1934 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1934 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 9-0-9, P%: 97.2%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Allan La Fontaine (10)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack Mueller (52)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Colin Niven
Vice-Captain(s): Harry Long

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Beames, Percy #24 18 R01-R18 28
Bennett, Jack #10 15 R01-R15 7
Deague, Bill #5 7 R02-R05, R16-R18 2
Fischer, Rowley #8 16 R02-R03, R05-R18 4
Gibb, Maurie #14 7 R04-R06, R14, R16-R18 11
Glass, Eric #16 17 R01-R17 20
Hooper, Don #18 17 R01-R03, R05-R18 3
Jones, Les #13 10 R09-R18 4
Kelly, Frank #25 15 R01, R04-R09, R11-R18 0
Kinnear, Joe #2 2 R10-R11 0
La Fontaine, Allan #17 18 R01-R18 32
Libbis, Billy #22 14 R01-R03, R07-R17 10
Long, Harry #20 15 R01-R09, R13-R18 0
Longhurst, Charlie #9 12 R01-R05, R12-R18 1
Margitich, George #3 10 R04, R07-R13, R15-R16 16
McNamara, Pat #28 4 R04, R06-R08 0
Meehl, Sid #11 3 R04, R06-R07 1
Mueller, Jack #12 14 R01-R10, R14-R16, R18 52
Murray, Wyn #2 1 R01 0
Niven, Colin #1 18 R01-R18 4
Niven, Ray #33 2 R13, R15 2
Ogden, Gordon #32 12 R01-R05, R07-R13 0
Pemberton, Edwin #15 4 R09-R11, R18 1
Power, Jack #31 6 R11-R12, R14-R17 2
Riley, Lou #26 3 R01-R03 3
Roberts, Archie #6 15 R02-R15, R17 0
Sambell, Jack #4 9 R01-R08, R18 3
Smith, Len #26 13 R05-R08, R10-R18 0
Sweeney, Bill 2 R17-R18 2
Taylor, Bert #35 13 R01-R03, R05-R06, R08-R15 11
Vanthoff, Bill #21 5 R01-R04, R06 0
Vine, Frank #23 15 R01-R12, R16-R18 3
Walsh, Billy #34 3 R16-R18 2
Wilson, Ron #19 1 R01 0
Young, Jack #29 6 R09-R10, R12-R14, R18 0

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)
Hughes, Frank 18 9 -0- 9 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
05/05/1934 Round 1 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 41 Frank Hughes Colin Niven
12/05/1934 Round 2 Hawthorn HOME WIN MEL by 89 Frank Hughes Colin Niven
19/05/1934 Round 3 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 39 Frank Hughes Colin Niven
26/05/1934 Round 4 Fitzroy HOME WIN MEL by 6 Frank Hughes Colin Niven
04/06/1934 Round 5 North Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 2 Frank Hughes Colin Niven
09/06/1934 Round 6 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 33 Frank Hughes Colin Niven
23/06/1934 Round 7 Footscray AWAY WIN MEL by 47 Frank Hughes Colin Niven
30/06/1934 Round 8 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 49 Frank Hughes Colin Niven
07/07/1934 Round 9 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 2 Frank Hughes Colin Niven
14/07/1934 Round 10 Essendon AWAY WIN MEL by 9 Frank Hughes Colin Niven
21/07/1934 Round 11 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 56 Frank Hughes Colin Niven
28/07/1934 Round 12 Richmond HOME WIN MEL by 6 Frank Hughes Colin Niven
04/08/1934 Round 13 Hawthorn AWAY WIN MEL by 3 Frank Hughes Colin Niven
18/08/1934 Round 14 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 53 Frank Hughes Colin Niven
25/08/1934 Round 15 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 33 Frank Hughes Colin Niven
01/09/1934 Round 16 North Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 33 Frank Hughes Colin Niven
08/09/1934 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 2 Frank Hughes Colin Niven
15/09/1934 Round 18 Footscray HOME WIN MEL by 66 Frank Hughes Colin Niven