Reference_ 1928 VFA Grand Final

Introduction

Season and Lead-up

Teams

Coburg

B	Jim McGrath	Fred Chapman	Leo Voight
HB	Joe Rogers	Joe Plant	Phil Brooks
C	Hugh Cornell	Rod Watt	Jack Harris
HF	Frank Huntington	Harry Kerley	Billy Stone
F	Frank Plant	Paddy Gardiner	Gordon Colbert
Foll	Jim Jenkins	Frank Walshe
Rov	Clarrie Mears

Emerg: McAlpine, Young, Millard

Port Melbourne

B	Fred Carpenter	Joe Garbutt	Bob Forbes
HB	Harry Crompton	Reg Peterson	Barney Erridge
C	Bob Skilton Snr	Tom Brooker	Sel Harvey
HF	Frank Tuck	Ted Hyde	Billy Wilkin
F	Geoff McInnes	Bill Kuhlken	Mick Bourke
Foll	Harry Barnes	Ern Atkinson
Rov	Jim Smith

Emerg: Marchesi, Farnan

Links for Player Pages

Reference_ 1928 VFA Grand Final - Winning Team (Coburg)
Reference_ 1928 VFA Grand Final - Defeated Team (Port Melbourne)

The Game

Date: 8-Sep-1928
Venue: Brunswick Oval (Brunswick)
Crowd: 10,854
Umpires: Murray

Teams	Q1	Q2	Q3	Final
Coburg (VFA)	5.4 (34)	7.5 (47)	15.9 (99)	17.12 (114)
Port Melbourne (VFA)	3.4 (22)	10.7 (67)	12.9 (81)	16.11 (107)

Goals:
Coburg: McInnes 5, Kuhlken 4, Smith 2, Barnes, Bourke, Erridge, Hyde, Tuck
Port Melbourne: F. Plant 4, Stone 4, Colbert 3, Kerley 2, Gardiner, Huntington, Mears, J.Plant

Match Previews

The Age 7-Sep-1928

Record - Emerald Hill - 8-Sep-1928 p1

Match Reviews

The Age 10-Sep-1928
Australasian 15-Sep-1928 p38

Photos

Argus 10-Sep-1928 p15

The Aftermath

External Links

http://www.thegapchessclub.org.au/vfa/ww/1928.htm
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928_VFA_season