1934 VFL Season Round 15: Fitzroy v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 25 August 1934 between Fitzroy and Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1934 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. Fred Davies captained the hosts. Colin Niven captained the visitors with Harry Long as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Len Wigraft and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Fitzroy (20.19.139) defeated Melbourne (16.10.106).

Match Details

Season: 1934 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Fitzroy v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 25 August 1934
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 9,500

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. Melbourne
Score: 20.19.139 - 16.10.106

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 8 . 8 9 . 10 15 . 17 20 . 19 20 . 19 (139)
Melbourne 4 . 1 7 . 7 12 . 7 16 . 10 16 . 10 (106)
Margin FITZ by 31 FITZ by 15 FITZ by 28 FITZ by 33 FITZ by 33
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: Fred Davies
Coach: Len Wigraft (caretaker)

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. Batt

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Horrie Dawson FITZ 30 3
Les Jones MELB 13 2
Len Pye FITZ 19 1

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Benham, Colin ? ? 0 ?
7 Bunton, Haydn ? ? 3 ?
31 Callick, Alf ? ? 0 ?
18 Curcio, Frank ? ? 0 ?
10 Davies, Fred (c) ? ? 0 ?
30 Dawson, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
32 Donnellan, Frank ? ? 0 ?
25 Fisher, Noel ? ? 0 ?
26 Fleming, Ian ? ? 3 ?
22 Gray, Wally ? ? 0 ?
33 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 2 ?
19 Pye, Len ? ? 6 ?
20 Sexton, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 3 ?
17 Shenfield, Bill ? ? 0 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 0 ?
34 Thompson, Allan ? ? 3 ?
8 Turner, Clete ? ? 0 ?
5 Watt, Les ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 20 19

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Beames, Percy ? ? 2 ?
10 Bennett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Fischer, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
16 Glass, Eric ? ? 2 ?
18 Hooper, Don ? ? 0 ?
13 Jones, Les ? ? 0 ?
25 Kelly, Frank ? ? 0 ?
17 La Fontaine, Allan ? ? 3 ?
22 Libbis, Billy ? ? 1 ?
20 Long, Harry (vc) ? ? 0 ?
9 Longhurst, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
3 Margitich, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Mueller, Jack ? ? 5 ?
1 Niven, Colin (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Niven, Ray ? ? 2 ?
31 Power, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Roberts, Archie ? ? 0 ?
26 Smith, Len ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Bert ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 16 10

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