1928 VFL Season

These are the results for the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League).

It featured eighteen rounds. Collingwood were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Second Amended Argus system. Collingwood were the premiers, with Syd Coventry as the premiership captain and Jock McHale as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1928 VFL Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Second Amended Argus System
Matches: 112

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Princes Park Ray Brew
Collingwood Victoria Park Jock McHale
Essendon Windy Hill Charlie Hardy
Fitzroy Brunswick Street Oval Gordon Rattray
Footscray Western Oval Paddy Scanlan
Geelong Corio Oval Tom Fitzmaurice
Hawthorn Glenferrie Oval Bert Sutton
Melbourne MCG Ivor Warne-Smith
North Melbourne Arden Street Oval Charlie Tyson
Richmond Punt Road Oval Frank Hughes
South Melbourne Lakeside Oval Charlie Pannam
St Kilda Junction Oval George Sparrow

Season Results

Premiers: Collingwood
Runners-Up: Richmond
Minor Premiers: Collingwood

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Collingwood 1st 15 -0- 3 60 134.6% 1,540 1,144 214 256 157 202
Richmond 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 133.6% 1,640 1,228 227 278 173 190
Melbourne 3rd 14 -0- 4 56 122.2% 1,507 1,233 211 241 171 207
Carlton 4th 11 -0- 7 44 121.4% 1,598 1,316 228 230 182 224
Essendon 5th 11 -0- 7 44 113.0% 1,441 1,275 203 223 174 231
St Kilda 6th 11 -0- 7 44 102.0% 1,499 1,470 215 209 209 216
Footscray 7th 9 -0- 9 36 109.3% 1,465 1,340 211 199 188 212
Fitzroy 8th 7 -0- 11 28 88.4% 1,480 1,675 207 238 240 235
Geelong 9th 6 -0- 12 24 99.5% 1,336 1,343 186 220 185 233
South Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 13 20 85.5% 1,461 1,709 206 225 248 221
North Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 13 20 67.7% 1,058 1,563 147 176 220 243
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 18 0 61.6% 1,171 1,900 161 205 269 286

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Collingwood 1st Premiers
Richmond 2nd Runners-Up
Melbourne 3rd Defeated by Collingwood (Semi Final)
Carlton 4th Defeated by Richmond (Semi Final)
Essendon 5th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda 6th Did not qualify for finals
Footscray 7th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy 8th Did not qualify for finals
Geelong 9th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne 10th Did not qualify for finals
North Melbourne 11th Did not qualify for finals
Hawthorn 12th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/04/1928 2:45 PM Essendon v Melbourne Windy Hill 72 - 85 20,000
SAT 21/04/1928 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Carlton Brunswick Street Oval 79 - 117 30,000
SAT 21/04/1928 2:45 PM Geelong v Collingwood Corio Oval 60 - 66 18,000
SAT 21/04/1928 2:45 PM Hawthorn v St Kilda Glenferrie Oval 67 - 70 15,000
SAT 21/04/1928 2:45 PM Richmond v North Melbourne Punt Road Oval 99 - 21 20,000
SAT 21/04/1928 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Footscray Lakeside Oval 100 - 99 20,000

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Richmond 1st 1 -0- 0 4 471.4% 99 21
Carlton 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 148.1% 117 79
Melbourne 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 118.1% 85 72
Collingwood 4th 1 -0- 0 4 110.0% 66 60
St Kilda 5th 1 -0- 0 4 104.5% 70 67
South Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 0 4 101.0% 100 99
Footscray 7th 0 -0- 1 0 99.0% 99 100
Hawthorn 8th 0 -0- 1 0 95.7% 67 70
Geelong 9th 0 -0- 1 0 90.9% 60 66
Essendon 10th 0 -0- 1 0 84.7% 72 85
Fitzroy 11th 0 -0- 1 0 67.5% 79 117
North Melbourne 12th 0 -0- 1 0 21.2% 21 99

