1934 VFL Season Round 7: Footscray v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 23 June 1934 between Footscray and Melbourne during round seven of the 1934 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Melbourne at Western Oval. In the absence of Alby Morrison, vice-captain Allan Hopkins captained the hosts. Colin Niven captained the visitors with Harry Long as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Alby Morrison and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Footscray (6.8.44) were defeated by Melbourne (13.13.91).

Match Details

Season: 1934 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: Footscray v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 23 June 1934
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Melbourne
Score: 6.8.44 - 13.13.91

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 2 . 3 3 . 5 4 . 7 6 . 8 6 . 8 (44)
Melbourne 4 . 4 9 . 6 10 . 11 13 . 13 13 . 13 (91)
Margin MELB by 13 MELB by 37 MELB by 40 MELB by 47 MELB by 47
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Allan Hopkins (acting)
Coach: Alby Morrison (caretaker)

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Boyd

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Frank Kelly MELB 25 3
Percy Beames MELB 24 2
Allan Hopkins FOOT 8 1

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
32 Findlay, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Hopkins, Allan (ac) ? ? 1 ?
29 Kelly, Wally ? ? 0 ?
20 Leahy, Billy ? ? 0 ?
15 McKay, Roy ? ? 0 ?
19 Muir, Bob ? ? 0 ?
13 O'Brien, Bernie ? ? 1 ?
12 O'Brien, Wally ? ? 0 ?
28 Palmer, Ambrose ? ? 0 ?
17 Penberthy, Stan ? ? 0 ?
5 Rait, Alan ? ? 1 ?
21 Rodwell, Roy ? ? 1 ?
27 Spargo, Bob ? ? 1 ?
Sutherland, Tom ? ? 0 ?
25 Trim, Ted ? ? 0 ?
23 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm ? ? 0 ?
10 Waye, Tom ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 6 8

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 1 ?
10 Bennett, Jack ? ? 2 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 0 ?
18 Hooper, Don ? ? 0 ?
25 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan ? ? 0 ?
22 Libbis, Billy ? ? 1 ?
20 Long, Harry (vc) ? ? 0 ?
3 Margitich, George ? ? 3 ?
28 McNamara, Pat ? ? 0 ?
11 Meehl, Sid ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 5 ?
1 Niven, Colin (c) ? ? 1 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
6 Roberts, Archie ? ? 0 ?
4 Sambell, Jack ? ? 0 ?
26 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 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