1928 VFLS Season

These are the results for the 1928 season of the Victorian Football League Seconds (currently known as the Australian Football League Reserves).

It featured eighteen rounds. It should be noted that teams did not necessarily play their matches following the same order as the nominal round numbers of those matches this season. Carlton Seconds were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Second Amended Argus system. Carlton Seconds were the premiers, with Jimmy Goonan as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1928 VFLS Season
Teams: 12
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Second Amended Argus System
Matches: 111

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Carlton Seconds Princes Park Jimmy Goonan
Collingwood District Victoria Park Hughie Thomas
Essendon Seconds Windy Hill
Fitzroy Seconds Brunswick Street Oval
Footscray Seconds Western Oval
Geelong Seconds Corio Oval
Hawthorn Seconds Glenferrie Oval
Melbourne Seconds MCG Jimmy Sullivan
North Melbourne Seconds Arden Street Oval
Richmond Seconds Punt Road Oval Alec Hall
South Melbourne Seconds Lakeside Oval
St Kilda Seconds Junction Oval

Season Results

Premiers: Carlton Seconds
Runners-Up: Geelong Seconds
Minor Premiers: Carlton Seconds

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Carlton Seconds 1st 16 -0- 2 64 165.8% 1,875 1,131 266 279 156 195
Geelong Seconds 2nd 14 -1- 3 58 166.6% 1,664 999 237 242 136 183
Essendon Seconds 3rd 13 -1- 4 54 144.5% 1,620 1,121 227 258 155 191
Collingwood District 4th 13 -0- 5 52 116.8% 1,387 1,188 195 217 163 210
North Melbourne Seconds 5th 10 -0- 8 40 111.9% 1,320 1,180 185 210 162 208
South Melbourne Seconds 6th 10 -0- 8 40 96.1% 1,194 1,242 157 252 175 192
Fitzroy Seconds 7th 7 -1- 10 30 82.5% 1,089 1,320 153 171 184 216
Richmond Seconds 8th 7 -0- 11 28 88.0% 1,195 1,358 165 205 195 188
St Kilda Seconds 9th 4 -1- 13 18 72.1% 1,176 1,632 160 216 224 288
Footscray Seconds 10th 4 -0- 14 16 81.1% 1,032 1,272 138 204 176 216
Hawthorn Seconds 11th 4 -0- 14 16 73.6% 1,050 1,427 143 192 194 263
Melbourne Seconds 12th 4 -0- 14 16 57.4% 985 1,717 136 169 242 265

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Carlton Seconds 1st Premiers
Geelong Seconds 2nd Runners-Up
Essendon Seconds 3rd Defeated by Carlton Seconds (Semi Final)
Collingwood District 4th Defeated by Geelong Seconds (Semi Final)
North Melbourne Seconds 5th Did not qualify for finals
South Melbourne Seconds 6th Did not qualify for finals
Fitzroy Seconds 7th Did not qualify for finals
Richmond Seconds 8th Did not qualify for finals
St Kilda Seconds 9th Did not qualify for finals
Footscray Seconds 10th Did not qualify for finals
Hawthorn Seconds 11th Did not qualify for finals
Melbourne Seconds 12th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/04/1928 Carlton (S) v Fitzroy (S) Princes Park 75 - 66
SAT 21/04/1928 Collingwood District v Geelong (S) Victoria Park 107 - 66
SAT 21/04/1928 Footscray (S) v South Melbourne (S) Western Oval 89 - 101
SAT 21/04/1928 Melbourne (S) v Essendon (S) MCG 67 - 109
SAT 21/04/1928 North Melbourne (S) v Richmond (S) Arden Street Oval 68 - 69
SAT 21/04/1928 St Kilda (S) v Hawthorn (S) Junction Oval 89 - 76

