1928 VFL Season Round 8: Footscray v North Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 June 1928 between Footscray and North Melbourne during round eight of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted North Melbourne at Western Oval. Paddy Scanlan captained the hosts with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. Charlie Tyson captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Paddy Scanlan and the visitors were coached by Charlie Tyson.

Footscray (18.15.123) defeated North Melbourne (8.13.61).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Round 8
Teams: Footscray v North Melbourne
Date: Monday 4 June 1928
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 17,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. North Melbourne
Score: 18.15.123 - 8.13.61

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 4 . 4 10 . 6 14 . 10 18 . 15 18 . 15 (123)
North Melbourne 2 . 3 5 . 3 5 . 10 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Margin FOOT by 13 FOOT by 33 FOOT by 54 FOOT by 62 FOOT by 62
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

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

North Melbourne

Captain: Charlie Tyson
Coach: Charlie Tyson

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

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 ?
11 Johns, Harry ? ? 1 ?
12 Matheson, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
26 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
17 McDonald, Norm ? ? 3 ?
7 Morrison, Alby ? ? 2 ?
20 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
1 Scanlan, Paddy (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Sloley, Charlie ? ? 3 ?
28 Spurling, Bill ? ? 6 ?
23 Thompson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
19 Warden, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Watt, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Woodman, George ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 18 15

North Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
17 Brown, Peter ? ? 2 ?
Coutts, Frank ? ? 1 ?
15 Dea, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
19 Dwyer, Leo ? ? 0 ?
9 Gregory, Johnny ? ? 0 ?
29 Healy, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
22 Lambe, Alf ? ? 0 ?
16 Lovett, Joe ? ? 1 ?
25 Lynch, Billy ? ? 0 ?
2 McCabe, Bill ? ? 0 ?
4 McConnell, Len ? ? 1 ?
3 McDowell, Bill ? ? 2 ?
14 Morrissey, Jack ? ? 0 ?
23 Nolan, Clarrie ? ? 0 ?
5 Pitchford, Mac ? ? 0 ?
7 Russ, Bill ? ? 1 ?
12 Trevaskis, Tim ? ? 0 ?
1 Tyson, Charlie (c) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 13

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