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/04/1928 2:45 PM Carlton v Richmond Princes Park 87 - 66 40,000
SAT 28/04/1928 2:45 PM Collingwood v Fitzroy Victoria Park 102 - 67 20,000
SAT 28/04/1928 2:45 PM Footscray v Essendon Western Oval 69 - 73 20,000
SAT 28/04/1928 2:45 PM Melbourne v Geelong MCG 47 - 40 15,122
SAT 28/04/1928 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Hawthorn Arden Street Oval 76 - 61 6,000
SAT 28/04/1928 2:45 PM St Kilda v South Melbourne Junction Oval 96 - 117 20,000

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 2 -0- 0 8 140.7% 204 145
Collingwood 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 132.3% 168 127
Melbourne 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 117.9% 132 112
South Melbourne 4th 2 -0- 0 8 111.3% 217 195
Richmond 5th 1 -0- 1 4 152.8% 165 108
Essendon 6th 1 -0- 1 4 94.2% 145 154
St Kilda 7th 1 -0- 1 4 90.2% 166 184
North Melbourne 8th 1 -0- 1 4 60.6% 97 160
Footscray 9th 0 -0- 2 0 97.1% 168 173
Geelong 10th 0 -0- 2 0 88.5% 100 113
Hawthorn 11th 0 -0- 2 0 87.7% 128 146
Fitzroy 12th 0 -0- 2 0 66.7% 146 219

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/05/1928 2:45 PM Essendon v South Melbourne Windy Hill 85 - 41 22,000
SAT 05/05/1928 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 84 - 118 17,000
SAT 05/05/1928 2:45 PM Geelong v Footscray Corio Oval 77 - 81 12,500
SAT 05/05/1928 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Carlton Glenferrie Oval 59 - 93 14,000
SAT 05/05/1928 2:45 PM Richmond v Collingwood Punt Road Oval 44 - 42 36,000
SAT 05/05/1928 2:45 PM St Kilda v North Melbourne Junction Oval 77 - 75 12,000

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 3 -0- 0 12 145.6% 297 204
Melbourne 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 127.6% 250 196
Richmond 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 139.3% 209 150
Collingwood 4th 2 -0- 1 8 122.8% 210 171
Essendon 5th 2 -0- 1 8 117.9% 230 195
St Kilda 6th 2 -0- 1 8 93.8% 243 259
South Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 1 8 92.1% 258 280
Footscray 8th 1 -0- 2 4 99.6% 249 250
North Melbourne 9th 1 -0- 2 4 72.6% 172 237
Geelong 10th 0 -0- 3 0 91.2% 177 194
Hawthorn 11th 0 -0- 3 0 78.2% 187 239
Fitzroy 12th 0 -0- 3 0 68.2% 230 337

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/05/1928 2:45 PM Carlton v St Kilda Princes Park 120 - 24 18,000
SAT 12/05/1928 2:45 PM Collingwood v Hawthorn Victoria Park 112 - 39 8,000
SAT 12/05/1928 2:45 PM Essendon v Geelong Windy Hill 47 - 50 10,000
SAT 12/05/1928 2:45 PM Footscray v Fitzroy Western Oval 77 - 64 12,500
SAT 12/05/1928 2:45 PM Melbourne v Richmond MCG 55 - 51 26,558
SAT 12/05/1928 2:45 PM South Melbourne v North Melbourne Lakeside Oval 69 - 70 10,000

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton 1st 4 -0- 0 16 182.9% 417 228
Melbourne 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 123.5% 305 247
Collingwood 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 153.3% 322 210
Richmond 4th 2 -0- 2 8 126.8% 260 205
Essendon 5th 2 -0- 2 8 113.1% 277 245
Footscray 6th 2 -0- 2 8 103.8% 326 314
South Melbourne 7th 2 -0- 2 8 93.4% 327 350
North Melbourne 8th 2 -0- 2 8 79.1% 242 306
St Kilda 9th 2 -0- 2 8 70.4% 267 379
Geelong 10th 1 -0- 3 4 94.2% 227 241
Fitzroy 11th 0 -0- 4 0 71.0% 294 414
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 4 0 64.4% 226 351

