Australian rules football club season
Geelong Football Club1878 season |
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Home ground | Corio Oval |
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VFA season | Premiers |
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The 1878 season was the second in which Geelong competed in the Victorian Football Association. Geelong finished the season as premiers despite only playing four matches against other senior opponents. Geelong finished the season by winning a play-off against the best metropolitan club, Melbourne. The result was five goals to one, winning the premiership.
Season Summary
Results
Key H | Home game |
A | Away game |
PO | Play-off |
Table of season results[1] Match | Date | Result | Score | Opponent | Score | Ground | Attendance | Ladder | Report |
G | B | T | G | B | T |
1 | 17 May | Won | 3 | * | 3 | University | 1 | * | 1 | Argyle Square Ground | H | - | — | Report |
2 | 24 May | Won | 2 | 18 | 2 | West Melbourne | 0 | 3 | 0 | Corio Oval | H | - | — | Report |
3 | 1 June | Won | 2 | * | 2 | Geelong Schools | 1 | * | 1 | Argyle Square Ground | H | - | — | Report |
4 | 22 June | Won | 11 | 31 | 11 | Warrigal (NSW) | 0 | * | 0 | Argyle Square Ground | H | - | — | Report |
5 | 29 June | Won | 2 | 16 | 2 | Barwon | 1 | 6 | 1 | Corio Oval | H | - | — | Report |
6 | 6 July | Won | 6 | * | 6 | Williamstown | 0 | * | 0 | Argyle Square Ground | H | - | — | Report |
7 | 13 July | Won | 7 | * | 7 | Ballarat | 3 | * | 3 | Royal Saxon Paddock | A | - | — | Report |
8 | 20 July | Won | 4 | * | 4 | South Melbourne | 0 | * | 0 | Argyle Square Ground | H | - | — | Report |
9 | 27 July | Won | 2 | 18 | 2 | Hotham | 1 | 5 | 1 | Argyle Square Ground | H | - | — | Report |
10 | 3 August | Drawn | 0 | * | 0 | Barwon | 0 | * | 0 | Corio Oval | H | - | — | Report |
11 | 21 August | Won | 6 | 26 | 6 | Victorian (SA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Corio Oval | H | - | — | Report |
12 | 31 August | Won | 7 | 27 | 7 | Toorak | 2 | 6 | 2 | Argyle Square Ground | H | - | — | Report |
13 | 7 September | Won | 9 | 23 | 9 | Ballarat | 0 | 2 | 0 | Corio Oval | H | - | — | Report |
14 | 14 September | Won | 3 | 16 | 3 | Carlton | 1 | 3 | 1 | Corio Oval | H | - | — | Report |
15 | 21 September | Won | 2 | 25 | 2 | Chilwell | 1 | 3 | 1 | Corio Oval | A | - | — | Report |
16 | 28 September | Won | 4 | 18 | 4 | Barwon | 0 | 1 | 0 | Communn-na-Feinne | A | - | — | Report |
PO | 5 October | Won | 5 | 12 | 5 | Melbourne | 0 | 3 | 0 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | A | - | — | Report |
Table
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| Senior Results | Total Results |
| TEAM | P | W | L | D | P | W | L | D | GF | GA |
1 | Geelong (P) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 11 |
2 | Melbourne | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 30 |
3 | Carlton | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 69 | 23 |
| Hotham | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 8 |
| Essendon | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 11 |
| West Melbourne | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 12 |
| Albert-park | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 18 |
| St Kilda | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 30 |
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, (P) = Premiers | Source:[2] |
References
- ^ "Summary by Team for 1878". The VFA Project. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ Peter Pindar (12 October 1878). "The Football Season of 1878". The Australasian. Vol. XXV, no. 654. Melbourne, VIC. pp. 461–2.
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- AFL coach: Chris Scott
- AFL captain: Patrick Dangerfield
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- AFLW captain: Meg McDonald
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Geelong did not participate in the 1916, 1942 and 1943 VFL seasons due to the World Wars (indicated in grey) |