1928 VFL Season Round 2: Footscray v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 28 April 1928 between Footscray and Essendon during round two of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Essendon at Western Oval. Paddy Scanlan captained the hosts with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. Frank Maher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Paddy Scanlan and the visitors were coached by Charlie Hardy.

Footscray (10.9.69) were defeated by Essendon (10.13.73).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Footscray v Essendon
Date: Saturday 28 April 1928
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Essendon
Score: 10.9.69 - 10.13.73

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 5 . 5 5 . 5 9 . 7 10 . 9 10 . 9 (69)
Essendon 1 . 0 7 . 4 7 . 7 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
Margin FOOT by 29 ESSE by 11 FOOT by 12 ESSE by 4 ESSE by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Charlie Hardy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Jones

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
22 Aked, Frank ? ? 0 ?
15 Bult, Frank ? ? 0 ?
24 Cahill, Ted ? ? 0 ?
21 Chapple, Les ? ? 3 ?
3 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
20 Greenhalgh, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
14 Hansen, Fred ? ? 0 ?
2 Hopkins, Allan (vc) ? ? 2 ?
16 Johnstone, Doug ? ? 0 ?
7 Morrison, Alby ? ? 0 ?
10 O'Brien, Jack ? ? 1 ?
20 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
16 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 2 ?
1 Scanlan, Paddy (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Sloley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
19 Warden, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Watt, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Woodman, George ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 9

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Beckton, Norm ? ? 1 ?
18 Bertram, Lloyd ? ? 3 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
19 Carman, Syd ? ? 0 ?
12 Gregory, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 0 ?
27 Kidd, Jack ? ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Martin, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
9 McSweeney, Ned ? ? 0 ?
22 Nash, Frank ? ? 0 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 0 ?
33 Rennie, Artie ? ? 0 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 1 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg ? ? 5 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 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