1928 VFL Season Round 2: Melbourne v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 28 April 1928 between Melbourne and Geelong during round two of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Geelong at the MCG. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the hosts. Tom Fitzmaurice captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith and the visitors were coached by Tom Fitzmaurice.

Melbourne (6.11.47) defeated Geelong (4.16.40).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Round 2
Teams: Melbourne v Geelong
Date: Saturday 28 April 1928
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 15,122

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Geelong
Score: 6.11.47 - 4.16.40

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 2 3 . 4 3 . 8 6 . 11 6 . 11 (47)
Geelong 1 . 7 2 . 11 3 . 16 4 . 16 4 . 16 (40)
Margin GEEL by 5 GEEL by 1 GEEL by 8 MELB by 7 MELB by 7
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ivor Warne-Smith
Coach: Ivor Warne-Smith

Geelong

Captain: Tom Fitzmaurice
Coach: Tom Fitzmaurice

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Boundary Umpires

R. Carnaby

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
18 Barnes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert ? ? 1 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
31 Deane, Col ? ? 0 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
6 Hope, Allan ? ? 1 ?
5 McConville, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
3 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank ? ? 2 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 White, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 11

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Baker, Ted ? ? 0 ?
8 Chambers, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Coghlan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
5 Ferguson, Dave ? ? 0 ?
23 Fitzmaurice, Tom (c) ? ? 2 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 1 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg ? ? 0 ?
30 Keppel, Frank ? ? 0 ?
17 Mockridge, Frank ? ? 0 ?
32 Plunkett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Warren, Jim ? ? 1 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 4 16

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