1934 VFL Season Round 1: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 1934 between Richmond and Melbourne during round one of the 1934 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Perce Bentley captained the hosts. Colin Niven captained the visitors with Harry Long as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Richmond (18.14.122) defeated Melbourne (12.9.81).

Match Details

Season: 1934 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 5 May 1934
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 18.14.122 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 6 6 . 7 13 . 12 18 . 14 18 . 14 (122)
Melbourne 3 . 1 5 . 5 5 . 7 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin RICH by 11 RICH by 8 RICH by 53 RICH by 41 RICH by 41
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Perce Bentley
Coach: Perce Bentley

Melbourne

Captain: Colin Niven
Vice-Captain: Harry Long
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Frood

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Dave Baxter RICH 2 3
Frank Vine MELB 23 2
Allan Geddes RICH 8 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

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

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 0 ?
10 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 0 ?
18 Hooper, Don ? ? 0 ?
25 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan ? ? 2 ?
22 Libbis, Billy ? ? 1 ?
20 Long, Harry (vc) ? ? 0 ?
9 Longhurst, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 4 ?
2 Murray, Wyn ? ? 0 ?
1 Niven, Colin (c) ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
26 Riley, Lou ? ? 3 ?
4 Sambell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Bert ? ? 0 ?
21 Vanthoff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank ? ? 2 ?
19 Wilson, Ron ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 9

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