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon Seconds 1st 1 -0- 0 4 162.7% 109 67
Collingwood District 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 162.1% 107 66
St Kilda Seconds 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 117.1% 89 76
Carlton Seconds 4th 1 -0- 0 4 113.6% 75 66
South Melbourne Seconds 5th 1 -0- 0 4 113.5% 101 89
Richmond Seconds 6th 1 -0- 0 4 101.5% 69 68
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 0 -0- 1 0 98.6% 68 69
Footscray Seconds 8th 0 -0- 1 0 88.1% 89 101
Fitzroy Seconds 9th 0 -0- 1 0 88.0% 66 75
Hawthorn Seconds 10th 0 -0- 1 0 85.4% 76 89
Geelong Seconds 11th 0 -0- 1 0 61.7% 66 107
Melbourne Seconds 12th 0 -0- 1 0 61.5% 67 109

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/04/1928 Essendon (S) v Footscray (S) Windy Hill 123 - 61
SAT 28/04/1928 Fitzroy (S) v Collingwood District Brunswick Street Oval 86 - 80
SAT 28/04/1928 Geelong (S) v Melbourne (S) Corio Oval 102 - 24
SAT 28/04/1928 Hawthorn (S) v North Melbourne (S) Glenferrie Oval 46 - 61
SAT 28/04/1928 Richmond (S) v Carlton (S) Punt Road Oval 61 - 125
SAT 28/04/1928 South Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S) Lakeside Oval 76 - 30

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Essendon Seconds 1st 2 -0- 0 8 181.3% 232 128
Carlton Seconds 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 157.5% 200 127
South Melbourne Seconds 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 148.7% 177 119
Geelong Seconds 4th 1 -0- 1 4 128.2% 168 131
Collingwood District 5th 1 -0- 1 4 123.0% 187 152
North Melbourne Seconds 6th 1 -0- 1 4 112.2% 129 115
Fitzroy Seconds 7th 1 -0- 1 4 98.1% 152 155
St Kilda Seconds 8th 1 -0- 1 4 78.3% 119 152
Richmond Seconds 9th 1 -0- 1 4 67.4% 130 193
Hawthorn Seconds 10th 0 -0- 2 0 81.3% 122 150
Footscray Seconds 11th 0 -0- 2 0 67.0% 150 224
Melbourne Seconds 12th 0 -0- 2 0 43.1% 91 211

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/05/1928 Carlton (S) v Hawthorn (S) Princes Park 92 - 29
SAT 05/05/1928 Collingwood District v Richmond (S) Victoria Park 75 - 55
SAT 05/05/1928 Footscray (S) v Geelong (S) Western Oval 51 - 59
SAT 05/05/1928 Melbourne (S) v Fitzroy (S) MCG 65 - 50
SAT 05/05/1928 North Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S) Arden Street Oval 128 - 54
SAT 05/05/1928 South Melbourne (S) v Essendon (S) Lakeside Oval 73 - 64

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Seconds 1st 3 -0- 0 12 187.2% 292 156
South Melbourne Seconds 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 136.6% 250 183
North Melbourne Seconds 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 152.1% 257 169
Essendon Seconds 4th 2 -0- 1 8 147.3% 296 201
Collingwood District 5th 2 -0- 1 8 126.6% 262 207
Geelong Seconds 6th 2 -0- 1 8 124.7% 227 182
Fitzroy Seconds 7th 1 -0- 2 4 91.8% 202 220
Richmond Seconds 8th 1 -0- 2 4 69.0% 185 268
St Kilda Seconds 9th 1 -0- 2 4 61.8% 173 280
Melbourne Seconds 10th 1 -0- 2 4 59.8% 156 261
Footscray Seconds 11th 0 -0- 3 0 71.0% 201 283
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -0- 3 0 62.4% 151 242

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/05/1928 Fitzroy (S) v Footscray (S) Brunswick Street Oval 43 - 28
SAT 12/05/1928 Geelong (S) v Essendon (S) Corio Oval 75 - 52
SAT 12/05/1928 Hawthorn (S) v Collingwood District Glenferrie Oval 44 - 70
SAT 12/05/1928 North Melbourne (S) v South Melbourne (S) Arden Street Oval 53 - 69
SAT 12/05/1928 Richmond (S) v Melbourne (S) Punt Road Oval 94 - 50
SAT 12/05/1928 St Kilda (S) v Carlton (S) Junction Oval 53 - 136

