1928 VFL Season Round 11: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 30 June 1928 between Melbourne and Footscray during round eleven of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the hosts. Paddy Scanlan captained the visitors with Allan Hopkins as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith and the visitors were coached by Paddy Scanlan.

Melbourne (10.8.68) defeated Footscray (8.8.56).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Round 11
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 30 June 1928
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 24,562

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Footscray
Score: 10.8.68 - 8.8.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 1 . 1 4 . 3 9 . 7 10 . 8 10 . 8 (68)
Footscray 3 . 1 4 . 4 5 . 6 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Margin FOOT by 12 FOOT by 1 MELB by 25 MELB by 12 MELB by 12
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Ivor Warne-Smith
Coach: Ivor Warne-Smith

Footscray

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Coffey

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
18 Barnes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Coy, Harry ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
31 Deane, Col ? ? 2 ?
28 Dunbar, Hugh ? ? 1 ?
5 McConville, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
11 Mollison, Derek ? ? 1 ?
9 Streeter, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 1 ?
3 Thomas, Ted ? ? 0 ?
34 Usher, Ray ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank ? ? 2 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor (c) ? ? 1 ?
8 White, Herbie ? ? 1 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 1 ?
2 Wood, Barney ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 10 8

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
24 Cahill, Ted ? ? 0 ?
3 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenhalgh, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
2 Hopkins, Allan (vc) ? ? 3 ?
25 Lukeman, Joe ? ? 0 ?
12 Matheson, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
26 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
17 McDonald, Norm ? ? 2 ?
7 Morrison, Alby ? ? 2 ?
20 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
16 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
1 Scanlan, Paddy (c) ? ? 0 ?
13 Sloley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
28 Spurling, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Stevens, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
19 Warden, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Watt, Jack ? ? 0 ?
10 Wunhym, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 8

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