1934 VFL Season Round 7: Fitzroy v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 23 June 1934 between Fitzroy and Essendon during round seven of the 1934 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Essendon at Brunswick Street Oval. Fred Davies captained the hosts. Keith Forbes captained the visitors with Bruce Anderson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Len Wigraft and the visitors were coached by Charlie May.

Fitzroy (15.12.102) defeated Essendon (14.13.97).

Match Details

Season: 1934 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Fitzroy v Essendon
Date: Saturday 23 June 1934
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 19,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Essendon
Score: 15.12.102 - 14.13.97

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 4 . 2 9 . 5 12 . 8 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Essendon 4 . 2 10 . 5 12 . 7 14 . 13 14 . 13 (97)
Margin level ESSE by 6 FITZ by 1 FITZ by 5 FITZ by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Davies
Coach: Len Wigraft (caretaker)

Essendon

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Horrie Dawson FITZ 30 3
Ted Fay ESSE 31 2
Haydn Bunton FITZ 7 1

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Benham, Colin ? ? 3 ?
7 Bunton, Haydn ? ? 2 ?
31 Callick, Alf ? ? 1 ?
20 Cameron, Charlie ? ? 4 ?
2 Cordner, Jock ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
10 Davies, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
32 Donnellan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
29 Fitcher, Alan ? ? 1 ?
26 Fleming, Ian ? ? 0 ?
9 Nicholls, Doug ? ? 0 ?
19 Pye, Len ? ? 1 ?
20 Sexton, Jack ? ? 2 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 0 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 1 ?
12 Stott, Len ? ? 0 ?
5 Watt, Les ? ? 0 ?
14 Williams, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 15 12

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Anderson, Bruce (vc) CHB ? 0 ?
10 Bell, George HBFL ? 0 ?
23 Clarke, Tom WR ? 0 ?
25 Earle, Bill WL ? 0 ?
31 Fay, Ted FB ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith (c) FPL ? 2 ?
26 Freyer, Ted FPR ? 5 ?
19 Griggs, Les HFFR ? 0 ?
4 Hearn, Clarrie CHF ? 3 ?
5 Hiskins, Jack RU ? 0 ?
7 Lowenthal, Bill HBFR ? 0 ?
14 Milne, Wally RO ? 1 ?
22 Nash, Frank SUB ? 0 ?
2 Okey, Howard C ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick HFFL ? 1 ?
20 Torney, Hugh FF ? 0 ?
18 Turner, Bill BPR ? 0 ?
17 Wallace, Len BPL ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len RU ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 13

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

Fitzroy Coach: Len Wigraft
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
17 L. Wallace 31 T. Fay 18 B. Turner













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



10 G. Bell 16 B. Anderson (vc) 7 B. Lowenthal













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



25 B. Earle 2 H. Okey 23 T. Clarke









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 5 J. Hiskins 22 F. Nash
HALF-FORWARD 32 L. Webster

3 D. Reynolds 4 C. Hearn 19 L. Griggs 14 W. Milne











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



1 K. Forbes (c) 20 H. Torney 26 T. Freyer













BACK



Essendon Coach: Charlie May