1878 Geelong Football Club season

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.

Geelong Football Club
1878 season
Home groundCorio Oval
VFA seasonPremiers
← 1877 1879 →

Season Summary

Results
Key
H Home game
A Away game
PO Play-off
Table of season results[1]
Match Date Result Score Opponent Score Ground Attendance Ladder Report
G B T G B T
1 17 May Won 3 * 3 University 1 * 1 Argyle Square Ground H - N/A Report
2 24 May Won 2 18 2 West Melbourne 0 3 0 Corio Oval H - N/A Report
3 1 June Won 2 * 2 Geelong Schools 1 * 1 Argyle Square Ground H - N/A Report
4 22 June Won 11 31 11 Warrigal (NSW) 0 * 0 Argyle Square Ground H - N/A Report
5 29 June Won 2 16 2 Barwon 1 6 1 Corio Oval H - N/A Report
6 6 July Won 6 * 6 Williamstown 0 * 0 Argyle Square Ground H - N/A Report
7 13 July Won 7 * 7 Ballarat 3 * 3 Royal Saxon Paddock A - N/A Report
8 20 July Won 4 * 4 South Melbourne 0 * 0 Argyle Square Ground H - N/A Report
9 27 July Won 2 18 2 Hotham 1 5 1 Argyle Square Ground H - N/A Report
10 3 August Drawn 0 * 0 Barwon 0 * 0 Corio Oval H - N/A Report
11 21 August Won 6 26 6 Victorian (SA) 0 0 0 Corio Oval H - N/A Report
12 31 August Won 7 27 7 Toorak 2 6 2 Argyle Square Ground H - N/A Report
13 7 September Won 9 23 9 Ballarat 0 2 0 Corio Oval H - N/A Report
14 14 September Won 3 16 3 Carlton 1 3 1 Corio Oval H - N/A Report
15 21 September Won 2 25 2 Chilwell 1 3 1 Corio Oval A - N/A Report
16 28 September Won 4 18 4 Barwon 0 1 0 Communn-na-Feinne A - N/A Report
PO 5 October Won 5 12 5 Melbourne 0 3 0 Melbourne Cricket Ground A - N/A Report

Table
1878 VFA Results
Senior ResultsTotal Results
TEAMPWLDPWLDGFGA
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]

References
  1. "Summary by Team for 1878". The VFA Project. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  2. Peter Pindar (12 October 1878). "The Football Season of 1878". The Australasian. XXV (654). Melbourne, VIC. pp. 461–2.
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