1928 VFL Season Round 2: Collingwood v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 28 April 1928 between Collingwood and Fitzroy during round two of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Fitzroy at Victoria Park. Syd Coventry captained the hosts with Ernie Wilson as vice-captain. Gordon Rattray captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Gordon Rattray.

Collingwood (14.18.102) defeated Fitzroy (9.13.67).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Collingwood v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 28 April 1928
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Fitzroy
Score: 14.18.102 - 9.13.67

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 5 . 6 9 . 9 12 . 15 14 . 18 14 . 18 (102)
Fitzroy 1 . 3 4 . 7 7 . 9 9 . 13 9 . 13 (67)
Margin COLL by 27 COLL by 32 COLL by 36 COLL by 35 COLL by 35
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Syd Coventry
Vice-Captain: Ernie Wilson
Coach: Jock McHale

Fitzroy

Captain: Gordon Rattray
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Devine

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Beveridge, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Bird, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
3 Bowyer, Percy ? ? 0 ?
9 Chesswas, Harry ? ? 0 ?
6 Clayden, George ? ? 0 ?
4 Collier, Albert ? ? 0 ?
5 Collier, Harry ? ? 0 ?
7 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 9 ?
8 Coventry, Syd (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Dibbs, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
12 Harris, John ? ? 1 ?
13 Libbis, Billy ? ? 3 ?
19 Makeham, Bob ? ? 0 ?
18 Murphy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
17 Murphy, Len ? ? 1 ?
26 Poulter, Joe ? ? 0 ?
22 Rumney, Harold ? ? 0 ?
25 Wilson, Ernie (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 14 18

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Batchelor, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
20 Chapman, Charles ? ? 0 ?
12 Cockram, Norm ? ? 0 ?
36 Coghlan, Davitt ? ? 1 ?
29 Collins, Goldie ? ? 0 ?
18 Foley, Steve ? ? 0 ?
37 Hickey, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 Jenkin, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
35 Millen, Jack ? ? 0 ?
14 Milne, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 7 ?
26 Rattray, Gordon (c) ? ? 0 ?
16 Reeve, Willis ? ? 0 ?
2 Reichman, Eric ? ? 0 ?
7 Ringrose, Doug ? ? 1 ?
10 Roberts, Tasman ? ? 0 ?
15 Shanahan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
19 Williams, Fred ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 13

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