1944 VFL Season: Geelong

Season Team Details

Season: 1944 VFL Season
Team: Geelong
Home Ground: Kardinia Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 12th (W-D-L: 1-0-17, P%: 58.6%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Lindsay White (60)
Carji Greeves Medal Recipient(s): Jim Munday

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Jack Butcher

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Altmann, John #14 3 R16-R18 0
Arklay, Tom #8 7 R09, R12-R16, R18 3
Atkin, Max #16 4 R05-R06, R15, R18 0
Bamford, Ray #31 1 R13 0
Barclay, Lionel #12 11 R01-R03, R10-R12, R14-R18 7
Barrett, Gerard #26 6 R03-R07, R15 1
Beasley, Harry #14 3 R01, R03-R04 0
Brisbane, Jeff #25 3 R12, R17-R18 2
Brown, Doug #8 8 R01-R02, R04-R09 9
Brown, Ian #14 5 R08-R10, R12-R13 0
Burns, Tom #29 6 R03-R08 5
Butcher, Jack #1 18 R01-R18 3
Dean, Leo #33 3 R16-R18 1
Dougherty, George #6 18 R01-R18 22
Fitzgerald, Jim #3 18 R01-R18 0
Gniel, George #17 13 R01-R06, R10-R11, R13-R17 3
Graham, Colin #11 15 R01-R07, R09-R12, R14-R17 7
Howie, Jim #30 11 R01-R02, R05-R06, R10-R15, R18 1
Jerram, Doug #32 1 R07 2
Leahy, Pat #28 15 R01-R09, R11, R13-R17 9
Lidgerwood, Vin #32 1 R08 0
Marshall, Phonse #19 3 R09-R11 1
Mathieson, Alec #31 7 R05-R11 1
McHenry, Bob #27 10 R01, R10-R18 1
McWilliams, Frank #2 6 R02-R07 0
Morgan, Jack #18 6 R03-R04, R08-R11 0
Munday, Jim #15 16 R01-R04, R07-R18 0
Nankervis, Vic #23 12 R01-R08, R12-R14, R18 12
Patman, Ralph #10 18 R01-R18 1
Powell, Les #4 10 R08-R17 3
Sellwood, Joe #21 11 R08-R18 4
Sing, Jack #24 16 R01-R09, R12-R18 1
Southern, Wally #22 17 R01-R08, R10-R18 8
Taylor, Vic #9 2 R02, R07 0
Tucker, Neil #20 16 R01-R11, R13-R14, R16-R18 3
Tuohill, Jack #5 4 R01-R02, R09, R12 0
White, Lindsay #7 18 R01-R18 60

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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)
Arklay, Tom 18 1 -0- 17 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
06/05/1944 Round 1 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 58 Tom Arklay Jack Butcher
13/05/1944 Round 2 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 19 Tom Arklay Jack Butcher
20/05/1944 Round 3 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 53 Tom Arklay Jack Butcher
27/05/1944 Round 4 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 73 Tom Arklay Jack Butcher
03/06/1944 Round 5 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 36 Tom Arklay Jack Butcher
10/06/1944 Round 6 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 63 Tom Arklay Jack Butcher
17/06/1944 Round 7 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 117 Tom Arklay Jack Butcher
24/06/1944 Round 8 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 25 Tom Arklay Jack Butcher
01/07/1944 Round 9 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 35 Tom Arklay Jack Butcher
08/07/1944 Round 10 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 53 Tom Arklay Jack Butcher
15/07/1944 Round 11 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 123 Tom Arklay Jack Butcher
22/07/1944 Round 12 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 24 Tom Arklay Jack Butcher
29/07/1944 Round 13 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 22 Tom Arklay Jack Butcher
05/08/1944 Round 14 Hawthorn HOME WIN GEE by 25 Tom Arklay Jack Butcher
12/08/1944 Round 15 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 13 Tom Arklay Jack Butcher
19/08/1944 Round 16 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 25 Tom Arklay Jack Butcher
26/08/1944 Round 17 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 106 Tom Arklay Jack Butcher
02/09/1944 Round 18 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 35 Tom Arklay Jack Butcher