1928 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 14-0-4, P%: 122.2%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Collingwood (Semi Final)
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): Ivor Warne-Smith (8)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Bob Johnson (46)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Ivor Warne-Smith
Vice-Captain(s): Bert Chadwick

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Abernethy, Jim #4 14 R01-R06, R13-R18, SF, SF(R) 20
Barnes, Charlie #18 20 R01-R18, SF, SF(R) 0
Beare, Gerry #21 2 R07-R08 0
Carr, Clem #19 2 R16-R17 0
Chadwick, Bert #17 16 R01-R03, R05, R07-R12, R14-R17, SF, SF(R) 10
Collins, Jack #10 17 R01-R03, R07-R18, SF, SF(R) 2
Corbett, Bob #12 18 R01-R10, R12-R18, SF 3
Coy, Harry #19 7 R06-R09, R11-R12, R16 0
Davidson, Jimmy #29 20 R01-R18, SF, SF(R) 9
Deane, Col #31 15 R01-R05, R10-R15, R17-R18, SF, SF(R) 6
Driver, Vince #7 2 R04-R05 0
Dunbar, Hugh #28 13 R01-R11, R18, SF(R) 17
Haw, Jack #24 4 R07, R10, R18, SF 2
Hope, Allan #6 4 R01-R02, R06-R07 7
Johnson, Bob #16 17 R01, R03-R09, R12-R18, SF, SF(R) 55
Latham, Bill #39 5 R04-R05, R13-R15 0
London, Hollington #21 1 R16 1
McConville, Tommy #5 18 R02-R15, R17-R18, SF, SF(R) 25
Meade, Les #20 1 R04 0
Mollison, Derek #11 7 R03-R04, R09-R12, R17 1
Moodie, Jim #38 2 R06, R13 0
Ogden, Gordon #32 11 R03-R04, R06, R13-R18, SF, SF(R) 3
Streeter, Charlie #9 12 R01-R12 0
Taylor, Dick #35 20 R01-R18, SF, SF(R) 3
Thomas, Ted #3 12 R01-R03, R06-R11, R18, SF, SF(R) 0
Tymms, Bill #26 14 R01-R02, R04-R05, R08-R09, R13-R18, SF, SF(R) 1
Usher, Ray #34 10 R11-R18, SF, SF(R) 0
Vine, Frank #23 15 R01-R03, R06, R08, R10-R16, R18, SF, SF(R) 10
Warne-Smith, Ivor #14 20 R01-R18, SF, SF(R) 13
White, Herbie #8 17 R01-R03, R05-R17, SF(R) 7
Wittman, Stan #1 19 R01-R02, R04-R18, SF, SF(R) 34
Wood, Barney #2 5 R05, R09-R12 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Jack Collins Bill Tymms Jim Abernethy
Half-Back: Ted Thomas Col Deane Charlie Barnes
Centre: Dick Taylor Bob Corbett Ray Usher
Half-Forward: Stan Wittman Frank Vine Jack Haw
Forward: Tommy McConville Bob Johnson Gordon Ogden
Follower: Bert Chadwick Ivor Warne-Smith Jimmy Davidson

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)
Warne-Smith, Ivor 20 14 -1- 5 R01-R18, SF, SF(R)

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
21/04/1928 Round 1 Essendon AWAY WIN MEL by 13 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
28/04/1928 Round 2 Geelong HOME WIN MEL by 7 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
05/05/1928 Round 3 Fitzroy AWAY WIN MEL by 34 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
12/05/1928 Round 4 Richmond HOME WIN MEL by 4 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
19/05/1928 Round 5 Hawthorn AWAY WIN MEL by 9 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
26/05/1928 Round 6 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 12 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
02/06/1928 Round 7 North Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 63 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
04/06/1928 Round 8 Carlton HOME WIN MEL by 10 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
09/06/1928 Round 9 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 12 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
23/06/1928 Round 10 South Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 12 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
30/06/1928 Round 11 Footscray HOME WIN MEL by 12 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
07/07/1928 Round 12 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 22 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
14/07/1928 Round 13 Geelong AWAY WIN MEL by 4 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
28/07/1928 Round 14 Fitzroy HOME WIN MEL by 47 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
04/08/1928 Round 15 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 29 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
11/08/1928 Round 16 Hawthorn HOME WIN MEL by 24 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
18/08/1928 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 1 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
01/09/1928 Round 18 North Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 87 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
15/09/1928 Semi Final Collingwood AWAY DRAW drawn Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith
22/09/1928 Semi Final (R) Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 4 Ivor Warne-Smith Ivor Warne-Smith