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.
| 1878 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Home ground | Corio Oval | ||
| VFA season | Premiers | ||
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Season Summary
editResults
edit| H | Home game |
|---|---|
| A | Away game |
| PO | Play-off |
| 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 | - | — | 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] | |||||||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "Summary by Team for 1878". The VFA Project. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
- ^ Peter Pindar (12 October 1878). "The Football Season of 1878". The Australasian. Vol. XXV, no. 654. Melbourne, VIC. pp. 461–2.