1934 VFL Season Round 16: Essendon v Richmond
This is the match report for the match played on 1 September 1934 between Essendon and Richmond during round sixteen of the 1934 season of the Victorian Football League.
Essendon hosted Richmond at Windy Hill.
In the absence of Keith Forbes, Len Webster captained the hosts with, in the absence of Bruce Anderson, Howard Okey as vice-captain.
Allan Geddes captained the visitors.
The hosts were coached by Charlie May and the visitors were coached by Perce Bentley.
Essendon (13.12.90) were defeated by Richmond (15.23.113).
Match Details
Season:
1934 VFL Season
Round:
Round 16
Teams:
Essendon
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Richmond
Date:
Saturday 1 September 1934
Time:
2:45 PM
Venue:
Windy Hill
Attendance:
10,000
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Essendon | 2 | . | 3 | 9 | . | 5 | 10 | . | 7 | 13 | . | 12 | 13 | . | 12 | (90) |
| Richmond | 4 | . | 2 | 7 | . | 9 | 12 | . | 20 | 15 | . | 23 | 15 | . | 23 | (113) |
| Margin | RICH by 11 | ESSE by 8 | RICH by 25 | RICH by 23 | RICH by 23 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Essendon
Captain: Len Webster (acting)Vice-Captain: Howard Okey (acting)
Coach: Charlie May
Richmond
Captain: Allan GeddesCoach: Perce Bentley
Brownlow Votes
| Player | Team | # | Votes |
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| Dick Reynolds | ESSE | 3 | 3 |
| Gordon Strang | RICH | 23 | 2 |
| Eric Zschech | RICH | 25 | 1 |
Player Statistics
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| 9 | Bawden, Tom | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 10 | Bell, George | BPL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 27 | Bloomer, Steve | BPR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 23 | Clarke, Tom | WR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 11 | Crawford, Col | CHF | ? | 1 | ? |
| 25 | Earle, Bill | WL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 31 | Fay, Ted | FB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 26 | Freyer, Ted | FPR | ? | 8 | ? |
| 19 | Griggs, Les | HFFL | ? | 0 | ? |
| 13 | Gyles, Harry | FPL | ? | 1 | ? |
| 4 | Hearn, Clarrie | FF | ? | 1 | ? |
| 7 | Lowenthal, Bill | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 6 | O'Brien, Jock | SUB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 2 | Okey, Howard (avc) | C | ? | 0 | ? |
| 24 | Pattinson, George | HFFR | ? | 0 | ? |
| 3 | Reynolds, Dick | RO | ? | 2 | ? |
| 21 | Rippon, Ted | CHB | ? | 0 | ? |
| 20 | Torney, Hugh | RU | ? | 0 | ? |
| 32 | Webster, Len (ac) | RU | ? | 0 | ? |
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| Total (19 players) | 13 | 12 | |||
Richmond
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| 2 | Baxter, Dave | ? | ? | 3 | ? |
| 9 | Bolger, Martin | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 17 | Dyer, Jack | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 7 | Edmonds, Horrie | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 11 | Foster, Bert | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 8 | Geddes, Allan (c) | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 20 | Harris, Dick | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 33 | Heifner, Fred | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 32 | Jordon, Clarrie | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 6 | Judkins, Stan | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 9 | McCormack, Basil | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 13 | Murdoch, Joe | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 18 | O'Halloran, Tom | ? | ? | 1 | ? |
| 16 | O'Neill, Kevin | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 4 | Sheahan, Maurie | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 28 | Strang, Doug | ? | ? | 2 | ? |
| 23 | Strang, Gordon | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| 12 | Titus, Jack | ? | ? | 3 | ? |
| 25 | Zschech, Eric | ? | ? | 0 | ? |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (19 players) | 15 | 23 | |||
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 50sPlayer Line-Up
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| 26 | T. Freyer | 4 | C. Hearn | 13 | H. Gyles | 32 | L. Webster (ac) |
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| 24 | G. Pattinson | 11 | C. Crawford | 19 | L. Griggs |
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| 23 | T. Clarke | 2 | H. Okey (avc) | 25 | B. Earle | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | ||||||||
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| 7 | B. Lowenthal | 21 | T. Rippon | 9 | T. Bawden |
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| 27 | S. Bloomer | 31 | T. Fay | 10 | G. Bell |
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