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/05/1928 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Essendon Brunswick Street Oval 84 - 95 18,000
SAT 19/05/1928 2:45 PM Geelong v South Melbourne Corio Oval 105 - 81 13,000
SAT 19/05/1928 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 101 - 110 8,000
SAT 19/05/1928 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Carlton Arden Street Oval 81 - 65 22,000
SAT 19/05/1928 2:45 PM Richmond v Footscray Punt Road Oval 100 - 86 30,000
SAT 19/05/1928 2:45 PM St Kilda v Collingwood Junction Oval 74 - 102 16,000

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 5 -0- 0 20 119.3% 415 348
Carlton 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 156.0% 482 309
Collingwood 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 149.3% 424 284
Richmond 4th 3 -0- 2 12 123.7% 360 291
Essendon 5th 3 -0- 2 12 113.1% 372 329
North Melbourne 6th 3 -0- 2 12 87.1% 323 371
Geelong 7th 2 -0- 3 8 103.1% 332 322
Footscray 8th 2 -0- 3 8 99.5% 412 414
South Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 3 8 89.7% 408 455
St Kilda 10th 2 -0- 3 8 70.9% 341 481
Fitzroy 11th 0 -0- 5 0 74.3% 378 509
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 5 0 70.9% 327 461

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/05/1928 2:45 PM Collingwood v North Melbourne Victoria Park 84 - 45 25,000
SAT 26/05/1928 2:45 PM Essendon v Richmond Windy Hill 68 - 61 20,000
SAT 26/05/1928 2:45 PM Footscray v Hawthorn Western Oval 121 - 45 14,000
SAT 26/05/1928 2:45 PM Geelong v Fitzroy Corio Oval 122 - 39 11,000
SAT 26/05/1928 2:45 PM Melbourne v St Kilda MCG 86 - 74 16,870
SAT 26/05/1928 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Carlton Lakeside Oval 82 - 85 28,000

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 6 -0- 0 24 118.7% 501 422
Collingwood 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 154.4% 508 329
Carlton 3rd 5 -0- 1 20 145.0% 567 391
Essendon 4th 4 -0- 2 16 112.8% 440 390
Geelong 5th 3 -0- 3 12 125.8% 454 361
Richmond 6th 3 -0- 3 12 117.3% 421 359
Footscray 7th 3 -0- 3 12 116.1% 533 459
North Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 3 12 80.9% 368 455
South Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 4 8 90.7% 490 540
St Kilda 10th 2 -0- 4 8 73.2% 415 567
Fitzroy 11th 0 -0- 6 0 66.1% 417 631
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 6 0 63.9% 372 582

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/06/1928 2:45 PM Carlton v Collingwood Princes Park 84 - 87 30,000
SAT 02/06/1928 2:45 PM Fitzroy v South Melbourne Brunswick Street Oval 113 - 77 8,000
SAT 02/06/1928 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Essendon Glenferrie Oval 57 - 98 6,000
SAT 02/06/1928 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Melbourne Arden Street Oval 37 - 100 9,000
SAT 02/06/1928 2:45 PM Richmond v Geelong Punt Road Oval 93 - 90 10,000
SAT 02/06/1928 2:45 PM St Kilda v Footscray Junction Oval 71 - 72 12,000

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 7 -0- 0 28 130.9% 601 459
Collingwood 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 144.1% 595 413
Carlton 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 136.2% 651 478
Essendon 4th 5 -0- 2 20 120.4% 538 447
Richmond 5th 4 -0- 3 16 114.5% 514 449
Footscray 6th 4 -0- 3 16 114.2% 605 530
Geelong 7th 3 -0- 4 12 119.8% 544 454
North Melbourne 8th 3 -0- 4 12 73.0% 405 555
South Melbourne 9th 2 -0- 5 8 86.8% 567 653
St Kilda 10th 2 -0- 5 8 76.1% 486 639
Fitzroy 11th 1 -0- 6 4 74.9% 530 708
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 7 0 63.1% 429 680

