1934 VFL Season Round 17: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 8 September 1934 between Geelong and Essendon during round seventeen of the 1934 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Corio Oval. Reg Hickey captained the hosts. Keith Forbes captained the visitors with Bruce Anderson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Arthur Coghlan and the visitors were coached by Charlie May.

Geelong (21.31.157) defeated Essendon (6.5.41).

Match Details

Season: 1934 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 8 September 1934
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 9,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Essendon
Score: 21.31.157 - 6.5.41

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 11 9 . 20 14 . 24 21 . 31 21 . 31 (157)
Essendon 1 . 0 1 . 2 4 . 3 6 . 5 6 . 5 (41)
Margin GEEL by 29 GEEL by 66 GEEL by 81 GEEL by 116 GEEL by 116
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Reg Hickey
Coach: Arthur Coghlan

Essendon

Captain: Keith Forbes
Vice-Captain: Bruce Anderson
Coach: Charlie May

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

D. Disher

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
George Moloney GEEL 14 3
Tom Clarke ESSE 23 2
Jack Carney GEEL 12 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
8 Arklay, Tom ? ? 0 ?
12 Carney, Jack ? ? 1 ?
20 Daily, Lou ? ? 0 ?
5 Evans, Jack ? ? 3 ?
10 Everett, Allan ? ? 3 ?
25 Hardiman, Les ? ? 2 ?
18 Hickey, Reg (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Kuhlken, Bill ? ? 0 ?
6 McDonald, Rupe ? ? 1 ?
7 McGregor, Alex ? ? 1 ?
22 Metherell, Jack ? ? 6 ?
3 Metherell, Len ? ? 0 ?
14 Moloney, George ? ? 0 ?
28 Muller, Angie ? ? 0 ?
21 Sellwood, Joe ? ? 3 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
11 Troughton, Bob ? ? 1 ?
15 Walker, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 21 31

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Anderson, Bruce (vc) CHB ? 0 ?
10 Bell, George HFFL ? 0 ?
23 Clarke, Tom WL ? 0 ?
11 Crawford, Col WR ? 0 ?
31 Fay, Ted FB ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith (c) FPL ? 1 ?
26 Freyer, Ted FPR ? 2 ?
19 Griggs, Les BPR ? 0 ?
13 Gyles, Harry SUB ? 0 ?
4 Hearn, Clarrie FF ? 1 ?
5 Hiskins, Jack HBFR ? 0 ?
22 Nash, Frank RU ? 0 ?
2 Okey, Howard C ? 0 ?
24 Pattinson, George CHF ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick RO ? 1 ?
21 Rippon, Ted HFFR ? 0 ?
18 Turner, Bill HBFL ? 0 ?
17 Wallace, Len BPL ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len RU ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 6 5

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

Geelong Coach: Arthur Coghlan
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
17 L. Wallace 31 T. Fay 19 L. Griggs













FORWARD



HALF-BACK



18 B. Turner 16 B. Anderson (vc) 5 J. Hiskins













HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



23 T. Clarke 2 H. Okey 11 C. Crawford









FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 22 F. Nash 13 H. Gyles
HALF-FORWARD 32 L. Webster

10 G. Bell 24 G. Pattinson 21 T. Rippon 3 D. Reynolds











HALF-BACK



FORWARD



1 K. Forbes (c) 4 C. Hearn 26 T. Freyer













BACK



Essendon Coach: Charlie May