1928 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 7-0-11, P%: 88.4%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Charles Chapman (4)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack Moriarty (68)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Gordon Rattray

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Batchelor, Arthur #3 14 R02-R03, R07-R18 7
Bols, Lou #1 1 R01 1
Cashman, Jack #11 5 R04, R15-R18 13
Chapman, Charles #20 18 R01-R18 34
Chatfield, Eric #22 4 R06-R09 0
Cockram, Norm #12 17 R02-R18 13
Coghlan, Davitt #36 13 R01-R02, R06-R12, R14-R17 9
Collins, Goldie #29 1 R02 0
Corrigan, Tommy #27 11 R01, R04-R08, R13-R17 1
Foley, Steve #18 3 R02, R07-R08 0
Gall, Robbie #8 2 R09-R10 1
Gibbs, George #21 3 R01, R05-R06 1
Gibson, Frank #5 13 R06-R18 2
Hellwig, Gordon #9 13 R01, R03, R05-R06, R10-R18 1
Hickey, Tom #37 6 R01-R04, R12-R13 7
Jenkin, Horrie #4 13 R02, R07-R18 0
Johnston, Allan #31 2 R03-R04 0
Kemp, Cyril #28 7 R01, R03-R06, R10-R11 0
Kick, Ned #39 2 R05-R06 1
Lean, Jack #22 1 R05 2
McKinley, Charlie #25 1 R03 0
McMahon, Mike #29 1 R18 0
Meehan, Tom #33 5 R09-R10, R12-R14 0
Millen, Jack #35 14 R01-R13, R18 6
Milne, Roy #14 7 R01-R04, R06, R11, R14 2
Moriarty, Jack #6 15 R01-R02, R06-R18 68
Powell, Henry #17 1 R11 0
Rattray, Gordon #26 5 R01-R05 6
Reeve, Willis #16 17 R01-R02, R04-R18 0
Reichman, Eric #2 10 R01-R06, R15-R18 0
Ringrose, Doug #7 17 R02-R18 12
Roberts, Tasman #10 17 R01-R05, R07-R18 10
Schenk, Eddie #30 8 R01, R03-R09 0
Shanahan, Jim #15 17 R01-R05, R07-R18 3
Vale, Jack #34 16 R03-R18 1
Williams, Fred #19 14 R01-R02, R07-R18 2
Williams, Tommy #32 7 R12-R18 1
Wood, Lockie #23 3 R03-R05 3

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)
Rattray, Gordon 18 7 -0- 11 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
21/04/1928 Round 1 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 38 Gordon Rattray Gordon Rattray
28/04/1928 Round 2 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 35 Gordon Rattray Gordon Rattray
05/05/1928 Round 3 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 34 Gordon Rattray Gordon Rattray
12/05/1928 Round 4 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 13 Gordon Rattray Gordon Rattray
19/05/1928 Round 5 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 11 Gordon Rattray Gordon Rattray
26/05/1928 Round 6 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 83 Gordon Rattray unknown
02/06/1928 Round 7 South Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 36 Gordon Rattray unknown
04/06/1928 Round 8 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 5 Gordon Rattray unknown
09/06/1928 Round 9 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FIT by 34 Gordon Rattray unknown
23/06/1928 Round 10 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 27 Gordon Rattray unknown
30/06/1928 Round 11 North Melbourne AWAY WIN FIT by 46 Gordon Rattray unknown
07/07/1928 Round 12 Carlton AWAY WIN FIT by 4 Gordon Rattray unknown
14/07/1928 Round 13 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 45 Gordon Rattray unknown
28/07/1928 Round 14 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 47 Gordon Rattray unknown
04/08/1928 Round 15 Footscray HOME WIN FIT by 1 Gordon Rattray unknown
11/08/1928 Round 16 Essendon AWAY WIN FIT by 8 Gordon Rattray unknown
18/08/1928 Round 17 Geelong HOME WIN FIT by 24 Gordon Rattray unknown
01/09/1928 Round 18 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 10 Gordon Rattray unknown