alby Morrison
28/07/1934 Round 12 Essendon HOME WIN FOO by 42 Alby Morrison Alby Morrison
04/08/1934 Round 13 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 6 Alby Morrison Alby Morrison
18/08/1934 Round 14 North Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 28 Alby Morrison Alby Morrison
25/08/1934 Round 15 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 86 Alby Morrison Alby Morrison
01/09/1934 Round 16 St Kilda HOME WIN FOO by 21 Alby Morrison Alby Morrison
08/09/1934 Round 17 Hawthorn HOME WIN FOO by 23 Alby Morrison Alby Morrison
15/09/1934 Round 18 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 66 Alby Morrison Alby Morrison