1928 VFL Season: Richmond

Season Team Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Team: Richmond
Home Ground: Punt Road Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 14-0-4, P%: 133.6%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 32
Brownlow Leader(s): Jack Baggott (4)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack Baggott (60)
Jack Dyer Medal Recipient(s): Basil McCormack

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Allan Geddes

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Allan, Alan #15 1 R17 1
Baggott, Jack #14 17 R01-R14, R18, SF, GF 61
Baker, Reg #33 10 R09-R18 7
Bentley, Perce #1 11 R01, R03-R05, R09-R15 5
Benton, Bill #3 4 R02, R06, R09-R10 0
Bisset, Jack #7 19 R01-R08, R10-R18, SF, GF 6
Don, Donald #17 19 R01-R05, R07-R18, SF, GF 3
Empey, Ralph #33 16 R02-R03, R07-R18, SF, GF 13
Fincher, Jack #10 19 R01, R03-R18, SF, GF 23
Foster, Bert #11 3 R16-R17, GF 1
Gallagher, Les #23 19 R01-R17, SF, GF 2
Geddes, Allan #8 12 R01-R10, R18, SF 1
Goding, Fred #31 9 R07-R09, R12-R16, GF 9
Harris, Don #2 18 R01, R04-R18, SF, GF 1
Hayes, Doug #20 4 R03-R06 0
Jamison, Sam #15 1 R01 0
Judkins, Stan #6 14 R07-R18, SF, GF 1
Kight, Frank #5 1 R02 0
Lilburne, Dooley #16 20 R01-R18, SF, GF 12
Lunn, Bennie #19 12 R02-R03, R05-R10, R15-R18 0
McCormack, Basil #9 19 R01-R05, R07-R18, SF, GF 0
McCormack, Jack #21 5 R01-R02, R04, R10-R11 9
Murdoch, Joe #13 17 R01-R08, R11-R14, R16-R18, SF, GF 0
O'Brien, Frank #25 5 R01-R04, R06 1
O'Halloran, Tom #18 17 R01-R09, R11-R15, R18, SF, GF 27
O'Neill, Bob #4 8 R01-R07, SF 2
Outram, Roy #28 4 R05-R08 2
Rudolph, George #32 17 R02-R06, R09-R18, SF, GF 9
Street, Charlie #22 1 R08 0
Titus, Jack #12 10 R01-R02, R06, R12, R15-R18, SF, GF 26
Watson, Carl #22 9 R11, R13-R18, SF, GF 0
Weidner, Harry #7 19 R01, R03-R18, SF, GF 31

Team Line-Up

Back: Don Harris Donald Don Jack Bisset
Half-Back: Dooley Lilburne Joe Murdoch Basil McCormack
Centre: Stan Judkins Les Gallagher Carl Watson
Half-Forward: Harry Weidner Tom O'Halloran Ralph Empey
Forward: Allan Geddes Jack Baggott Jack Titus
Follower: Bob O'Neill George Rudolph Jack Fincher

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)
Hughes, Frank 20 15 -0- 5 R01-R18, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
21/04/1928 Round 1 North Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 78 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
28/04/1928 Round 2 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 21 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
05/05/1928 Round 3 Collingwood HOME WIN RIC by 2 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
12/05/1928 Round 4 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 4 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
19/05/1928 Round 5 Footscray HOME WIN RIC by 14 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
26/05/1928 Round 6 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 7 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
02/06/1928 Round 7 Geelong HOME WIN RIC by 3 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
04/06/1928 Round 8 Fitzroy AWAY WIN RIC by 5 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
09/06/1928 Round 9 South Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 76 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
23/06/1928 Round 10 Hawthorn HOME WIN RIC by 26 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
30/06/1928 Round 11 St Kilda AWAY WIN RIC by 16 Frank Hughes Donald Don
07/07/1928 Round 12 North Melbourne AWAY WIN RIC by 37 Frank Hughes Donald Don
14/07/1928 Round 13 Carlton HOME WIN RIC by 26 Frank Hughes Donald Don
28/07/1928 Round 14 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 8 Frank Hughes Donald Don
04/08/1928 Round 15 Melbourne HOME WIN RIC by 29 Frank Hughes Donald Don
11/08/1928 Round 16 Footscray AWAY WIN RIC by 23 Frank Hughes Donald Don
18/08/1928 Round 17 Essendon HOME WIN RIC by 69 Frank Hughes Donald Don
01/09/1928 Round 18 Geelong AWAY WIN RIC by 48 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
08/09/1928 Semi Final Carlton HOME WIN RIC by 53 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
29/09/1928 Grand Final Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 33 Frank Hughes Donald Don