1928 VFL Season Round 5: Richmond v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 19 May 1928 between Richmond and Footscray during round five of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Footscray at Punt Road Oval. Allan Geddes captained the hosts. Paddy Scanlan captained the visitors with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Paddy Scanlan.

Richmond (13.22.100) defeated Footscray (12.14.86).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Round 5
Teams: Richmond v Footscray
Date: Saturday 19 May 1928
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 30,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Footscray
Score: 13.22.100 - 12.14.86

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 3 8 . 7 11 . 13 13 . 22 13 . 22 (100)
Footscray 3 . 4 6 . 5 10 . 11 12 . 14 12 . 14 (86)
Margin FOOT by 1 RICH by 14 RICH by 8 RICH by 14 RICH by 14
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Allan Geddes
Coach: Frank Hughes

Footscray

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Lewis

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Baggott, Jack ? ? 3 ?
1 Bentley, Perce ? ? 0 ?
7 Bisset, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Don, Donald ? ? 2 ?
10 Fincher, Jack ? ? 2 ?
23 Gallagher, Les ? ? 1 ?
8 Geddes, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Harris, Don ? ? 0 ?
20 Hayes, Doug ? ? 0 ?
16 Lilburne, Dooley ? ? 0 ?
19 Lunn, Bennie ? ? 0 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 1 ?
4 O'Neill, Bob ? ? 0 ?
28 Outram, Roy ? ? 1 ?
32 Rudolph, George ? ? 2 ?
7 Weidner, Harry ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 13 22

Footscray

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