1934 VFL grand final

Grand final of the 1934 Victorian Football League season December 2017 December 2017 1934 VFL 50px 12.17 (89) 50px 19.14 (128) SM RICH 4.3 (27) 6.5 (41) 6.11 (47) 12.17 (89) 4.4 (28) 10.8 (68) 16.11 (107) 19.14 (128) 13 October 1934 65,335 Melbourne Cricket Ground 1933 1935 The 1934 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Richmond Football Club and South Melbourne Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 13 October 1934. It was the 36th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1934 VFL season. The match, attended by 65,335 spectators, was won by Richmond by a margin of 39 points, marking that club's fourth VFL/AFL premiership victory. This was the second successive year in which the two teams met in the premiership decider, with South Melbourne having won the 1933 VFL Grand Final. It was also the seventh occasion in eight years that Richmond had appeared in a Grand Final. It had won just one of those earlier contests, in 1932. Score Team 1 2 3 Final Richmond 4.4 10.8 16.11 19.14 (128) South Melbourne 4.3 6.5 6.11 12.17 (89) Teams _goldrightsash _hoops_black 000000 000000 FFD200 Richmond _Vonwhite _hoops_red FF0000 S. Melbourne #FED102 Richmond Richmond Football Club #000000 Martin Bolger Maurie Sheahan Kevin O'Neill Jack Baggott Gordon Strang Basil McCormack Stan Judkins Eric Zschech Allan Geddes Thomas O'Halloran David Baxter Joe Murdoch Bert Foster Jack Titus Dick Harris Percy Bentley (c) Jack Dyer Ray Martin Horace Edmonds Percy Bentley #FFFFFF South Melbourne Sydney Swans #ED171F Hec McKay Jack Austin Jock McKenzie Bill Faul Lin Richards Hugh McLaughlin Harry Clarke Len Thomas Herbie Matthews Peter Reville Laurie Nash Joe O'Meara Brighton Diggins Bob Pratt Ossie Bertram Jack Bissett (c) Dinny Kelleher Terry Brain Wilbur Harris Jack Bissett Umpire – Bob Scott Statistics Goalkickers thumb|right|300px|Richmond FC team, premiers Richmond: Titus 6 Harris 3 O'Halloran 3 Bentley 2 Martin 2 Baxter 1 Murdoch 1 Zschech 1South Melbourne: Nash 6 Pratt 2 Bertram 1 Brain 1 Diggins 1 O'Meara 1 See also 1934 VFL season References AFL Tables: 1934 Grand Final The Official statistical history of the AFL 2004 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. 0-670-86814-0 Grand final Category:VFL/AFL Grand Finals Category:Richmond Football Club Category:Sydney Swans Category:October 1934 in sports