Grand final of the 1934 Victorian Football League season
1934 VFL Grand Final
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RICH
4.4 (28)
10.8 (68)
16.11 (107)
19.14 (128)
SM
4.3 (27)
6.5 (41)
6.11 (47)
12.17 (89)
Date 13 October 1934 Stadium Melbourne Cricket Ground Attendance 65,335
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
Teams
Statistics
Goalkickers
Richmond FC team, premiers
Richmond :
Titus 6
Harris 3
O'Halloran 3
Bentley 2
Martin 2
Baxter 1
Murdoch 1
Zschech 1
South Melbourne :
Nash 6
Pratt 2
Bertram 1
Brain 1
Diggins 1
O'Meara 1
See also
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. ISBN 0-670-86814-0
VFL/AFL home grounds AFLW home grounds VFA premierships (2) VFL/AFL premierships (13) Runner-up (12) Seasons (136) (non-club articles in italics ) Related articles
AFL home grounds AFLW home grounds VFA Premierships (5) VFL/AFL Premierships (5)
as South Melbourne (3) as Sydney Swans (2)
Runner-up (13)
as South Melbourne (8) as Sydney Swans (5)
Seasons (140) Related articles Known as South Melbourne Football Club from 1874–1982; known as Swans Football Club in 1982
Clubs
Seasons Grand finals Venues Awards Major recurring events Second-tier and junior competitions
Related articles Known as the Victorian Football League from 1897–1989; no grand finals were held in 1897 and 1924