1928 VFL Season Grand Final: Collingwood v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 29 September 1928 between Collingwood and Richmond in the final of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Richmond at the 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 (13.18.96) defeated Richmond (9.9.63).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Final (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

Collingwood

Captain: Syd Coventry
Coach: Jock McHale

Richmond

Captain: Donald Don
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Goal Umpires

W. Craddock
M. Madden

Boundary Umpires

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 ??:??