1928 VFL Season Round 18: Geelong v Richmond

This is the match report for the match played on 1 September 1928 between Geelong and Richmond during round eighteen of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. Geelong hosted Richmond at Corio Oval. Tom Fitzmaurice captained the hosts. Allan Geddes captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Fitzmaurice and the visitors were coached by Frank Hughes.

Geelong (9.9.63) were defeated by Richmond (15.21.111).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Round 18
Teams: Geelong v Richmond
Date: Saturday 1 September 1928
Time: 2:45 PM
Venue: Corio Oval
Attendance: 7,000

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Richmond
Score: 9.9.63 - 15.21.111

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 1 . 2 3 . 5 4 . 7 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
Richmond 3 . 5 8 . 8 12 . 12 15 . 21 15 . 21 (111)
Margin RICH by 15 RICH by 33 RICH by 53 RICH by 48 RICH by 48
Duration

Honour Roll

Geelong

Captain: Tom Fitzmaurice
Coach: Tom Fitzmaurice

Richmond

Captain: Allan Geddes
Coach: Frank Hughes

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

B. Coffey

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
2 Baker, Ted ? ? 0 ?
4 Carroll, Andy ? ? 0 ?
8 Chambers, Jack ? ? 2 ?
9 Clearson, Len ? ? 1 ?
23 Fitzmaurice, Tom (c) ? ? 2 ?
11 Fleming, Eric ? ? 0 ?
27 Hardiman, Peter ? ? 0 ?
18 Hickey, Reg ? ? 1 ?
30 Keppel, Frank ? ? 0 ?
14 Lamb, Garnet ? ? 0 ?
7 Lamb, Milton ? ? 0 ?
17 Mockridge, Frank ? ? 0 ?
22 Mulroyan, Cyril ? ? 0 ?
16 Smith, Les ? ? 0 ?
15 Stevenson, Ted ? ? 2 ?
19 Todd, George ? ? 0 ?
10 Vautier, Len ? ? 1 ?
24 Williams, Jack ? ? 0 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 9 9

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
14 Baggott, Jack ? ? 3 ?
33 Baker, Reg ? ? 0 ?
7 Bisset, Jack ? ? 0 ?
17 Don, Donald ? ? 0 ?
33 Empey, Ralph ? ? 0 ?
10 Fincher, Jack ? ? 0 ?
8 Geddes, Allan (c) ? ? 0 ?
2 Harris, Don ? ? 0 ?
6 Judkins, Stan ? ? 0 ?
16 Lilburne, Dooley ? ? 0 ?
19 Lunn, Bennie ? ? 0 ?
9 McCormack, Basil ? ? 0 ?
13 Murdoch, Joe ? ? 0 ?
18 O'Halloran, Tom ? ? 1 ?
32 Rudolph, George ? ? 1 ?
12 Titus, Jack ? ? 5 ?
22 Watson, Carl ? ? 0 ?
7 Weidner, Harry ? ? 5 ?
Rushed ?
Total (18 players) 15 21

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