1928 VFL Season: Collingwood

Season Team Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Team: Collingwood
Home Ground: Victoria Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 15-0-3, P%: 134.6%)
Finals Performance: Premiers
Players: 29
Brownlow Leader(s): Syd Coventry (3)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Gordon Coventry (78)
E. W. Copeland Trophy Recipient(s): Harry Collier

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Syd Coventry

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Andrew, Bruce #27 9 R13-R18, SF, SF(R), GF 0
Angus, Les #26 9 R03-R06, R13-R15, R18, SF(R) 1
Baker, Reg #33 1 R04 0
Beasley, George #2 1 R01 1
Beveridge, Jack #1 18 R02-R13, R15-R16, R18, SF, SF(R), GF 4
Bird, Tommy #28 7 R02-R03, R07-R08, R13-R14, R16 5
Bowyer, Percy #3 14 R01-R03, R06-R11, R16-R18, SF, SF(R) 0
Chesswas, Harry #9 18 R01-R05, R07-R15, R17-R18, SF(R), GF 2
Clayden, George #6 19 R01-R10, R12-R18, SF, GF 17
Collier, Albert #4 21 R01-R18, SF, SF(R), GF 2
Collier, Harry #5 21 R01-R18, SF, SF(R), GF 26
Coventry, Gordon #7 20 R01-R15, R17-R18, SF, SF(R), GF 89
Coventry, Syd #8 19 R01-R06, R08-R14, R16-R18, SF, SF(R), GF 2
Dibbs, Charlie #10 21 R01-R18, SF, SF(R), GF 0
Harris, John #12 20 R01-R12, R14-R18, SF, SF(R), GF 16
Kent, Cyril #29 1 R05 0
Lauder, Albert #14 3 R17, SF(R), GF 0
Libbis, Billy #13 21 R01-R18, SF, SF(R), GF 28
MacLeod, Norm #16 15 R01, R06-R12, R14-R17, SF, SF(R), GF 0
Makeham, Bob #19 20 R01-R06, R08-R18, SF, SF(R), GF 17
Muir, Bob #30 5 R07, R11-R13, R17 1
Murphy, Frank #18 21 R01-R18, SF, SF(R), GF 19
Murphy, Len #17 19 R01-R04, R06-R13, R15-R18, SF, SF(R), GF 7
Poulter, Joe #26 2 R02-R03 0
Rowe, Percy #21 14 R01, R04-R12, R14-R16, GF 5
Rumney, Harold #22 17 R01-R02, R05-R06, R09-R18, SF, SF(R), GF 4
Sneazwell, Bill #23 6 R04, R13-R16, SF 0
Thomas, Les #24 2 R05, R07 0
Wilson, Ernie #25 14 R01-R12, R18, SF 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Percy Bowyer Charlie Dibbs Albert Lauder
Half-Back: Bob Makeham Albert Collier Harold Rumney
Centre: Norm MacLeod Jack Beveridge Bruce Andrew
Half-Forward: Frank Murphy Harry Chesswas John Harris
Forward: Bill Sneazwell Gordon Coventry Harry Collier
Follower: Syd Coventry Len Murphy Billy Libbis

This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
McHale, Jock 21 17 -1- 3 R01-R18, SF, SF(R), GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
21/04/1928 Round 1 Geelong AWAY WIN COL by 6 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
28/04/1928 Round 2 Fitzroy HOME WIN COL by 35 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
05/05/1928 Round 3 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 2 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
12/05/1928 Round 4 Hawthorn HOME WIN COL by 73 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
19/05/1928 Round 5 St Kilda AWAY WIN COL by 28 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
26/05/1928 Round 6 North Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 39 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
02/06/1928 Round 7 Carlton AWAY WIN COL by 3 Jock McHale unknown
04/06/1928 Round 8 South Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 17 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
09/06/1928 Round 9 Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 12 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
23/06/1928 Round 10 Footscray AWAY WIN COL by 14 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
30/06/1928 Round 11 Essendon HOME WIN COL by 28 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
07/07/1928 Round 12 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 11 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
14/07/1928 Round 13 Fitzroy AWAY WIN COL by 45 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
28/07/1928 Round 14 Richmond HOME WIN COL by 8 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
04/08/1928 Round 15 Hawthorn AWAY WIN COL by 57 Jock McHale unknown
11/08/1928 Round 16 St Kilda HOME WIN COL by 56 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
18/08/1928 Round 17 North Melbourne AWAY WIN COL by 8 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
01/09/1928 Round 18 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 20 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
15/09/1928 Semi Final Melbourne HOME DRAW drawn Jock McHale Syd Coventry
22/09/1928 Semi Final (R) Melbourne HOME WIN COL by 4 Jock McHale Syd Coventry
29/09/1928 Grand Final Richmond HOME WIN COL by 33 Jock McHale Syd Coventry