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Seconds 1st 4 -0- 0 16 204.8% 428 209
South Melbourne Seconds 2nd 4 -0- 0 16 135.2% 319 236
Collingwood District 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 132.3% 332 251
Geelong Seconds 4th 3 -0- 1 12 129.1% 302 234
North Melbourne Seconds 5th 2 -0- 2 8 130.3% 310 238
Essendon Seconds 6th 2 -0- 2 8 126.1% 348 276
Fitzroy Seconds 7th 2 -0- 2 8 98.8% 245 248
Richmond Seconds 8th 2 -0- 2 8 87.7% 279 318
Melbourne Seconds 9th 1 -0- 3 4 58.0% 206 355
St Kilda Seconds 10th 1 -0- 3 4 54.3% 226 416
Footscray Seconds 11th 0 -0- 4 0 70.2% 229 326
Hawthorn Seconds 12th 0 -0- 4 0 62.5% 195 312

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/05/1928 Carlton (S) v North Melbourne (S) Princes Park 81 - 42
SAT 19/05/1928 Collingwood District v St Kilda (S) Victoria Park 113 - 77
SAT 19/05/1928 Essendon (S) v Fitzroy (S) Windy Hill 76 - 79
SAT 19/05/1928 Footscray (S) v Richmond (S) Western Oval 70 - 74
SAT 19/05/1928 Melbourne (S) v Hawthorn (S) MCG 47 - 71
SAT 19/05/1928 South Melbourne (S) v Geelong (S) Lakeside Oval 70 - 57

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Seconds 1st 5 -0- 0 20 202.8% 509 251
South Melbourne Seconds 2nd 5 -0- 0 20 132.8% 389 293
Collingwood District 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 135.7% 445 328
Geelong Seconds 4th 3 -0- 2 12 118.1% 359 304
Fitzroy Seconds 5th 3 -0- 2 12 100.0% 324 324
Richmond Seconds 6th 3 -0- 2 12 91.0% 353 388
Essendon Seconds 7th 2 -0- 3 8 119.4% 424 355
North Melbourne Seconds 8th 2 -0- 3 8 110.3% 352 319
Hawthorn Seconds 9th 1 -0- 4 4 74.1% 266 359
Melbourne Seconds 10th 1 -0- 4 4 59.4% 253 426
St Kilda Seconds 11th 1 -0- 4 4 57.3% 303 529
Footscray Seconds 12th 0 -0- 5 0 74.8% 299 400

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/05/1928 Carlton (S) v South Melbourne (S) Princes Park 85 - 78
SAT 26/05/1928 Fitzroy (S) v Geelong (S) Brunswick Street Oval 60 - 60
SAT 26/05/1928 Hawthorn (S) v Footscray (S) Glenferrie Oval 78 - 42
SAT 26/05/1928 North Melbourne (S) v Collingwood District Arden Street Oval 53 - 85
SAT 26/05/1928 Richmond (S) v Essendon (S) Punt Road Oval 80 - 94
SAT 26/05/1928 St Kilda (S) v Melbourne (S) Junction Oval 148 - 73

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Seconds 1st 6 -0- 0 24 180.5% 594 329
Collingwood District 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 139.1% 530 381
South Melbourne Seconds 3rd 5 -0- 1 20 123.5% 467 378
Geelong Seconds 4th 3 -1- 2 14 115.1% 419 364
Fitzroy Seconds 5th 3 -1- 2 14 100.0% 384 384
Essendon Seconds 6th 3 -0- 3 12 119.1% 518 435
Richmond Seconds 7th 3 -0- 3 12 89.8% 433 482
North Melbourne Seconds 8th 2 -0- 4 8 100.2% 405 404
Hawthorn Seconds 9th 2 -0- 4 8 85.8% 344 401
St Kilda Seconds 10th 2 -0- 4 8 74.9% 451 602
Melbourne Seconds 11th 1 -0- 5 4 56.8% 326 574
Footscray Seconds 12th 0 -0- 6 0 71.3% 341 478

