The 1934 VFL season was the 38th season of the

Victorian Football League The Victorian Football League (VFL) is an Australian rules football league in Australia serving as one of the second-tier regional semi-professional competitions which sit underneath the fully professional Australian Football League (AFL). It ...

(VFL), the highest level senior

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 5 May until 13 October, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs. The premiership was won by the

Richmond Football Club The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football team playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). Between its inception in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond in 1885 and 1907, the club competed in the Victo ...

for the fourth time, after it defeated by 39 points in the 1934 VFL Grand Final. South Melbourne full-forward

Bob Pratt Harold Robert Pratt Sr. (31 August 1912 – 6 January 2001) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the South Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and the Coburg Football Club in the Victorian Football Asso ...

kicked 150 goals for the season, setting the all-time record which has since been matched only by

Peter Hudson Peter John Hudson AM (born 19 February 1946) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and for the New Norfolk Football Club and Glenorchy Football Club in the ...

() in

1971 * The year 1971 had three partial solar eclipses ( February 25, July 22 and August 20) and two total lunar eclipses (February 10, and August 6). The world population increased by 2.1% this year, the highest increase in history. Events Ja ...

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 The McIntyre System, or systems as there have been five of them, is a playoff system that gives an advantage to teams or competitors qualifying higher. The systems were developed by Ken McIntyre, an Australian lawyer, historian and English lect ...

Round 1

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.13 (109) , , 11.7 (73) ,

Corio Oval Corio Oval was an Australian rules football ground, located in Geelong, Victoria, and used by the Geelong Football Club in the VFA and the VFL from 1878 to 1915, and 1917 to 1940. Sited in Eastern Park, the oval was served by trams from 1930 wh ...

, 15,000 , 5 May 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.16 (82) , , 10.11 (71) ,

Brunswick Street Oval The WT Peterson Community Oval, best known as the Brunswick Street Oval and also as the Fitzroy Cricket Ground, is a cricket and Australian rules football ground located in Edinburgh Gardens in Fitzroy North, Victoria. History Australian Rules ...

, 21,000 , 5 May 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.11 (125) , , 16.18 (114) , Windy Hill , 21,000 , 5 May 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.14 (122) , , 12.9 (81) ,

Punt Road Oval Punt Road Oval, also known by naming rights sponsorship as the Swinburne Centre, is an Australian rules football ground and former cricket oval located within the Yarra Park precinct of East Melbourne, Victoria, situated a few hundred metres to ...

, 17,000 , 5 May 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.13 (127) , , 13.14 (92) ,

Lake Oval Lakeside Stadium is an Australian sports arena in the South Melbourne suburb of Albert Park. Comprising an athletics track and soccer stadium, it currently serves as the home ground and administrative base for association football club Sout ...

, 38,000 , 5 May 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.8 (80) , , 17.26 (128) ,

Glenferrie Oval Glenferrie Oval is an Australian rules football stadium located in Hawthorn, a suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It is the historic home of, and is synonymous with, the Hawthorn Football Club, who played there from 1903 and as a VFL/AFL ...

, 17,000 , 5 May 1934

Round 2

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.12 (114) , , 13.8 (86) ,

Victoria Park Victoria Park may refer to: Places Australia * Victoria Park Nature Reserve, a protected area in Northern Rivers region, New South Wales * Victoria Park, Adelaide, a park and racecourse * Victoria Park, Brisbane, a public park and former golf ...

, 17,500 , 12 May 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.20 (122) , , 17.17 (119) , Princes Park , 45,000 , 12 May 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.11 (83) , , 13.9 (87) ,

Junction Oval Junction Oval (also known as the St Kilda Cricket Ground, or the CitiPower Centre due to sponsorship reasons) is a historic sports ground in the suburb of St Kilda in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. The oval's location near the St Kilda Junc ...

, 24,000 , 12 May 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 20.13 (133) , , 6.8 (44) ,

MCG The Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), also known locally as "The 'G", is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne, Victoria. Founded and managed by the Melbourne Cricket Club, it is the largest stadium in the Southern Hem ...

