1928 VFL Season Round 1: Essendon v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1928 between Essendon and Melbourne during round one of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Melbourne at Windy Hill. Frank Maher captained the hosts. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Hardy and the visitors were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith.

Essendon (11.6.72) were defeated by Melbourne (13.7.85).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Essendon v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 21 April 1928
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Melbourne
Score: 11.6.72 - 13.7.85

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 2 6 . 4 8 . 4 11 . 6 11 . 6 (72)
Melbourne 2 . 1 8 . 3 8 . 5 13 . 7 13 . 7 (85)
Margin ESSE by 7 MELB by 11 MELB by 1 MELB by 13 MELB by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Charlie Hardy

Melbourne

Captain: Ivor Warne-Smith
Coach: Ivor Warne-Smith

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Devine

Boundary Umpires

W. Furlonger

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Beckton, Norm ? ? 2 ?
18 Bertram, Lloyd ? ? 2 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
19 Carman, Syd ? ? 0 ?
6 Dolan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Gregory, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 0 ?
27 Kidd, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 1 ?
1 Martin, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
22 Nash, Frank ? ? 2 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 0 ?
33 Rennie, Artie ? ? 0 ?
30 Speakman, Bill ? ? 0 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg ? ? 4 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 6

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
18 Barnes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 1 ?
31 Deane, Col ? ? 1 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh ? ? 3 ?
6 Hope, Allan ? ? 3 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor (c) ? ? 2 ?
8 White, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 13 7

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