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1934 VFL season#Round 1

{{Short description|38th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL)}}

{{Use Australian English|date=December 2017}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}

{{Infobox VFL season

| year = 1934

| image = Richmond VFL 1934.jpg

| imagesize = 258px

| caption = {{AFL Ric}} 1934 VFL premiership team

| date = 5 May—13 October 1934

| teams = 12

| premiers = {{AFL Ric}}

| premcount = 4

| runnersup = {{AFL SM}}

| rucount = 5

| minor premiers = {{AFL Ric}}

| mpcount = 3

| brownlowmedal = Dick Reynolds ({{AFL Ess}})

| votes = 19

| leadinggoalkicker = Bob Pratt ({{AFL SM}})

| goals = 138

| matches = 112

| attendance = 1,899,507

| highattendha = 45,000 (round 13, {{AFL Car}} v {{AFL SM}})

| highattendfinals = 65,335 (grand final, {{AFL Ric}} v {{AFL SM}})

| prevseason = {{coloured link|white|1933 VFL season|1933}}

| nextseason = {{coloured link|white|1935 VFL season|1935}}

}}

The 1934 VFL season was the 38th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs and ran from 5 May to 13 October, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top four clubs.

{{AFL Ric}} won the premiership, defeating {{AFL SM}} by 39 points in the 1934 VFL grand final; it was Richmond's fourth VFL premiership. Richmond won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 15–3 win–loss record. {{AFL Ess}}'s Dick Reynolds won the Brownlow Medal as the league's best and fairest player, and {{AFL SM}}'s Bob Pratt won his second consecutive leading goalkicker medal as the league's leading goalkicker; Pratt's 150 goals for the season (including finals) is a league record that has only been equalled once, in 1971.

Background

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.

Home-and-away season

=Round 1=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 16.13 (109)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 11.7 (73)

| Corio Oval

| 15,000

| 5 May 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 11.16 (82)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 10.11 (71)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 21,000

| 5 May 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 19.11 (125)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 16.18 (114)

| Windy Hill

| 21,000

| 5 May 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 18.14 (122)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 12.9 (81)

| Punt Road Oval

| 17,000

| 5 May 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 19.13 (127)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 13.14 (92)

| Lake Oval

| 38,000

| 5 May 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 12.8 (80)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 17.26 (128)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 17,000

| 5 May 1934

{{s-end}}

=Round 2=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 17.12 (114)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 13.8 (86)

| Victoria Park

| 17,500

| 12 May 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 17.20 (122)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 17.17 (119)

| Princes Park

| 45,000

| 12 May 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 12.11 (83)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 13.9 (87)

| Junction Oval

| 24,000

| 12 May 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 20.13 (133)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 6.8 (44)

| MCG

| 9,842

| 12 May 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 10.10 (70)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 10.17 (77)

| Arden Street Oval

| 14,000

| 12 May 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 14.12 (96)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 9.18 (72)

| Western Oval

| 16,000

| 12 May 1934

{{s-end}}

=Round 3=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 12.14 (86)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 6.11 (47)

| Corio Oval

| 13,000

| 19 May 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 11.14 (80)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 13.15 (93)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 19,000

| 19 May 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 8.14 (62)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 10.17 (77)

| Arden Street Oval

| 17,000

| 19 May 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 23.10 (148)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 15.16 (106)

| Lake Oval

| 20,000

| 19 May 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 9.8 (62)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 19.15 (129)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 8,000

| 19 May 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 14.20 (104)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 9.13 (67)

| Punt Road Oval

| 37,000

| 19 May 1934

{{s-end}}

=Round 4=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 12.12 (84)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 17.18 (120)

| Western Oval

| 21,000

| 26 May 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 15.13 (103)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 13.11 (89)

| Windy Hill

| 10,000

| 26 May 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 13.13 (91)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 9.9 (63)

| Victoria Park

| 26,000

| 26 May 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 15.14 (104)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 14.10 (94)

| Princes Park

| 30,000

| 26 May 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 14.18 (102)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 10.20 (80)

| Junction Oval

| 18,000

| 26 May 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 9.11 (65)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 8.11 (59)

