1928 VFL Grand Final: Collingwood v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 29 September 1928 between Collingwood and Richmond in the grand final of the 1928 VFL season. Collingwood hosted Richmond at MCG. Syd Coventry captained the hosts. Donald Don captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Collingwood
Back: H. Rumney, C. Dibbs, A. Lauder
Half-back: A. Collier, G. Clayden, B. Makeham
Centre: N. MacLeod, J. Beveridge, B. Andrew
Half-forward: J. Harris, F. Murphy, H. Chesswas
Forward: H. Collier, G. Coventry, P. Rowe
Follower: S. Coventry (capt.), L. Murphy, B. Libbis

Richmond
Back: J. Bisset, D. Don (capt.), D. Harris
Half-back: J. Murdoch, B. Foster, B. McCormack
Centre: S. Judkins, L. Gallagher, C. Watson
Half-forward: H. Weidner, G. Rudolph, J. Baggott
Forward: R. Empey, J. Titus, F. Goding
Follower: D. Lilburne, T. O'Halloran, J. Fincher

Collingwood (13.18.96) defeated Richmond (9.9.63).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: G. Coventry (9), L. Murphy (2), J. Harris, B. Makeham
Richmond: R. Empey (2), T. O'Halloran (2), J. Titus (2), H. Weidner (2), F. Goding

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Collingwood v Richmond
Date: Saturday 29 September 1928
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 50,026

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Richmond
Score: 13.18.96 - 9.9.63

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Collingwood	2	.	4	7	.	8	9	.	11	13	.	18	13	.	18	(96)
Richmond	0	.	3	4	.	5	7	.	7	9	.	9	9	.	9	(63)
Margin	COLL by 13			COLL by 21			COLL by 16			COLL by 33			COLL by 33
Duration	30:16			32:00			29:52			30:31			2:02:39

Honour Roll

Coaches: Jock McHale (Collingwood), Frank Hughes (Richmond)
Captains: Syd Coventry (Collingwood), Donald Don (Richmond)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. McMurray
Goal Umpire: W. Craddock, M. Madden
Boundary Umpire: W. Johnston, C. Nicholson

Player Statistics

Collingwood

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
27	Andrew, Bruce	WR	?	0	0
1	Beveridge, Jack	C	?	0	1
9	Chesswas, Harry	HFFR	?	0	2
6	Clayden, George	CHB	?	0	1
4	Collier, Albert	HBFL	?	0	0
5	Collier, Harry	FPL	?	0	5
7	Coventry, Gordon	FF	?	9	4
8	Coventry, Syd (c)	RU	?	0	0
10	Dibbs, Charlie	FB	?	0	0
12	Harris, John	HFFL	?	1	1
14	Lauder, Albert	BPR	?	0	0
13	Libbis, Billy	RO	?	0	0
16	MacLeod, Norm	WL	?	0	0
19	Makeham, Bob	HBFR	?	1	1
18	Murphy, Frank	CHF	?	0	3
17	Murphy, Len	RU	?	2	0
21	Rowe, Percy	FPR	?	0	0
22	Rumney, Harold	BPL	?	0	0
Rushed					0
Total (18 players)				13	18

Richmond

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
14	Baggott, Jack	HFFR	?	0	1
7	Bisset, Jack	BPL	?	0	0
17	Don, Donald (c)	FB	?	0	0
33	Empey, Ralph	FPL	?	2	0
10	Fincher, Jack	RO	?	0	1
11	Foster, Bert	CHB	?	0	0
23	Gallagher, Les	C	?	0	0
31	Goding, Fred	FPR	?	1	0
2	Harris, Don	BPR	?	0	0
6	Judkins, Stan	WL	?	0	0
16	Lilburne, Dooley	RU	?	0	1
9	McCormack, Basil	HBFR	?	0	0
13	Murdoch, Joe	HBFL	?	0	0
18	O'Halloran, Tom	RU	?	2	4
32	Rudolph, George	CHF	?	0	0
12	Titus, Jack	FF	?	2	2
22	Watson, Carl	WR	?	0	0
7	Weidner, Harry	HFFL	?	2	0
Rushed					0
Total (18 players)				9	9

