1928 VFL Season Round 14: Footscray v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 28 July 1928 between Footscray and Geelong during round fourteen of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Geelong at Western Oval. Paddy Scanlan captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Paddy Scanlan and the visitors were coached by Tom Fitzmaurice.

Footscray (8.9.57) defeated Geelong (8.8.56).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Footscray v Geelong
Date: Saturday 28 July 1928
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 14,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. Geelong
Score: 8.9.57 - 8.8.56

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 0 . 2 4 . 6 5 . 8 8 . 9 8 . 9 (57)
Geelong 2 . 4 5 . 5 7 . 8 8 . 8 8 . 8 (56)
Margin GEEL by 14 GEEL by 5 GEEL by 12 FOOT by 1 FOOT by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Paddy Scanlan
Coach: Paddy Scanlan

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Tom Fitzmaurice

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

R. Devine

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
30 Baker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
3 Gaudion, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenhalgh, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
11 Johns, Harry ? ? 0 ?
12 Matheson, Gerry ? ? 1 ?
26 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
17 McDonald, Norm ? ? 2 ?
4 McGann, Bob ? ? 0 ?
7 Morrison, Alby ? ? 3 ?
20 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
16 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
1 Scanlan, Paddy (c) ? ? 1 ?
13 Sloley, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
9 Stevens, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
19 Warden, Wally ? ? 1 ?
5 Watt, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Woodman, George ? ? 0 ?
21 Woodman, Norm ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 9

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Baker, Ted ? ? 0 ?
8 Chambers, Jack ? ? 1 ?
13 Coghlan, Arthur ? ? 1 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 2 ?
25 Fowler, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 1 ?
18 Hickey, Reg ? ? 0 ?
1 Jerram, George ? ? 0 ?
14 Lamb, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
17 Mockridge, Frank ? ? 0 ?
32 Plunkett, Jack ? ? 0 ?
6 Rankin, Cliff ? ? 2 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, 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