1928 VFL Season Round 13: Essendon v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 14 July 1928 between Essendon and Footscray during round thirteen of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Footscray at Windy Hill. Frank Maher captained the hosts. Paddy Scanlan captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Charlie Hardy and the visitors were coached by Paddy Scanlan.

Essendon (15.14.104) defeated Footscray (11.8.74).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Essendon v Footscray
Date: Saturday 14 July 1928
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 20,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. Footscray
Score: 15.14.104 - 11.8.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 3 . 2 9 . 4 11 . 6 15 . 14 15 . 14 (104)
Footscray 5 . 2 7 . 4 11 . 5 11 . 8 11 . 8 (74)
Margin FOOT by 12 ESSE by 12 ESSE by 1 ESSE by 30 ESSE by 30
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Charlie Hardy

Footscray

Captain: Paddy Scanlan
Coach: Paddy Scanlan

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Arthur, Alan ? ? 2 ?
3 Beckton, Norm ? ? 1 ?
19 Carman, Syd ? ? 0 ?
23 Clarke, Tom ? ? 0 ?
35 Forbes, Keith ? ? 3 ?
12 Gregory, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 1 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 McSweeney, Ned ? ? 0 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 4 ?
21 Parris, Keith ? ? 0 ?
33 Rennie, Artie ? ? 0 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg ? ? 3 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
16 Way, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 15 14

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
11 Aldag, Bill ? ? 0 ?
30 Baker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
24 Cahill, Ted ? ? 0 ?
3 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenhalgh, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
25 Lukeman, Joe ? ? 0 ?
12 Matheson, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
26 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
17 McDonald, Norm ? ? 2 ?
7 Morrison, Alby ? ? 3 ?
20 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
16 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 2 ?
1 Scanlan, Paddy (c) ? ? 1 ?
13 Sloley, Charlie ? ? 3 ?
28 Spurling, Bill ? ? 0 ?
9 Stevens, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
19 Warden, Wally ? ? 0 ?
5 Watt, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 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