1928 VFL Season Round 15: Geelong v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 1928 between Geelong and Essendon during round fifteen of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Essendon at Corio Oval. Frank Maher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Fitzmaurice and the visitors were coached by Charlie Hardy.

Geelong (4.14.38) were defeated by Essendon (12.10.82).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Geelong v Essendon
Date: Saturday 4 August 1928
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 10,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Essendon
Score: 4.14.38 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 0 . 4 1 . 10 2 . 11 4 . 14 4 . 14 (38)
Essendon 5 . 1 5 . 3 10 . 8 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin ESSE by 27 ESSE by 17 ESSE by 45 ESSE by 44 ESSE by 44
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: unknown
Coach: Tom Fitzmaurice

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Charlie Hardy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Coffey

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Baker, Ted ? ? 0 ?
8 Chambers, Jack ? ? 1 ?
9 Clearson, Len ? ? 0 ?
13 Coghlan, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
3 Comben, Aubrey ? ? 0 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 1 ?
25 Fowler, Charlie ? ? 1 ?
20 Greeves, Edward ? ? 0 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 1 ?
14 Lamb, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
7 Lamb, Milton ? ? 0 ?
17 Mockridge, Frank ? ? 0 ?
28 Rayson, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 0 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Warren, Jim ? ? 0 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 4 14

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Arthur, Alan ? ? 2 ?
3 Beckton, Norm ? ? 2 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
19 Carman, Syd ? ? 0 ?
26 Charleston, Aub ? ? 0 ?
23 Clarke, Tom ? ? 0 ?
35 Forbes, Keith ? ? 2 ?
12 Gregory, Harry ? ? 0 ?
27 Kidd, Jack ? ? 2 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 0 ?
21 Parris, Keith ? ? 0 ?
33 Rennie, Artie ? ? 0 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg ? ? 4 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 12 10

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