1928 VFL Season Round 7: St Kilda v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 2 June 1928 between St Kilda and Footscray during round seven of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. St Kilda hosted Footscray at Junction Oval. Paddy Scanlan captained the visitors with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by George Sparrow and the visitors were coached by Paddy Scanlan.

St Kilda (9.17.71) were defeated by Footscray (11.6.72).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Round 7
Teams: St Kilda v Footscray
Date: Saturday 2 June 1928
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Junction Oval
Attendance: 12,000

Match Results

Outcome: St Kilda def. by Footscray
Score: 9.17.71 - 11.6.72

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
St Kilda 0 . 4 4 . 8 5 . 11 9 . 17 9 . 17 (71)
Footscray 5 . 3 5 . 4 9 . 6 11 . 6 11 . 6 (72)
Margin FOOT by 29 FOOT by 2 FOOT by 19 FOOT by 1 FOOT by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

St Kilda

Captain: unknown
Coach: George Sparrow

Footscray

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. McLachlan

Player Statistics

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
12 Bence, Roy ? ? 2 ?
13 Carr, Barney ? ? 0 ?
11 Cubbins, Bill ? ? 0 ?
7 Gambetta, Cyril ? ? 0 ?
2 Hart, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
22 Hepburn, Stan ? ? 0 ?
23 Hutchesson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
33 Loveless, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
30 Lucas, George ? ? 1 ?
19 Ludlow, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
18 Mason, Horrie ? ? 1 ?
8 Matthews, Harold ? ? 0 ?
27 Outram, Percy ? ? 1 ?
9 Phillips, Fred ? ? 0 ?
21 Roberts, William ? ? 0 ?
25 Sanneman, Ed ? ? 0 ?
15 Shelton, Jack ? ? 3 ?
16 Warr, Danny ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 17

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Baker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
15 Bult, Frank ? ? 0 ?
3 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenhalgh, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
2 Hopkins, Allan (vc) ? ? 0 ?
25 Lukeman, Joe ? ? 0 ?
12 Matheson, Gerry ? ? 2 ?
26 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
7 Morrison, Alby ? ? 5 ?
20 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
16 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Scanlan, Paddy (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Sloley, Charlie ? ? 3 ?
28 Spurling, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Stevens, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
19 Warden, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Watt, Jack ? ? 1 ?
6 Woodman, George ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 6

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