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/06/1928 Collingwood District v Carlton (S) Victoria Park 56 - 47
SAT 02/06/1928 Essendon (S) v Hawthorn (S) Windy Hill 76 - 53
SAT 02/06/1928 Footscray (S) v St Kilda (S) Western Oval 97 - 59
SAT 02/06/1928 Geelong (S) v Richmond (S) Corio Oval 62 - 31
SAT 02/06/1928 Melbourne (S) v North Melbourne (S) MCG 45 - 71
SAT 02/06/1928 South Melbourne (S) v Fitzroy (S) Lakeside Oval 52 - 59

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Seconds 1st 6 -0- 1 24 166.5% 641 385
Collingwood District 2nd 6 -0- 1 24 136.9% 586 428
South Melbourne Seconds 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 118.8% 519 437
Geelong Seconds 4th 4 -1- 2 18 121.8% 481 395
Fitzroy Seconds 5th 4 -1- 2 18 101.6% 443 436
Essendon Seconds 6th 4 -0- 3 16 121.7% 594 488
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 3 -0- 4 12 106.0% 476 449
Richmond Seconds 8th 3 -0- 4 12 85.3% 464 544
Hawthorn Seconds 9th 2 -0- 5 8 83.2% 397 477
St Kilda Seconds 10th 2 -0- 5 8 73.0% 510 699
Footscray Seconds 11th 1 -0- 6 4 81.6% 438 537
Melbourne Seconds 12th 1 -0- 6 4 57.5% 371 645

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
MON 04/06/1928 Carlton (S) v Melbourne (S) Princes Park 160 - 72
MON 04/06/1928 Hawthorn (S) v Geelong (S) Glenferrie Oval 65 - 79
MON 04/06/1928 North Melbourne (S) v Footscray (S) Arden Street Oval 70 - 52
MON 04/06/1928 Richmond (S) v Fitzroy (S) Punt Road Oval 55 - 55
MON 04/06/1928 St Kilda (S) v Essendon (S) Junction Oval 86 - 86
SAT 16/06/1928 Collingwood District v South Melbourne (S) MCG 68 - 61

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Seconds 1st 7 -0- 1 28 175.3% 801 457
Collingwood District 2nd 7 -0- 1 28 133.7% 654 489
Geelong Seconds 3rd 5 -1- 2 22 121.7% 560 460
Fitzroy Seconds 4th 5 -1- 2 22 101.4% 498 491
South Melbourne Seconds 5th 5 -0- 3 20 114.9% 580 505
Essendon Seconds 6th 4 -1- 3 18 118.5% 680 574
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 4 -0- 4 16 109.0% 546 501
Richmond Seconds 8th 3 -0- 5 12 86.6% 519 599
St Kilda Seconds 9th 2 -1- 5 10 75.9% 596 785
Hawthorn Seconds 10th 2 -0- 6 8 83.1% 462 556
Footscray Seconds 11th 1 -0- 7 4 80.7% 490 607
Melbourne Seconds 12th 1 -0- 7 4 55.0% 443 805

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/06/1928 Essendon (S) v North Melbourne (S) Windy Hill 62 - 46
SAT 09/06/1928 Fitzroy (S) v Hawthorn (S) Brunswick Street Oval 76 - 45
SAT 09/06/1928 Footscray (S) v Carlton (S) Western Oval 56 - 90
SAT 09/06/1928 Geelong (S) v St Kilda (S) Corio Oval 103 - 57
SAT 09/06/1928 Melbourne (S) v Collingwood District MCG 46 - 74
SAT 09/06/1928 South Melbourne (S) v Richmond (S) Lakeside Oval 71 - 69

