1928 VFL Season Round 16: Footscray v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 11 August 1928 between Footscray and Richmond during round sixteen of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. Footscray hosted Richmond at Western Oval. Paddy Scanlan captained the hosts. Donald Don captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Paddy Scanlan and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Footscray (8.6.54) were defeated by Richmond (10.17.77).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Round 16
Teams: Footscray v Richmond
Date: Saturday 11 August 1928
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Western Oval
Attendance: 18,000

Match Results

Outcome: Footscray def. by Richmond
Score: 8.6.54 - 10.17.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Footscray 5 . 3 5 . 3 6 . 6 8 . 6 8 . 6 (54)
Richmond 0 . 0 2 . 14 5 . 14 10 . 17 10 . 17 (77)
Margin FOOT by 33 FOOT by 7 RICH by 2 RICH by 23 RICH by 23
Duration

Honour Roll

Footscray

Captain: Paddy Scanlan
Coach: Paddy Scanlan

Richmond

Captain: Donald Don
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. Leheny

Player Statistics

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
22 Aked, Frank ? ? 1 ?
30 Baker, Harry ? ? 0 ?
4 Barlow, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
24 Conlon, Leo ? ? 0 ?
20 Greenhalgh, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
11 Johns, Harry ? ? 1 ?
12 Matheson, Gerry ? ? 0 ?
26 McAlpine, Ivan ? ? 0 ?
17 McDonald, Norm ? ? 2 ?
4 McGann, Bob ? ? 0 ?
7 Morrison, Alby ? ? 1 ?
20 Outen, Alby ? ? 0 ?
16 Rowe, Charlie ? ? 2 ?
1 Scanlan, Paddy (c) ? ? 0 ?
9 Stevens, Arthur ? ? 0 ?
23 Thompson, Roy ? ? 0 ?
5 Watt, Jack ? ? 0 ?
21 Woodman, Norm ? ? 1 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 8 6

Richmond

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

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