1928 VFL Season Round 1: Richmond v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1928 between Richmond and North Melbourne during round one of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted North Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Allan Geddes captained the hosts. Charlie Tyson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Charlie Tyson.

Richmond (14.15.99) defeated North Melbourne (2.9.21).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: Richmond v North Melbourne
Date: Saturday 21 April 1928
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. North Melbourne
Score: 14.15.99 - 2.9.21

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 2 7 . 5 11 . 10 14 . 15 14 . 15 (99)
North Melbourne 0 . 2 0 . 4 1 . 7 2 . 9 2 . 9 (21)
Margin RICH by 18 RICH by 43 RICH by 63 RICH by 78 RICH by 78
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Allan Geddes
Coach: Frank Hughes

North Melbourne

Captain: Charlie Tyson
Coach: Charlie Tyson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Jones

Boundary Umpires

W. Beckwith

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Baggott, Jack ? ? 5 ?
1 Bentley, Perce ? ? 0 ?
7 Bisset, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Don, Donald ? ? 0 ?
10 Fincher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Gallagher, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Geddes, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Harris, Don ? ? 0 ?
15 Jamison, Sam ? ? 0 ?
16 Lilburne, Dooley ? ? 0 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
21 McCormack, Jack ? ? 4 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 0 ?
25 O'Brien, Frank ? ? 1 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 2 ?
4 O'Neill, Bob ? ? 1 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 0 ?
7 Weidner, Harry ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 14 15

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Brown, Peter ? ? 0 ?
20 Cameron, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
Coutts, Frank ? ? 0 ?
19 Dwyer, Leo ? ? 0 ?
9 Gregory, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
29 Healy, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
22 Lambe, Alf ? ? 0 ?
25 Lynch, Billy ? ? 0 ?
2 McCabe, Bill ? ? 0 ?
3 McDowell, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Morrissey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
27 Murphy, Laurie ? ? 0 ?
23 Nolan, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
Richards, Les ? ? 0 ?
7 Russ, Bill ? ? 0 ?
8 Smith, Bob ? ? 0 ?
1 Tyson, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
Watson, Don ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 2 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