1901 Geelong Football Club season

The 1901 VFL season was the Geelong Football Club's fifth season in the Victorian Football League and its first with Henry Young as captain.

Geelong Football Club
1901 season
PresidentJ. McMullen
Captain(s)Henry Young
(1st season)
Home groundCorio Oval
VFL Season1st
Finals SeriesSemi-final
Leading goalkickerCharlie Coles (24 goals)
← 1900 1902 →

Geelong finished the home and away with 14 wins and 3 losses, finishing in first position, winning the minor premiership. In the final series, Geelong lost to Collingwood in the semi-final. Due to Geelong's great record in the home and away season, Geelong were displeased that the minor premier has the same chance of winning the major premiership as the other finalists. As such, the first Argus system was revoked after only one season.[1]

The leading goalkicker was Charlie Coles with 24 goals.

Playing List

3 players played all 18 games this season, with a total of 33 players being used. Charlie Coles was the leading goalkicker with 24 goals. 9 players made their VFL debuts and 2 players, both from South Melbourne, Tim McKeegan and Bill Moodie. One player reached the 50 game milestone, Teddy Rankin.

Statistics
Denotes statistical category leader for season
Geelong's 1901 playing list and statistics[2]
Player Games Goals Milestones
Les Bailiff 130
Jack Baker 44VFL Debut (Round 1)
Bill Bennion 21VFL Debut (Round 17)
Frank Bowey 50VFL Debut (Round 1)
Tommy Buchan 146
Peter Burns 170
Charlie Coles 1724
Mick Donaghy 170
Percy Fletcher 20VFL Debut (Round 16)
Jim Flynn 136
Billy Gill 61VFL Debut (Round 9)
Jack Hardiman 52
Ted Holland 50
Teddy Holligan 184
James Horman 151
George Lockwood 70
Teddy Lockwood 1317
Don Lord 20VFL Debut (Round 10)
Firth McCallum 102
Tim McKeegan 120Geelong Debut (Round 6)
Jim McShane 1615
Joe McShane 154
Bill Moodie 46Geelong Debut (Round 6)
Ernest Newling 180
Jack O'Loughlin 101
George Palmer 10VFL Debut (Round 10)
Jimmy Palmer 130
Joe Powell 10
Teddy Rankin 18950th Game (Round 1)
George Saxbee 10VFL Debut (Round 16)
Archie Thompson 80
Ike Woods 54VFL Debut (Round 14)
Henry Young 177

Season summary

Results
Key
H Home game
A Away game
SF Semi-final
Table of season results[3]
Round Date Result Score Opponent Score Ground Attendance Ladder Report
G B T G B T
1 4 May Won 2 11 23 Melbourne 3 3 21 Corio Oval H - 4th Report
2 9 May Won 6 12 48 Fitzroy 5 8 38 Brunswick Street Oval A - 2nd Report
3 11 May Won 7 13 55 Carlton 3 8 26 Princes Park A - 1st Report
4 18 May Won 4 10 34 Essendon 4 6 30 Corio Oval H - 1st Report
5 25 May Lost 3 6 24 Collingwood 4 8 32 Corio Oval H - 3rd Report
6 1 June Won 11 12 78 St Kilda 2 5 17 Junction Oval A - 2nd Report
7 3 June Won 9 11 65 South Melbourne 3 4 22 Corio Oval H - 2nd Report
8 8 June Won 9 5 59 Melbourne 7 4 46 Melbourne Cricket Ground A - 2nd Report
9 22 June Won 6 16 52 Fitzroy 8 3 51 Corio Oval H - 2nd Report
10 29 June Won 8 15 63 Carlton 4 7 31 Corio Oval H - 1st Report
11 6 July Lost 2 12 24 Essendon 6 13 49 East Melbourne Cricket Ground A - 1st Report
12 13 July Won 12 11 83 Collingwood 6 5 41 Victoria Park A - 1st Report
13 20 July Won 8 7 55 St Kilda 4 5 29 Corio Oval H - 1st Report
14 27 July Won 6 13 49 South Melbourne 6 9 45 Lake Oval A - 1st Report
15 10 August Won 6 18 54 Carlton 3 5 23 Princes Park A - 1st Report
16 17 August Won 7 12 54 South Melbourne 4 6 30 Corio Oval H - 1st Report
17 24 August Lost 5 3 33 Essendon 9 12 66 Corio Oval H - 1st Report
SF 31 August Lost 3 6 24 Collingwood 6 9 45 East Melbourne Cricket Ground H 10,000 N/A Report

    Ladder
    1901 VFL ladder
    Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
    1 Geelong 17 14 3 0 853 597 142.9 56 Semi finals
    2 Essendon (P) 17 12 5 0 1085 582 186.4 48
    3 Collingwood 17 12 5 0 917 579 158.4 48
    4 Fitzroy 17 9 7 1 877 666 131.7 38
    5 Melbourne 17 9 7 1 716 610 117.4 38
    6 South Melbourne 17 8 9 0 727 730 99.6 32
    7 Carlton 17 2 15 0 476 1013 47.0 8
    8 St Kilda 17 1 16 0 414 1288 32.1 4
    Source: VFL ladder
    Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
    (P) Premiers.

    References
    1. Rodgers, Stephen (1992), Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results, 1897–1991 (3rd ed.), Ringwood, VIC: Viking O'Neil
    2. "1901 Stats - Player Lists - Geelong". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
    3. "1901 Season Scores and Results". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
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