1928 VFL Season Round 6: Geelong v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 26 May 1928 between Geelong and Fitzroy during round six of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Fitzroy at Corio Oval. The hosts were coached by Tom Fitzmaurice and the visitors were coached by Gordon Rattray.

Geelong (19.8.122) defeated Fitzroy (2.27.39).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Round 6
Teams: Geelong v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 26 May 1928
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 11,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. Fitzroy
Score: 19.8.122 - 2.27.39

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 4 . 3 8 . 5 15 . 7 19 . 8 19 . 8 (122)
Fitzroy 0 . 6 1 . 13 1 . 19 2 . 27 2 . 27 (39)
Margin GEEL by 21 GEEL by 34 GEEL by 72 GEEL by 83 GEEL by 83
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Tom Fitzmaurice

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. McLachlan

Player Statistics

Geelong

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

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
20 Chapman, Charles ? ? 0 ?
22 Chatfield, Eric ? ? 0 ?
12 Cockram, Norm ? ? 0 ?
36 Coghlan, Davitt ? ? 0 ?
27 Corrigan, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
21 Gibbs, George ? ? 0 ?
5 Gibson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
9 Hellwig, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
28 Kemp, Cyril ? ? 0 ?
39 Kick, Ned ? ? 0 ?
35 Millen, Jack ? ? 1 ?
14 Milne, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 1 ?
16 Reeve, Willis ? ? 0 ?
2 Reichman, Eric ? ? 0 ?
7 Ringrose, Doug ? ? 0 ?
30 Schenk, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
34 Vale, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 2 27

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