1928 VFL Season Semi Final 2: Collingwood v Melbourne

This is the match report for the match played on 15 September 1928 between Collingwood and Melbourne in the second semi final of the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League. Collingwood "hosted" Melbourne at the MCG. Syd Coventry captained the hosts with Ernie Wilson as vice-captain. Ivor Warne-Smith captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jock McHale and the visitors were coached by Ivor Warne-Smith.

Collingwood (9.8.62) drew with Melbourne (9.8.62).

Match Details

Season: 1928 VFL Season
Round: Second Semi Final
Teams: Collingwood v Melbourne
Date: Saturday 15 September 1928
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 41,423

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood drew with Melbourne
Score: 9.8.62 - 9.8.62

Quarter Breakdown

	Q1			Q2			Q3			Q4			Final
Collingwood	4	.	5	5	.	5	9	.	8	9	.	8	9	.	8	(62)
Melbourne	3	.	1	3	.	4	4	.	8	9	.	8	9	.	8	(62)
Margin	COLL by 10			COLL by 13			COLL by 30			level			drawn
Duration	29:52			27:36			29:30			27:41			1:54:39

Honour Roll

Collingwood

Captain: Syd Coventry
Vice-Captain: Ernie Wilson
Coach: Jock McHale

Melbourne

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

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

J. McMurray

Player Statistics

Collingwood

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
27	Andrew, Bruce	WR	?	0	0
1	Beveridge, Jack	C	?	0	0
3	Bowyer, Percy	BPL	?	0	0
6	Clayden, George	HBFL	?	0	1
4	Collier, Albert	CHB	?	0	0
5	Collier, Harry	FPR	?	1	0
7	Coventry, Gordon	FF	?	2	2
8	Coventry, Syd (c)	RU	?	0	0
10	Dibbs, Charlie	FB	?	0	0
12	Harris, John	HFFR	?	0	0
13	Libbis, Billy	RO	?	1	3
16	MacLeod, Norm	WL	?	0	1
19	Makeham, Bob	CHF	?	3	0
18	Murphy, Frank	HFFL	?	2	0
17	Murphy, Len	RU	?	0	1
22	Rumney, Harold	HBFR	?	0	0
23	Sneazwell, Bill	FPL	?	0	0
25	Wilson, Ernie (vc)	BPR	?	0	0
Rushed					0
Total (18 players)				9	8

Melbourne

#	Player	Pos.	ToG%	GL	BH
4	Abernethy, Jim	BPR	?	0	0
18	Barnes, Charlie	HBFR	?	0	0
17	Chadwick, Bert	RU	?	0	0
10	Collins, Jack	BPL	?	0	0
12	Corbett, Bob	C	?	0	0
29	Davidson, Jimmy	RO	?	1	0
31	Deane, Col	CHB	?	1	0
24	Haw, Jack	HFFR	?	0	1
16	Johnson, Bob	FF	?	4	3
5	McConville, Tommy	FPL	?	2	2
32	Ogden, Gordon	FPR	?	0	0
35	Taylor, Dick	WL	?	0	0
3	Thomas, Ted	HBFL	?	0	0
26	Tymms, Bill	FB	?	0	0
34	Usher, Ray	WR	?	0	0
23	Vine, Frank	CHF	?	0	1
14	Warne-Smith, Ivor (c)	RU	?	0	1
1	Wittman, Stan	HFFL	?	1	0
Rushed					0
Total (18 players)				9	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

Player Line-Up

Collingwood							Coach: Jock McHale
BACK							FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
	10	J. Collins	26	B. Tymms	4	J. Abernethy	8	S. Coventry (c)
	5	H. Collier	7	G. Coventry	23	B. Sneazwell	17	L. Murphy
FORWARD							13	B. Libbis
HALF-BACK
	3	T. Thomas	31	C. Deane	18	C. Barnes
	12	J. Harris	19	B. Makeham	18	F. Murphy
HALF-FORWARD
CENTRE
	35	D. Taylor	12	B. Corbett	34	R. Usher
	27	B. Andrew	1	J. Beveridge	16	N. MacLeod	FOLLOWER		INTERCHANGE
CENTRE							17	B. Chadwick
HALF-FORWARD							14	I. Warne-Smith (c)
	1	S. Wittman	23	F. Vine	24	J. Haw	29	J. Davidson
	22	H. Rumney	4	A. Collier	6	G. Clayden
HALF-BACK
FORWARD
	5	T. McConville	16	B. Johnson	32	G. Ogden
	25	E. Wilson (vc)	10	C. Dibbs	3	P. Bowyer
BACK
Melbourne							Coach: Ivor Warne-Smith

Score Timeline

Quarter	Team	Scoring Event	Score			Time
Q1	COLL	Gordon Coventry behind	0.1.1	-	0.0.0	??:??
	COLL	Harry Collier goal	1.1.7	-	0.0.0	??:??
	MELB	Bob Johnson goal	1.1.7	-	1.0.6	??:??
	COLL	Gordon Coventry goal	2.1.13	-	1.0.6	??:??
	COLL	Gordon Coventry behind	2.2.14	-	1.0.6	??:??
	COLL	Frank Murphy goal	3.2.20	-	1.0.6	??:??
	COLL	Billy Libbis behind	3.3.21	-	1.0.6	??:??
	MELB	Jimmy Davidson goal	3.3.21	-	2.0.12	??:??
	COLL	Norm MacLeod behind	3.4.22	-	2.0.12	??:??
	COLL	Billy Libbis behind	3.5.23	-	2.0.12	??:??
	MELB	Stan Wittman goal	3.5.23	-	3.0.18	??:??
	COLL	Gordon Coventry goal	4.5.29	-	3.0.18	??:??
	MELB	Ivor Warne-Smith behind	4.5.29	-	3.1.19	??:??
Q2	MELB	Tommy McConville behind	4.5.29	-	3.2.20	??:??
	MELB	Bob Johnson behind	4.5.29	-	3.3.21	??:??
	MELB	Frank Vine behind	4.5.29	-	3.4.22	??:??
	COLL	Billy Libbis goal	5.5.35	-	3.4.22	??:??
Q3	MELB	Tommy McConville behind	5.5.35	-	3.5.23	??:??
	COLL	Bob Makeham goal	6.5.41	-	3.5.23	??:??
	COLL	Billy Libbis behind	6.6.42	-	3.5.23	??:??
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			7.6.48	-	4.7.31	??:??
	COLL	Bob Makeham goal	8.6.54	-	4.7.31	??:??
	COLL	George Clayden behind	8.7.55	-	4.7.31	??:??
	COLL	Frank Murphy goal	9.7.61	-	4.7.31	??:??
	MELB	Bob Johnson behind	9.7.61	-	4.8.32	??:??
	COLL	Len Murphy behind	9.8.62	-	4.8.32	??:??
Q4	MELB	Bob Johnson goal	9.8.62	-	5.8.38	??:??
	MELB	Bob Johnson goal	9.8.62	-	6.8.44	??:??
	MELB	Col Deane goal	9.8.62	-	7.8.50	??:??
	MELB	Tommy McConville goal	9.8.62	-	8.8.56	??:??
	MELB	Tommy McConville goal	9.8.62	-	9.8.62	??:??

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