1928 VFL Season Round 17: Richmond v Essendon

This is the match report for the match played on 18 August 1928 between Richmond and Essendon during round seventeen of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Essendon at Punt Road Oval. Donald Don captained the hosts. Frank Maher captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Frank Hughes and the visitors were coached by Charlie Hardy.

Richmond (22.14.146) defeated Essendon (11.11.77).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Round 17
Teams: Richmond v Essendon
Date: Saturday 18 August 1928
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Punt Road Oval
Attendance: 30,000

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Essendon
Score: 22.14.146 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 6 . 4 11 . 4 17 . 11 22 . 14 22 . 14 (146)
Essendon 3 . 3 5 . 9 6 . 10 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin RICH by 19 RICH by 31 RICH by 67 RICH by 69 RICH by 69
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Donald Don
Coach: Frank Hughes

Essendon

Captain: Frank Maher
Coach: Charlie Hardy

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
33 Baker, Reg ? ? 1 ?
7 Bisset, Jack ? ? 2 ?
17 Don, Donald (c) ? ? 0 ?
33 Empey, Ralph ? ? 1 ?
10 Fincher, Jack ? ? 3 ?
11 Foster, Bert ? ? 1 ?
23 Gallagher, Les ? ? 0 ?
2 Harris, Don ? ? 0 ?
6 Judkins, Stan ? ? 0 ?
16 Lilburne, Dooley ? ? 2 ?
19 Lunn, Bennie ? ? 0 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 0 ?
15 Oakley, Allan ? ? 1 ?
32 Rudolph, George ? ? 2 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 9 ?
22 Watson, Carl ? ? 0 ?
7 Weidner, Harry ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 22 14

Essendon

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
13 Arthur, Alan ? ? 1 ?
3 Beckton, Norm ? ? 1 ?
17 Campbell, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
19 Carman, Syd ? ? 0 ?
6 Dolan, Jack ? ? 0 ?
35 Forbes, Keith ? ? 3 ?
12 Gregory, Harry ? ? 0 ?
20 Hammond, Joe ? ? 0 ?
24 Maher, Frank (c) ? ? 1 ?
2 Okey, Howard ? ? 0 ?
21 Parris, Keith ? ? 0 ?
31 Quinn, Jim ? ? 1 ?
33 Rennie, Artie ? ? 0 ?
25 Stockdale, Greg ? ? 4 ?
28 Walsh, Paddy ? ? 0 ?
10 Watt, Rowley ? ? 0 ?
16 Way, Jack ? ? 0 ?
32 Webster, Len ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 11 11

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