| MCG

| 15,864

| 26 May 1934

{{s-end}}

=Round 5=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 13.14 (92)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 22.12 (144)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 12,000

| 2 June 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 22.23 (155)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 11.18 (84)

| Junction Oval

| 25,000

| 2 June 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 15.12 (102)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 12.15 (87)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 26,500

| 2 June 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 17.14 (116)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 15.28 (118)

| Arden Street Oval

| 17,000

| 4 June 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 15.12 (102)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 12.8 (80)

| Punt Road Oval

| 24,500

| 4 June 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 16.13 (109)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 16.13 (109)

| Corio Oval

| 21,500

| 4 June 1934

{{s-end}}

  • {{AFL Col}}'s Gordon Coventry kicked his 1,000th goal for his career in the game against {{AFL Gee}}.{{cite web | url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10943520/561262 | title=Thrilling Football | newspaper=Argus | date=5 June 1934 }}

=Round 6=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 14.17 (101)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 20.14 (134)

| MCG

| 18,102

| 9 June 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 14.11 (95)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 11.16 (82)

| Windy Hill

| 15,000

| 9 June 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 16.15 (111)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 13.18 (96)

| Victoria Park

| 22,000

| 9 June 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 20.25 (145)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 12.11 (83)

| Princes Park

| 15,000

| 9 June 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 9.10 (64)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 16.12 (108)

| Lake Oval

| 32,000

| 9 June 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 11.11 (77)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 10.11 (71)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 8,000

| 9 June 1934

{{s-end}}

=Round 7=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 15.16 (106)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 11.11 (77)

| Corio Oval

| 14,200

| 23 June 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 6.8 (44)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 13.13 (91)

| Western Oval

| 11,000

| 23 June 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 16.14 (110)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 11.15 (81)

| Punt Road Oval

| 10,000

| 23 June 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 15.12 (102)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 14.13 (97)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 19,000

| 23 June 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 12.14 (86)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 16.16 (112)

| Arden Street Oval

| 11,000

| 23 June 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 16.12 (108)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 24.22 (166)

| Junction Oval

| 33,000

| 23 June 1934

{{s-end}}

=Round 8=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 29.16 (190)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 15.13 (103)

| Windy Hill

| 12,000

| 30 June 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 12.12 (84)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 10.15 (75)

| Victoria Park

| 15,000

| 30 June 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 19.20 (134)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 11.19 (85)

| Princes Park

| 20,000

| 30 June 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 11.12 (78)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 17.17 (119)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 6,000

| 30 June 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 9.10 (64)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 6.12 (48)

| Punt Road Oval

| 14,000

| 30 June 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 13.19 (97)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 13.10 (88)

| Lake Oval

| 27,000

| 30 June 1934

{{s-end}}

=Round 9=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 7.4 (46)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 20.18 (138)

| Arden Street Oval

| 11,000

| 7 July 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 7.13 (55)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 4.9 (33)

| Corio Oval

| 16,500

| 7 July 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 13.21 (99)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 11.13 (79)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 9,000

| 7 July 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 11.8 (74)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 7.16 (58)

| Junction Oval

| 20,000

| 7 July 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 8.15 (63)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 8.17 (65)

| MCG

| 13,807

| 7 July 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 12.11 (83)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 15.17 (107)

| Western Oval

| 12,500

| 7 July 1934

{{s-end}}

=Round 10=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 6.17 (53)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 6.12 (48)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 6,000

| 14 July 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 6.15 (51)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 8.12 (60)

| Windy Hill

| 9,000

| 14 July 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 15.20 (110)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 7.4 (46)

| Lake Oval

| 24,000

| 14 July 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 13.15 (93)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 9.10 (64)

| Corio Oval

| 11,000

| 14 July 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 10.16 (76)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 9.9 (63)

| Punt Road Oval

| 17,500

| 14 July 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 13.17 (95)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 10.5 (65)

| Victoria Park

| 25,000

| 14 July 1934

{{s-end}}

=Round 11=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 11.12 (78)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 15.9 (99)

| Arden Street Oval

| 6,000

| 21 July 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 14.15 (99)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 22.23 (155)

