1928 VFL Season Round 1: Hawthorn v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1928 between Hawthorn and St Kilda during round one of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. Hawthorn hosted St Kilda at Glenferrie Oval. Bert Sutton captained the hosts with Bob Sellers as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bert Sutton and the visitors were coached by George Sparrow.

Hawthorn (9.13.67) were defeated by St Kilda (10.10.70).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Hawthorn v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 21 April 1928
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Glenferrie Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Hawthorn def. by St Kilda
Score: 9.13.67 - 10.10.70

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Hawthorn 2 . 0 6 . 4 9 . 11 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
St Kilda 3 . 3 8 . 4 8 . 6 10 . 10 10 . 10 (70)
Margin STKL by 9 STKL by 12 HWTH by 11 STKL by 3 STKL by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Hawthorn

Captain: Bert Sutton
Vice-Captain: Bob Sellers
Coach: Bert Sutton

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: George Sparrow

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Leheny

Boundary Umpires

J. Campbell

Player Statistics

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
6 Answerth, Clarrie FPR ? 0 ?
5 Barker, Fred WL ? 0 ?
7 Barwick, Tom HFFR ? 1 ?
17 Brown, Bill WR ? 0 ?
31 Browne, Bill HBFL ? 0 ?
16 Goullet, Ralph RU ? 0 ?
20 Hyde, Bert FF ? 2 ?
23 Keary, Pat BPL ? 0 ?
12 Lonsdale, Clarrie RU ? 0 ?
24 Magrath, Frank BPR ? 0 ?
32 Murphy, Frank CHF ? 0 ?
19 Pool, Ted RO ? 4 ?
8 Sellers, Bob (vc) FB ? 0 ?
4 Sharpley, Jack CHB ? 0 ?
27 Sherer, Charlie C ? 0 ?
1 Sutton, Bert (c) HFFL ? 1 ?
29 Tasker, Roly FPL ? 1 ?
2 Utting, Ernie HBFR ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 13

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Bence, Roy ? ? 2 ?
13 Carr, Barney ? ? 0 ?
11 Cubbins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
7 Gambetta, Cyril ? ? 1 ?
2 Hart, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
23 Hutchesson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
6 Keddie, Jim ? ? 0 ?
33 Loveless, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
19 Ludlow, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
18 Mason, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
8 Matthews, Harold ? ? 0 ?
28 Neill, Harry ? ? 0 ?
9 Phillips, Fred ? ? 0 ?
25 Sanneman, Ed ? ? 0 ?
15 Shelton, Jack ? ? 2 ?
5 Smedley, Bert ? ? 1 ?
1 Tulloh, Percy ? ? 2 ?
16 Warr, Danny ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 10

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

Hawthorn Coach: Bert Sutton
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE






16 R. Goullet

6 C. Answerth 20 B. Hyde 29 R. Tasker 12 C. Lonsdale

FORWARD 19 T. Pool

HALF-BACK













7 T. Barwick 32 F. Murphy 1 B. Sutton (c)



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE













17 B. Brown 27 C. Sherer 5 F. Barker FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE



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2 E. Utting 4 J. Sharpley 31 B. Browne



HALF-BACK



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24 F. Magrath 8 B. Sellers (vc) 23 P. Keary



BACK



St Kilda Coach: George Sparrow