1934 VFL Round 9: St Kilda v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 7 July 1934 between St Kilda and Essendon during round 9 of the 1934 VFL season. St Kilda hosted Essendon at Junction Oval. Colin Watson captained the hosts. Keith Forbes captained the visitors with Bruce Anderson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Colin Watson and the visitors were coached by Charlie May.

St Kilda
C. Watson (capt.), M. Cave, H. Comte, J. Davis, L. Evans, H. Gainger, J. George, T. Hallahan, A. Hender, C. Hindson, J. Holden, L. Hughson, S. Lloyd, G. McInnes, B. Mohr, E. Penny, J. Perkins, D. Rayment, F. Roberts

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

St Kilda (11.8.74) defeated Essendon (7.16.58).

Goalkickers
St Kilda: B. Mohr (4), H. Comte (2), E. Penny (2), A. Hender, F. Roberts, C. Watson
Essendon: T. Freyer (3), W. Milne (2), K. Forbes, L. Webster

As a result of this match, St Kilda remained 6th on the ladder and Essendon remained 7th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1934 VFL Season
Round: Round 9
Teams: St Kilda v Essendon
Date: Saturday 7 July 1934
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Essendon
Score: 11.8.74 - 7.16.58

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 0 . 1 3 . 4 6 . 6 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Essendon 2 . 4 3 . 7 6 . 12 7 . 16 7 . 16 (58)
Margin ESSE by 15 ESSE by 3 ESSE by 6 STKL by 16 STKL by 16
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Colin Watson (St Kilda), Charlie May (Essendon)
Captains: Colin Watson (St Kilda), Keith Forbes (Essendon)
Vice-Captains: unknown (St Kilda), Bruce Anderson (Essendon)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Blackburn

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
George Bell ESSE 10 3
Jack Davis STKL 26 2
Dick Reynolds ESSE 3 1

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
25 Cave, Matt ? ? 0 ?
9 Comte, Harry ? ? 2 ?
26 Davis, Jack ? ? 0 ?
40 Evans, Lou ? ? 0 ?
8 Gainger, Harold ? ? 0 ?
15 George, Jack ? ? 0 ?
31 Hallahan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
5 Hender, Allan ? ? 1 ?
24 Hindson, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
14 Holden, Jack ? ? 0 ?
29 Hughson, Les ? ? 0 ?
20 Lloyd, Stan ? ? 0 ?
2 McInnes, Geoff ? ? 0 ?
10 Mohr, Bill ? ? 4 ?
3 Penny, Ern ? ? 2 ?
16 Perkins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Rayment, Doug ? ? 0 ?
28 Roberts, Frank ? ? 1 ?
1 Watson, Colin (c) ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 8

Essendon

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

St Kilda Coach: Colin Watson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
17 L. Wallace 31 T. Fay 5 J. Hiskins













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 4 C. Hearn 35 E. Dalton
HALF-FORWARD 22 F. Nash

3 D. Reynolds 32 L. Webster 14 W. Milne 1 K. Forbes (c)











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



18 B. Turner 20 H. Torney 26 T. Freyer













BACK



Essendon Coach: Charlie May