, 9,842 , 12 May 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.10 (70) , , 10.17 (77) ,

Arden Street Oval Arden Street Oval (also known as North Melbourne Cricket Ground) is a sports oval in North Melbourne, Victoria, North Melbourne, Victoria (Australia), Victoria. It is currently the training base of the North Melbourne Football Club, an Australia ...

, 14,000 , 12 May 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.12 (96) , , 9.18 (72) ,

Western Oval Whitten Oval (also known as Victoria University Whitten Oval under a naming rights agreement) is a stadium in the inner-western suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, located in Barkly Street, West Footscray. It is the training and administ ...

, 16,000 , 12 May 1934

Round 3

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.14 (86) , , 6.11 (47) ,

, 13,000 , 19 May 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.14 (80) , , 13.15 (93) ,

, 19,000 , 19 May 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.14 (62) , , 10.17 (77) ,

, 17,000 , 19 May 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 23.10 (148) , , 15.16 (106) ,

, 20,000 , 19 May 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.8 (62) , , 19.15 (129) ,

, 8,000 , 19 May 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.20 (104) , , 9.13 (67) ,

, 37,000 , 19 May 1934

Round 4

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.12 (84) , , 17.18 (120) ,

, 21,000 , 26 May 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.13 (103) , , 13.11 (89) , Windy Hill , 10,000 , 26 May 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.13 (91) , , 9.9 (63) ,

, 26,000 , 26 May 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.14 (104) , , 14.10 (94) , Princes Park , 30,000 , 26 May 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.18 (102) , , 10.20 (80) ,

, 18,000 , 26 May 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.11 (65) , , 8.11 (59) ,

, 15,864 , 26 May 1934

Round 5

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.14 (92) , , 22.12 (144) ,

, 12,000 , 2 June 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 22.23 (155) , , 11.18 (84) ,

, 25,000 , 2 June 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.12 (102) , , 12.15 (87) ,

, 26,500 , 2 June 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 17.14 (116) , , 15.28 (118) ,

, 17,000 , 4 June 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.12 (102) , , 12.8 (80) ,

, 24,500 , 4 June 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.13 (109) , , 16.13 (109) ,

, 21,500 , 4 June 1934 * 's

Gordon Coventry Gordon Richard James Coventry (25 September 1901 – 7 November 1968) was a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Accorded "Legend" status in the Australian Footb ...

kicked his 1,000th goal for his career in the game against .

Round 6

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.17 (101) , , 20.14 (134) ,

, 18,102 , 9 June 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.11 (95) , , 11.16 (82) , Windy Hill , 15,000 , 9 June 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.15 (111) , , 13.18 (96) ,

, 22,000 , 9 June 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 20.25 (145) , , 12.11 (83) , Princes Park , 15,000 , 9 June 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.10 (64) , , 16.12 (108) ,

, 32,000 , 9 June 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.11 (77) , , 10.11 (71) ,

, 8,000 , 9 June 1934

Round 7

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.16 (106) , , 11.11 (77) ,

, 14,200 , 23 June 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.8 (44) , , 13.13 (91) ,

, 11,000 , 23 June 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.14 (110) , , 11.15 (81) ,

, 10,000 , 23 June 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.12 (102) , , 14.13 (97) ,

, 19,000 , 23 June 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.14 (86) , , 16.16 (112) ,

, 11,000 , 23 June 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.12 (108) , , 24.22 (166) ,

, 33,000 , 23 June 1934

Round 8

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 29.16 (190) , , 15.13 (103) , Windy Hill , 12,000 , 30 June 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.12 (84) , , 10.15 (75) ,

, 15,000 , 30 June 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.20 (134) , , 11.19 (85) , Princes Park , 20,000 , 30 June 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.12 (78) , , 17.17 (119) ,

, 6,000 , 30 June 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.10 (64) , , 6.12 (48) ,

, 14,000 , 30 June 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.19 (97) , , 13.10 (88) ,

