1878 Geelong Football Club season

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Geelong Football Club
1878 season
Home ground Corio Oval
VFA season Premiers

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.

Contents

Season Summary

Results

Key
HHome game
AAway game
POPlay-off
Table of season results [1]
MatchDateResultScoreOpponentScoreGroundAttendanceLadderReport
GBTGBT
117 MayWon3*3 University 1*1Argyle Square GroundH-N/A Report
224 MayWon2182 West Melbourne 030 Corio Oval H-N/A Report
31 JuneWon2*2Geelong Schools1*1Argyle Square GroundH-N/A Report
422 JuneWon113111Warrigal (NSW)0*0Argyle Square GroundH-N/A Report
529 JuneWon2162 Barwon 161 Corio Oval H-N/A Report
66 JulyWon6*6 Williamstown 0*0Argyle Square GroundH-N/A Report
713 JulyWon7*7 Ballarat 3*3Royal Saxon PaddockA-N/A Report
820 JulyWon4*4 South Melbourne 0*0Argyle Square GroundH-N/A Report
927 JulyWon2182 Hotham 151Argyle Square GroundH-N/A Report
103 AugustDrawn0*0 Barwon 0*0 Corio Oval H-N/A Report
1121 AugustWon6266 Victorian (SA) 000 Corio Oval H-N/A Report
1231 AugustWon7277Toorak262Argyle Square GroundH-N/A Report
137 SeptemberWon9239 Ballarat 020 Corio Oval H-N/A Report
1414 SeptemberWon3163 Carlton 131 Corio Oval H-N/A Report
1521 SeptemberWon2252 Chilwell 131 Corio Oval A-N/A Report
1628 SeptemberWon4184 Barwon 010Communn-na-FeinneA-N/A Report
PO5 OctoberWon5125 Melbourne 030 Melbourne Cricket Ground A-N/A Report

Table

1878 VFA Results
Senior ResultsTotal Results
TEAMPWLDPWLDGFGA
1 Geelong (P)44001716017511
2 Melbourne 166552311753430
3 Carlton 138502417616923
Hotham 1044219943208
Essendon 10334188372811
West Melbourne 10253186571812
Albert-park 13256175661218
St Kilda 613211263630
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, GF = Goals For, GA = Goals Against, (P) = PremiersSource: [2]

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References

  1. "Summary by Team for 1878". The VFA Project. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. Peter Pindar (12 October 1878). "The Football Season of 1878". The Australasian. XXV (654). Melbourne, VIC. pp. 461–2.