1901 Geelong Football Club season

Geelong Football Club
1901 season
PresidentJ. McMullen
Captain(s)Henry Young
(1st season)
Home groundCorio Oval
VFL Season1st
Finals series SeriesSemi-final
Leading goalkickerCharlie Coles (24 goals)
← 1900 1902 →

The 1901 VFL season was the Geelong Football Club's fifth season in the Victorian Football League and its first with Henry Young as captain.

Geelong finished the home and away with 14 wins and 3 losses, finishing in first position, winning the minor premiership. In the final series, Geelong lost to Collingwood in the semi-final. Due to Geelong's great record in the home and away season, Geelong were displeased that the minor premier has the same chance of winning the major premiership as the other finalists. As such, the first Argus system was revoked after only one season.[1]

The leading goalkicker was Charlie Coles with 24 goals.

Playing List

3 players played all 18 games this season, with a total of 33 players being used. Charlie Coles was the leading goalkicker with 24 goals. 9 players made their VFL debuts and 2 players, both from South Melbourne, Tim McKeegan and Bill Moodie. One player reached the 50 game milestone, Teddy Rankin.

Statistics

Denotes statistical category leader for season
Geelong's 1901 playing list and statistics[2]
Player Games Goals Milestones
Les Bailiff 13 0
Jack Baker 4 4 VFL Debut (Round 1)
Bill Bennion 2 1 VFL Debut (Round 17)
Frank Bowey 5 0 VFL Debut (Round 1)
Tommy Buchan 14 6
Peter Burns 17 0
Charlie Coles 17 24
Mick Donaghy 17 0
Percy Fletcher 2 0 VFL Debut (Round 16)
Jim Flynn 13 6
Billy Gill 6 1 VFL Debut (Round 9)
Jack Hardiman 5 2
Ted Holland 5 0
Teddy Holligan 18 4
James Horman 15 1
George Lockwood 7 0
Teddy Lockwood 13 17
Don Lord 2 0 VFL Debut (Round 10)
Firth McCallum 10 2
Tim McKeegan 12 0 Geelong Debut (Round 6)
Jim McShane 16 15
Joe McShane 15 4
Bill Moodie 4 6 Geelong Debut (Round 6)
Ernest Newling 18 0
Jack O'Loughlin 10 1
George Palmer 1 0 VFL Debut (Round 10)
Jimmy Palmer 13 0
Joe Powell 1 0
Teddy Rankin 18 9 50th Game (Round 1)
George Saxbee 1 0 VFL Debut (Round 16)
Archie Thompson 8 0
Ike Woods 5 4 VFL Debut (Round 14)
Henry Young 17 7

Season summary

Results

Key
H Home game
A Away game
SF Semi-final
Table of season results[3]
Round Date Result Score Opponent Score Ground Attendance Ladder Report
G B T G B T
1 4 May Won 2 11 23 Melbourne 3 3 21 Corio Oval H - 4th Report
2 9 May Won 6 12 48 Fitzroy 5 8 38 Brunswick Street Oval A - 2nd Report
3 11 May Won 7 13 55 Carlton 3 8 26 Princes Park A - 1st Report
4 18 May Won 4 10 34 Essendon 4 6 30 Corio Oval H - 1st Report
5 25 May Lost 3 6 24 Collingwood 4 8 32 Corio Oval H - 3rd Report
6 1 June Won 11 12 78 St Kilda 2 5 17 Junction Oval A - 2nd Report
7 3 June Won 9 11 65 South Melbourne 3 4 22 Corio Oval H - 2nd Report
8 8 June Won 9 5 59 Melbourne 7 4 46 Melbourne Cricket Ground A - 2nd Report
9 22 June Won 6 16 52 Fitzroy 8 3 51 Corio Oval H - 2nd Report
10 29 June Won 8 15 63 Carlton 4 7 31 Corio Oval H - 1st Report
11 6 July Lost 2 12 24 Essendon 6 13 49 East Melbourne Cricket Ground A - 1st Report
12 13 July Won 12 11 83 Collingwood 6 5 41 Victoria Park A - 1st Report
13 20 July Won 8 7 55 St Kilda 4 5 29 Corio Oval H - 1st Report
14 27 July Won 6 13 49 South Melbourne 6 9 45 Lake Oval A - 1st Report
15 10 August Won 6 18 54 Carlton 3 5 23 Princes Park A - 1st Report
16 17 August Won 7 12 54 South Melbourne 4 6 30 Corio Oval H - 1st Report
17 24 August Lost 5 3 33 Essendon 9 12 66 Corio Oval H - 1st Report
SF 31 August Lost 3 6 24 Collingwood 6 9 45 East Melbourne Cricket Ground H 10,000 — Report

Ladder

Section A
Section B
# Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 Geelong 14 12 2 0 712 478 149.0 48
2 Collingwood 14 10 4 0 712 488 145.9 40
3 Essendon 14 9 5 0 848 507 167.3 36
4 Melbourne 14 8 5 1 540 507 106.5 34
5 South Melbourne 14 7 7 0 651 583 111.7 28
6 Fitzroy 14 6 7 1 693 597 116.1 26
7 Carlton 14 2 12 0 396 820 48.3 8
8 St Kilda 14 1 13 0 350 922 38.0 4

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Source: AFL Tables

(P) Premiers
Qualified for finals
# Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 Geelong 17 14 3 0 853 597 142.9 56
2 Essendon (P) 17 12 5 0 1085 582 186.4 48
3 Collingwood 17 12 5 0 917 579 158.4 48
4 Fitzroy 17 9 7 1 877 666 131.7 38
5 Melbourne 17 9 7 1 716 610 117.4 38
6 South Melbourne 17 8 9 0 727 730 99.6 32
7 Carlton 17 2 15 0 476 1013 47.0 8
8 St Kilda 17 1 16 0 414 1288 32.1 4

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 44.6
Source: AFL Tables

References

  1. ^ Rodgers, Stephen (1992), Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results, 1897–1991 (3rd ed.), Ringwood, VIC: Viking O'Neil
  2. ^ "1901 Stats - Player Lists - Geelong". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  3. ^ "1901 Season Scores and Results". AFL Tables. Retrieved 27 January 2020.