1899 Geelong Football Club season

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 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 →

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

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
Denotes statistical category leader for season
Geelong's 1899 playing list and statistics[1]
Player Games Goals Milestones
Norman Belcher 20VFL Debut (Round 4)
Tommy Buchan 178VFL Debut (Round 1)
Peter Burns 142
Jack Conway 17050th Game (Sectional Round 2)
Alf Dear 91
Jim Flynn 143
Ted Greeves 142
Teddy Holligan 128
Eddy James 1631
Paddy Leahy 70
Ernie Leighton 165
George Lockwood 160VFL Debut (Round 1)
Teddy Lockwood 1620VFL Debut (Round 1)
Firth McCallum 135
Jim McShane 1716
Joe McShane 17750th Game (Sectional Round 2)
Pat O'Donnell 10VFL Debut (Round 2)
Jimmy Palmer 150
Harry Parkin 20VFL Debut (Round 11)
Jack Parkin 17650th Game (Sectional Round 3)
Arthur Pincott 150
Billy Pincott 10
Teddy Rankin 161
Archie Thompson 17950th Game (Sectional Round 3)
Fred White 11
Henry Young 44

Season summary

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
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
1899 VFL ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP 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
Source: VFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers.

Section B Ladder
Section B Ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP 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
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

References
  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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