| MCG

| 21,785

| 21 July 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 10.11 (71)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 14.18 (102)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 15,000

| 21 July 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 22.16 (148)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 16.13 (109)

| Princes Park

| 23,000

| 21 July 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 13.10 (88)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 10.12 (72)

| Junction Oval

| 10,000

| 21 July 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 14.11 (95)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 16.9 (105)

| Western Oval

| 12,500

| 21 July 1934

{{s-end}}

=Round 12=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 13.23 (101)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 14.11 (95)

| MCG

| 13,805

| 28 July 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 13.19 (97)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 21.19 (145)

| Victoria Park

| 28,000

| 28 July 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 22.13 (145)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 10.6 (66)

| Princes Park

| 12,000

| 28 July 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 13.6 (84)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 16.18 (114)

| Junction Oval

| 17,000

| 28 July 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 15.8 (98)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 21.16 (142)

| Arden Street Oval

| 10,000

| 28 July 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 15.9 (99)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 8.9 (57)

| Western Oval

| 13,000

| 28 July 1934

{{s-end}}

=Round 13=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 7.25 (67)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 5.8 (38)

| Punt Road Oval

| 16,000

| 4 August 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 11.7 (73)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 10.16 (76)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 6,000

| 4 August 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 18.15 (123)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 5.12 (42)

| Corio Oval

| 7,000

| 4 August 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 10.18 (78)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 10.12 (72)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 14,000

| 4 August 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 15.12 (102)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 22.18 (150)

| Windy Hill

| 11,000

| 4 August 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 23.13 (151)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 17.8 (110)

| Lake Oval

| 30,000

| 4 August 1934

{{s-end}}

=Round 14=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 10.18 (78)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 6.14 (50)

| Western Oval

| 5,000

| 18 August 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 9.17 (71)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 22.14 (146)

| Windy Hill

| 15,000

| 18 August 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 23.22 (160)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 10.13 (73)

| Victoria Park

| 5,000

| 18 August 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 14.12 (96)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 16.13 (109)

| Princes Park

| 30,000

| 18 August 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 13.10 (88)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 21.15 (141)

| MCG

| 12,163

| 18 August 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 13.11 (89)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 10.10 (70)

| Junction Oval

| 10,000

| 18 August 1934

{{s-end}}

=Round 15=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 11.13 (79)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 12.12 (84)

| Arden Street Oval

| 5,000

| 25 August 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 20.19 (139)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 16.10 (106)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 9,500

| 25 August 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 23.18 (156)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 9.16 (70)

| Lake Oval

| 17,420

| 25 August 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 11.15 (81)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 11.13 (79)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 5,000

| 25 August 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 12.14 (86)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 11.9 (75)

| Punt Road Oval

| 26,500

| 25 August 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 13.17 (95)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 10.10 (70)

| Corio Oval

| 18,500

| 25 August 1934

{{s-end}}

=Round 16=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 11.24 (90)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 7.15 (57)

| MCG

| 5,011

| 1 September 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 13.20 (98)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 10.17 (77)

| Western Oval

| 5,500

| 1 September 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 13.12 (90)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 15.23 (113)

| Windy Hill

| 10,000

| 1 September 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 16.16 (112)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 16.21 (117)

| Victoria Park

| 18,000

| 1 September 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 18.12 (120)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 9.15 (69)

| Princes Park

| 15,500

| 1 September 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 15.11 (101)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 10.10 (70)

| Lake Oval

| 13,000

| 1 September 1934

{{s-end}}

=Round 17=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 14.14 (98)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 13.14 (92)

| Punt Road Oval

| 40,000

| 8 September 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 14.18 (102)

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 12.7 (79)

| Western Oval

| 5,000

| 8 September 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL StK}}

| 13.12 (90)

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 12.16 (88)

| Junction Oval

| 8,000

| 8 September 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 21.31 (157)

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 6.5 (41)

| Corio Oval

| 9,500

| 8 September 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 14.17 (101)

| {{AFL Col}}

| 16.10 (106)

| Brunswick Street Oval

| 15,000

| 8 September 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL NM}}

| 8.8 (56)

| {{AFL Car}}

| 7.16 (58)

| Arden Street Oval

| 8,000

| 8 September 1934

{{s-end}}

=Round 18=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Home team score

| Away team

| Away team score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Haw}}

| 7.9 (51)

