1934 VFL season
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Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1934.
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[edit] Premiership season
In 1934, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th man. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances.
Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 18 rounds; matches 12 to 18 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 7.
Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1934 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the "Page-McIntyre system".
[edit] Round 1
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Geelong | 16.13 (109) | St Kilda | 11.7 (73) | Corio Oval | 15,000 | 5 May 1934 |
| Fitzroy | 11.16 (82) | North Melbourne | 10.11 (71) | Brunswick Street Oval | 21,000 | 5 May 1934 |
| Essendon | 19.11 (125) | Footscray | 16.18 (114) | Windy Hill | 21,000 | 5 May 1934 |
| Richmond | 18.14 (122) | Melbourne | 12.9 (81) | Punt Road Oval | 17,000 | 5 May 1934 |
| South Melbourne | 19.13 (127) | Collingwood | 13.14 (92) | Lake Oval | 38,000 | 5 May 1934 |
| Hawthorn | 12.8 (80) | Carlton | 17.26 (128) | Glenferrie Oval | 17,000 | 5 May 1934 |
[edit] Round 2
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Collingwood | 17.12 (114) | Essendon | 13.8 (86) | Victoria Park | 17,500 | 12 May 1934 |
| Carlton | 17.20 (122) | South Melbourne | 17.17 (119) | Princes Park | 45,000 | 12 May 1934 |
| St Kilda | 12.11 (83) | Richmond | 13.9 (87) | Junction Oval | 24,000 | 12 May 1934 |
| Melbourne | 20.13 (133) | Hawthorn | 6.8 (44) | MCG | 9,842 | 12 May 1934 |
| North Melbourne | 10.10 (70) | Geelong | 10.17 (77) | Arden Street Oval | 14,000 | 12 May 1934 |
| Footscray | 14.12 (96) | Fitzroy | 9.18 (72) | Western Oval | 16,000 | 12 May 1934 |
[edit] Round 3
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Geelong | 12.14 (86) | Melbourne | 6.11 (47) | Corio Oval | 13,000 | 19 May 1934 |
| Fitzroy | 11.14 (80) | St Kilda | 13.15 (93) | Brunswick Street Oval | 19,000 | 19 May 1934 |
| North Melbourne | 8.14 (62) | Footscray | 10.17 (77) | Arden Street Oval | 17,000 | 19 May 1934 |
| South Melbourne | 23.10 (148) | Essendon | 15.16 (106) | Lake Oval | 20,000 | 19 May 1934 |
| Hawthorn | 9.8 (62) | Collingwood | 19.15 (129) | Glenferrie Oval | 8,000 | 19 May 1934 |
| Richmond | 14.20 (104) | Carlton | 9.13 (67) | Punt Road Oval | 37,000 | 19 May 1934 |
[edit] Round 4
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Footscray | 12.12 (84) | South Melbourne | 17.18 (120) | Western Oval | 21,000 | 26 May 1934 |
| Essendon | 15.13 (103) | Hawthorn | 13.11 (89) | Windy Hill | 10,000 | 26 May 1934 |
| Collingwood | 13.13 (91) | Richmond | 9.9 (63) | Victoria Park | 26,000 | 26 May 1934 |
| Carlton | 15.14 (104) | Geelong | 14.10 (94) | Princes Park | 30,000 | 26 May 1934 |
| St Kilda | 14.18 (102) | North Melbourne | 10.20 (80) | Junction Oval | 18,000 | 26 May 1934 |
| Melbourne | 9.11 (65) | Fitzroy | 8.11 (59) | MCG | 15,864 | 26 May 1934 |
[edit] Round 5
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Hawthorn | 13.14 (92) | South Melbourne | 22.12 (144) | Glenferrie Oval | 12,000 | 2 June 1934 |
| St Kilda | 22.23 (155) | Footscray | 11.18 (84) | Junction Oval | 25,000 | 2 June 1934 |
| Fitzroy | 15.12 (102) | Carlton | 12.15 (87) | Brunswick Street Oval | 26,500 | 2 June 1934 |
| North Melbourne | 17.14 (116) | Melbourne | 15.28 (118) | Arden Street Oval | 17,000 | 4 June 1934 |
| Richmond | 15.12 (102) | Essendon | 12.8 (80) | Punt Road Oval | 24,500 | 4 June 1934 |
| Geelong | 16.13 (109) | Collingwood | 16.13 (109) | Corio Oval | 21,500 | 4 June 1934 |
[edit] Round 6
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Melbourne | 14.17 (101) | St Kilda | 20.14 (134) | MCG | 18,102 | 9 June 1934 |
| Essendon | 14.11 (95) | Geelong | 11.16 (82) | Windy Hill | 15,000 | 9 June 1934 |
