1934 VFL Season Round 12: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 28 July 1934 between Melbourne and Richmond during round twelve of the 1934 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Colin Niven captained the hosts. Perce Bentley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.

Melbourne (13.23.101) defeated Richmond (14.11.95).

Match Details

Season: 1934 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 28 July 1934
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 13,805

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 13.23.101 - 14.11.95

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 6 3 . 11 6 . 21 13 . 23 13 . 23 (101)
Richmond 3 . 3 7 . 9 12 . 10 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Margin RICH by 3 RICH by 22 RICH by 25 MELB by 6 MELB by 6
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Colin Niven
Coach: Frank Hughes

Richmond

Captain: Perce Bentley
Coach: Perce Bentley

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Smith

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Allan La Fontaine MELB 17 3
Dick Harris RICH 20 2
Rowley Fischer MELB 8 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

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

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Baxter, Dave ? ? 1 ?
1 Bentley, Perce (c) ? ? 4 ?
9 Bolger, Martin ? ? 0 ?
17 Dyer, Jack ? ? 1 ?
7 Edmonds, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
11 Foster, Bert ? ? 0 ?
8 Geddes, Allan ? ? 0 ?
20 Harris, Dick ? ? 3 ?
33 Heifner, Fred ? ? 0 ?
32 Jordon, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
6 Judkins, Stan ? ? 0 ?
27 Martin, Ray ? ? 0 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 0 ?
16 O'Neill, Kevin ? ? 0 ?
4 Sheahan, Maurie ? ? 0 ?
26 Stenhouse, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Strang, Gordon ? ? 2 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 3 ?
25 Zschech, Eric ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 11

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