1928 VFL Season Round 4: Melbourne v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 12 May 1928 between Melbourne and Richmond during round four of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Richmond at the MCG. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the hosts. Allan Geddes captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Melbourne (7.13.55) defeated Richmond (6.15.51).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Round 4
Teams: Melbourne v Richmond
Date: Saturday 12 May 1928
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 26,558

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Richmond
Score: 7.13.55 - 6.15.51

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 3 4 . 7 5 . 9 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Richmond 2 . 2 3 . 5 5 . 10 6 . 15 6 . 15 (51)
Margin MELB by 1 MELB by 8 RICH by 1 MELB by 4 MELB by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Richmond

Captain: Allan Geddes
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Lewis

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 0 ?
18 Barnes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
31 Deane, Col ? ? 0 ?
7 Driver, Vince ? ? 0 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh ? ? 2 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 2 ?
39 Latham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 McConville, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
20 Meade, Les ? ? 0 ?
11 Mollison, Derek ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 0 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 13

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Baggott, Jack ? ? 0 ?
1 Bentley, Perce ? ? 1 ?
7 Bisset, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Don, Donald ? ? 0 ?
10 Fincher, Jack ? ? 1 ?
23 Gallagher, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Geddes, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Harris, Don ? ? 0 ?
20 Hayes, Doug ? ? 0 ?
16 Lilburne, Dooley ? ? 0 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
21 McCormack, Jack ? ? 0 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 0 ?
25 O'Brien, Frank ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 1 ?
4 O'Neill, Bob ? ? 0 ?
32 Rudolph, George ? ? 1 ?
7 Weidner, Harry ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 15

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