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Collingwood							Coach: Jock McHale
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	7	J. Bisset	17	D. Don (c)	2	D. Harris	8	S. Coventry (c)
	21	P. Rowe	7	G. Coventry	5	H. Collier	17	L. Murphy
FORWARD							13	B. Libbis
HALF-BACK
	13	J. Murdoch	11	B. Foster	9	B. McCormack
	9	H. Chesswas	18	F. Murphy	12	J. Harris
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	6	S. Judkins	23	L. Gallagher	22	C. Watson
	27	B. Andrew	1	J. Beveridge	16	N. MacLeod	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							16	D. Lilburne
HALF-FORWARD							18	T. O'Halloran
	7	H. Weidner	32	G. Rudolph	14	J. Baggott	10	J. Fincher
	19	B. Makeham	6	G. Clayden	4	A. Collier
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	33	R. Empey	12	J. Titus	31	F. Goding
	14	A. Lauder	10	C. Dibbs	22	H. Rumney
BACK
Richmond							Coach: Frank Hughes

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	COLL	Harry Chesswas behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	??:??
	COLL	Frank Murphy behind	0.2.2	-	0.0.0	??:??
	RICH	Jack Titus behind	0.2.2	-	0.1.1	??:??
	COLL	Len Murphy goal	1.2.8	-	0.1.1	??:??
	RICH	Tom O'Halloran behind	1.2.8	-	0.2.2	??:??
	COLL	Gordon Coventry behind	1.3.9	-	0.2.2	??:??
	RICH	Jack Titus behind	1.3.9	-	0.3.3	??:??
	COLL	Gordon Coventry goal	2.3.15	-	0.3.3	??:??
	COLL	George Clayden behind	2.4.16	-	0.3.3	??:??
Q2		unknown behind	2.?.?	-	0.?.?	??:??
		unknown behind	2.5.17	-	0.4.4	??:??
	COLL	unknown behind	2.6.18	-	0.4.4	??:??
	COLL	unknown behind	2.7.19	-	0.4.4	??:??
	RICH	Tom O'Halloran goal	2.7.19	-	1.4.10	??:??
	RICH	Harry Weidner goal	2.7.19	-	2.4.16	??:??
	COLL	Gordon Coventry goal	3.7.25	-	2.4.16	??:??
	RICH	Jack Titus goal	3.7.25	-	3.4.22	??:??
	COLL	Gordon Coventry goal	4.7.31	-	3.4.22	??:??
	COLL	John Harris goal	5.7.37	-	3.4.22	??:??
	RICH	Tom O'Halloran behind	5.7.37	-	3.5.23	??:??
	COLL	Gordon Coventry goal	6.7.43	-	3.5.23	??:??
	COLL	Gordon Coventry goal	7.7.49	-	3.5.23	??:??
			7.?.?	-	?.5.?	??:??
			7.8.50	-	4.5.29	??:??
Q3	RICH	Tom O'Halloran behind	7.8.50	-	4.6.30	??:??
	COLL	Gordon Coventry behind	7.9.51	-	4.6.30	??:??
	RICH	Jack Titus goal	7.9.51	-	5.6.36	??:??
	COLL	Len Murphy goal	8.9.57	-	5.6.36	??:??
	COLL	Harry Collier behind	8.10.58	-	5.6.36	??:??
	RICH	unknown behind	8.10.58	-	5.7.37	??:??
	COLL	Gordon Coventry goal	9.10.64	-	5.7.37	??:??
	RICH	Ralph Empey goal	9.10.64	-	6.7.43	??:??
	RICH	Ralph Empey goal	9.10.64	-	7.7.49	??:??
	COLL	unknown behind	9.11.65	-	7.7.49	??:??
Q4	COLL	Bob Makeham goal	10.11.71	-	7.7.49	??:??
	RICH	Tom O'Halloran goal	10.11.71	-	8.7.55	??:??
	RICH	Tom O'Halloran behind	10.11.71	-	8.8.56	??:??
	COLL	Gordon Coventry goal	11.11.77	-	8.8.56	??:??
	RICH	Dooley Lilburne behind	11.11.77	-	8.9.57	??:??
	COLL	unknown behind	11.12.78	-	8.9.57	??:??
	RICH	Harry Weidner goal	11.12.78	-	9.9.63	??:??
	COLL	unknown behind	11.13.79	-	9.9.63	??:??
	COLL	unknown behind	11.14.80	-	9.9.63	??:??
	COLL	unknown behind	11.15.81	-	9.9.63	??:??
	COLL	Gordon Coventry goal	12.15.87	-	9.9.63	??:??
	COLL	unknown behind	12.16.88	-	9.9.63	??:??
	COLL	unknown behind	12.17.89	-	9.9.63	??:??
	COLL	unknown behind	12.18.90	-	9.9.63	??:??
	COLL	Gordon Coventry goal	13.18.96	-	9.9.63	??:??

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