1928 VFL Season: Richmond

These are the details of the premiership results for Richmond for the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Punt Road Oval as their home ground, playing nine matches there (nine as hosts). The team finished the regular season in second place, securing a place in the finals series. After defeating Carlton in the first semi final, Richmond were defeated by Collingwood in the final, resulting in becoming the runners-up. Had they won, Collingwood would have been entitled to a right to challenge them in a challenge final.

Team Details

Competition: 1928 VFL Season
Team: Richmond
Club: Richmond
Home Ground: Punt Road Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 14-0-4, P%: 133.6)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Baggott, Jack #14 17 61 R01-14, R18, SF, GF
Baker, Reg #33 10 7 R09-18
Bentley, Perce #1 11 5 R01, R03-05, R09-15
Benton, Bill #3 4 0 R02, R06, R09-10
Bisset, Jack #7 19 6 R01-08, R10-18, SF, GF
Don, Donald #17 19 3 R01-05, R07-18, SF, GF
Empey, Ralph #33 16 13 R02-03, R07-18, SF, GF
Fincher, Jack #10 19 23 R01, R03-18, SF, GF
Foster, Bert #11 3 1 R16-17, GF
Gallagher, Les #23 19 2 R01-17, SF, GF
Geddes, Allan #8 12 1 R01-10, R18, SF
Goding, Fred #31 9 9 R07-09, R12-16, GF
Harris, Don #2 18 1 R01, R04-18, SF, GF
Hayes, Doug #20 4 0 R03-06
Jamison, Sam #15 1 0 R01
Judkins, Stan #6 14 1 R07-18, SF, GF
Kight, Frank #5 1 0 R02
Lilburne, Dooley #16 20 12 R01-18, SF, GF
Lunn, Bennie #19 12 0 R02-03, R05-10, R15-18
McCormack, Basil #9 19 0 R01-05, R07-18, SF, GF
McCormack, Jack #21 5 9 R01-02, R04, R10-11
Murdoch, Joe #13 17 0 R01-08, R11-14, R16-18, SF, GF
Oakley, Allan #15 1 1 R17
O'Brien, Frank #25 5 1 R01-04, R06
O'Halloran, Tom #18 17 27 R01-09, R11-15, R18, SF, GF
O'Neill, Bob #4 8 2 R01-07, SF
Outram, Roy #28 4 2 R05-08
Rudolph, George #32 17 9 R02-06, R09-18, SF, GF
Street, Charlie #22 1 0 R08
Titus, Jack #12 10 26 R01-02, R06, R12, R15-18, SF, GF
Watson, Carl #22 9 0 R11, R13-18, SF, GF
Weidner, Harry #7 19 31 R01, R03-18, SF, GF

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds
Hughes, Frank 20 15 -0- 5 R01-18, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
21/04/1928 Round 1 North Melbourne HOME WIN RICH by 78 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
28/04/1928 Round 2 Carlton AWAY LOSS CARL by 21 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
05/05/1928 Round 3 Collingwood HOME WIN RICH by 2 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
12/05/1928 Round 4 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MELB by 4 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
19/05/1928 Round 5 Footscray HOME WIN RICH by 14 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
26/05/1928 Round 6 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESSE by 7 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
02/06/1928 Round 7 Geelong HOME WIN RICH by 3 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
04/06/1928 Round 8 Fitzroy AWAY WIN RICH by 5 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
09/06/1928 Round 9 South Melbourne HOME WIN RICH by 76 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
23/06/1928 Round 10 Hawthorn HOME WIN RICH by 26 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
30/06/1928 Round 11 St Kilda AWAY WIN RICH by 16 Frank Hughes Donald Don
07/07/1928 Round 12 North Melbourne AWAY WIN RICH by 37 Frank Hughes Donald Don
14/07/1928 Round 13 Carlton HOME WIN RICH by 26 Frank Hughes Donald Don
28/07/1928 Round 14 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COLL by 8 Frank Hughes Donald Don
04/08/1928 Round 15 Melbourne HOME WIN RICH by 29 Frank Hughes Donald Don
11/08/1928 Round 16 Footscray AWAY WIN RICH by 23 Frank Hughes Donald Don
18/08/1928 Round 17 Essendon HOME WIN RICH by 69 Frank Hughes Donald Don
01/09/1928 Round 18 Geelong AWAY WIN RICH by 48 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
08/09/1928 Semi Final Carlton HOME WIN RICH by 53 Frank Hughes Allan Geddes
29/09/1928 Grand Final Collingwood AWAY LOSS COLL by 33 Frank Hughes Donald Don