1934 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Geelong v South Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 6 October 1934 between Geelong and South Melbourne in the preliminary final of the 1934 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted South Melbourne at the MCG. Reg Hickey captained the hosts. Jack Bisset captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Arthur Coghlan and the visitors were coached by Jack Bisset.

Geelong (7.6.48) were defeated by South Melbourne (15.18.108).

Match Details

Season: 1934 VFL Season
Round: Preliminary Final
Teams: Geelong v South Melbourne
Date: Saturday 6 October 1934
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 30,400

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by South Melbourne
Score: 7.6.48 - 15.18.108

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 2 . 2 4 . 4 5 . 5 7 . 6 7 . 6 (48)
South Melbourne 4 . 2 6 . 6 10 . 9 15 . 18 15 . 18 (108)
Margin SMLB by 12 SMLB by 14 SMLB by 34 SMLB by 60 SMLB by 60
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Arthur Coghlan

South Melbourne

Captain: Jack Bisset
Coach: Jack Bisset

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Scott

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Carney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Coles, Clive ? ? 0 ?
4 Collins, Jack ? ? 1 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Hardiman, Les ? ? 0 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Kuhlken, Bill ? ? 0 ?
6 McDonald, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
7 McGregor, Alex ? ? 0 ?
22 Metherell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Moloney, George ? ? 2 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 0 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 2 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Troughton, Bob ? ? 2 ?
15 Walker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 7 6

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Austin, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Bertram, Ossie ? ? 4 ?
1 Bisset, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 Clarke, Harry ? ? 0 ?
19 Davies, Frank ? ? 0 ?
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 ? ? 4 ?
11 O'Meara, Joe ? ? 0 ?
10 Pratt, Bob ? ? 6 ?
21 Reville, Peter ? ? 1 ?
7 Richards, Lin ? ? 0 ?
12 Thomas, Len ? ? 0 ?
27 Welch, Alan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 18

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