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 11.16 (82)

| Glenferrie Oval

| 4,000

| 15 September 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ess}}

| 14.11 (95)

| {{AFL Fit}}

| 12.4 (76)

| Windy Hill

| 5,000

| 15 September 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Col}}

| 15.18 (108)

| {{AFL NM}}

| 2.8 (20)

| Victoria Park

| 4,000

| 15 September 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Car}}

| 16.18 (114)

| {{AFL StK}}

| 15.9 (99)

| Princes Park

| 10,000

| 15 September 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 13.19 (97)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 8.7 (55)

| Lake Oval

| 17,000

| 15 September 1934

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Mel}}

| 19.17 (131)

| {{AFL Foo}}

| 9.11 (65)

| MCG

| 4,232

| 15 September 1934

{{s-end}}

Ladder

class=wikitable

| (P)

Premiers
bgcolor=FFFFBB |Qualified for finals

{{Australian rules football ladder start}}

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 1 || align=left | {{AFL Ric}} (P) || 18 || 15 || 3 || 0 || 1618 || 1334 || 121.3 || 60

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 2 || align=left | {{AFL Gee}} || 18 || 14 || 3 || 1 || 1834 || 1355 || 135.4 || 58

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 3 || align=left | {{AFL SM}} || 18 || 14 || 4 || 0 || 2187 || 1560 || 140.2 || 56

|- style=background:#FFFFBB

| 4 || align=left | {{AFL Col}} || 18 || 13 || 4 || 1 || 1915 || 1571 || 121.9 || 54

|-

| 5 || align=left | {{AFL Car}} || 18 || 12 || 6 || 0 || 1986 || 1707 || 116.3 || 48

|-

| 6 || align=left | {{AFL Mel}} || 18 || 9 || 9 || 0 || 1623 || 1670 || 97.2 || 36

|-

| 7 || align=left | {{AFL StK}} || 18 || 9 || 9 || 0 || 1592 || 1661 || 95.8 || 36

|-

| 8 || align=left | {{AFL Fit}} || 18 || 7 || 11 || 0 || 1589 || 1660 || 95.7 || 28

|-

| 9 || align=left | {{AFL Foo}} || 18 || 6 || 12 || 0 || 1444 || 1699 || 85.0 || 24

|-

| 10 || align=left | {{AFL Ess}} || 18 || 5 || 13 || 0 || 1635 || 1958 || 83.5 || 20

|-

| 11 || align=left | {{AFL Haw}} || 18 || 3 || 15 || 0 || 1300 || 1917 || 67.8 || 12

|-

| 12 || align=left | {{AFL NM}} || 18 || 0 || 18 || 0 || 1245 || 1876 || 66.4 || 0

|}

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 92.4
Source: [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1934.html#lad AFL Tables]

Finals series

=Semi-finals=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Score

| Away team

| Score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL SM}}

| 12.12 (78)

| Collingwood

| 9.21 (75)

| MCG

| 52,022

| 22 September

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Ric}}

| 19.20 (134)

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 7.8 (50)

| MCG

| 35,934

| 29 September

{{s-end}}

=Preliminary final=

{{s-start}}

|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"

| Home team

| Score

| Away team

| Score

| Venue

| Crowd

| Date

|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"

| {{AFL Gee}}

| 7.6 (48)

| {{AFL SM}}

| 15.18 (108)