| Collingwood | 16.15 (111) | Fitzroy | 13.18 (96) | Victoria Park | 22,000 | 9 June 1934 |
| Carlton | 20.25 (145) | North Melbourne | 12.11 (83) | Princes Park | 15,000 | 9 June 1934 |
| South Melbourne | 9.10 (64) | Richmond | 16.12 (108) | Lake Oval | 32,000 | 9 June 1934 |
| Hawthorn | 11.11 (77) | Footscray | 10.11 (71) | Glenferrie Oval | 8,000 | 9 June 1934 |
[edit] Round 7
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Geelong | 15.16 (106) | South Melbourne | 11.11 (77) | Corio Oval | 14,200 | 23 June 1934 |
| Footscray | 6.8 (44) | Melbourne | 13.13 (91) | Western Oval | 11,000 | 23 June 1934 |
| Richmond | 16.14 (110) | Hawthorn | 11.15 (81) | Punt Road Oval | 10,000 | 23 June 1934 |
| Fitzroy | 15.12 (102) | Essendon | 14.13 (97) | Brunswick Street Oval | 19,000 | 23 June 1934 |
| North Melbourne | 12.14 (86) | Collingwood | 16.16 (112) | Arden Street Oval | 11,000 | 23 June 1934 |
| St Kilda | 16.12 (108) | Carlton | 24.22 (166) | Junction Oval | 33,000 | 23 June 1934 |
[edit] Round 8
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Essendon | 29.16 (190) | North Melbourne | 15.13 (103) | Windy Hill | 12,000 | 30 June 1934 |
| Collingwood | 12.12 (84) | St Kilda | 10.15 (75) | Victoria Park | 15,000 | 30 June 1934 |
| Carlton | 19.20 (134) | Melbourne | 11.19 (85) | Princes Park | 20,000 | 30 June 1934 |
| Hawthorn | 11.12 (78) | Geelong | 17.17 (119) | Glenferrie Oval | 6,000 | 30 June 1934 |
| Richmond | 9.10 (64) | Footscray | 6.12 (48) | Punt Road Oval | 14,000 | 30 June 1934 |
| South Melbourne | 13.19 (97) | Fitzroy | 13.10 (88) | Lake Oval | 27,000 | 30 June 1934 |
[edit] Round 9
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| North Melbourne | 7.4 (46) | South Melbourne | 20.18 (138) | Arden Street Oval | 11,000 | 7 July 1934 |
| Geelong | 7.13 (55) | Richmond | 4.9 (33) | Corio Oval | 16,500 | 7 July 1934 |
| Fitzroy | 13.21 (99) | Hawthorn | 11.13 (79) | Brunswick Street Oval | 9,000 | 7 July 1934 |
| St Kilda | 11.8 (74) | Essendon | 7.16 (58) | Junction Oval | 20,000 | 7 July 1934 |
| Melbourne | 8.15 (63) | Collingwood | 8.17 (65) | MCG | 13,807 | 7 July 1934 |
| Footscray | 12.11 (83) | Carlton | 15.17 (107) | Western Oval | 12,500 | 7 July 1934 |
[edit] Round 10
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Hawthorn | 6.17 (53) | North Melbourne | 6.12 (48) | Glenferrie Oval | 6,000 | 14 July 1934 |
| Essendon | 6.15 (51) | Melbourne | 8.12 (60) | Windy Hill | 9,000 | 14 July 1934 |
| South Melbourne | 15.20 (110) | St Kilda | 7.4 (46) | Lake Oval | 24,000 | 14 July 1934 |
| Geelong | 13.15 (93) | Footscray | 9.10 (64) | Corio Oval | 11,000 | 14 July 1934 |
| Richmond | 10.16 (76) | Fitzroy | 9.9 (63) | Punt Road Oval | 17,500 | 14 July 1934 |
| Collingwood | 13.17 (95) | Carlton | 10.5 (65) | Victoria Park | 25,000 | 14 July 1934 |
[edit] Round 11
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| North Melbourne | 11.12 (78) | Richmond | 15.9 (99) | Arden Street Oval | 6,000 | 21 July 1934 |
| Melbourne | 14.15 (99) | South Melbourne | 22.23 (155) | MCG | 21,785 | 21 July 1934 |
| Fitzroy | 10.11 (71) | Geelong | 14.18 (102) | Brunswick Street Oval | 15,000 | 21 July 1934 |
| Carlton | 22.16 (148) | Essendon | 16.13 (109) | Princes Park | 23,000 | 21 July 1934 |
| St Kilda | 13.10 (88) | Hawthorn | 10.12 (72) | Junction Oval | 10,000 | 21 July 1934 |
| Footscray | 14.11 (95) | Collingwood | 16.9 (105) | Western Oval | 12,500 | 21 July 1934 |
[edit] Round 12
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Melbourne | 13.23 (101) | Richmond | 14.11 (95) | MCG | 13,805 | 28 July 1934 |
| Collingwood | 13.19 (97) | South Melbourne | 21.19 (145) | Victoria Park | 28,000 | 28 July 1934 |
| Carlton | 22.13 (145) | Hawthorn | 10.6 (66) | Princes Park | 12,000 | 28 July 1934 |
| St Kilda | 13.6 (84) | Geelong | 16.18 (114) | Junction Oval | 17,000 | 28 July 1934 |
| North Melbourne | 15.8 (98) | Fitzroy | 21.16 (142) | Arden Street Oval | 10,000 | 28 July 1934 |
