1923 VFL Season: Geelong

Season Team Details

Season: 1923 VFL Season
Team: Geelong
Home Ground: Corio Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 9-0-7, P%: 104.0%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Fitzroy (Semi Final)
Players: 30
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Cliff Rankin (43)
Carji Greeves Medal Recipient(s): Billy McCarter

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bert Rankin

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Brushfield, Nick #30 1 R06 0
Coghlan, Arthur #8 9 R02-R05, R08-R09, R11-R12, SF 0
Dunstone, Jack #4 14 R02-R04, R06-R08, R11-R13, R15-R18, SF 2
Ellis, Ray #5 2 R02, R05 0
Fleming, Eric #11 16 R02-R09, R11-R15, R17-R18, SF 18
Fleming, Roy #17 5 R02-R03, R05-R07 4
Greeves, Edward #20 11 R08-R09, R11-R18, SF 9
Hagger, Lloyd #14 14 R02-R03, R07-R09, R11-R18, SF 40
Hall, Syd #28 2 R03-R04 0
Harris, George #29 4 R03-R06 2
Hudd, Bill #31 3 R17-R18, SF 1
Johns, Keith #9 14 R02-R07, R11, R13-R18, SF 3
Jones, Jockie #18 8 R02-R08, R18 9
Jorgensen, Frank #23 9 R06-R09, R14-R17, SF 2
Keane, Bill #25 8 R04, R06-R07, R15-R18, SF 9
Mathieson, Jim #12 15 R02-R09, R11-R16, SF 6
McCarter, Billy #24 16 R02, R04-R09, R11-R18, SF 0
McGregor, Stan #26 2 R02, R05 0
Nicolson, Ken #27 12 R06-R09, R12-R18, SF 0
Pink, Arthur #1 15 R02-R05, R08-R09, R11-R18, SF 5
Plane, Charlie #13 15 R02-R05, R08-R09, R11-R18, SF 2
Rankin, Bert #2 16 R02-R09, R11-R18 0
Rankin, Cliff #6 16 R02-R09, R11-R18 43
Rodgers, Jimmy #7 6 R09, R11-R14, R16 0
Sharland, Wally #10 4 R02-R04, R07 4
Smith, Les #16 17 R02-R09, R11-R18, SF 1
Stevenson, Ted #15 14 R05-R09, R11-R18, SF 1
Tayler, Alec #22 5 R09, R11-R14 0
Thomas, Stan #21 16 R03-R09, R11-R18, SF 0
Todd, George #19 17 R02-R09, R11-R18, SF 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Stan Thomas Charlie Plane Billy McCarter
Half-Back: Jack Dunstone George Todd Arthur Coghlan
Centre: Ted Stevenson Bert Rankin Les Smith
Half-Forward: Frank Jorgensen Eric Fleming Ken Nicolson
Forward: Bill Keane Lloyd Hagger Bill Hudd
Follower: Keith Johns Jim Mathieson Arthur Pink

This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Taylor, Bert 17 9 -0- 8 R02-R09, R11-R18, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
Round 1 BYE
12/05/1923 Round 2 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 28 Bert Taylor Bert Rankin
19/05/1923 Round 3 Fitzroy HOME WIN GEE by 10 Bert Taylor Bert Rankin
26/05/1923 Round 4 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 47 Bert Taylor Bert Rankin
04/06/1923 Round 5 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 14 Bert Taylor Bert Rankin
09/06/1923 Round 6 St Kilda HOME WIN GEE by 12 Bert Taylor Bert Rankin
16/06/1923 Round 7 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 6 Bert Taylor Bert Rankin
23/06/1923 Round 8 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 43 Bert Taylor Bert Rankin
07/07/1923 Round 9 Carlton AWAY WIN GEE by 5 Bert Taylor Bert Rankin
Round 10 BYE
21/07/1923 Round 11 Melbourne AWAY WIN GEE by 19 Bert Taylor Bert Rankin
28/07/1923 Round 12 Fitzroy AWAY WIN GEE by 5 Bert Taylor Bert Rankin
04/08/1923 Round 13 Collingwood HOME WIN GEE by 46 Bert Taylor Bert Rankin
11/08/1923 Round 14 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 7 Bert Taylor Bert Rankin
25/08/1923 Round 15 St Kilda AWAY WIN GEE by 16 Bert Taylor Bert Rankin
01/09/1923 Round 16 Richmond AWAY WIN GEE by 12 Bert Taylor Bert Rankin
08/09/1923 Round 17 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 2 Bert Taylor Bert Rankin
15/09/1923 Round 18 Carlton HOME WIN GEE by 65 Bert Taylor Bert Rankin
22/09/1923 Semi Final Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 35 Bert Taylor Billy McCarter