1934 VFL Round 13: Hawthorn v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 1934 between Hawthorn and Melbourne during round 13 of the 1934 VFL season. Hawthorn hosted Melbourne at Glenferrie Oval. Bert Mills captained the hosts with Wally Williamson as vice-captain. Colin Niven captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bill Twomey and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Hawthorn
Back: L. Murphy, B. Hyde, E. Loveless
Half-back: C. Lonsdale, W. Williamson (vice-capt.), A. Fuller
Centre: S. Spinks, I. McAlpine, V. Randall
Half-forward: L. Cameron, G. Dower, J. McAuliffe
Forward: T. Pool, J. Green, W. Ware
Follower: B. Mills (capt.), S. Stewart, M. Drury
Sub.: B. Chandler

Melbourne
C. Niven (capt.), P. Beames, J. Bennett, R. Fischer, E. Glass, D. Hooper, L. Jones, F. Kelly, A. La Fontaine, B. Libbis, H. Long, C. Longhurst, G. Margitich, R. Niven, G. Ogden, A. Roberts, L. Smith, B. Taylor, J. Young

Hawthorn (11.7.73) were defeated by Melbourne (10.16.76).

Goalkickers
Hawthorn: J. Green (6), B. Mills (2), W. Ware (2), M. Drury
Melbourne: A. La Fontaine (4), E. Glass (2), L. Jones, G. Margitich, C. Niven, B. Taylor

As a result of this match, Hawthorn remained 11th on the ladder and Melbourne were then 6th on the ladder (up from 7th) by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1934 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Hawthorn v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 August 1934
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 6,000

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by Melbourne
Score: 11.7.73 - 10.16.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 3 . 0 4 . 2 6 . 4 11 . 7 11 . 7 (73)
Melbourne 3 . 6 3 . 6 7 . 13 10 . 16 10 . 16 (76)
Margin MELB by 6 HWTH by 2 MELB by 15 MELB by 3 MELB by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bill Twomey (Hawthorn), Frank Hughes (Melbourne)
Captains: Bert Mills (Hawthorn), Colin Niven (Melbourne)
Vice-Captains: Wally Williamson (Hawthorn), unknown (Melbourne)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. McMurray

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Don Hooper MELB 18 3
Leo Murphy HWTH 16 2
Ernie Loveless HWTH 17 1

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
22 Cameron, Lachlan HFFL ? 0 ?
5 Chandler, Bert SUB↑ ? 0 ?
25 Dower, George CHF↓ ? 0 ?
11 Drury, Mal RO ? 1 ?
22 Fuller, Alan HBFR ? 0 ?
6 Green, Jack FF ? 6 ?
20 Hyde, Bert FB ? 0 ?
4 Lonsdale, Clarrie HBFL ? 0 ?
17 Loveless, Ernie BPR ? 0 ?
32 McAlpine, Ivan C ? 0 ?
26 McAuliffe, Jerry HFFR ? 0 ?
12 Mills, Bert (c) RU ? 2 ?
16 Murphy, Leo BPL ? 0 ?
19 Pool, Ted FPL ? 0 ?
7 Randall, Viv WR ? 0 ?
8 Spinks, Stan WL ? 0 ?
9 Stewart, Stuart RU ? 0 ?
31 Ware, Walter FPR ? 2 ?
1 Williamson, Wally (vc) CHB ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 11 7

B. Chandler replaced G. Dower during the fourth quarter.

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 0 ?
10 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 2 ?
18 Hooper, Don ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 1 ?
25 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan ? ? 4 ?
22 Libbis, Billy ? ? 0 ?
20 Long, Harry ? ? 0 ?
9 Longhurst, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
3 Margitich, George ? ? 1 ?
1 Niven, Colin (c) ? ? 1 ?
33 Niven, Ray ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
6 Roberts, Archie ? ? 0 ?
26 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Bert ? ? 1 ?
29 Young, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 10 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

Hawthorn Coach: Bill Twomey
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






12 B. Mills (c) 5 B. Chandler
31 W. Ware 6 J. Green 19 T. Pool 9 S. Stewart

FORWARD 11 M. Drury

HALF-BACK













26 J. McAuliffe 25 G. Dower 22 L. Cameron



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













7 V. Randall 32 I. McAlpine 8 S. Spinks FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













22 A. Fuller 1 W. Williamson (vc) 4 C. Lonsdale



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













17 E. Loveless 20 B. Hyde 16 L. Murphy



BACK



Melbourne Coach: Frank Hughes