1934 VFL Season Grand Final: Richmond v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 13 October 1934 between Richmond and South Melbourne in the grand final of the 1934 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. Perce Bentley captained the hosts. Jack Bisset captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Jack Bisset.

Richmond (19.14.128) defeated South Melbourne (12.17.89).

Match Details

Season: 1934 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Richmond v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 13 October 1934
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 65,335

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. South Melbourne
Score: 19.14.128 - 12.17.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 4 10 . 8 16 . 11 19 . 14 19 . 14 (128)
South Melbourne 4 . 3 6 . 5 6 . 11 12 . 17 12 . 17 (89)
Margin RICH by 1 RICH by 27 RICH by 60 RICH by 39 RICH by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Perce Bentley
Coach: Perce Bentley

South Melbourne

Captain: Jack Bisset
Coach: Jack Bisset

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Scott

Goal Umpires

J. Currie
F. Morgan

Boundary Umpires

J. Fitt
J. Lancaster

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Baggott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 Baxter, Dave ? ? 1 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 2 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Edmonds, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
11 Foster, Bert ? ? 0 ?
8 Geddes, Allan ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 3 ?
6 Judkins, Stan ? ? 0 ?
27 Martin, Ray ? ? 2 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 1 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 3 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
4 Sheahan, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
23 Strang, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 6 ?
25 Zschech, Eric ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 19 14

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Austin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Bertram, Ossie ? ? 1 ?
1 Bisset, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
5 Brain, Terry ? ? 1 ?
6 Clarke, Harry ? ? 0 ?
17 Diggins, Brighton ? ? 1 ?
14 Faul, Bill ? ? 0 ?
33 Harris, Wilbur ? ? 0 ?
29 Kelleher, Dinny ? ? 0 ?
2 Matthews, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
9 McKay, Hec ? ? 0 ?
30 McKenzie, Jock ? ? 0 ?
8 McLaughlin, Hugh ? ? 0 ?
25 Nash, Laurie ? ? 6 ?
11 O'Meara, Joe ? ? 1 ?
10 Pratt, Bob ? ? 2 ?
21 Reville, Peter ? ? 0 ?
7 Richards, Lin ? ? 0 ?
12 Thomas, Len ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 17

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s