1928 VFL Season Round 16: Essendon v Fitzroy

This is the match report for the match played on 11 August 1928 between Essendon and Fitzroy during round sixteen of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. Essendon hosted Fitzroy at Windy Hill. Frank Maher captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Charlie Hardy and the visitors were coached by Gordon Rattray.

Essendon (7.12.54) were defeated by Fitzroy (8.14.62).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Essendon v Fitzroy
Date: Saturday 11 August 1928
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Windy Hill
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Essendon def. by Fitzroy
Score: 7.12.54 - 8.14.62

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Essendon 2 . 3 4 . 6 6 . 9 7 . 12 7 . 12 (54)
Fitzroy 2 . 3 5 . 6 6 . 12 8 . 14 8 . 14 (62)
Margin level FITZ by 6 FITZ by 3 FITZ by 8 FITZ by 8
Duration

Honour Roll

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Charlie Hardy

Fitzroy

Captain: unknown
Coach: Gordon Rattray

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Brandon

Player Statistics

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Beckton, Norm ? ? 2 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
26 Charleston, Aub ? ? 0 ?
23 Clarke, Tom ? ? 0 ?
35 Forbes, Keith ? ? 3 ?
12 Gregory, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 0 ?
1 Martin, Ernie ? ? 0 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 0 ?
21 Parris, Keith ? ? 0 ?
31 Quinn, Jim ? ? 1 ?
33 Rennie, Artie ? ? 0 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg ? ? 1 ?
5 Vosti, Jack ? ? 0 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 7 12

Fitzroy

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
3 Batchelor, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
11 Cashman, Jack ? ? 3 ?
20 Chapman, Charles ? ? 1 ?
12 Cockram, Norm ? ? 0 ?
36 Coghlan, Davitt ? ? 0 ?
27 Corrigan, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
5 Gibson, Frank ? ? 0 ?
9 Hellwig, Gordon ? ? 0 ?
4 Jenkin, Horrie ? ? 0 ?
6 Moriarty, Jack ? ? 3 ?
16 Reeve, Willis ? ? 0 ?
2 Reichman, Eric ? ? 0 ?
7 Ringrose, Doug ? ? 0 ?
10 Roberts, Tasman ? ? 0 ?
15 Shanahan, Jim ? ? 0 ?
34 Vale, Jack ? ? 1 ?
19 Williams, Fred ? ? 0 ?
32 Williams, Tommy ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 14

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