1928 VFL Season Round 3: Geelong v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 1928 between Geelong and Footscray during round three of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Footscray at Corio Oval. Paddy Scanlan captained the visitors with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Tom Fitzmaurice and the visitors were coached by Paddy Scanlan.

Geelong (10.17.77) were defeated by Footscray (12.9.81).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Geelong v Footscray
Date: Saturday 5 May 1928
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 12,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Footscray
Score: 10.17.77 - 12.9.81

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 8 4 . 9 9 . 14 10 . 17 10 . 17 (77)
Footscray 1 . 1 9 . 2 11 . 3 12 . 9 12 . 9 (81)
Margin GEEL by 19 FOOT by 23 FOOT by 1 FOOT by 4 FOOT by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Tom Fitzmaurice

Footscray

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Barlow

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Baker, Ted ? ? 0 ?
4 Carroll, Andy ? ? 2 ?
8 Chambers, Jack ? ? 2 ?
13 Coghlan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
5 Ferguson, Dave ? ? 0 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 2 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg ? ? 1 ?
1 Jerram, George ? ? 0 ?
30 Keppel, Frank ? ? 0 ?
17 Mockridge, Frank ? ? 0 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Warren, Jim ? ? 2 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 17

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
22 Aked, Frank ? ? 1 ?
15 Bult, Frank ? ? 0 ?
24 Cahill, Ted ? ? 0 ?
21 Chapple, Les ? ? 2 ?
3 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenhalgh, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
2 Hopkins, Allan (vc) ? ? 1 ?
16 Johnstone, Doug ? ? 0 ?
12 Matheson, Gerry ? ? 1 ?
17 McDonald, Norm ? ? 0 ?
10 O'Brien, Jack ? ? 5 ?
20 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
16 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Scanlan, Paddy (c) ? ? 1 ?
9 Stevens, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
19 Warden, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Watt, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Woodman, George ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 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