1928 VFL Season Round 4: Essendon v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 12 May 1928 between Essendon and Geelong during round four of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Geelong at Windy Hill. Frank Maher captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Charlie Hardy and the visitors were coached by Tom Fitzmaurice.

Essendon (6.11.47) were defeated by Geelong (6.14.50).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Essendon v Geelong
Date: Saturday 12 May 1928
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Geelong
Score: 6.11.47 - 6.14.50

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 5 2 . 6 6 . 10 6 . 11 6 . 11 (47)
Geelong 0 . 1 3 . 5 3 . 6 6 . 14 6 . 14 (50)
Margin ESSE by 16 GEEL by 5 ESSE by 22 GEEL by 3 GEEL by 3
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Charlie Hardy

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Tom Fitzmaurice

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Devine

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Arthur, Alan ? ? 1 ?
3 Beckton, Norm ? ? 1 ?
18 Bertram, Lloyd ? ? 2 ?
19 Carman, Syd ? ? 0 ?
18 Carruthers, Bruce ? ? 0 ?
6 Dolan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Gregory, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 0 ?
14 Henry, Bill ? ? 1 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Martin, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 0 ?
31 Quinn, Jim ? ? 0 ?
33 Rennie, Artie ? ? 0 ?
19 Simpson, Norm ? ? 1 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 11

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Baker, Ted ? ? 0 ?
4 Carroll, Andy ? ? 0 ?
8 Chambers, Jack ? ? 3 ?
13 Coghlan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
5 Ferguson, Dave ? ? 0 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 1 ?
25 Fowler, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
1 Jerram, George ? ? 2 ?
30 Keppel, Frank ? ? 0 ?
21 Laver, Les ? ? 0 ?
17 Mockridge, Frank ? ? 0 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Warren, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 14

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