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1928 VFL grand final

Grand final of the 1928 Victorian Football League season

Field	Value
year	1928
competition	VFL
home	[[File:Collingwood icon.svg	50px]]

home_score	13.18 (96)
away	[[File:Richmond Football Club colours (pre-2017).svg	50px]]

away_score	9.9 (63)
home_abbr	COLL
away_abbr	RICH
home_qtr1	2.4 (16)
home_qtr2	7.8 (50)
home_qtr3	9.11 (65)
home_qtr4	13.18 (96)
away_qtr1	0.3 (3)
away_qtr2	4.5 (29)
away_qtr3	7.7 (49)
away_qtr4	9.9 (63)
date	29 September 1928
attendance	50,026
stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
last	1927
next	1929

The 1928 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 29 September 1928. It was the 30th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1928 VFL season. The match, attended by 50,026 spectators, was won by Collingwood by a margin of 33 points, marking that club's seventh premiership victory and second in succession.

Background

Despite winning the 1927 flag, the 1928 season held significant hurdles for the Magpies to overcome – contentious pay cuts, a threatened player's strike, allegations of bribery against two team members and a long injury list contributed to a late-season slump. Still, they managed to top the ladder by the end of the season, winning 15 of 18 home-and-away games.

In contrast, Richmond was in excellent shape at the end of the home-and-away season. The side finished second on the ladder, and defeated Carlton by 53 points in the First Semi-Final. Collingwood and Melbourne contested a draw in the Second Semi-Final, forcing a replay the following week which was won by Collingwood by four points. As such, Richmond had a three-week break between its Semi-Final and the Grand Final.

Right to challenge

This season was played under the amended Argus system. If Richmond had won this match, Collingwood would have had the right to challenge Richmond to a rematch for the premiership on the following weekend, because Collingwood was the minor premier. The winner of that match would then have won the premiership.

Match summary

Collingwood saw Richmond as a skillful, confident team, but also vulnerable to being distracted as well. They set out to taunt the Tigers with name-calling and other verbal challenges while maintaining the ball as their first objective.

The first quarter was a scramble, and the defenses of both sides held. Collingwood used all six of their followers in the ruck for the first half, saving Percy Rowe for the second half. A blistering 10 minutes in the 2nd quarter saw Collingwood seize control of the match to lead by 21 points at half time, with Gordon Coventry kicking 4 goals for the quarter. Rowe repeatedly absorbed the pressure from Richmond's backs to provide protection for Coventry run to the ball. Despite the Tigers reducing their opponent's lead to 16 points at 3-quarter time, the Magpies banged on 2 quick goals early in the final quarter to effectively seal the game. Collingwood won by 33 points, and Coventry finished with 9 goals, a Grand Final record that stood for 61 years, until equaled by Gary Ablett in the 1989 VFL Grand Final. ::Added Time. Although there was little or no wind to interfere with the play the game was extended by 22 minutes 39 seconds. The time added to each quarter was:— First, 5min. 16sec.; second, 7min.; third, 4min., 52sec.; fourth, 5min., 31sec. The time added to the second quarter (7 min.) was remarkable, and Mr. James Manning, who has been the timekeeper for Collingwood for 33 years, said that in all his experience he had never seen a quarter so much extended." — The Argus, 1 October 1928.

Match statistics

1st	2nd	3rd	Final
Collingwood	2.4	7.8	9.11
Richmond	0.3	4.5	7.7

	Richmond	Weidner (2), Titus (2), O’Halloran (2), Emprey, (2), Goding

Umpire – Jack McMurray
Attendance – 50,026
Gate – £2,533

Teams

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	backpocket1 = Harold Rumney	fullback = Charlie Dibbs	backpocket2 = Albert Lauder	halfbackflank1 = Albert Collier	centrehalfback = George Clayden	halfbackflank2 = Bob Makeham	wing1 = Norm MacLeod	centre = Jack Beveridge	wing2 = Bruce Andrew	John Harris]]	Frank Murphy]]	halfforwardflank2 = Harry Chesswas	forwardpocket1 = Percy Rowe	fullforward = Gordon Coventry	forwardpocket2 = Harry Collier	ruck = Syd Coventry (c)	ruckrover = Len Murphy	rover = Billy Libbis	reserve1 =	reserve2 =	coach = Jock McHale}}		Don Harris]]	fullback = Donald Don (c)	backpocket2 = Jack Bisset	halfbackflank1 = Joe Murdoch	centrehalfback = Bert Foster	halfbackflank2 = Basil McCormack	wing1 = Stan Judkins	centre = Les Gallagher	wing2 = Carl Watson	halfforwardflank1 = Harry Weidner	centrehalfforward = George Rudolph	halfforwardflank2 = Jack Baggott	forwardpocket1 = Ralph Empey	fullforward = Jack Titus	forwardpocket2 = Fred Goding	Thomas O'Halloran]]	ruckrover = Cyril Lilburne	Jack Fincher]]	reserve1 =	reserve2 =	Checker Hughes]]}}

Notes

References

Atkinson, Graeme: The Complete Book of AFL Finals, 1996.
McFarlane, Glenn and Roberts, Michael: The Machine – The Inside Story of Football's Greatest Team, 2005.

References

Rodgers, Stephen. (1992). "Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results, 1897–1991". Viking O'Neil.
[http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article3960170 Added Time, ''The Argus'', (Monday, 1 October 1928), p.12.]

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