1878 Geelong Football Club season
1878 season | |||
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Home ground | Corio Oval | ||
VFA season | Premiers | ||
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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.
Season Summary
Results
H | Home game |
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A | Away game |
PO | Play-off |
Match | Date | Result | Score | Opponent | Score | Ground | Attendance | Ladder | Report | |||||
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G | B | T | G | B | T | |||||||||
1 | 17 May | Won | 3 | * | 3 | University | 1 | * | 1 | Argyle Square Ground | H | - | — | Report |
2 | 24 May | Won | 2 | 18 | 2 | West Melbourne | 0 | 3 | 0 | Corio Oval | H | - | — | Report |
3 | 1 June | Won | 2 | * | 2 | Geelong Schools | 1 | * | 1 | Argyle Square Ground | H | - | — | Report |
4 | 22 June | Won | 11 | 31 | 11 | Warrigal (NSW) | 0 | * | 0 | Argyle Square Ground | H | - | — | Report |
5 | 29 June | Won | 2 | 16 | 2 | Barwon | 1 | 6 | 1 | Corio Oval | H | - | — | Report |
6 | 6 July | Won | 6 | * | 6 | Williamstown | 0 | * | 0 | Argyle Square Ground | H | - | — | Report |
7 | 13 July | Won | 7 | * | 7 | Ballarat | 3 | * | 3 | Royal Saxon Paddock | A | - | — | Report |
8 | 20 July | Won | 4 | * | 4 | South Melbourne | 0 | * | 0 | Argyle Square Ground | H | - | — | Report |
9 | 27 July | Won | 2 | 18 | 2 | Hotham | 1 | 5 | 1 | Argyle Square Ground | H | - | — | Report |
10 | 3 August | Drawn | 0 | * | 0 | Barwon | 0 | * | 0 | Corio Oval | H | - | — | Report |
11 | 21 August | Won | 6 | 26 | 6 | Victorian (SA) | 0 | 0 | 0 | Corio Oval | H | - | — | Report |
12 | 31 August | Won | 7 | 27 | 7 | Toorak | 2 | 6 | 2 | Argyle Square Ground | H | - | — | Report |
13 | 7 September | Won | 9 | 23 | 9 | Ballarat | 0 | 2 | 0 | Corio Oval | H | - | — | Report |
14 | 14 September | Won | 3 | 16 | 3 | Carlton | 1 | 3 | 1 | Corio Oval | H | - | — | Report |
15 | 21 September | Won | 2 | 25 | 2 | Chilwell | 1 | 3 | 1 | Corio Oval | A | - | — | Report |
16 | 28 September | Won | 4 | 18 | 4 | Barwon | 0 | 1 | 0 | Communn-na-Feinne | A | - | — | Report |
PO | 5 October | Won | 5 | 12 | 5 | Melbourne | 0 | 3 | 0 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | A | - | — | Report |
Table
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Senior Results | Total Results | |||||||||||||||
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TEAM | P | W | L | D | P | W | L | D | GF | GA | ||||||
1 | Geelong (P) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 75 | 11 | |||||
2 | Melbourne | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 34 | 30 | |||||
3 | Carlton | 13 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 69 | 23 | |||||
Hotham | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 8 | ||||||
Essendon | 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 | ||||||
St Kilda | 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:[2] |
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