1928 VFL Season: Footscray

Season Team Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Team: Footscray
Home Ground: Western Oval (Whitten Oval)

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 9-0-9, P%: 109.3%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 35
Brownlow Leader(s): Allan Hopkins (3)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Alby Morrison (50)
Charles Sutton Medal Recipient(s): Alby Outen

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Paddy Scanlan

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Aked, Frank #22 10 R01-R06, R15-R18 10
Aldag, Bill #11 2 R12-R13 0
Baker, Harry #30 14 R01, R04-R10, R12-R16, R18 0
Barlow, Arthur #4 4 R12, R15-R17 1
Bult, Frank #15 7 R01-R04, R07-R08, R15 1
Cahill, Ted #24 8 R01-R05, R11-R13 1
Chapple, Les #21 3 R02-R03, R05 8
Conlon, Leo #24 3 R16-R18 1
Doolan, Bill #11 1 R01 0
Gaudion, Charlie #3 16 R01-R14, R17-R18 1
Greenhalgh, Ralph #20 16 R02-R14, R16-R18 0
Hansen, Fred #14 1 R02 0
Hopkins, Allan #2 11 R01-R11 11
Johns, Harry #11 8 R08-R10, R14-R18 3
Johnstone, Doug #16 4 R01-R03, R10 0
Lukeman, Joe #25 5 R06-R07, R11-R13 0
Matheson, Gerry #12 16 R03-R18 13
McAlpine, Ivan #26 13 R06-R18 2
McDonald, Norm #17 15 R01, R03-R05, R08-R18 25
McGann, Bob #4 5 R14-R18 0
Morrison, Alby #7 16 R01-R02, R04, R06-R18 50
O'Brien, Jack #10 5 R01-R05 12
Outen, Alby #20 18 R01-R18 0
Rowe, Charlie #16 14 R02-R07, R10-R17 11
Scanlan, Paddy #1 17 R01-R16, R18 7
Sloley, Charlie #13 14 R01-R02, R05-R15, R17 17
Spurling, Bill #28 7 R06-R11, R13 9
Stevens, Arthur #9 16 R01, R03-R07, R09-R18 9
Thompson, Roy #23 6 R08-R09, R15-R18 0
Valentine, George #18 2 R01, R09 0
Warden, Wally #19 13 R02-R14 3
Watt, Jack #5 18 R01-R18 1
Woodman, George #6 10 R01-R08, R14, R18 13
Woodman, Norm #21 5 R14-R18 2
Wunhym, Jack #10 1 R11 0

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)
Scanlan, Paddy 18 9 -0- 9 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
21/04/1928 Round 1 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 1 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
28/04/1928 Round 2 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 4 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
05/05/1928 Round 3 Geelong AWAY WIN FOO by 4 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
12/05/1928 Round 4 Fitzroy HOME WIN FOO by 13 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
19/05/1928 Round 5 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 14 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
26/05/1928 Round 6 Hawthorn HOME WIN FOO by 76 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
02/06/1928 Round 7 St Kilda AWAY WIN FOO by 1 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
04/06/1928 Round 8 North Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 62 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
09/06/1928 Round 9 Carlton AWAY WIN FOO by 1 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
23/06/1928 Round 10 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 14 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
30/06/1928 Round 11 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 12 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
07/07/1928 Round 12 South Melbourne HOME WIN FOO by 2 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
14/07/1928 Round 13 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 30 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
28/07/1928 Round 14 Geelong HOME WIN FOO by 1 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
04/08/1928 Round 15 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 1 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
11/08/1928 Round 16 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 23 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan
18/08/1928 Round 17 Hawthorn AWAY WIN FOO by 67 Paddy Scanlan unknown
01/09/1928 Round 18 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 3 Paddy Scanlan Paddy Scanlan