1934 VFL Round 18: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 15 September 1934 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round 18 of the 1934 VFL season. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Keith Forbes captained the hosts with Bruce Anderson as vice-captain. Fred Davies captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie May and the visitors were coached by Len Wigraft.

Essendon
Back: G. Bell, T. Fay, T. Bawden
Half-back: L. Wallace, J. Hiskins, B. Turner
Centre: T. Clarke, D. Reynolds, B. Earle
Half-forward: C. Crawford, G. Pattinson, L. Griggs
Forward: H. Gyles, C. Hearn, T. Freyer
Follower: B. Anderson (vice-capt.), L. Webster, K. Forbes (capt.)
Sub.: T. Rippon

Fitzroy
F. Davies (capt.), H. Bunton, A. Callick, C. Cameron, J. Cordner, F. Curcio, H. Dawson, F. Donnellan, N. Fisher, I. Fleming, W. Gray, M. Hearn, D. Nicholls, L. Pye, M. Sharp, W. Smallhorn, J. Steigenberger, A. Thompson, T. Williams

Essendon (14.11.95) defeated Fitzroy (12.4.76).

Goalkickers
Essendon: K. Forbes (3), C. Crawford (2), H. Gyles (2), C. Hearn (2), L. Webster (2), T. Bawden, T. Freyer, J. Hiskins
Fitzroy: H. Bunton (5), C. Cameron (3), T. Williams (2), M. Hearn, L. Pye

As a result of this match, Essendon remained 10th on the ladder and Fitzroy remained 8th on the ladder by the end of the round.

Match Details

Season: 1934 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 15 September 1934
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 5,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Fitzroy
Score: 14.11.95 - 12.4.76

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 6 . 2 8 . 7 11 . 9 14 . 11 14 . 11 (95)
Fitzroy 1 . 0 6 . 3 8 . 3 12 . 4 12 . 4 (76)
Margin ESSE by 32 ESSE by 16 ESSE by 24 ESSE by 19 ESSE by 19
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Charlie May (Essendon), Len Wigraft (Fitzroy)
Captains: Keith Forbes (Essendon), Fred Davies (Fitzroy)
Vice-Captains: Bruce Anderson (Essendon), unknown (Fitzroy)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: B. Blackburn

Brownlow Votes

Player Team # Votes
Bruce Anderson ESSE 16 3
Horrie Dawson FITZ 30 2
Wilfred Smallhorn FITZ 21 1

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
16 Anderson, Bruce (vc) RU ? 0 ?
9 Bawden, Tom BPR ? 1 ?
10 Bell, George BPL ? 0 ?
23 Clarke, Tom WL ? 0 ?
11 Crawford, Col HFFL ? 2 ?
25 Earle, Bill WR ? 0 ?
31 Fay, Ted FB ? 0 ?
1 Forbes, Keith (c) RO ? 3 ?
26 Freyer, Ted FPR ? 1 ?
19 Griggs, Les HFFR ? 0 ?
13 Gyles, Harry FPL ? 2 ?
4 Hearn, Clarrie FF ? 2 ?
5 Hiskins, Jack CHB ? 1 ?
24 Pattinson, George CHF ? 0 ?
3 Reynolds, Dick C ? 0 ?
21 Rippon, Ted SUB ? 0 ?
18 Turner, Bill HBFR ? 0 ?
17 Wallace, Len HBFL ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len RU ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 14 11

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
7 Bunton, Haydn ? ? 5 ?
31 Callick, Alf ? ? 0 ?
20 Cameron, Charlie ? ? 3 ?
2 Cordner, Jock ? ? 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 ? ? 0 ?
22 Gray, Wally ? ? 0 ?
33 Hearn, Maurie ? ? 1 ?
9 Nicholls, Doug ? ? 0 ?
19 Pye, Len ? ? 1 ?
27 Sharp, Mickey ? ? 0 ?
21 Smallhorn, Wilfred ? ? 0 ?
4 Steigenberger, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Thompson, Allan ? ? 0 ?
14 Williams, Tommy ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (19 players) 12 4

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

Essendon Coach: Charlie May
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






16 B. Anderson (vc) 21 T. Rippon
26 T. Freyer 4 C. Hearn 13 H. Gyles 32 L. Webster

FORWARD 1 K. Forbes (c)

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19 L. Griggs 24 G. Pattinson 11 C. Crawford



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













25 B. Earle 3 D. Reynolds 23 T. Clarke FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



HALF-FORWARD













18 B. Turner 5 J. Hiskins 17 L. Wallace



HALF-BACK



FORWARD













9 T. Bawden 31 T. Fay 10 G. Bell



BACK



Fitzroy Coach: Len Wigraft