1928 VFL Season Round 13: Geelong v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 14 July 1928 between Geelong and Melbourne during round thirteen of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Melbourne at Corio Oval. Tom Fitzmaurice captained the hosts. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Fitzmaurice and the visitors were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith.

Geelong (6.15.51) were defeated by Melbourne (7.13.55).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Geelong v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 14 July 1928
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 16,500

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Melbourne
Score: 6.15.51 - 7.13.55

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 3 . 9 4 . 10 6 . 14 6 . 15 6 . 15 (51)
Melbourne 0 . 1 4 . 4 6 . 5 7 . 13 7 . 13 (55)
Margin GEEL by 26 GEEL by 6 GEEL by 9 MELB by 4 MELB by 4
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Tom Fitzmaurice
Coach: Tom Fitzmaurice

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Kain

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Baker, Ted ? ? 1 ?
8 Chambers, Jack ? ? 1 ?
13 Coghlan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
23 Fitzmaurice, Tom (c) ? ? 0 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 2 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Jerram, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Lamb, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
17 Mockridge, Frank ? ? 0 ?
32 Money, Jim ? ? 1 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff ? ? 1 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
10 Vautier, Len ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 6 15

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 3 ?
18 Barnes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
31 Deane, Col ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 1 ?
39 Latham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 McConville, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
38 Moodie, Jim ? ? 0 ?
32 Ogden, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
35 Taylor, Dick ? ? 1 ?
26 Tymms, Bill ? ? 0 ?
34 Usher, Ray ? ? 0 ?
23 Vine, Frank ? ? 1 ?
14 Warne-Smith, Ivor (c) ? ? 0 ?
8 White, Herbie ? ? 0 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 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