1900 Geelong Football Club season

The 1900 VFL season was the Geelong Football Club's fourth season in the Victorian Football League and its second with Peter Burns as captain.

Geelong Football Club
1900 season
PresidentJ. McMullen
Captain(s)Peter Burns
(2nd season)
Home groundCorio Oval
VFL Season2nd
Finals Series3rd Section B
Leading goalkickerTeddy Lockwood (24 goals)
← 1899 1901 →

Geelong finished the home and away with 9 wins and 5 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 Teddy Lockwood with 24 goals.

Playing List

Only three players played in all 17 matches this season, with a total of 31 players being used. Teddy Lockwood was the leading goalkicker with 24 this season. A total of 12 players made their debuts in the VFL, and Mick Donaghy, made his debut for Geelong, having departed from Carlton. Five players reached the 50 game milestone.

Statistics
Denotes statistical category leader for season
Geelong's 1900 playing list and statistics[1]
Player Games Goals Milestones
Les Bailiff 140
Tommy Buchan 55
Peter Burns 17050th Game (Round 2)
Charlie Coles 78
Harold Collocott 10VFL Debut (Round 8)
Bill De Gruchy 10VFL Debut (Round 1)
Mick Donaghy 163Geelong Debut (Round 1)
Jim Flynn 11450th Game (Round 11)
James Gatehouse 10VFL Debut (Round 8)
Jack Hardiman 169VFL Debut (Round 1)
Ted Holland 90VFL Debut (Round 10)
Teddy Holligan 13550th Game (Round 6)
James Horman 151VFL Debut (Round 1)
Eddy James 21
Paddy Leahy 50
George Lockwood 177
Teddy Lockwood 1624
Firth McCallum 14650th Game (Round 7)
Jim McShane 171550th Game (Round 1)
Joe McShane 94
Ernest Newling 83VFL Debut (Round 8)
Jimmy Palmer 161
Arthur Pincott 160
Joe Powell 160VFL Debut (Round 1)
Heber Quinton 10VFL Debut (Round 8)
Teddy Rankin 165
Robert Stanlake 10VFL Debut (Round 1)
Len Strickland 50VFL Debut (Round 1)
Archie Thompson 31
Hughie Webb 90VFL Debut (Round 9)
Henry Young 94

Season Summary

Geelong were again competitive this season finishing with a 9-5 record in the home-and-away season. In the sectional rounds, Geelong's loss to Melbourne, and lack of a large victory against Collingwood and St Kilda, led to Geelong finishing in third position and being eliminated from the major premiership.

Results
Key
H Home game
A Away game
SR Sectional Round
Table of season results[2]
Round Date Result Score Opponent Score Ground Attendance Ladder Report
G B T G B T
1 5 May Won 4 11 35 Carlton 2 6 18 Princes Park A - 2nd Report
2 12 May Won 7 15 57 Collingwood 5 5 35 Corio Oval H - 1st Report
4 24 May Won 11 15 81 Melbourne 2 3 15 Corio Oval H - 1st Report
5 26 May Lost 3 5 23 South Melbourne 5 7 37 Lake Oval A - 2nd Report
6 2 June Lost 1 6 12 Fitzroy 6 10 46 Brunswick Street Oval A - 3rd Report
7 9 June Won 8 5 53 Essendon 4 7 31 Corio Oval H - 3rd Report
8 23 June Won 5 9 39 Carlton 3 13 31 Corio Oval H - 2nd Report
9 30 June Lost 3 5 23 Collingwood 6 6 42 Victoria Park A - 3rd Report
10 7 July Won 13 8 86 St Kilda 4 4 28 Corio Oval H - 3rd Report
11 14 July Lost 4 5 29 Melbourne 4 16 40 Melbourne Cricket Ground A - 3rd Report
12 28 July Won 10 10 70 South Melbourne 3 6 24 Corio Oval H - 2nd Report
13 4 August Won 8 9 57 Fitzroy 1 6 12 Corio Oval H - 2nd Report
14 11 August Lost 6 11 47 Essendon 10 7 67 East Melbourne Cricket Ground A - 2nd Report
3[lower-alpha 1] 18 August Won 7 16 58 St Kilda 2 6 18 Junction Oval A - 2nd Report
SR1 25 August Lost 3 10 28 Melbourne 5 15 45 East Melbourne Cricket Ground A - 3rd Report
SR2 1 September Won 6 8 44 Collingwood 4 7 31 Corio Oval H - 3rd Report
SR3 8 September Won 7 15 57 St Kilda 5 9 39 Junction Oval A - 3rd Report
  1. Match postponed (inclement weather)

Ladder
1900 VFL ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Fitzroy 14 11 3 0 729 434 168.0 44
2 Geelong 14 9 5 0 670 444 150.9 36
3 Essendon 14 8 6 0 666 485 137.3 32
4 Collingwood 14 8 6 0 627 540 116.1 32
5 South Melbourne 14 8 6 0 481 532 90.4 32
6 Melbourne (P) 14 6 8 0 654 643 101.7 24
7 Carlton 14 5 9 0 394 558 70.6 20
8 St Kilda 14 1 13 0 376 961 39.1 4
Source: VFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers.

Section B Ladder
Section B Ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Melbourne 3 2 1 0 155 73 212.3 8
2 Collingwood 3 2 1 0 129 77 167.5 8
3 Geelong 3 2 1 0 129 115 112.2 8
4 St Kilda 3 0 3 0 63 211 29.9 0
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

References
  1. "1900 Stats - Player Lists - Geelong". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  2. "1900 Season Scores and Results". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
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