1899 Geelong Football Club season

Geelong Football Club's third season in the VFL January 2020 January 2020 Geelong Football Club 1899 J. H. Grey Jack Conway(3rd season) Corio Oval VFL Season 2nd Finals Series 2nd Section B Eddy 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 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 statistics1899 Stats - Player Lists - Geelong http://afltables.com/afl/stats/1899.html#9 AFL Tables 27 January 2020 Player Games Goals MilestonesNorman Belcher 2 0 VFL Debut (Round 4)Tommy Buchan 17 8 VFL Debut (Round 1)Peter Burns Peter Burns (footballer, born 1866) 14 2 Jack Conway Jack Conway (footballer) 17 0 50th Game (Sectional Round 2)Alf Dear 9 1 Jim Flynn Jim Flynn (footballer) 14 3 Ted Greeves 14 2 Teddy Holligan 12 8 Eddy James 16 31 Paddy Leahy Paddy Leahy (footballer) 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 Pat O'Donnell (Australian footballer) 1 0 VFL Debut (Round 2)Jimmy Palmer Jimmy Palmer (footballer) 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 Archie Thompson (Australian rules footballer) 17 9 50th Game (Sectional Round 3)Fred White Fred White (Australian footballer) 1 1 Henry Young Henry Young (footballer) 4 4 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.Old Boy A Slaughter of Innocents https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/9029935 28 January 2020 The Argus 11 September 1899 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 163.1911 Season Records https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1911sr.html AFL Tables 28 January 2020 Results +KeyH Home gameA Away gameSR Sectional Round + Table of season results1899 Season Scores and Results http://afltables.com/afl/seas/1899.html AFL Tables 27 January 2020RoundDateResultScoreOpponentScoreGroundAttendanceLadder Ladder positionReportG GoalsB BehindsT Total scoreG GoalsB BehindsT Total score1 13 May 8 6 54 3 9 27 Corio Oval H - 4th Report2 20 May 5 6 36 1 5 11 Princes Park A - 2nd Report3 24 May 0 8 8 4 8 32 Corio Oval H - 3rd Report4 27 May 4 3 27 4 8 32 Melbourne Cricket Ground A - 4th Report5 3 June 3 10 28 3 6 24 Corio Oval H - 5th Report6 10 June 3 1 19 5 5 35 Lake Oval A - 6th Report7 17 June 12 6 78 3 13 31 Junction Oval A - 3rd Report8 24 June 9 7 61 2 8 20 Victoria Park A - 3rd Report9 8 July 9 9 63 5 3 33 Corio Oval H - 3rd Report10 15 July 8 10 58 3 5 23 Brunswick Street Oval A - 3rd Report11 22 July 5 6 36 2 10 22 Corio Oval H - 3rd Report12 29 July 6 7 43 10 7 67 East Melbourne Cricket Ground A - 4th Report13 5 August 7 12 54 3 9 27 Corio Oval H - 3rd Report14 12 August 16 23 119 0 2 2 Corio Oval H - 2nd ReportSR1 26 August 5 8 38 6 5 41 Corio Oval H - 3rd ReportSR2 2 September 6 11 47 4 15 39 East Melbourne Cricket Ground A - 3rd ReportSR3 9 September 23 24 162 0 1 1 Corio Oval H - 2nd Report Ladder Ladder Gee Section B Ladder Section B Ladder Gee References Category:Geelong Football Club seasons Category:1899 in Australian rules football