1928 VFL Season Round 15: Richmond v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 4 August 1928 between Richmond and Melbourne during round fifteen of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Melbourne at Punt Road Oval. Donald Don captained the hosts. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith.

Richmond (11.13.79) defeated Melbourne (7.8.50).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Round 15
Teams: Richmond v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 4 August 1928
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 26,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Melbourne
Score: 11.13.79 - 7.8.50

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 3 . 2 3 . 6 7 . 9 11 . 13 11 . 13 (79)
Melbourne 2 . 2 6 . 6 6 . 7 7 . 8 7 . 8 (50)
Margin RICH by 6 MELB by 18 RICH by 8 RICH by 29 RICH by 29
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Donald Don
Coach: Frank Hughes

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Baker, Reg ? ? 1 ?
1 Bentley, Perce ? ? 0 ?
7 Bisset, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Don, Donald (c) ? ? 1 ?
33 Empey, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
10 Fincher, Jack ? ? 1 ?
23 Gallagher, Les ? ? 1 ?
31 Goding, Fred ? ? 1 ?
2 Harris, Don ? ? 0 ?
6 Judkins, Stan ? ? 1 ?
16 Lilburne, Dooley ? ? 0 ?
19 Lunn, Bennie ? ? 0 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 1 ?
32 Rudolph, George ? ? 0 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 1 ?
22 Watson, Carl ? ? 0 ?
7 Weidner, Harry ? ? 3 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 13

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
4 Abernethy, Jim ? ? 1 ?
18 Barnes, Charlie ? ? 0 ?
17 Chadwick, Bert ? ? 0 ?
10 Collins, Jack ? ? 0 ?
12 Corbett, Bob ? ? 0 ?
29 Davidson, Jimmy ? ? 0 ?
31 Deane, Col ? ? 0 ?
16 Johnson, Bob ? ? 3 ?
39 Latham, Bill ? ? 0 ?
5 McConville, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
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) ? ? 0 ?
8 White, Herbie ? ? 1 ?
1 Wittman, Stan ? ? 2 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 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