1928 VFL Season Round 1: South Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 21 April 1928 between South Melbourne and Footscray during round one of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. South Melbourne hosted Footscray at Lakeside Oval. Paddy Scanlan captained the visitors with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Charlie Pannam and the visitors were coached by Paddy Scanlan.

South Melbourne (14.16.100) defeated Footscray (15.9.99).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Round 1
Teams: South Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 21 April 1928
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Lakeside Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: South Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 14.16.100 - 15.9.99

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
South Melbourne 3 . 6 6 . 7 11 . 10 14 . 16 14 . 16 (100)
Footscray 2 . 2 6 . 4 10 . 7 15 . 9 15 . 9 (99)
Margin SMLB by 10 SMLB by 3 SMLB by 9 SMLB by 1 SMLB by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

South Melbourne

Captain: unknown
Coach: Charlie Pannam

Footscray

Captain: Paddy Scanlan
Vice-Captain: Allan Hopkins
Coach: Paddy Scanlan

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

H. Alley

Player Statistics

South Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Avery, Bert ? ? 0 ?
29 Barnes, Jack ? ? 2 ?
7 Berryman, Bill ? ? 0 ?
24 Brain, Terry ? ? 0 ?
18 Brown, Martin ? ? 2 ?
6 Clarke, Harry ? ? 0 ?
23 Johnson, Ted ? ? 8 ?
Kennett, Fred ? ? 0 ?
28 McDonald, Charles ? ? 0 ?
10 McKay, Hec ? ? 0 ?
1 Pannam, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
1 Petchell, Jack ? ? 1 ?
19 Powell, Cyril ? ? 0 ?
25 Reville, Peter ? ? 0 ?
2 Scanlan, Joe ? ? 0 ?
9 Stanbridge, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
12 Thomas, Len ? ? 0 ?
34 Wheelahan, Danny ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 14 16

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
22 Aked, Frank ? ? 0 ?
30 Baker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
15 Bult, Frank ? ? 1 ?
24 Cahill, Ted ? ? 0 ?
11 Doolan, Bill ? ? 0 ?
3 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
2 Hopkins, Allan (vc) ? ? 2 ?
16 Johnstone, Doug ? ? 0 ?
17 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
7 Morrison, Alby ? ? 1 ?
10 O'Brien, Jack ? ? 4 ?
20 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
1 Scanlan, Paddy (c) ? ? 1 ?
13 Sloley, Charlie ? ? 2 ?
9 Stevens, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
18 Valentine, George ? ? 0 ?
5 Watt, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Woodman, George ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 15 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