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Seconds 1st 8 -0- 1 32 173.7% 891 513
Collingwood District 2nd 8 -0- 1 32 136.1% 728 535
Geelong Seconds 3rd 6 -1- 2 26 128.2% 663 517
Fitzroy Seconds 4th 6 -1- 2 26 107.1% 574 536
South Melbourne Seconds 5th 6 -0- 3 24 113.4% 651 574
Essendon Seconds 6th 5 -1- 3 22 119.7% 742 620
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 4 -0- 5 16 105.2% 592 563
Richmond Seconds 8th 3 -0- 6 12 87.8% 588 670
St Kilda Seconds 9th 2 -1- 6 10 73.5% 653 888
Hawthorn Seconds 10th 2 -0- 7 8 80.2% 507 632
Footscray Seconds 11th 1 -0- 8 4 78.3% 546 697
Melbourne Seconds 12th 1 -0- 8 4 55.6% 489 879

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/06/1928 Carlton (S) v Essendon (S) Princes Park 77 - 65
SAT 23/06/1928 Hawthorn (S) v Richmond (S) Glenferrie Oval 49 - 50
SAT 23/06/1928 Melbourne (S) v South Melbourne (S) MCG 55 - 85
SAT 23/06/1928 North Melbourne (S) v Geelong (S) Arden Street Oval 33 - 79
SAT 23/06/1928 St Kilda (S) v Fitzroy (S) Junction Oval 120 - 79
CANCELLED Collingwood District v Footscray (S)

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Seconds 1st 9 -0- 1 36 167.5% 968 578
Collingwood District 2nd 9 -0- 1 36 136.1% 728 535
Geelong Seconds 3rd 7 -1- 2 30 134.9% 742 550
South Melbourne Seconds 4th 7 -0- 3 28 117.0% 736 629
Fitzroy Seconds 5th 6 -1- 3 26 99.5% 653 656
Essendon Seconds 6th 5 -1- 4 22 115.8% 807 697
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 4 -0- 6 16 97.4% 625 642
Richmond Seconds 8th 4 -0- 6 16 88.7% 638 719
St Kilda Seconds 9th 3 -1- 6 14 79.9% 773 967
Hawthorn Seconds 10th 2 -0- 8 8 81.5% 556 682
Footscray Seconds 11th 1 -0- 9 4 78.3% 546 697
Melbourne Seconds 12th 1 -0- 9 4 56.4% 544 964

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/06/1928 Essendon (S) v Collingwood District Windy Hill 80 - 50
SAT 30/06/1928 Fitzroy (S) v North Melbourne (S) Brunswick Street Oval 69 - 96
SAT 30/06/1928 Footscray (S) v Melbourne (S) Western Oval 68 - 71
SAT 30/06/1928 Geelong (S) v Carlton (S) Corio Oval 115 - 61
SAT 30/06/1928 Richmond (S) v St Kilda (S) Punt Road Oval 84 - 51
SAT 30/06/1928 South Melbourne (S) v Hawthorn (S) Lakeside Oval 65 - 48

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Seconds 1st 9 -0- 2 36 148.5% 1,029 693
Collingwood District 2nd 9 -0- 2 36 126.5% 778 615
Geelong Seconds 3rd 8 -1- 2 34 140.3% 857 611
South Melbourne Seconds 4th 8 -0- 3 32 118.3% 801 677
Essendon Seconds 5th 6 -1- 4 26 118.7% 887 747
Fitzroy Seconds 6th 6 -1- 4 26 96.0% 722 752
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 5 -0- 6 20 101.4% 721 711
Richmond Seconds 8th 5 -0- 6 20 93.8% 722 770
St Kilda Seconds 9th 3 -1- 7 14 78.4% 824 1,051
Hawthorn Seconds 10th 2 -0- 9 8 80.9% 604 747
Melbourne Seconds 11th 2 -0- 9 8 59.6% 615 1,032
Footscray Seconds 12th 1 -0- 10 4 79.9% 614 768