| MCG

| 30,400

| 6 October

{{s-end}}

=Grand final=

{{Main|1934 VFL Grand Final}}

Season notes

  • Bob Pratt kicked 150 goals in the 1934 season, reaching his hundredth in only 13 matches. The feat smashed Gordon Coventry's record of 124 goals in the 1929 season, and has yet to be broken.
  • Gordon Coventry's second goal of the Round 5 game between {{AFL Col}} and {{AFL Gee}} was his 1000th career goal, making him the first player to reach that milestone.
  • In the interstate match on 11 August, the regular South Melbourne centre half-back Laurie Nash played at full-forward for Victoria for three-quarters (the selected full-forward Bill Mohr had broken his finger in the first quarter) and kicked 18 goals in a single match against South Australia 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 ruckman Colin Benham scored his famous "in-off the small boy" goal.
  • In the third quarter of the 14 July (round 10 match) between Carlton and Collingwood,[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205525695/19057216 The Teams, The Age, (Friday, 13 July 1934), p.7.] played at Victoria Park in a heavy cross-wind, Syd Coventry, playing in his 222nd match in his last season for Collingwood,[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205525653/19057216 S. Coventry, The Age, (Friday, 13 July 1934), p.7.] was knocked out after an altercation with Carlton's Gordon Mackie.
  • As Coventry was being stretchered off the field, a vicious brawl broke out involving 20 players – requiring the assistance of team officials and the police to break it up – in which up to ten players were seriously injured.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/562162 Police intervene in brawl at Collingwood, The Argus, (Monday, 16 July 1934), p. 13.]
  • Three Carlton players were reported: Gordon Mackie was charged with striking Syd Coventry, Harry Maskell was charged with striking Norm Le Brun, and the Carlton captain, Maurie Johnson, was charged with kicking Jack Ross.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/page/19057265 Brawl at Victoria Park, The Age, (Monday, 16 July 1934), p. 6.]
  • Many of those who had attended the match were astonished that no Collingwood players had been reported for their violent behaviour during the match.For example, [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205525312/19057265 'Clean Sport', "Why No Collingwood Reports? (Letter to the Editor)", The Age, (Monday, 16 July 1934), p. 6.]; "Balfe, R.G., "Vic. League Must Act: Carlton-Collingwood Brawl: Growing List of Casualties, The Referee, (Thursday, 19 July 1934), [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/136121724/15585492 p. 1], [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/136121724/15585510 p. 19], etc.During the tribunal's hearing of the charge against Mackie, evidence was presented that, on two separate occasions earlier in the match, Syd Coventry had struck Mackie in the face without any penalty being given by the umpires: see, for example, [https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205531767 Football: Rough Play, The Age, (Wednesday, 25 July 1934), p. 7.]
  • The VFL tribunal found both Maskell and Mackie guilty, and suspended each for six matches. The hearing against Mackie was postponed for a week so that Coventry could attend.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/205524367 Rough Football, The Age, (Wednesday, 18 July 1934), p. 10.][https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10987292 Carlton Football Trouble, The Argus, (Wednesday, 25 July 1934), p. 16.]
  • The charge against Johnson was not sustained (although the tribunal was satisfied Johnson had kicked Ross, it was not satisfied that he had kicked Ross deliberately).[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10958622 Sequel to Football Brawl, The Argus, (Wednesday, 18 July 1934), p. 9.]
  • Although the field umpire, Bob Scott, was fortunate to escape sanction for his widely attested incompetence, one of the goal umpires, Percy Jory, and both of the boundary umpires, John Campbell and George Calleson, were suspended for the remainder of the season for their dereliction of duty in relation to the brawl.[https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/10976116 Three Umpires Suspended: Football Brawl Development, The Argus, (Thursday, 26 July 1934), p. 13.]
  • 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.

Awards

  • The 1934 VFL Premiership team was Richmond.
  • The VFL's leading goalkicker was Bob Pratt of South Melbourne with 138 goals (150 after finals)
  • 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.
  • The seconds premiership was won by {{AFL Mel}} for the fourth consecutive season. Melbourne 15.18 (108) defeated {{AFL Gee}} 12.4 (76) in the Grand Final, played as a curtain-raiser to the firsts Grand Final on 13 October at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.{{cite news|newspaper=The Argus|page=12|title=Seconds' premiership|publication-place=Melbourne|date=15 October 1934}}

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

  • Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. {{ISBN|0-9591740-2-8}}
  • 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}}

Sources

  • [https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1934.html 1934 VFL season] at AFL Tables
  • [https://www.australianfootball.com/seasons/season/afl/138/premiership%2Bseason/1/1/1934 1934 VFL season] at Australian Football

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