| Footscray | 15.9 (99) | Essendon | 8.9 (57) | Western Oval | 13,000 | 28 July 1934 |
[edit] Round 13
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Richmond | 7.25 (67) | St Kilda | 5.8 (38) | Punt Road Oval | 16,000 | 4 August 1934 |
| Hawthorn | 11.7 (73) | Melbourne | 10.16 (76) | Glenferrie Oval | 6,000 | 4 August 1934 |
| Geelong | 18.15 (123) | North Melbourne | 5.12 (42) | Corio Oval | 7,000 | 4 August 1934 |
| Fitzroy | 10.18 (78) | Footscray | 10.12 (72) | Brunswick Street Oval | 14,000 | 4 August 1934 |
| Essendon | 15.12 (102) | Collingwood | 22.18 (150) | Windy Hill | 11,000 | 4 August 1934 |
| South Melbourne | 23.13 (151) | Carlton | 17.8 (110) | Lake Oval | 30,000 | 4 August 1934 |
[edit] Round 14
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Footscray | 10.18 (78) | North Melbourne | 6.14 (50) | Western Oval | 5,000 | 18 August 1934 |
| Essendon | 9.17 (71) | South Melbourne | 22.14 (146) | Windy Hill | 15,000 | 18 August 1934 |
| Collingwood | 23.22 (160) | Hawthorn | 10.13 (73) | Victoria Park | 5,000 | 18 August 1934 |
| Carlton | 14.12 (96) | Richmond | 16.13 (109) | Princes Park | 30,000 | 18 August 1934 |
| Melbourne | 13.10 (88) | Geelong | 21.15 (141) | MCG | 12,163 | 18 August 1934 |
| St Kilda | 13.11 (89) | Fitzroy | 10.10 (70) | Junction Oval | 10,000 | 18 August 1934 |
[edit] Round 15
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| North Melbourne | 11.13 (79) | St Kilda | 12.12 (84) | Arden Street Oval | 5,000 | 25 August 1934 |
| Fitzroy | 20.19 (139) | Melbourne | 16.10 (106) | Brunswick Street Oval | 9,500 | 25 August 1934 |
| South Melbourne | 23.18 (156) | Footscray | 9.16 (70) | Lake Oval | 17,420 | 25 August 1934 |
| Hawthorn | 11.15 (81) | Essendon | 11.13 (79) | Glenferrie Oval | 5,000 | 25 August 1934 |
| Richmond | 12.14 (86) | Collingwood | 11.9 (75) | Punt Road Oval | 26,500 | 25 August 1934 |
| Geelong | 13.17 (95) | Carlton | 10.10 (70) | Corio Oval | 18,500 | 25 August 1934 |
[edit] Round 16
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Melbourne | 11.24 (90) | North Melbourne | 7.15 (57) | MCG | 5,011 | 1 September 1934 |
| Footscray | 13.20 (98) | St Kilda | 10.17 (77) | Western Oval | 5,500 | 1 September 1934 |
| Essendon | 13.12 (90) | Richmond | 15.23 (113) | Windy Hill | 10,000 | 1 September 1934 |
| Collingwood | 16.16 (112) | Geelong | 16.21 (117) | Victoria Park | 18,000 | 1 September 1934 |
| Carlton | 18.12 (120) | Fitzroy | 9.15 (69) | Princes Park | 15,500 | 1 September 1934 |
| South Melbourne | 15.11 (101) | Hawthorn | 10.10 (70) | Lake Oval | 13,000 | 1 September 1934 |
[edit] Round 17
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Richmond | 14.14 (98) | South Melbourne | 13.14 (92) | Punt Road Oval | 40,000 | 8 September 1934 |
| Footscray | 14.18 (102) | Hawthorn | 12.7 (79) | Western Oval | 5,000 | 8 September 1934 |
| St Kilda | 13.12 (90) | Melbourne | 12.16 (88) | Junction Oval | 8,000 | 8 September 1934 |
| Geelong | 21.31 (157) | Essendon | 6.5 (41) | Corio Oval | 9,500 | 8 September 1934 |
| Fitzroy | 14.17 (101) | Collingwood | 16.10 (106) | Brunswick Street Oval | 15,000 | 8 September 1934 |
| North Melbourne | 8.8 (56) | Carlton | 7.16 (58) | Arden Street Oval | 8,000 | 8 September 1934 |
[edit] Round 18
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
| Hawthorn | 7.9 (51) | Richmond | 11.16 (82) | Glenferrie Oval | 4,000 | 15 September 1934 |
| Essendon | 14.11 (95) | Fitzroy | 12.4 (76) | Windy Hill | 5,000 | 15 September 1934 |
| Collingwood | 15.18 (108) | North Melbourne | 2.8 (20) | Victoria Park | 4,000 | 15 September 1934 |
| Carlton | 16.18 (114) | St Kilda | 15.9 (99) | Princes Park | 10,000 | 15 September 1934 |
| South Melbourne | 13.19 (97) | Geelong | 8.7 (55) | Lake Oval | 17,000 | 15 September 1934 |
| Melbourne | 19.17 (131) | Footscray | 9.11 (65) | MCG | 4,232 | 15 September 1934 |
[edit] Grand Final
See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.