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
MON 04/06/1928 2:45 PM Essendon v St Kilda Windy Hill 67 - 76 20,000
MON 04/06/1928 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Richmond Brunswick Street Oval 115 - 120 15,000
MON 04/06/1928 2:45 PM Footscray v North Melbourne Western Oval 123 - 61 17,000
MON 04/06/1928 2:45 PM Geelong v Hawthorn Corio Oval 111 - 27 9,500
MON 04/06/1928 2:45 PM Melbourne v Carlton MCG 74 - 64 41,402
MON 04/06/1928 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Collingwood Lakeside Oval 68 - 85 22,000

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Melbourne 1st 8 -0- 0 32 129.1% 675 523
Collingwood 2nd 7 -0- 1 28 141.4% 680 481
Carlton 3rd 5 -0- 3 20 129.5% 715 552
Footscray 4th 5 -0- 3 20 123.2% 728 591
Essendon 5th 5 -0- 3 20 115.7% 605 523
Richmond 6th 5 -0- 3 20 112.4% 634 564
Geelong 7th 4 -0- 4 16 136.2% 655 481
St Kilda 8th 3 -0- 5 12 79.6% 562 706
North Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 5 12 68.7% 466 678
South Melbourne 10th 2 -0- 6 8 86.0% 635 738
Fitzroy 11th 1 -0- 7 4 77.9% 645 828
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 8 0 57.6% 456 791

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/06/1928 2:45 PM Carlton v Footscray Princes Park 61 - 62 25,000
SAT 09/06/1928 2:45 PM Collingwood v Melbourne Victoria Park 92 - 80 27,000
SAT 09/06/1928 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Fitzroy Glenferrie Oval 72 - 106 8,000
SAT 09/06/1928 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Essendon Arden Street Oval 59 - 70 13,000
SAT 09/06/1928 2:45 PM Richmond v South Melbourne Punt Road Oval 142 - 66 21,000
SAT 09/06/1928 2:45 PM St Kilda v Geelong Junction Oval 97 - 66 17,000

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 8 -0- 1 32 137.6% 772 561
Melbourne 2nd 8 -0- 1 32 122.8% 755 615
Richmond 3rd 6 -0- 3 24 123.2% 776 630
Footscray 4th 6 -0- 3 24 121.2% 790 652
Essendon 5th 6 -0- 3 24 116.0% 675 582
Carlton 6th 5 -0- 4 20 126.4% 776 614
Geelong 7th 4 -0- 5 16 124.7% 721 578
St Kilda 8th 4 -0- 5 16 85.4% 659 772
North Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 6 12 70.2% 525 748
Fitzroy 10th 2 -0- 7 8 83.4% 751 900
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 7 8 79.7% 701 880
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 9 0 58.9% 528 897

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/06/1928 2:45 PM Essendon v Carlton Windy Hill 66 - 78 22,000
SAT 23/06/1928 2:45 PM Fitzroy v St Kilda Brunswick Street Oval 61 - 88 18,000
SAT 23/06/1928 2:45 PM Footscray v Collingwood Western Oval 64 - 78 30,000
SAT 23/06/1928 2:45 PM Geelong v North Melbourne Corio Oval 77 - 52 10,000
SAT 23/06/1928 2:45 PM Richmond v Hawthorn Punt Road Oval 102 - 76 16,000
SAT 23/06/1928 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Melbourne Lakeside Oval 78 - 90 17,000

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 9 -0- 1 36 136.0% 850 625
Melbourne 2nd 9 -0- 1 36 121.9% 845 693
Richmond 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 124.4% 878 706
Carlton 4th 6 -0- 4 24 125.6% 854 680
Footscray 5th 6 -0- 4 24 117.0% 854 730
Essendon 6th 6 -0- 4 24 112.3% 741 660
Geelong 7th 5 -0- 5 20 126.7% 798 630
St Kilda 8th 5 -0- 5 20 89.7% 747 833
North Melbourne 9th 3 -0- 7 12 69.9% 577 825
Fitzroy 10th 2 -0- 8 8 82.2% 812 988
South Melbourne 11th 2 -0- 8 8 80.3% 779 970
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 10 0 60.5% 604 999

