1934 VFL Season Round 3: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 19 May 1934 between Geelong and Melbourne during round three of the 1934 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Corio Oval. Reg Hickey captained the hosts. Colin Niven captained the visitors with Harry Long as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Arthur Coghlan and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Geelong (12.14.86) defeated Melbourne (6.11.47).

Match Details

Season: 1934 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 19 May 1934
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 13,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Melbourne
Score: 12.14.86 - 6.11.47

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 1 6 . 5 8 . 11 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Melbourne 1 . 2 4 . 4 4 . 8 6 . 11 6 . 11 (47)
Margin GEEL by 11 GEEL by 13 GEEL by 27 GEEL by 39 GEEL by 39
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Arthur Coghlan

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jack Evans GEEL 5 3
Frank Vine MELB 23 2
Clive Coles GEEL 13 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
12 Carney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Coles, Clive ? ? 0 ?
20 Daily, Lou ? ? 2 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
25 Hardiman, Les ? ? 2 ?
17 Hawking, Fred ? ? 1 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
6 McDonald, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
7 McGregor, Alex ? ? 0 ?
14 Moloney, George ? ? 6 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 0 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Troughton, Bob ? ? 0 ?
29 Walker, Bob ? ? 0 ?
15 Walker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 14

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 1 ?
10 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
5 Deague, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 0 ?
18 Hooper, Don ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan ? ? 1 ?
22 Libbis, Billy ? ? 0 ?
20 Long, Harry (vc) ? ? 0 ?
9 Longhurst, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 4 ?
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) 6 11

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