1934 VFL Season Round 10: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 14 July 1934 between Essendon and Melbourne during round ten of the 1934 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Keith Forbes captained the hosts with Bruce Anderson as vice-captain. Colin Niven captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie May and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Essendon (6.15.51) were defeated by Melbourne (8.12.60).

Match Details

Season: 1934 VFL Season
Round: Round 10
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 14 July 1934
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 9,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 6.15.51 - 8.12.60

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 1 . 5 2 . 9 4 . 11 6 . 15 6 . 15 (51)
Melbourne 3 . 4 5 . 4 7 . 9 8 . 12 8 . 12 (60)
Margin MELB by 11 MELB by 13 MELB by 16 MELB by 9 MELB by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

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

Melbourne

Captain: Colin Niven
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Boyd

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Gordon Ogden MELB 32 3
Dick Reynolds ESSE 3 2
Colin Niven MELB 1 1

Player Statistics

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) RO ? 2 ?
26 Freyer, Ted FPR ? 3 ?
19 Griggs, Les HFFR ? 0 ?
13 Gyles, Harry SUB ? 0 ?
4 Hearn, Clarrie CHF ? 0 ?
5 Hiskins, Jack BPL ? 0 ?
7 Lowenthal, Bill HBFR ? 0 ?
10 Luff, Bill FF ? 0 ?
14 Milne, Wally FPL ? 0 ?
2 Okey, Howard C ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick HFFL ? 0 ?
20 Torney, Hugh RU ? 0 ?
18 Turner, Bill BPR ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len RU ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 6 15

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 0 ?
10 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 0 ?
18 Hooper, Don ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
2 Kinnear, Joe ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan ? ? 3 ?
22 Libbis, Billy ? ? 0 ?
3 Margitich, George ? ? 2 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 2 ?
1 Niven, Colin (c) ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
15 Pemberton, Edwin ? ? 0 ?
6 Roberts, Archie ? ? 0 ?
26 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Bert ? ? 1 ?
23 Vine, Frank ? ? 0 ?
29 Young, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 8 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

Player Line-Up

Essendon Coach: Charlie May
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






20 H. Torney 13 H. Gyles
26 T. Freyer 10 B. Luff 14 W. Milne 32 L. Webster

FORWARD 1 K. Forbes (c)

HALF-BACK













19 L. Griggs 4 C. Hearn 3 D. Reynolds



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













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



HALF-FORWARD













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



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













18 B. Turner 31 T. Fay 5 J. Hiskins



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Frank Hughes