, 27,000 , 30 June 1934

Round 9

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.4 (46) , , 20.18 (138) ,

, 11,000 , 7 July 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.13 (55) , , 4.9 (33) ,

, 16,500 , 7 July 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.21 (99) , , 11.13 (79) ,

, 9,000 , 7 July 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.8 (74) , , 7.16 (58) ,

, 20,000 , 7 July 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.15 (63) , , 8.17 (65) ,

, 13,807 , 7 July 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.11 (83) , , 15.17 (107) ,

, 12,500 , 7 July 1934

Round 10

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.17 (53) , , 6.12 (48) ,

, 6,000 , 14 July 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 6.15 (51) , , 8.12 (60) , Windy Hill , 9,000 , 14 July 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.20 (110) , , 7.4 (46) ,

, 24,000 , 14 July 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.15 (93) , , 9.10 (64) ,

, 11,000 , 14 July 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.16 (76) , , 9.9 (63) ,

, 17,500 , 14 July 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.17 (95) , , 10.5 (65) ,

, 25,000 , 14 July 1934

Round 11

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.12 (78) , , 15.9 (99) ,

, 6,000 , 21 July 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.15 (99) , , 22.23 (155) ,

, 21,785 , 21 July 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.11 (71) , , 14.18 (102) ,

, 15,000 , 21 July 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 22.16 (148) , , 16.13 (109) , Princes Park , 23,000 , 21 July 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.10 (88) , , 10.12 (72) ,

, 10,000 , 21 July 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.11 (95) , , 16.9 (105) ,

, 12,500 , 21 July 1934

Round 12

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.23 (101) , , 14.11 (95) ,

, 13,805 , 28 July 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.19 (97) , , 21.19 (145) ,

, 28,000 , 28 July 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 22.13 (145) , , 10.6 (66) , Princes Park , 12,000 , 28 July 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.6 (84) , , 16.18 (114) ,

, 17,000 , 28 July 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.8 (98) , , 21.16 (142) ,

, 10,000 , 28 July 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.9 (99) , , 8.9 (57) ,

, 13,000 , 28 July 1934

Round 13

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.25 (67) , , 5.8 (38) ,

, 16,000 , 4 August 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.7 (73) , , 10.16 (76) ,

, 6,000 , 4 August 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.15 (123) , , 5.12 (42) ,

, 7,000 , 4 August 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.18 (78) , , 10.12 (72) ,

, 14,000 , 4 August 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.12 (102) , , 22.18 (150) , Windy Hill , 11,000 , 4 August 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 23.13 (151) , , 17.8 (110) ,

, 30,000 , 4 August 1934

Round 14

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 10.18 (78) , , 6.14 (50) ,

, 5,000 , 18 August 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 9.17 (71) , , 22.14 (146) , Windy Hill , 15,000 , 18 August 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 23.22 (160) , , 10.13 (73) ,

, 5,000 , 18 August 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.12 (96) , , 16.13 (109) , Princes Park , 30,000 , 18 August 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.10 (88) , , 21.15 (141) ,

, 12,163 , 18 August 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.11 (89) , , 10.10 (70) ,

, 10,000 , 18 August 1934

Round 15

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.13 (79) , , 12.12 (84) ,

, 5,000 , 25 August 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 20.19 (139) , , 16.10 (106) ,

, 9,500 , 25 August 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 23.18 (156) , , 9.16 (70) ,

, 17,420 , 25 August 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.15 (81) , , 11.13 (79) ,

, 5,000 , 25 August 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.14 (86) , , 11.9 (75) ,

, 26,500 , 25 August 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.17 (95) , , 10.10 (70) ,

, 18,500 , 25 August 1934

Round 16

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 11.24 (90) , , 7.15 (57) ,

, 5,011 , 1 September 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.20 (98) , , 10.17 (77) ,

, 5,500 , 1 September 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.12 (90) , , 15.23 (113) , Windy Hill , 10,000 , 1 September 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.16 (112) , , 16.21 (117) ,

, 18,000 , 1 September 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 18.12 (120) , , 9.15 (69) , Princes Park , 15,500 , 1 September 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.11 (101) , , 10.10 (70) ,