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/06/1928 2:45 PM Carlton v Geelong Princes Park 132 - 104 25,000
SAT 30/06/1928 2:45 PM Collingwood v Essendon Victoria Park 85 - 57 16,000
SAT 30/06/1928 2:45 PM Hawthorn v South Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 95 - 100 6,000
SAT 30/06/1928 2:45 PM Melbourne v Footscray MCG 68 - 56 24,562
SAT 30/06/1928 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Fitzroy Arden Street Oval 56 - 102 8,000
SAT 30/06/1928 2:45 PM St Kilda v Richmond Junction Oval 65 - 81 28,500

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 10 -0- 1 40 137.1% 935 682
Melbourne 2nd 10 -0- 1 40 121.9% 913 749
Richmond 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 124.4% 959 771
Carlton 4th 7 -0- 4 28 125.8% 986 784
Footscray 5th 6 -0- 5 24 114.0% 910 798
Essendon 6th 6 -0- 5 24 107.1% 798 745
Geelong 7th 5 -0- 6 20 118.4% 902 762
St Kilda 8th 5 -0- 6 20 88.8% 812 914
Fitzroy 9th 3 -0- 8 12 87.5% 914 1,044
South Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 8 12 82.5% 879 1,065
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 8 12 68.3% 633 927
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 11 0 63.6% 699 1,099

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/07/1928 2:45 PM Carlton v Fitzroy Princes Park 82 - 86 25,000
SAT 07/07/1928 2:45 PM Collingwood v Geelong Victoria Park 67 - 78 17,000
SAT 07/07/1928 2:45 PM Footscray v South Melbourne Western Oval 91 - 89 17,000
SAT 07/07/1928 2:45 PM Melbourne v Essendon MCG 67 - 89 18,695
SAT 07/07/1928 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Richmond Arden Street Oval 53 - 90 12,000
SAT 07/07/1928 2:45 PM St Kilda v Hawthorn Junction Oval 134 - 85 19,000

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 10 -0- 2 40 131.8% 1,002 760
Melbourne 2nd 10 -0- 2 40 116.9% 980 838
Richmond 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 127.3% 1,049 824
Carlton 4th 7 -0- 5 28 122.8% 1,068 870
Footscray 5th 7 -0- 5 28 112.9% 1,001 887
Essendon 6th 7 -0- 5 28 109.2% 887 812
Geelong 7th 6 -0- 6 24 118.2% 980 829
St Kilda 8th 6 -0- 6 24 94.7% 946 999
Fitzroy 9th 4 -0- 8 16 88.8% 1,000 1,126
South Melbourne 10th 3 -0- 9 12 83.7% 968 1,156
North Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 9 12 67.5% 686 1,017
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 12 0 63.6% 784 1,233

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/07/1928 2:45 PM Essendon v Footscray Windy Hill 104 - 74 20,000
SAT 14/07/1928 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Collingwood Brunswick Street Oval 54 - 99 18,000
SAT 14/07/1928 2:45 PM Geelong v Melbourne Corio Oval 51 - 55 16,500
SAT 14/07/1928 2:45 PM Hawthorn v North Melbourne Glenferrie Oval 65 - 69 3,000
SAT 14/07/1928 2:45 PM Richmond v Carlton Punt Road Oval 105 - 79 30,000
SAT 14/07/1928 2:45 PM South Melbourne v St Kilda Lakeside Oval 70 - 121 15,000

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 11 -0- 2 44 135.3% 1,101 814
Melbourne 2nd 11 -0- 2 44 116.4% 1,035 889
Richmond 3rd 10 -0- 3 40 127.8% 1,154 903
Essendon 4th 8 -0- 5 32 111.9% 991 886
Carlton 5th 7 -0- 6 28 117.6% 1,147 975
Footscray 6th 7 -0- 6 28 108.5% 1,075 991
St Kilda 7th 7 -0- 6 28 99.8% 1,067 1,069
Geelong 8th 6 -0- 7 24 116.6% 1,031 884
Fitzroy 9th 4 -0- 9 16 86.0% 1,054 1,225
North Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 9 16 69.8% 755 1,082
South Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 10 12 81.3% 1,038 1,277
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 13 0 65.2% 849 1,302

