1934 VFL Season Round 2: Footscray v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 12 May 1934 between Footscray and Fitzroy during round two of the 1934 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Fitzroy at Western Oval. In the absence of Bill Cubbins, vice-captain Stan Penberthy captained the hosts. Jack Cashman captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Cubbins and the visitors were coached by Jack Cashman.

Footscray (14.12.96) defeated Fitzroy (9.18.72).

Match Details

Season: 1934 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Footscray v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 12 May 1934
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Fitzroy
Score: 14.12.96 - 9.18.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 3 . 1 3 . 7 10 . 9 14 . 12 14 . 12 (96)
Fitzroy 2 . 6 3 . 10 6 . 15 9 . 18 9 . 18 (72)
Margin FOOT by 1 FITZ by 3 FOOT by 18 FOOT by 24 FOOT by 24
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Stan Penberthy (acting)
Coach: Bill Cubbins

Fitzroy

Captain: Jack Cashman
Coach: Jack Cashman

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Glasson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Haydn Bunton FITZ 7 3
Les Dayman FOOT 16 2
Bill Spurling FOOT 14 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
9 Baker, Ted ? ? 1 ?
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
16 Dayman, Les ? ? 6 ?
3 Grundy, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Hopkins, Allan ? ? 0 ?
20 Leahy, Billy ? ? 0 ?
24 Lockhart, Ken ? ? 0 ?
15 McKay, Roy ? ? 0 ?
19 Muir, Bob ? ? 0 ?
17 Penberthy, Stan (ac) ? ? 0 ?
18 Pollard, Dick ? ? 0 ?
21 Rodwell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Somerville, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Spurling, Bill ? ? 2 ?
29 Streeter, Percy ? ? 3 ?
25 Trim, Ted ? ? 1 ?
23 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm ? ? 1 ?
10 Waye, Tom ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 12

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
34 Bedford, Bill ? ? 3 ?
7 Bunton, Haydn ? ? 0 ?
28 Byrne, Rex ? ? 0 ?
11 Cashman, Jack (c) ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
32 Donnellan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
29 Fitcher, Alan ? ? 0 ?
26 Fleming, Ian ? ? 1 ?
22 Gray, Wally ? ? 0 ?
9 Nicholls, Doug ? ? 0 ?
33 Niven, Ray ? ? 0 ?
19 Pye, Len ? ? 3 ?
20 Sexton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Shapter, Ron ? ? 0 ?
17 Shenfield, Bill ? ? 1 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 1 ?
12 Stott, Len ? ? 0 ?
5 Watt, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 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