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/07/1928 Essendon (S) v Melbourne (S) Windy Hill 136 - 37
SAT 07/07/1928 Fitzroy (S) v Carlton (S) Brunswick Street Oval 67 - 90
SAT 07/07/1928 Geelong (S) v Collingwood District Corio Oval 112 - 52
SAT 07/07/1928 Hawthorn (S) v St Kilda (S) Glenferrie Oval 54 - 46
SAT 07/07/1928 Richmond (S) v North Melbourne (S) Punt Road Oval 74 - 78
SAT 07/07/1928 South Melbourne (S) v Footscray (S) Lakeside Oval 70 - 55

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Seconds 1st 10 -0- 2 40 147.2% 1,119 760
Geelong Seconds 2nd 9 -1- 2 38 146.2% 969 663
South Melbourne Seconds 3rd 9 -0- 3 36 119.0% 871 732
Collingwood District 4th 9 -0- 3 36 114.2% 830 727
Essendon Seconds 5th 7 -1- 4 30 130.5% 1,023 784
Fitzroy Seconds 6th 6 -1- 5 26 93.7% 789 842
North Melbourne Seconds 7th 6 -0- 6 24 101.8% 799 785
Richmond Seconds 8th 5 -0- 7 20 93.9% 796 848
St Kilda Seconds 9th 3 -1- 8 14 78.7% 870 1,105
Hawthorn Seconds 10th 3 -0- 9 12 83.0% 658 793
Melbourne Seconds 11th 2 -0- 10 8 55.8% 652 1,168
Footscray Seconds 12th 1 -0- 11 4 79.8% 669 838

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/07/1928 Carlton (S) v Richmond (S) Princes Park 92 - 59
SAT 14/07/1928 Collingwood District v Fitzroy (S) Victoria Park 81 - 49
SAT 14/07/1928 Footscray (S) v Essendon (S) Western Oval 47 - 85
SAT 14/07/1928 Melbourne (S) v Geelong (S) MCG 56 - 145
SAT 14/07/1928 North Melbourne (S) v Hawthorn (S) Arden Street Oval 62 - 56
SAT 14/07/1928 St Kilda (S) v South Melbourne (S) Junction Oval 63 - 61

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Seconds 1st 11 -0- 2 44 147.9% 1,211 819
Geelong Seconds 2nd 10 -1- 2 42 154.9% 1,114 719
Collingwood District 3rd 10 -0- 3 40 117.4% 911 776
South Melbourne Seconds 4th 9 -0- 4 36 117.2% 932 795
Essendon Seconds 5th 8 -1- 4 34 133.3% 1,108 831
North Melbourne Seconds 6th 7 -0- 6 28 102.4% 861 841
Fitzroy Seconds 7th 6 -1- 6 26 90.8% 838 923
Richmond Seconds 8th 5 -0- 8 20 91.0% 855 940
St Kilda Seconds 9th 4 -1- 8 18 80.0% 933 1,166
Hawthorn Seconds 10th 3 -0- 10 12 83.5% 714 855
Melbourne Seconds 11th 2 -0- 11 8 53.9% 708 1,313
Footscray Seconds 12th 1 -0- 12 4 77.6% 716 923

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/07/1928 Essendon (S) v South Melbourne (S) Windy Hill 87 - 74
SAT 28/07/1928 Fitzroy (S) v Melbourne (S) Brunswick Street Oval 55 - 57
SAT 28/07/1928 Geelong (S) v Footscray (S) Corio Oval 74 - 40
SAT 28/07/1928 Hawthorn (S) v Carlton (S) Glenferrie Oval 80 - 180
SAT 28/07/1928 Richmond (S) v Collingwood District Punt Road Oval 66 - 75
SAT 28/07/1928 St Kilda (S) v North Melbourne (S) Junction Oval 83 - 99

