1934 VFL Season Round 14: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 18 August 1934 between Melbourne and Geelong during round fourteen of the 1934 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Colin Niven captained the hosts with Harry Long as vice-captain. Reg Hickey captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Arthur Coghlan.

Melbourne (13.10.88) were defeated by Geelong (21.15.141).

Match Details

Season: 1934 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 18 August 1934
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 12,163

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Geelong
Score: 13.10.88 - 21.15.141

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 0 5 . 3 8 . 4 13 . 10 13 . 10 (88)
Geelong 10 . 7 13 . 10 16 . 11 21 . 15 21 . 15 (141)
Margin GEEL by 55 GEEL by 55 GEEL by 55 GEEL by 53 GEEL by 53
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Colin Niven
Vice-Captain: Harry Long
Coach: Frank Hughes

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Arthur Coghlan

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Blackburn

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Jack Metherell GEEL 22 3
Percy Beames MELB 24 2
Jack Carney GEEL 12 1

Player Statistics

Melbourne

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

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Carney, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Coles, Clive ? ? 0 ?
4 Collins, Jack ? ? 1 ?
20 Daily, Lou ? ? 0 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 1 ?
25 Hardiman, Les ? ? 4 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 1 ?
1 Kuhlken, Bill ? ? 0 ?
6 McDonald, Rupe ? ? 0 ?
7 McGregor, Alex ? ? 2 ?
22 Metherell, Jack ? ? 8 ?
3 Metherell, Len ? ? 1 ?
14 Moloney, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Troughton, Bob ? ? 2 ?
15 Walker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 21 15

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