1899 Geelong Football Club season

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Geelong Football Club
1899 season
PresidentJ. H. Grey
Captain(s)Jack Conway
(3rd season)
Home groundCorio Oval
VFL Season2nd
Finals Series2nd Section B
Leading goalkickerEddy James (31 goals)
← 1898 1900 →

The 1899 VFL Season was the Geelong Football Club's third season in the Victorian Football League and its third with Jack Conway as captain.

Geelong finished the home and away with 10 wins and 4 losses, finishing in second position. In the final series, Geelong finished with 2 wins and 1 loss, finishing in second position on the Section B Ladder. Geelong failed to qualify for the Grand Final.

The leading goalkicker was Eddy James with 31 goals, who also won the league's leading goalkicker medal for the second time.

Playing List[edit]

26 players were used this season with a total of six playing all 17 matches for Geelong this season. Six players made their debut in the VFL this season, and Eddy James, for a third year in a row, led the goalkicking tally with 31 goals.

Statistics[edit]

Denotes statistical category leader for season
Geelong's 1899 playing list and statistics[1]
Player Games Goals Milestones
Norman Belcher 2 0 VFL Debut (Round 4)
Tommy Buchan 17 8 VFL Debut (Round 1)
Peter Burns 14 2
Jack Conway 17 0 50th Game (Sectional Round 2)
Alf Dear 9 1
Jim Flynn 14 3
Ted Greeves 14 2
Teddy Holligan 12 8
Eddy James 16 31
Paddy Leahy 7 0
Ernie Leighton 16 5
George Lockwood 16 0 VFL Debut (Round 1)
Teddy Lockwood 16 20 VFL Debut (Round 1)
Firth McCallum 13 5
Jim McShane 17 16
Joe McShane 17 7 50th Game (Sectional Round 2)
Pat O'Donnell 1 0 VFL Debut (Round 2)
Jimmy Palmer 15 0
Harry Parkin 2 0 VFL Debut (Round 11)
Jack Parkin 17 6 50th Game (Sectional Round 3)
Arthur Pincott 15 0
Billy Pincott 1 0
Teddy Rankin 16 1
Archie Thompson 17 9 50th Game (Sectional Round 3)
Fred White 1 1
Henry Young 4 4

Season summary[edit]

Geelong were competitive this season finishing the home and away season with a 10-4 record, finishing in second position, and qualifying for the Section B finals. Due to the loss against 6th placed South Melbourne, and despite the "slaughter of innocents" against St Kilda, Geelong were eliminated due to South Melbourne's victory over Essendon.[2] Geelong again broke the record for highest score when they met St Kilda in Sectional Round 3. Geelong's score totaled 162 and was the record for twelve years. The record was beaten by Essendon in the 1911 VFL season, when they totaled one more than Geelong, scoring 163.[3]

Results[edit]

Key
H Home game
A Away game
SR Sectional Round
Table of season results[4]
Round Date Result Score Opponent Score Ground Attendance Ladder Report
G B T G B T
1 13 May Won 8 6 54 Collingwood 3 9 27 Corio Oval H - 4th Report
2 20 May Won 5 6 36 Carlton 1 5 11 Princes Park A - 2nd Report
3 24 May Lost 0 8 8 Fitzroy 4 8 32 Corio Oval H - 3rd Report
4 27 May Lost 4 3 27 Melbourne 4 8 32 Melbourne Cricket Ground A - 4th Report
5 3 June Won 3 10 28 Essendon 3 6 24 Corio Oval H - 5th Report
6 10 June Lost 3 1 19 South Melbourne 5 5 35 Lake Oval A - 6th Report
7 17 June Won 12 6 78 St Kilda 3 13 31 Junction Oval A - 3rd Report
8 24 June Won 9 7 61 Collingwood 2 8 20 Victoria Park A - 3rd Report
9 8 July Won 9 9 63 Carlton 5 3 33 Corio Oval H - 3rd Report
10 15 July Won 8 10 58 Fitzroy 3 5 23 Brunswick Street Oval A - 3rd Report
11 22 July Won 5 6 36 Melbourne 2 10 22 Corio Oval H - 3rd Report
12 29 July Lost 6 7 43 Essendon 10 7 67 East Melbourne Cricket Ground A - 4th Report
13 5 August Won 7 12 54 South Melbourne 3 9 27 Corio Oval H - 3rd Report
14 12 August Won 16 23 119 St Kilda 0 2 2 Corio Oval H - 2nd Report
SR1 26 August Lost 5 8 38 South Melbourne 6 5 41 Corio Oval H - 3rd Report
SR2 2 September Won 6 11 47 Essendon 4 15 39 East Melbourne Cricket Ground A - 3rd Report
SR3 9 September Won 23 24 162 St Kilda 0 1 1 Corio Oval H - 2nd Report

Ladder[edit]

(P) Premiers
Section A
Section B
# Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 Fitzroy (P) 14 11 3 0 618 403 153.3 44
2 Geelong 14 10 4 0 684 386 177.2 40
3 Collingwood 14 10 4 0 590 436 135.3 40
4 Essendon 14 9 5 0 600 428 140.2 36
5 Melbourne 14 8 6 0 574 420 136.7 32
6 South Melbourne 14 5 9 0 528 502 105.2 20
7 Carlton 14 3 11 0 317 597 53.1 12
8 St Kilda 14 0 14 0 288 1027 28.0 0

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 37.5
Source: AFL Tables

Qualified for finals
# Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 Fitzroy 3 3 0 0 126 73 172.6 12
2 Collingwood 3 2 1 0 114 87 131.0 8
3 Carlton 3 1 2 0 98 95 103.2 4
4 Melbourne 3 0 3 0 43 126 34.1 0

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Source: AFL Tables

Qualified for finals
# Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 South Melbourne 3 3 0 0 151 63 239.7 12
2 Geelong 3 2 1 0 247 81 304.9 8
3 Essendon 3 1 2 0 172 97 177.3 4
4 St Kilda 3 0 3 0 35 364 9.6 0

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Source: AFL Tables

Section B Ladder[edit]

(P) Premiers
Section A
Section B
# Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 Fitzroy (P) 14 11 3 0 618 403 153.3 44
2 Geelong 14 10 4 0 684 386 177.2 40
3 Collingwood 14 10 4 0 590 436 135.3 40
4 Essendon 14 9 5 0 600 428 140.2 36
5 Melbourne 14 8 6 0 574 420 136.7 32
6 South Melbourne 14 5 9 0 528 502 105.2 20
7 Carlton 14 3 11 0 317 597 53.1 12
8 St Kilda 14 0 14 0 288 1027 28.0 0

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 37.5
Source: AFL Tables

Qualified for finals
# Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 Fitzroy 3 3 0 0 126 73 172.6 12
2 Collingwood 3 2 1 0 114 87 131.0 8
3 Carlton 3 1 2 0 98 95 103.2 4
4 Melbourne 3 0 3 0 43 126 34.1 0

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Source: AFL Tables

Qualified for finals
# Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 South Melbourne 3 3 0 0 151 63 239.7 12
2 Geelong 3 2 1 0 247 81 304.9 8
3 Essendon 3 1 2 0 172 97 177.3 4
4 St Kilda 3 0 3 0 35 364 9.6 0

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Source: AFL Tables

References[edit]

  1. ^ "1899 Stats - Player Lists - Geelong". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  2. ^ Old Boy (11 September 1899). "A Slaughter of Innocents". The Argus. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  3. ^ "1911 Season Records". AFL Tables. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  4. ^ "1899 Season Scores and Results". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
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