1927 VFL Season: Geelong

Season Team Details

Season: 1927 VFL Season
Team: Geelong
Home Ground: Corio Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 14-0-4, P%: 132.0%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Collingwood (Semi Final)
Players: 27
Brownlow Leader(s): Edward Greeves (5)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Lloyd Hagger (55)
Carji Greeves Medal Recipient(s): George Todd

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Cliff Rankin

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Baker, Ted #2 19 R01-R18, SF 28
Brushfield, Nick #7 5 R02-R05, R08 2
Chambers, Jack #8 17 R01-R05, R07, R09-R18, SF 14
Coghlan, Arthur #13 19 R01-R18, SF 1
Comben, Aubrey #3 1 R02 0
Ferguson, Dave #5 4 R03-R04, R09, R13 2
Fitzmaurice, Tom #23 9 R01-R02, R13-R18, SF 8
Fleming, Eric #11 9 R01-R03, R06-R09, R18, SF 11
Greeves, Edward #20 18 R01-R13, R15-R18, SF 2
Hagger, Lloyd #14 19 R01-R18, SF 55
Hall, Syd #4 17 R01-R12, R14-R17, SF 5
Hardiman, Peter #27 8 R11-R18 1
Hickey, Reg #18 18 R01-R07, R09-R18, SF 0
Jerram, George #1 19 R01-R18, SF 8
Keppel, Frank #30 8 R12-R18, SF 0
Leahy, Ken #25 5 R01, R06-R08, R10 0
Lucas, Rod #26 6 R06-R08, R10-R12 2
McDiarmid, Cleve #29 6 R13-R18 4
Mockridge, Frank #17 11 R01-R06, R08-R12 0
Mulroyan, Cyril #22 2 R05, R14 0
Rankin, Cliff #6 19 R01-R18, SF 39
Rayson, Arthur #28 17 R01, R04-R18, SF 19
Smith, Les #16 19 R01-R18, SF 1
Stevenson, Ted #15 16 R03-R17, SF 4
Todd, George #19 19 R01-R18, SF 6
Warren, Jim #12 13 R01-R11, R18, SF 10
Williams, Jack #24 19 R01-R18, SF 5

Team Line-Up

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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)
Rankin, Cliff 19 14 -0- 5 R01-R18, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
30/04/1927 Round 1 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 23 Cliff Rankin Cliff Rankin
07/05/1927 Round 2 Footscray HOME WIN GEE by 44 Cliff Rankin Cliff Rankin
14/05/1927 Round 3 North Melbourne AWAY WIN GEE by 2 Cliff Rankin Cliff Rankin
21/05/1927 Round 4 Carlton HOME WIN GEE by 46 Cliff Rankin Cliff Rankin
28/05/1927 Round 5 Melbourne AWAY WIN GEE by 27 Cliff Rankin Cliff Rankin
04/06/1927 Round 6 St Kilda HOME WIN GEE by 19 Cliff Rankin Cliff Rankin
11/06/1927 Round 7 Essendon AWAY WIN GEE by 13 Cliff Rankin Cliff Rankin
18/06/1927 Round 8 Hawthorn HOME WIN GEE by 99 Cliff Rankin Cliff Rankin
25/06/1927 Round 9 Fitzroy HOME WIN GEE by 7 Cliff Rankin Cliff Rankin
02/07/1927 Round 10 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 16 Cliff Rankin Cliff Rankin
09/07/1927 Round 11 South Melbourne HOME WIN GEE by 6 Cliff Rankin Cliff Rankin
16/07/1927 Round 12 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 16 Cliff Rankin Cliff Rankin
23/07/1927 Round 13 Footscray AWAY WIN GEE by 19 Cliff Rankin Cliff Rankin
30/07/1927 Round 14 North Melbourne HOME WIN GEE by 94 Cliff Rankin Cliff Rankin
06/08/1927 Round 15 Carlton AWAY WIN GEE by 32 Cliff Rankin Cliff Rankin
27/08/1927 Round 16 Melbourne HOME WIN GEE by 25 Cliff Rankin Cliff Rankin
03/09/1927 Round 17 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 2 Cliff Rankin Cliff Rankin
10/09/1927 Round 18 South Melbourne AWAY WIN GEE by 10 Cliff Rankin Cliff Rankin
24/09/1927 Semi Final Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 66 Cliff Rankin Cliff Rankin