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/07/1928 2:45 PM Carlton v Hawthorn Princes Park 149 - 79 10,000
SAT 28/07/1928 2:45 PM Collingwood v Richmond Victoria Park 81 - 73 30,000
SAT 28/07/1928 2:45 PM Footscray v Geelong Western Oval 57 - 56 14,000
SAT 28/07/1928 2:45 PM Melbourne v Fitzroy MCG 126 - 79 13,562
SAT 28/07/1928 2:45 PM North Melbourne v St Kilda Arden Street Oval 78 - 137 11,000
SAT 28/07/1928 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Essendon Lakeside Oval 83 - 119 16,000

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 12 -0- 2 48 133.3% 1,182 887
Melbourne 2nd 12 -0- 2 48 119.9% 1,161 968
Richmond 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 124.7% 1,227 984
Essendon 4th 9 -0- 5 36 114.6% 1,110 969
Carlton 5th 8 -0- 6 32 123.0% 1,296 1,054
Footscray 6th 8 -0- 6 32 108.1% 1,132 1,047
St Kilda 7th 8 -0- 6 32 105.0% 1,204 1,147
Geelong 8th 6 -0- 8 24 115.5% 1,087 941
Fitzroy 9th 4 -0- 10 16 83.9% 1,133 1,351
North Melbourne 10th 4 -0- 10 16 68.3% 833 1,219
South Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 11 12 80.3% 1,121 1,396
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 14 0 64.0% 928 1,451

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/08/1928 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Footscray Brunswick Street Oval 90 - 89 12,000
SAT 04/08/1928 2:45 PM Geelong v Essendon Corio Oval 38 - 82 10,000
SAT 04/08/1928 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Collingwood Glenferrie Oval 63 - 120 5,000
SAT 04/08/1928 2:45 PM North Melbourne v South Melbourne Arden Street Oval 82 - 80 6,000
SAT 04/08/1928 2:45 PM Richmond v Melbourne Punt Road Oval 79 - 50 26,000
SAT 04/08/1928 2:45 PM St Kilda v Carlton Junction Oval 93 - 69 31,000

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 13 -0- 2 52 137.1% 1,302 950
Melbourne 2nd 12 -0- 3 48 115.7% 1,211 1,047
Richmond 3rd 11 -0- 4 44 126.3% 1,306 1,034
Essendon 4th 10 -0- 5 40 118.4% 1,192 1,007
St Kilda 5th 9 -0- 6 36 106.7% 1,297 1,216
Carlton 6th 8 -0- 7 32 119.0% 1,365 1,147
Footscray 7th 8 -0- 7 32 107.4% 1,221 1,137
Geelong 8th 6 -0- 9 24 110.0% 1,125 1,023
Fitzroy 9th 5 -0- 10 20 84.9% 1,223 1,440
North Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 10 20 70.4% 915 1,299
South Melbourne 11th 3 -0- 12 12 81.3% 1,201 1,478
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 15 0 63.1% 991 1,571

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/08/1928 2:45 PM Carlton v North Melbourne Princes Park 72 - 46 14,000
SAT 11/08/1928 2:45 PM Collingwood v St Kilda Victoria Park 106 - 50 25,000
SAT 11/08/1928 2:45 PM Essendon v Fitzroy Windy Hill 54 - 62 18,000
SAT 11/08/1928 2:45 PM Footscray v Richmond Western Oval 54 - 77 18,000
SAT 11/08/1928 2:45 PM Melbourne v Hawthorn MCG 88 - 64 6,547
SAT 11/08/1928 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Geelong Lakeside Oval 104 - 67 8,000