, 13,000 , 1 September 1934

Round 17

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.14 (98) , , 13.14 (92) ,

, 40,000 , 8 September 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.18 (102) , , 12.7 (79) ,

, 5,000 , 8 September 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.12 (90) , , 12.16 (88) ,

, 8,000 , 8 September 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 21.31 (157) , , 6.5 (41) ,

, 9,500 , 8 September 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.17 (101) , , 16.10 (106) ,

, 15,000 , 8 September 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 8.8 (56) , , 7.16 (58) ,

, 8,000 , 8 September 1934

Round 18

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Home team score , Away team , Away team score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.9 (51) , , 11.16 (82) ,

, 4,000 , 15 September 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 14.11 (95) , , 12.4 (76) , Windy Hill , 5,000 , 15 September 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 15.18 (108) , , 2.8 (20) ,

, 4,000 , 15 September 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 16.18 (114) , , 15.9 (99) , Princes Park , 10,000 , 15 September 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 13.19 (97) , , 8.7 (55) ,

, 17,000 , 15 September 1934 , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.17 (131) , , 9.11 (65) ,

, 4,232 , 15 September 1934

Ladder

Finals

Semi finals

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Score , Away team , Score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 12.12 (78) , Collingwood , 9.21 (75) ,

, 52,022 , 22 September , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 19.20 (134) , , 7.8 (50) ,

, 35,934 , 29 September

Preliminary Final

, - bgcolor="#CCCCFF" , Home team , Score , Away team , Score , Venue , Crowd , Date , - bgcolor="#FFFFFF" , , 7.6 (48) , , 15.18 (108) ,

, 30,400 , 6 October

Grand final

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defeated

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19.14 (128) to 12.17 (89), in front of a crowd of 65,335 people. (For an explanation of scoring see

Awards

* The 1934 VFL Premiership team was

. * The VFL's leading goalkicker was

with 138 goals (150 after finals) * The winner of the 1934

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was 19 years old

Dick Reynolds Richard Sylvannus Reynolds (20 June 1915 – 2 September 2002) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Reynolds is one of four footballers to have won three Brownlow ...

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with 19 votes in his second VFL season. *

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took the "

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" in 1934. * The seconds premiership was won by for the fourth consecutive season. Melbourne 15.18 (108) defeated 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.

Notable events

kicked 150 goals in the 1934 season, reaching his hundredth in only 13 matches. The feat smashed

'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 and was his 1000th career goal, making him the first player to reach that milestone. * On 11 August, the regular

centre half-back

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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 the SANFL at the

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. 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,

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ruckman Colin Benham scored his famous "in-off the small boy" goal. * In the third quarter of the 14 July (round 10 match) between

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and Collingwood, played at

in a heavy cross-wind,

Syd Coventry Sydney Andrew Coventry (13 June 1899 – 10 November 1976) was an Australian rules footballer. Family He married Gladys Eileen Trevaskis (1901–1977) on 8 October 1921. West Coast of Tasmania Originally from Diamond Creek, Victoria, Diamond ...

, playing in his 222nd match in his last season for Collingwood, 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. ** 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 Maurice Richard 'Mocha' Johnson (15 January 1907 – 30 May 2000) was an Australian rules footballer who played for Carlton and South Melbourne in the Victorian Football League. Johnson made his debut for the Carlton Football Club in Round 5 ...

, was charged with kicking Jack Ross. ** Many of those who had attended the match were astonished that no Collingwood players had been reported for their violent behaviour during the match. ** 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. ** 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). ** 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.Three Umpires Suspended: Football Brawl Development, ''The Argus'', (Thursday, 26 July 1934), p. 13.
/ref> * It is a matter of record that

won the 1934

from Haydn Bunton, Sr by a single vote.

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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.

Footnotes

References

* Maplestone, M., ''Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872–1996'', Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. * Rogers, S. & Brown, A., ''Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997'' (Sixth Edition), Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. * 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.

External links

1934 Season – AFL Tables
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