1928 VFL Season Round 8: Fitzroy v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 4 June 1928 between Fitzroy and Richmond during round eight of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. Fitzroy hosted Richmond at Brunswick Street Oval. Allan Geddes captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Gordon Rattray and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Fitzroy (17.13.115) were defeated by Richmond (19.6.120).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Fitzroy v Richmond
Date: Monday 4 June 1928
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Brunswick Street Oval
Attendance: 15,000

Match Results

Outcome: Fitzroy def. by Richmond
Score: 17.13.115 - 19.6.120

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Fitzroy 6 . 2 9 . 7 10 . 9 17 . 13 17 . 13 (115)
Richmond 3 . 4 6 . 5 14 . 6 19 . 6 19 . 6 (120)
Margin FITZ by 16 FITZ by 20 RICH by 21 RICH by 5 RICH by 5
Duration

Honour Roll

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Richmond

Captain: Allan Geddes
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

C. Lewis

Player Statistics

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Batchelor, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
20 Chapman, Charles ? ? 2 ?
22 Chatfield, Eric ? ? 0 ?
12 Cockram, Norm ? ? 1 ?
36 Coghlan, Davitt ? ? 0 ?
27 Corrigan, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
18 Foley, Steve ? ? 0 ?
5 Gibson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
4 Jenkin, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
35 Millen, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 7 ?
16 Reeve, Willis ? ? 0 ?
7 Ringrose, Doug ? ? 1 ?
10 Roberts, Tasman ? ? 3 ?
30 Schenk, Eddie ? ? 0 ?
15 Shanahan, Jim ? ? 1 ?
34 Vale, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Williams, Fred ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 17 13

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Baggott, Jack ? ? 4 ?
7 Bisset, Jack ? ? 1 ?
17 Don, Donald ? ? 0 ?
33 Empey, Ralph ? ? 3 ?
10 Fincher, Jack ? ? 3 ?
23 Gallagher, Les ? ? 0 ?
8 Geddes, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
31 Goding, Fred ? ? 0 ?
2 Harris, Don ? ? 0 ?
6 Judkins, Stan ? ? 0 ?
16 Lilburne, Dooley ? ? 1 ?
19 Lunn, Bennie ? ? 0 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 3 ?
28 Outram, Roy ? ? 0 ?
22 Street, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
7 Weidner, Harry ? ? 4 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 19 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