Richmond defeated South Melbourne 19.14 (128) to 12.17 (89), in front of a crowd of 65,335 people. (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).
[edit] Ladder
| Team | Won | Lost | Draw | For | Against | % | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richmond | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1618 | 1334 | 121.3 | 60 |
| 2 | Geelong | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1834 | 1355 | 135.4 | 58 |
| 3 | South Melbourne | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2187 | 1560 | 140.2 | 56 |
| 4 | Collingwood | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1915 | 1571 | 121.9 | 54 |
| 5 | Carlton | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1986 | 1707 | 116.3 | 48 |
| 6 | Melbourne | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1623 | 1670 | 97.2 | 36 |
| 7 | St Kilda | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1592 | 1661 | 95.8 | 36 |
| 8 | Fitzroy | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1589 | 1660 | 95.7 | 28 |
| 9 | Footscray | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1444 | 1699 | 85.0 | 24 |
| 10 | Essendon | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1635 | 1958 | 83.5 | 20 |
| 11 | Hawthorn | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1300 | 1917 | 67.8 | 12 |
| 12 | North Melbourne | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1245 | 1876 | 66.4 | 0 |
[edit] Awards
- The 1934 VFL Premiership team was Richmond.
- The VFL's leading goalkicker was Bob Pratt of South Melbourne with 150 goals.
- The Argus newspaper’s "Player of the Year", Laurie Nash of South Melbourne, was declared 1934 Champion of the Season.
- The winner of the 1934 Brownlow Medal was 19 years old Dick Reynolds of Essendon with 19 votes in his second VFL season.
- North Melbourne took the "wooden spoon" in 1934.
[edit] Notable Events
- Bob Pratt smashes Gordon Coventry's record, kicking with 150 goals in the 1934 season. He only took 13 matches to reach 100 goals.
- On 11 August, the regular South Melbourne centre half-back Laurie Nash plays at full-forward for Victoria for three quarters (the selected full-forward Bill Mohr had broken his finger in the first quarter) and kicks 18 goals in a single match against the SANFL at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. Nash had kicked two goals from centre half-forward in the first quarter prior to Mohr's injury, then kicked two more in the second quarter, before dominating the match after half-time with another 14 goals.
- In round 8, Fitzroy's ruckman Colin Benham scored his famous "in-off the small boy" goal.
- In the third quarter of the round 10 match between Carlton and Collingwood, played at Victoria Park in a heavy cross-wind, a vicious brawl breaks out involving 20 players, required police assistance to stop. Syd Coventry left the field with concussion. Only three players were reported, and only one (Carlton's Harry Maskell) was suspended. One of the match's goal umpires and both boundary umpires are suspended for the remainder of the season for "dereliction of duty" in relation to the brawl.
- North Melbourne does not win a single game in the entire season.
- It is a matter of record that Dick Reynolds won the 1934 Brownlow Medal from Haydn Bunton, Sr by a single vote. Legend has it that Bunton, who had dominated in the last match of the season, tried to "suck up to" field umpire Jack McMurray as he walked off the playing field, and that Murray, sensing a blatant and improper attempt to influence his Brownlow voting, cast his votes for three other players.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872-1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-959-17402-8
- Rogers, S. & Brown, A., Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897-1997 (Sixth Edition), Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. ISBN 0-670-90809-6
- Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897-1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0
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