1934 VFL Season Round 8: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 30 June 1934 between Richmond and Footscray during round eight of the 1934 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at Punt Road Oval. Perce Bentley captained the hosts. Alby Morrison captained the visitors with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Perce Bentley and the visitors were coached by Alby Morrison.

Richmond (9.10.64) defeated Footscray (6.12.48).

Match Details

Season: 1934 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 30 June 1934
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Footscray
Score: 9.10.64 - 6.12.48

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 4 3 . 6 5 . 9 9 . 10 9 . 10 (64)
Footscray 1 . 0 2 . 9 4 . 10 6 . 12 6 . 12 (48)
Margin RICH by 16 RICH by 3 RICH by 5 RICH by 16 RICH by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Perce Bentley
Coach: Perce Bentley

Footscray

Captain: Alby Morrison
Vice-Captain: Allan Hopkins
Coach: Alby Morrison (caretaker)

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

W. Glasson

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Gordon Strang RICH 23 3
Allan Hopkins FOOT 8 2
Martin Bolger RICH 9 1

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Baxter, Dave ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Garvie, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Geddes, Allan ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 2 ?
33 Heifner, Fred ? ? 1 ?
32 Jordon, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
6 Judkins, Stan ? ? 0 ?
27 Martin, Ray ? ? 1 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
30 Saunders, Richie ? ? 0 ?
23 Strang, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 4 ?
25 Zschech, Eric ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 9 10

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
5 Bennett, George ? ? 0 ?
9 Bogie, Les ? ? 0 ?
16 Dayman, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Hopkins, Allan (vc) ? ? 0 ?
1 Jackson, Percy ? ? 0 ?
29 Kelly, Wally ? ? 0 ?
20 Leahy, Billy ? ? 0 ?
15 McKay, Roy ? ? 0 ?
7 Morrison, Alby (c) ? ? 3 ?
13 O'Brien, Bernie ? ? 2 ?
12 O'Brien, Wally ? ? 0 ?
2 O'Leary, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
18 Pollard, Dick ? ? 0 ?
21 Rodwell, Roy ? ? 0 ?
27 Spargo, Bob ? ? 0 ?
14 Spurling, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
4 Ware, Norm ? ? 0 ?
10 Waye, Tom ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 6 12

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