1928 VFL Season Round 3: Richmond v Collingwood

This is the match report for the match played on 5 May 1928 between Richmond and Collingwood during round three of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Collingwood at Punt Road Oval. Allan Geddes captained the hosts. Syd Coventry captained the visitors with Ernie Wilson as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Jock McHale.

Richmond (5.14.44) defeated Collingwood (5.12.42).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Round 3
Teams: Richmond v Collingwood
Date: Saturday 5 May 1928
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 36,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Collingwood
Score: 5.14.44 - 5.12.42

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 0 . 5 1 . 7 2 . 8 5 . 14 5 . 14 (44)
Collingwood 1 . 6 2 . 7 4 . 10 5 . 12 5 . 12 (42)
Margin COLL by 7 COLL by 6 COLL by 14 RICH by 2 RICH by 2
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Allan Geddes
Coach: Frank Hughes

Collingwood

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Devine

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Baggott, Jack ? ? 3 ?
1 Bentley, Perce ? ? 1 ?
7 Bisset, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Don, Donald ? ? 0 ?
33 Empey, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
10 Fincher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Gallagher, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Geddes, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
20 Hayes, Doug ? ? 0 ?
16 Lilburne, Dooley ? ? 0 ?
19 Lunn, Bennie ? ? 0 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 0 ?
25 O'Brien, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 0 ?
4 O'Neill, Bob ? ? 0 ?
32 Rudolph, George ? ? 1 ?
7 Weidner, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 14

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
26 Angus, Les ? ? 0 ?
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 ? ? 4 ?
8 Coventry, Syd (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Dibbs, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
12 Harris, John ? ? 0 ?
13 Libbis, Billy ? ? 1 ?
19 Makeham, Bob ? ? 0 ?
18 Murphy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
17 Murphy, Len ? ? 0 ?
26 Poulter, Joe ? ? 0 ?
25 Wilson, Ernie (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 5 12

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