1878 Geelong Football Club season

Geelong Football Club 1878 Corio Oval VFA season Premiers 1877 1879 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, . The result was five goals to one, winning the premiership. Season summary Results +KeyH Home gameA Away gamePO Play-off + Table of season resultsSummary by Team for 1878 http://www.thevfaproject.org/pages/Season/1878byTeam.php#Geelong The VFA Project 31 January 2020MatchDateResultScoreOpponentScoreGroundAttendanceLadder Ladder positionReportG GoalsB BehindsT Total scoreG GoalsB BehindsT Total score1 17 May 3 * 3 1 * 1 Argyle Square Ground H - Report2 24 May 2 18 2 West Melbourne 0 3 0 Corio Oval H - Report3 1 June 2 * 2 Geelong Schools 1 * 1 Argyle Square Ground H - Report4 22 June 11 31 11 Warrigal (NSW) 0 * 0 Argyle Square Ground H - Report5 29 June 2 16 2 Barwon 1 6 1 Corio Oval H - Report6 6 July 6 * 6 Williamstown 0 * 0 Argyle Square Ground H - Report7 13 July 7 * 7 Ballarat 3 * 3 Royal Saxon Paddock A - Report8 20 July 4 * 4 0 * 0 Argyle Square Ground H - Report9 27 July 2 18 2 Hotham 1 5 1 Argyle Square Ground H - Report10 3 August Drawn 0 * 0 Barwon 0 * 0 Corio Oval H - Report11 21 August 6 26 6 Victorian (SA) 0 0 0 Corio Oval H - Report12 31 August 7 27 7 Toorak 2 6 2 Argyle Square Ground H - Report13 7 September 9 23 9 Ballarat 0 2 0 Corio Oval H - Report14 14 September 3 16 3 1 3 1 Corio Oval H - Report15 21 September 2 25 2 Chilwell 1 3 1 Corio Oval A - Report16 28 September 4 18 4 Barwon 0 1 0 Communn-na-Feinne A - ReportPO 5 October 5 12 5 0 3 0 Melbourne Cricket Ground A - Report Table + 1878 VFA Results Senior Results Total Results TEAM P W L D P W L D GF GA 1 (P) 4 4 0 0 17 16 0 1 75 11 2 16 6 5 5 23 11 7 5 34 30 3 13 8 5 0 24 17 6 1 69 23 Hotham 10 4 4 2 19 9 4 3 20 8 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 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:The Australasian 12 October 1878 The Football Season of 1878 Peter Pindar 461–2 654 XXV Melbourne, VIC References Category: Geelong Football Club seasons Category: 1878 in Australian rules football