1928 VFL Season Round 12: Melbourne v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 7 July 1928 between Melbourne and Essendon during round twelve of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Essendon at the MCG. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the hosts. Frank Maher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith and the visitors were coached by Charlie Hardy.

Melbourne (8.19.67) were defeated by Essendon (12.17.89).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Round 12
Teams: Melbourne v Essendon
Date: Saturday 7 July 1928
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 18,695

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Essendon
Score: 8.19.67 - 12.17.89

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 5 4 . 14 6 . 16 8 . 19 8 . 19 (67)
Essendon 3 . 5 5 . 6 11 . 12 12 . 17 12 . 17 (89)
Margin ESSE by 6 MELB by 2 ESSE by 26 ESSE by 22 ESSE by 22
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Charlie Hardy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Kain

Player Statistics

Melbourne

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

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Arthur, Alan ? ? 0 ?
3 Beckton, Norm ? ? 2 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 1 ?
19 Carman, Syd ? ? 0 ?
23 Clarke, Tom ? ? 0 ?
35 Forbes, Keith ? ? 0 ?
12 Gregory, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 1 ?
9 McSweeney, Ned ? ? 0 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 1 ?
21 Parris, Keith ? ? 0 ?
33 Rennie, Artie ? ? 0 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg ? ? 4 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
16 Way, Jack ? ? 1 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 17

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