1928 VFL Season Round 14: Melbourne v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 28 July 1928 between Melbourne and Fitzroy during round fourteen of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Fitzroy at the MCG. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith and the visitors were coached by Gordon Rattray.

Melbourne (18.18.126) defeated Fitzroy (11.13.79).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Round 14
Teams: Melbourne v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 28 July 1928
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 13,562

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. Fitzroy
Score: 18.18.126 - 11.13.79

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 6 . 2 9 . 9 14 . 14 18 . 18 18 . 18 (126)
Fitzroy 1 . 3 4 . 8 8 . 10 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Margin MELB by 29 MELB by 31 MELB by 40 MELB by 47 MELB by 47
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

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

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

A. Barlow

Player Statistics

Melbourne

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

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Batchelor, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
20 Chapman, Charles ? ? 3 ?
12 Cockram, Norm ? ? 3 ?
36 Coghlan, Davitt ? ? 1 ?
27 Corrigan, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
5 Gibson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
9 Hellwig, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
4 Jenkin, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
33 Meehan, Tom ? ? 0 ?
14 Milne, Roy ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 3 ?
16 Reeve, Willis ? ? 0 ?
7 Ringrose, Doug ? ? 0 ?
10 Roberts, Tasman ? ? 0 ?
15 Shanahan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Vale, Jack ? ? 0 ?
19 Williams, Fred ? ? 0 ?
32 Williams, Tommy ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 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