1934 VFL Season Round 2: Melbourne v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 12 May 1934 between Melbourne and Hawthorn during round two of the 1934 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Hawthorn at the MCG. Colin Niven captained the hosts with Harry Long as vice-captain. Bert Mills captained the visitors with Wally Williamson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Bill Twomey.

Melbourne (20.13.133) defeated Hawthorn (6.8.44).

Match Details

Season: 1934 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 12 May 1934
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 9,842

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Hawthorn
Score: 20.13.133 - 6.8.44

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 3 . 2 10 . 7 16 . 8 20 . 13 20 . 13 (133)
Hawthorn 2 . 1 4 . 2 5 . 5 6 . 8 6 . 8 (44)
Margin MELB by 7 MELB by 41 MELB by 69 MELB by 89 MELB by 89
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Hawthorn

Captain: Bert Mills
Vice-Captain: Wally Williamson
Coach: Bill Twomey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Smith

Boundary Umpires

F. O'Shea

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jack Mueller MELB 12 3
Percy Beames MELB 24 2
Bert Mills HWTH 12 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 4 ?
10 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Deague, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 0 ?
18 Hooper, Don ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan ? ? 9 ?
22 Libbis, Billy ? ? 0 ?
20 Long, Harry (vc) ? ? 0 ?
9 Longhurst, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 7 ?
1 Niven, Colin (c) ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
26 Riley, Lou ? ? 0 ?
6 Roberts, Archie ? ? 0 ?
4 Sambell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Bert ? ? 0 ?
21 Vanthoff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 20 13

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
15 Ashby, Bert WR↓ ? 0 ?
18 Bravo, Steve FPR ? 0 ?
5 Chandler, Bert FB ? 0 ?
29 De Abel, Fred BPR ? 0 ?
25 Dower, George HBFR ? 0 ?
11 Drury, Mal FPL ? 0 ?
21 Ford, Bill RU ? 0 ?
6 Green, Jack FF ? 4 ?
14 Lee, Alex SUB↑ ? 0 ?
4 Lonsdale, Clarrie HBFL ? 0 ?
32 McAlpine, Ivan C ? 0 ?
12 Mills, Bert (c) CHB ? 0 ?
16 Murphy, Leo BPL ? 0 ?
19 Pool, Ted RO ? 2 ?
7 Sayer, Fred HFFL ? 0 ?
8 Spinks, Stan WL ? 0 ?
27 Williams, Bob HFFR ? 0 ?
1 Williamson, Wally (vc) RU ? 0 ?
10 Zander, Jack CHF ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 6 8

A. Lee replaced B. Ashby during the fourth quarter.

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

Player Line-Up

Melbourne Coach: Frank Hughes
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
16 L. Murphy 5 B. Chandler 29 F. De Abel













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



4 C. Lonsdale 12 B. Mills (c) 25 G. Dower













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



8 S. Spinks 32 I. McAlpine 15 B. Ashby









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 21 B. Ford 14 A. Lee
HALF-FORWARD 1 W. Williamson (vc)

7 F. Sayer 10 J. Zander 27 B. Williams 19 T. Pool











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



11 M. Drury 6 J. Green 18 S. Bravo













BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Bill Twomey