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 14 -0- 2 56 140.8% 1,408 1,000
Melbourne 2nd 13 -0- 3 52 116.9% 1,299 1,111
Richmond 3rd 12 -0- 4 48 127.1% 1,383 1,088
Essendon 4th 10 -0- 6 40 116.6% 1,246 1,069
Carlton 5th 9 -0- 7 36 120.5% 1,437 1,193
St Kilda 6th 9 -0- 7 36 101.9% 1,347 1,322
Footscray 7th 8 -0- 8 32 105.0% 1,275 1,214
Geelong 8th 6 -0- 10 24 105.8% 1,192 1,127
Fitzroy 9th 6 -0- 10 24 86.0% 1,285 1,494
North Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 11 20 70.1% 961 1,371
South Melbourne 11th 4 -0- 12 16 84.5% 1,305 1,545
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 16 0 63.6% 1,055 1,659

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/08/1928 2:45 PM Carlton v South Melbourne Princes Park 74 - 56 18,500
SAT 18/08/1928 2:45 PM Fitzroy v Geelong Brunswick Street Oval 105 - 81 9,000
SAT 18/08/1928 2:45 PM Hawthorn v Footscray Glenferrie Oval 56 - 123 8,500
SAT 18/08/1928 2:45 PM North Melbourne v Collingwood Arden Street Oval 57 - 65 11,000
SAT 18/08/1928 2:45 PM Richmond v Essendon Punt Road Oval 146 - 77 30,000
SAT 18/08/1928 2:45 PM St Kilda v Melbourne Junction Oval 82 - 81 17,000

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 15 -0- 2 60 139.4% 1,473 1,057
Richmond 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 131.2% 1,529 1,165
Melbourne 3rd 13 -0- 4 52 115.7% 1,380 1,193
Carlton 4th 10 -0- 7 40 121.0% 1,511 1,249
Essendon 5th 10 -0- 7 40 108.9% 1,323 1,215
St Kilda 6th 10 -0- 7 40 101.9% 1,429 1,403
Footscray 7th 9 -0- 8 36 110.1% 1,398 1,270
Fitzroy 8th 7 -0- 10 28 88.3% 1,390 1,575
Geelong 9th 6 -0- 11 24 103.3% 1,273 1,232
North Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 12 20 70.9% 1,018 1,436
South Melbourne 11th 4 -0- 13 16 84.1% 1,361 1,619
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 17 0 62.3% 1,111 1,782

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/09/1928 2:45 PM Collingwood v Carlton Victoria Park 67 - 87 30,000
SAT 01/09/1928 2:45 PM Essendon v Hawthorn Windy Hill 118 - 60 10,000
SAT 01/09/1928 2:45 PM Footscray v St Kilda Western Oval 67 - 70 14,000
SAT 01/09/1928 2:45 PM Geelong v Richmond Corio Oval 63 - 111 7,000
SAT 01/09/1928 2:45 PM Melbourne v North Melbourne MCG 127 - 40 8,609
SAT 01/09/1928 2:45 PM South Melbourne v Fitzroy Lakeside Oval 100 - 90 8,000

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Collingwood 1st 15 -0- 3 60 134.6% 1,540 1,144
Richmond 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 133.6% 1,640 1,228
Melbourne 3rd 14 -0- 4 56 122.2% 1,507 1,233
Carlton 4th 11 -0- 7 44 121.4% 1,598 1,316
Essendon 5th 11 -0- 7 44 113.0% 1,441 1,275
St Kilda 6th 11 -0- 7 44 102.0% 1,499 1,470
Footscray 7th 9 -0- 9 36 109.3% 1,465 1,340
Fitzroy 8th 7 -0- 11 28 88.4% 1,480 1,675
Geelong 9th 6 -0- 12 24 99.5% 1,336 1,343
South Melbourne 10th 5 -0- 13 20 85.5% 1,461 1,709
North Melbourne 11th 5 -0- 13 20 67.7% 1,058 1,563
Hawthorn 12th 0 -0- 18 0 61.6% 1,171 1,900

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/09/1928 2:30 PM Richmond v Carlton MCG 117 - 64 66,381
SAT 15/09/1928 2:30 PM Collingwood v Melbourne MCG 62 - 62 41,423
SAT 22/09/1928 2:30 PM Collingwood v Melbourne MCG 68 - 64 42,175

Final Round 2

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/09/1928 2:50 PM Collingwood v Richmond MCG 96 - 63 50,026