1928 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: Windy Hill

Team Results

Ladder Position: 5th (W-D-L: 11-0-7, P%: 113.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): Norm Beckton, Frank Nash (2)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Greg Stockdale (39)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Norm Beckton

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Frank Maher
Vice-Captain(s): Greg Stockdale

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Arthur, Alan #13 14 R04-R15, R17-R18 32
Beckton, Norm #3 17 R01-R08, R10-R18 20
Bertram, Lloyd #18 5 R01-R05 10
Campbell, Garnet #17 13 R01-R03, R06-R12, R15-R17 2
Carman, Syd #19 11 R01-R04, R09, R12-R15, R17-R18 0
Carruthers, Bruce #18 1 R04 0
Cerini, Athol #34 2 R09, R11 2
Charleston, Aub #26 9 R05-R10, R14-R16 0
Clarke, Tom #23 12 R05-R10, R12-R16, R18 0
Dolan, Jack #6 12 R01, R03-R11, R17-R18 0
Forbes, Keith #35 13 R06-R18 28
Gomez, Chris #1 1 R11 0
Gregory, Harry #12 18 R01-R18 0
Hammond, Joe #20 17 R01-R14, R16-R18 1
Henry, Bill #14 9 R03-R10, R18 20
Kidd, Jack #27 5 R01-R03, R15, R18 2
Maher, Frank #24 17 R01-R17 9
Martin, Ernie #1 11 R01-R10, R16 0
McSweeney, Ned #9 4 R02, R09, R12-R13 0
Nash, Frank #22 3 R01-R02, R11 3
Okey, Howard #2 14 R01-R06, R10-R17 8
Parris, Keith #21 8 R11-R18 0
Quinn, Jim #31 11 R04-R11, R16-R18 12
Rennie, Artie #33 16 R01-R10, R12-R17 0
Simpson, Norm #19 6 R02-R04, R07-R08, R18 5
Speakman, Bill #30 1 R01 0
Stockdale, Greg #25 10 R01-R03, R12-R18 39
Vosti, Jack #5 16 R01-R16 0
Walsh, Paddy #28 17 R01-R08, R10-R18 1
Watt, Rowley #10 8 R05, R11, R13-R18 0
Way, Jack #16 5 R12-R14, R17-R18 2
Webster, Len #32 18 R01-R18 7

Team Line-Up

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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)
Hardy, Charlie 18 11 -0- 7 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
21/04/1928 Round 1 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 13 Charlie Hardy Frank Maher
28/04/1928 Round 2 Footscray AWAY WIN ESS by 4 Charlie Hardy Frank Maher
05/05/1928 Round 3 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 44 Charlie Hardy Frank Maher
12/05/1928 Round 4 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 3 Charlie Hardy Frank Maher
19/05/1928 Round 5 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 11 Charlie Hardy Frank Maher
26/05/1928 Round 6 Richmond HOME WIN ESS by 7 Charlie Hardy Frank Maher
02/06/1928 Round 7 Hawthorn AWAY WIN ESS by 41 Charlie Hardy Frank Maher
04/06/1928 Round 8 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 9 Charlie Hardy Frank Maher
09/06/1928 Round 9 North Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 11 Charlie Hardy Frank Maher
23/06/1928 Round 10 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 12 Charlie Hardy Frank Maher
30/06/1928 Round 11 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 28 Charlie Hardy Frank Maher
07/07/1928 Round 12 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 22 Charlie Hardy Frank Maher
14/07/1928 Round 13 Footscray HOME WIN ESS by 30 Charlie Hardy Frank Maher
28/07/1928 Round 14 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 36 Charlie Hardy Frank Maher
04/08/1928 Round 15 Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 44 Charlie Hardy Frank Maher
11/08/1928 Round 16 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 8 Charlie Hardy Frank Maher
18/08/1928 Round 17 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 69 Charlie Hardy Frank Maher
01/09/1928 Round 18 Hawthorn HOME WIN ESS by 58 Charlie Hardy Greg Stockdale