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Seconds 1st 12 -0- 2 48 154.7% 1,391 899
Geelong Seconds 2nd 11 -1- 2 46 156.5% 1,188 759
Collingwood District 3rd 11 -0- 3 44 117.1% 986 842
Essendon Seconds 4th 9 -1- 4 38 132.0% 1,195 905
South Melbourne Seconds 5th 9 -0- 5 36 114.1% 1,006 882
North Melbourne Seconds 6th 8 -0- 6 32 103.9% 960 924
Fitzroy Seconds 7th 6 -1- 7 26 91.1% 893 980
Richmond Seconds 8th 5 -0- 9 20 90.7% 921 1,015
St Kilda Seconds 9th 4 -1- 9 18 80.3% 1,016 1,265
Hawthorn Seconds 10th 3 -0- 11 12 76.7% 794 1,035
Melbourne Seconds 11th 3 -0- 11 12 55.9% 765 1,368
Footscray Seconds 12th 1 -0- 13 4 75.8% 756 997

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/08/1928 Carlton (S) v St Kilda (S) Princes Park 124 - 26
SAT 04/08/1928 Collingwood District v Hawthorn (S) Victoria Park 118 - 23
SAT 04/08/1928 Essendon (S) v Geelong (S) Windy Hill 107 - 89
SAT 04/08/1928 Footscray (S) v Fitzroy (S) Western Oval 69 - 37
SAT 04/08/1928 Melbourne (S) v Richmond (S) MCG 60 - 69
SAT 04/08/1928 South Melbourne (S) v North Melbourne (S) Lakeside Oval 69 - 65

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Seconds 1st 13 -0- 2 52 163.8% 1,515 925
Collingwood District 2nd 12 -0- 3 48 127.6% 1,104 865
Geelong Seconds 3rd 11 -1- 3 46 147.5% 1,277 866
Essendon Seconds 4th 10 -1- 4 42 131.0% 1,302 994
South Melbourne Seconds 5th 10 -0- 5 40 113.5% 1,075 947
North Melbourne Seconds 6th 8 -0- 7 32 103.2% 1,025 993
Fitzroy Seconds 7th 6 -1- 8 26 88.7% 930 1,049
Richmond Seconds 8th 6 -0- 9 24 92.1% 990 1,075
St Kilda Seconds 9th 4 -1- 10 18 75.0% 1,042 1,389
Hawthorn Seconds 10th 3 -0- 12 12 70.9% 817 1,153
Melbourne Seconds 11th 3 -0- 12 12 57.4% 825 1,437
Footscray Seconds 12th 2 -0- 13 8 79.8% 825 1,034

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/07/1928 Hawthorn (S) v Melbourne (S) MCG 118 - 61
SAT 11/08/1928 Fitzroy (S) v Essendon (S) Brunswick Street Oval 44 - 57
SAT 11/08/1928 Geelong (S) v South Melbourne (S) Arden Street Oval 128 - 24
SAT 11/08/1928 North Melbourne (S) v Carlton (S) Arden Street Oval 58 - 84
SAT 11/08/1928 Richmond (S) v Footscray (S) Punt Road Oval 100 - 50
SAT 11/08/1928 St Kilda (S) v Collingwood District Junction Oval 32 - 110

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Seconds 1st 14 -0- 2 56 162.7% 1,599 983
Collingwood District 2nd 13 -0- 3 52 135.3% 1,214 897
Geelong Seconds 3rd 12 -1- 3 50 157.9% 1,405 890
Essendon Seconds 4th 11 -1- 4 46 130.9% 1,359 1,038
South Melbourne Seconds 5th 10 -0- 6 40 102.2% 1,099 1,075
North Melbourne Seconds 6th 8 -0- 8 32 100.6% 1,083 1,077
Richmond Seconds 7th 7 -0- 9 28 96.9% 1,090 1,125
Fitzroy Seconds 8th 6 -1- 9 26 88.1% 974 1,106
St Kilda Seconds 9th 4 -1- 11 18 71.6% 1,074 1,499
Hawthorn Seconds 10th 4 -0- 12 16 77.0% 935 1,214
Melbourne Seconds 11th 3 -0- 13 12 57.0% 886 1,555
Footscray Seconds 12th 2 -0- 14 8 77.2% 875 1,134

