1928 VFL Season: Geelong

Season Team Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Team: Geelong
Home Ground: Corio Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 6-0-12, P%: 99.5%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): Edward Greeves (5)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack Chambers (28)
Carji Greeves Medal Recipient(s): Reg Hickey

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Tom Fitzmaurice

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Baker, Ted #2 18 R01-R18 17
Bell, Arch #21 1 R17 0
Carroll, Andy #4 9 R03-R10, R18 3
Chambers, Jack #8 18 R01-R18 28
Clearson, Len #9 4 R15-R18 2
Coghlan, Arthur #13 17 R01-R17 3
Comben, Aubrey #3 2 R06, R15 0
Ferguson, Dave #5 9 R01-R07, R09, R17 1
Fitzmaurice, Tom #23 8 R01-R02, R10-R13, R16, R18 10
Fleming, Eric #11 16 R01-R08, R11-R18 22
Fowler, Charlie #25 5 R04-R05, R14-R16 7
Greeves, Edward #20 15 R01-R15 0
Hardiman, Peter #27 16 R02-R03, R05-R18 6
Hickey, Reg #18 15 R01-R03, R06-R14, R16-R18 3
Jerram, George #1 13 R01, R03-R14 10
Keppel, Frank #30 12 R01-R05, R07-R12, R18 1
Lamb, Garnet #14 6 R13-R18 0
Lamb, Milton #7 4 R15-R18 1
Laver, Les #21 1 R04 0
Mockridge, Frank #17 15 R02-R05, R08-R18 0
Money, Jim #32 2 R08, R13 1
Mulroyan, Cyril #22 3 R16-R18 0
Plunkett, Jack #32 5 R01-R02, R06-R07, R14 8
Rankin, Cliff #6 8 R08-R14, R17 27
Rayson, Arthur #28 15 R01-R15 22
Roach, Joe #7 1 R01 0
Smith, Les #16 17 R01-R12, R14-R18 0
Stevenson, Ted #15 18 R01-R18 6
Todd, George #19 18 R01-R18 0
Vautier, Len #10 5 R09-R10, R13, R16, R18 1
Warren, Jim #12 11 R01-R07, R09, R11-R12, R15 7
White, Milton 1 R17 0
Williams, Jack #24 16 R01-R08, R10-R16, R18 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)
Fitzmaurice, Tom 18 6 -0- 12 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
21/04/1928 Round 1 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 6 Tom Fitzmaurice Tom Fitzmaurice
28/04/1928 Round 2 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 7 Tom Fitzmaurice Tom Fitzmaurice
05/05/1928 Round 3 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 4 Tom Fitzmaurice unknown
12/05/1928 Round 4 Essendon AWAY WIN GEE by 3 Tom Fitzmaurice unknown
19/05/1928 Round 5 South Melbourne HOME WIN GEE by 24 Tom Fitzmaurice unknown
26/05/1928 Round 6 Fitzroy HOME WIN GEE by 83 Tom Fitzmaurice unknown
02/06/1928 Round 7 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 3 Tom Fitzmaurice unknown
04/06/1928 Round 8 Hawthorn HOME WIN GEE by 84 Tom Fitzmaurice unknown
09/06/1928 Round 9 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 31 Tom Fitzmaurice unknown
23/06/1928 Round 10 North Melbourne HOME WIN GEE by 25 Tom Fitzmaurice Tom Fitzmaurice
30/06/1928 Round 11 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 28 Tom Fitzmaurice Tom Fitzmaurice
07/07/1928 Round 12 Collingwood AWAY WIN GEE by 11 Tom Fitzmaurice Tom Fitzmaurice
14/07/1928 Round 13 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 4 Tom Fitzmaurice Tom Fitzmaurice
28/07/1928 Round 14 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 1 Tom Fitzmaurice unknown
04/08/1928 Round 15 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 44 Tom Fitzmaurice unknown
11/08/1928 Round 16 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 37 Tom Fitzmaurice Tom Fitzmaurice
18/08/1928 Round 17 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 24 Tom Fitzmaurice unknown
01/09/1928 Round 18 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 48 Tom Fitzmaurice Tom Fitzmaurice