1934 VFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 26 May 1934 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round four of the 1934 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Colin Niven captained the hosts with Harry Long as vice-captain. Fred Davies captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Len Wigraft.

Melbourne (9.11.65) defeated Fitzroy (8.11.59).

Match Details

Season: 1934 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 26 May 1934
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 15,869

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 9.11.65 - 8.11.59

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 3 4 . 5 7 . 9 9 . 11 9 . 11 (65)
Fitzroy 3 . 3 4 . 5 6 . 8 8 . 11 8 . 11 (59)
Margin FITZ by 12 level MELB by 7 MELB by 6 MELB by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Davies
Coach: Len Wigraft (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Scott

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Harry Long MELB 20 3
Jack Mueller MELB 12 2
Doug Nicholls FITZ 9 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 2 ?
10 Bennett, Jack ? ? 2 ?
5 Deague, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Gibb, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 0 ?
25 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan ? ? 0 ?
20 Long, Harry (vc) ? ? 0 ?
9 Longhurst, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
3 Margitich, George ? ? 2 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
11 Meehl, Sid ? ? 1 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 2 ?
1 Niven, Colin (c) ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
6 Roberts, Archie ? ? 0 ?
4 Sambell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Vanthoff, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 11

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Benham, Colin ? ? 2 ?
7 Bunton, Haydn ? ? 0 ?
31 Callick, Alf ? ? 0 ?
2 Cordner, Jock ? ? 2 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
10 Davies, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
32 Donnellan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
29 Fitcher, Alan ? ? 0 ?
26 Fleming, Ian ? ? 1 ?
26 Fleming, Keith ? ? 0 ?
16 Goodhart, Brian ? ? 0 ?
22 Gray, Wally ? ? 0 ?
3 Murray, Dan ? ? 0 ?
9 Nicholls, Doug ? ? 0 ?
19 Pye, Len ? ? 3 ?
20 Sexton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Shenfield, Bill ? ? 0 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 0 ?
14 Williams, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 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