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/08/1928 Essendon (S) v Richmond (S) Windy Hill 131 - 40
SAT 18/08/1928 Footscray (S) v Hawthorn (S) Western Oval 83 - 72
SAT 18/08/1928 Geelong (S) v Fitzroy (S) Corio Oval 157 - 44
SAT 18/08/1928 Melbourne (S) v St Kilda (S) MCG 59 - 36
SAT 18/08/1928 South Melbourne (S) v Carlton (S) Lakeside Oval 38 - 96
SAT 25/08/1928 Collingwood District v North Melbourne (S) Victoria Park 63 - 111

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Seconds 1st 15 -0- 2 60 166.0% 1,695 1,021
Geelong Seconds 2nd 13 -1- 3 54 167.2% 1,562 934
Collingwood District 3rd 13 -0- 4 52 126.7% 1,277 1,008
Essendon Seconds 4th 12 -1- 4 50 138.2% 1,490 1,078
South Melbourne Seconds 5th 10 -0- 7 40 97.1% 1,137 1,171
North Melbourne Seconds 6th 9 -0- 8 36 104.7% 1,194 1,140
Richmond Seconds 7th 7 -0- 10 28 90.0% 1,130 1,256
Fitzroy Seconds 8th 6 -1- 10 26 80.6% 1,018 1,263
St Kilda Seconds 9th 4 -1- 12 18 71.2% 1,110 1,558
Hawthorn Seconds 10th 4 -0- 13 16 77.6% 1,007 1,297
Melbourne Seconds 11th 4 -0- 13 16 59.4% 945 1,591
Footscray Seconds 12th 3 -0- 14 12 79.4% 958 1,206

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/09/1928 Carlton (S) v Collingwood District Princes Park 180 - 110
SAT 01/09/1928 Fitzroy (S) v South Melbourne (S) Brunswick Street Oval 71 - 57
SAT 01/09/1928 Hawthorn (S) v Essendon (S) Glenferrie Oval 43 - 130
SAT 01/09/1928 North Melbourne (S) v Melbourne (S) Arden Street Oval 126 - 40
SAT 01/09/1928 Richmond (S) v Geelong (S) Punt Road Oval 65 - 102
SAT 01/09/1928 St Kilda (S) v Footscray (S) Junction Oval 66 - 74

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Carlton Seconds 1st 16 -0- 2 64 165.8% 1,875 1,131
Geelong Seconds 2nd 14 -1- 3 58 166.6% 1,664 999
Essendon Seconds 3rd 13 -1- 4 54 144.5% 1,620 1,121
Collingwood District 4th 13 -0- 5 52 116.8% 1,387 1,188
North Melbourne Seconds 5th 10 -0- 8 40 111.9% 1,320 1,180
South Melbourne Seconds 6th 10 -0- 8 40 96.1% 1,194 1,242
Fitzroy Seconds 7th 7 -1- 10 30 82.5% 1,089 1,320
Richmond Seconds 8th 7 -0- 11 28 88.0% 1,195 1,358
St Kilda Seconds 9th 4 -1- 13 18 72.1% 1,176 1,632
Footscray Seconds 10th 4 -0- 14 16 81.1% 1,032 1,272
Hawthorn Seconds 11th 4 -0- 14 16 73.6% 1,050 1,427
Melbourne Seconds 12th 4 -0- 14 16 57.4% 985 1,717

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/09/1928 Geelong (S) v Collingwood District MCG 110 - 65
SAT 15/09/1928 Carlton (S) v Essendon (S) MCG 77 - 50

Final Round 2

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
THU 27/09/1928 Carlton (S) v Geelong (S) MCG 126 - 95