collingwood (15-2) vs carlton (10-7) victoria park
blues sneak into finals with a 20 point upset win over the pies. carlton (11-7) play richmond in a semi final. collingwood (15-3) host melbourne in the other semi.
18[Round Review]
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| Collingwood | 1.3 | 4.8 | 6.11 | 8.19 | 67 | Sat 1-Sep-1928 2:45 pm | Victoria Park | 30,000 | |
| Carlton | 3.6 | 5.8 | 12.13 | 12.15 | 87 | Carlton won by 20 points | |||
essendon (10-7) vs hawthorn (0-17) windy hill
hawks did all they could to end winless and ended winless essendon did all they good to try and make up perecntage on carlton and failed. essendon (11-7) finish 5th. hawthorn (0-18) get their 3rd wooden spoon in their 4 years in the comp.
| Essendon | 1.4 | 8.13 | 12.17 | 16.22 | 118 | Sat 1-Sep-1928 2:45 pm | Windy Hill | 10,000 |
| Hawthorn | 2.1 | 3.3 | 8.6 | 9.6 | 60 | Essendon won by 58 points | ||
geelong (6-11) vs richmond (13-4) corio oval
tigers smash cats by 8 goals. richmond (14-4) host carlton in a semi. geelong (6-12) finish 9th.
| Geelong | 1.2 | 3.5 | 4.7 | 9.9 | 63 | Sat 1-Sep-1928 2:45 pm | Corio Oval | 7,000 |
| Richmond | 3.5 | 8.8 | 12.12 | 15.21 | 111 | Richmond won by 48 points | ||
melbourne (13-4) vs north (5-12) mcg
melbourne smash north by 87 but missout on a home final on percentage. melbourne (14-4) play collingwood in a semi. north (5-13) finish 11th.
| Melbourne | 5.2 | 7.11 | 13.18 | 18.19 | 127 | Sat 1-Sep-1928 2:45 pm | M.C.G. | 8,609 |
| North Melbourne | 0.1 | 2.1 | 4.2 | 6.4 | 40 | Melbourne won by 87 points | ||
south (4-13) vs fitzroy (7-10) lake oval
swans get out of bottom 2 beating lions by 10 points. south (5-13) finish 10th. fitzroy (7-11) finish 8th;/
| South Melbourne | 2.4 | 8.9 | 9.13 | 14.16 | 100 | Sat 1-Sep-1928 2:45 pm | Lake Oval | 8,000 |
| Fitzroy | 5.2 | 7.5 | 10.11 | 13.12 | 90 | South Melbourne won by 10 points | ||
footscray (9-8) vs st kilda (10-7) western oval
saints miss finals on percentage beating the bulldogs in the laters best year yet. st kilda (11-7) finish 6th. footscray (9-9) finish 7th.
| Footscray | 2.3 | 6.4 | 7.8 | 9.13 | 67 | Sat 1-Sep-1928 2:45 pm | Western Oval | 14,000 |
| St. Kilda | 3.3 | 5.7 | 9.8 | 10.10 | 70 | St. Kilda won by 3 points | ||
ladder
| LP | Club | P | W | L | D | FOR | AGN | % | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Collingwood | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1540 | 1144 | 134.62 | 60 |
| 2 | Richmond | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1640 | 1228 | 133.55 | 56 |
| 3 | Melbourne | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1507 | 1233 | 122.22 | 56 |
| 4 | Carlton | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1598 | 1316 | 121.43 | 44 |
| 5 | Essendon | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1441 | 1275 | 113.02 | 44 |
| 6 | St. Kilda | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1499 | 1470 | 101.97 | 44 |
| 7 | Footscray | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1465 | 1340 | 109.33 | 36 |
| 8 | Fitzroy | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1480 | 1675 | 88.36 | 28 |
| 9 | Geelong | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1336 | 1343 | 99.48 | 24 |
| 10 | South Melbourne | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1461 | 1709 | 85.49 | 20 |
| 11 | North Melbourne | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1058 | 1563 | 67.69 | 20 |
| 12 | Hawthorn | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1171 | 1900 | 61.63 | 0 |
semi final matches
richmond v carlton MCG
collingwood v melbourne MCG
Harrison’s world 