1928 VFL Season Round 11: Collingwood v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 30 June 1928 between Collingwood and Essendon during round eleven of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood hosted Essendon at Victoria Park. Syd Coventry captained the hosts with Ernie Wilson as vice-captain. Frank Maher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Charlie Hardy.

Collingwood (12.13.85) defeated Essendon (8.9.57).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Collingwood v Essendon
Date: Saturday 30 June 1928
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Victoria Park
Attendance: 16,000

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. Essendon
Score: 12.13.85 - 8.9.57

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 4 . 2 10 . 6 11 . 7 12 . 13 12 . 13 (85)
Essendon 2 . 3 3 . 4 6 . 8 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Margin COLL by 11 COLL by 44 COLL by 29 COLL by 28 COLL by 28
Duration

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Syd Coventry
Vice-Captain: Ernie Wilson
Coach: Jock McHale

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Charlie Hardy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Leheny

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
1 Beveridge, Jack ? ? 1 ?
3 Bowyer, Percy ? ? 0 ?
9 Chesswas, Harry ? ? 1 ?
4 Collier, Albert ? ? 0 ?
5 Collier, Harry ? ? 1 ?
7 Coventry, Gordon ? ? 6 ?
8 Coventry, Syd (c) ? ? 0 ?
10 Dibbs, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
12 Harris, John ? ? 1 ?
13 Libbis, Billy ? ? 1 ?
16 MacLeod, Norm ? ? 0 ?
19 Makeham, Bob ? ? 1 ?
30 Muir, Bob ? ? 0 ?
18 Murphy, Frank ? ? 0 ?
17 Murphy, Len ? ? 0 ?
21 Rowe, Percy ? ? 0 ?
22 Rumney, Harold ? ? 0 ?
25 Wilson, Ernie (vc) ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 13

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Arthur, Alan ? ? 2 ?
3 Beckton, Norm ? ? 1 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
34 Cerini, Athol ? ? 0 ?
6 Dolan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
35 Forbes, Keith ? ? 3 ?
1 Gomez, Chris ? ? 0 ?
12 Gregory, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
22 Nash, Frank ? ? 1 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 1 ?
21 Parris, Keith ? ? 0 ?
31 Quinn, Jim ? ? 0 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 9

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