1934 VFL Round 6: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 9 June 1934 between Essendon and Geelong during round 6 of the 1934 VFL season. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Keith Forbes captained the hosts with Bruce Anderson as vice-captain. Reg Hickey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie May and the visitors were coached by Arthur Coghlan.

Essendon
Back: L. Wallace, T. Fay, G. Bell
Half-back: B. Lowenthal, B. Anderson (vice-capt.), B. Turner
Centre: B. Earle, H. Okey, T. Clarke
Half-forward: L. Griggs, C. Hearn, T. Freyer
Forward: K. Forbes (capt.), H. Torney, B. Luff
Follower: J. Hiskins, L. Webster, W. Milne
Sub.: E. Dalton

Geelong
R. Hickey (capt.), T. Arklay, J. Carney, C. Coles, L. Daily, J. Evans, N. Glenister, L. Hardiman, A. McGregor, J. Metherell, L. Metherell, G. Moloney, A. Muller, T. Quinn, J. Sellwood, G. Todd, B. Troughton, J. Walker, J. Williams

Essendon (14.11.95) defeated Geelong (11.16.82).

Goalkickers
Essendon: K. Forbes (4), H. Torney (3), T. Freyer (2), L. Griggs (2), C. Hearn, B. Luff, W. Milne
Geelong: L. Daily (4), N. Glenister (2), L. Hardiman (2), L. Metherell (2), J. Metherell

As a result of this match, Essendon were then 8th on the ladder (up from 9th) and Geelong were then 6th on the ladder (down from 4th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1934 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 9 June 1934
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Geelong
Score: 14.11.95 - 11.16.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 5 . 3 5 . 4 10 . 6 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Geelong 0 . 3 3 . 8 7 . 13 11 . 16 11 . 16 (82)
Margin ESSE by 30 ESSE by 8 ESSE by 11 ESSE by 13 ESSE by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Charlie May (Essendon), Arthur Coghlan (Geelong)
Captains: Keith Forbes (Essendon), Reg Hickey (Geelong)
Vice-Captains: Bruce Anderson (Essendon), unknown (Geelong)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: G. Frood

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Keith Forbes ESSE 1 3
Angie Muller GEEL 28 2
Tom Clarke ESSE 23 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Anderson, Bruce (vc) CHB ? 0 ?
10 Bell, George BPR ? 0 ?
23 Clarke, Tom WR ? 0 ?
35 Dalton, Eric SUB ? 0 ?
25 Earle, Bill WL ? 0 ?
31 Fay, Ted FB ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith (c) FPL ? 4 ?
26 Freyer, Ted HFFR ? 2 ?
19 Griggs, Les HFFL ? 2 ?
4 Hearn, Clarrie CHF ? 1 ?
5 Hiskins, Jack RU ? 0 ?
7 Lowenthal, Bill HBFL ? 0 ?
10 Luff, Bill FPR ? 1 ?
14 Milne, Wally RO ? 1 ?
2 Okey, Howard C ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh FF ? 3 ?
18 Turner, Bill HBFR ? 0 ?
17 Wallace, Len BPL ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len RU ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 11

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
12 Carney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Coles, Clive ? ? 0 ?
20 Daily, Lou ? ? 4 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Glenister, Norm ? ? 2 ?
25 Hardiman, Les ? ? 2 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
7 McGregor, Alex ? ? 0 ?
22 Metherell, Jack ? ? 1 ?
3 Metherell, Len ? ? 2 ?
14 Moloney, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 0 ?
16 Quinn, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Troughton, Bob ? ? 0 ?
15 Walker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 16

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






5 J. Hiskins 35 E. Dalton
10 B. Luff 20 H. Torney 1 K. Forbes (c) 32 L. Webster

FORWARD 14 W. Milne

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26 T. Freyer 4 C. Hearn 19 L. Griggs



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23 T. Clarke 2 H. Okey 25 B. Earle FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



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18 B. Turner 16 B. Anderson (vc) 7 B. Lowenthal



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10 G. Bell 31 T. Fay 17 L. Wallace



BACK



Geelong Coach: Arthur Coghlan