1877 Geelong Football Club season

The 1877 season was the first in which Geelong participated in the newly established Victorian Football Association. Geelong did not have a captain this season nor did they have a best and fairest. No data is available as to who scored the most goals. Geelong did not play enough matches to place on the ladder.

Geelong Football Club
1877 season
Home groundArgyle Square Ground
VFA seasonDid not place

Season Summary

edit

Geelong mainly played matches against local teams this season with only three matches against senior clubs. Of those matches, Geelong won one match and lost two matches. Geelong played twice against Geelong Imperial winning one match and drawing the other. Geelong also played matches against Camperdown and Colac, and Victorian Railways, winning both of these matches.

Results

edit
Key
H Home game
A Away game
Table of season results[1]
Match Date Result Score Opponent Score Ground Attendance Ladder Report
G B T G B T
1 24 May Lost 1 * 1 Melbourne 3 * 3 Argyle Square Ground H - Report
2 2 June Won 3 11 3 Geelong Imperial 0 2 0 Argyle Square Ground H - Report
3 9 June Won 1 19 1 Ballarat 0 5 0 Argyle Square Ground H - Report
4 7 July Drawn 1 * 1 Geelong Imperial 1 * 1 Common Reserve A - Report
5 14 July Won 2 * 2 St Kilda 0 * 0 Argyle Square Ground H - Report
6 28 July Lost 0 * 0 Carlton 2 * 2 Madeline Street Ground A - Report
7 8 September Won 11 * 11 Camperdown and Colac 0 * 0 Argyle Square Ground H - Report
8 15 September Won 4 * 4 Victorian Railways 0 * 0 Argyle Square Ground H - Report

References

edit
  1. ^ "Summary by Team for 1877". The VFA Project. Retrieved 29 January 2020.