1934 VFL Season Round 4: Essendon v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 26 May 1934 between Essendon and Hawthorn during round four of the 1934 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Hawthorn at Windy Hill. Keith Forbes captained the hosts with Bruce Anderson as vice-captain. In the absence of Bert Mills, vice-captain Wally Williamson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie May and the visitors were coached by Bill Twomey.

Essendon (15.13.103) defeated Hawthorn (13.11.89).

Match Details

Season: 1934 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Essendon v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 26 May 1934
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Hawthorn
Score: 15.13.103 - 13.11.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 7 . 3 9 . 6 12 . 9 15 . 13 15 . 13 (103)
Hawthorn 3 . 5 6 . 6 12 . 8 13 . 11 13 . 11 (89)
Margin ESSE by 22 ESSE by 18 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 14 ESSE by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Keith Forbes
Vice-Captain: Bruce Anderson
Coach: Charlie May

Hawthorn

Captain: Wally Williamson (acting)
Coach: Bill Twomey

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Smith

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Clarrie Lonsdale HWTH 4 3
Bill Lowenthal ESSE 7 2
Paddy Walsh ESSE 28 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Anderson, Bruce (vc) CHB ? 0 ?
10 Bell, George FB ? 0 ?
11 Crawford, Col WL ? 0 ?
35 Dalton, Eric HFFR ? 2 ?
25 Earle, Bill WR ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith (c) FPL ? 4 ?
26 Freyer, Ted FPR ? 3 ?
7 Lowenthal, Bill HBFR ? 0 ?
10 Luff, Bill FF ? 5 ?
18 Madden, Russell BPL ? 0 ?
14 Milne, Wally HBFL ? 0 ?
22 Nash, Frank RU ? 0 ?
15 Oakley, Joe RO ? 1 ?
6 O'Brien, Jock SUB ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick C ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh HFFL ? 0 ?
8 Walker, Johnny CHF ? 0 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy BPR ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len RU ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 13

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Allison, Neil WL ? 0 ?
5 Chandler, Bert HFFR ? 0 ?
25 Dower, George CHF ? 0 ?
11 Drury, Mal HFFL ? 2 ?
21 Ford, Bill FPL ? 1 ?
22 Fuller, Alan HBFR ? 0 ?
3 Geary, Brian FB ? 1 ?
6 Green, Jack FF ? 5 ?
4 Lonsdale, Clarrie HBFL ? 0 ?
32 McAlpine, Ivan C ? 1 ?
26 McAuliffe, Jerry BPR ? 0 ?
16 Murphy, Leo BPL ? 0 ?
28 Nolan, Frank FPR ? 1 ?
19 Pool, Ted RO ? 1 ?
7 Sayer, Fred SUB ? 0 ?
8 Spinks, Stan WR ? 0 ?
9 Stewart, Stuart RU ? 0 ?
31 Ware, Walter RU ? 0 ?
1 Williamson, Wally (ac) CHB ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 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

Player Line-Up

Essendon Coach: Charlie May
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
16 L. Murphy 3 B. Geary 26 J. McAuliffe 22 F. Nash 6 J. O'Brien
26 T. Freyer 10 B. Luff 1 K. Forbes (c) 32 L. Webster

FORWARD 15 J. Oakley

HALF-BACK



4 C. Lonsdale 1 W. Williamson (ac) 22 A. Fuller



35 E. Dalton 8 J. Walker 20 H. Torney



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



24 N. Allison 32 I. McAlpine 8 S. Spinks



25 B. Earle 3 D. Reynolds 11 C. Crawford FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 9 S. Stewart 7 F. Sayer
HALF-FORWARD 31 W. Ware

11 M. Drury 25 G. Dower 5 B. Chandler 19 T. Pool

7 B. Lowenthal 16 B. Anderson (vc) 14 W. Milne



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



21 B. Ford 6 J. Green 28 F. Nolan



28 P. Walsh 10 G. Bell 18 R. Madden



BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Bill Twomey