1934 VFL Season Round 17: St Kilda v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 8 September 1934 between St Kilda and Melbourne during round seventeen of the 1934 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Melbourne at Junction Oval. Colin Watson captained the hosts. Colin Niven captained the visitors with Harry Long as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Colin Watson and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

St Kilda (13.12.90) defeated Melbourne (12.16.88).

Match Details

Season: 1934 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: St Kilda v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 8 September 1934
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 8,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. Melbourne
Score: 13.12.90 - 12.16.88

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 3 . 3 8 . 7 10 . 8 13 . 12 13 . 12 (90)
Melbourne 2 . 8 6 . 9 10 . 15 12 . 16 12 . 16 (88)
Margin STKL by 1 STKL by 10 MELB by 7 STKL by 2 STKL by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: Colin Watson
Coach: Colin Watson

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Boyd

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Allan La Fontaine MELB 17 3
William Roberts STKL 21 2
Ern Penny STKL 3 1

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
9 Comte, Harry ? ? 1 ?
26 Davis, Jack ? ? 0 ?
36 Fisher, Ron ? ? 1 ?
8 Gainger, Harold ? ? 1 ?
15 George, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Hartnett, Pat ? ? 1 ?
5 Hender, Allan ? ? 1 ?
24 Hindson, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
29 Hughson, Les ? ? 0 ?
20 Lloyd, Stan ? ? 0 ?
7 Mackie, Ken ? ? 1 ?
27 McCoy, Jack ? ? 0 ?
2 McInnes, Geoff ? ? 1 ?
3 Penny, Ern ? ? 3 ?
16 Perkins, Jack ? ? 2 ?
17 Rayment, Doug ? ? 0 ?
28 Roberts, Frank ? ? 1 ?
21 Roberts, William ? ? 0 ?
1 Watson, Colin (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 13 12

Melbourne

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