1928 VFL premiership season | |
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Overview | |
Date | 21 April—29 September 1928 |
Teams | 12 |
Premiers | Collingwood 7th premiership |
Runners-up | Richmond 4th runners-up result |
Minor premiers | Collingwood 10th minor premiership |
Brownlow Medallist | Ivor Warne-Smith (Melbourne) 8 votes |
Leading goalkicker medallist | Gordon Coventry (Collingwood) 78 goals |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 112 |
Total attendance | 2,053,432 (18,334 per match) |
Highest (H&A) | 41,402 (round 15, Melbourne v Carlton) |
Highest (finals) | 66,381 (semi-final, Richmond v Carlton) |
The 1928 VFL season was the 32nd season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs and ran from 21 April to 29 September, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top four clubs.
Collingwood won the premiership, defeating Richmond by 33 points in the 1928 VFL grand final; it was Collingwood's second consecutive premiership and seventh VFL premiership overall. Collingwood also won the minor premiership by finishing atop the home-and-away ladder with a 15–3 win–loss record. Melbourne's Ivor Warne-Smith won his second Brownlow Medal as the league's best and fairest player, and Collingwood's Gordon Coventry won his third consecutive leading goalkicker medal as the league's leading goalkicker.