1947 VFL Season: Geelong

Season Team Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Team: Geelong
Home Ground: Kardinia Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 7th (W-D-L: 11-0-8, P%: 103.3%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): Fred Flanagan (17)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Lindsay White (76)
Carji Greeves Medal Recipient(s): Lindsay White

Team Leaders

Captain(s): George Gniel

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Bailey, Joe #33 6 R05-R06, R16-R19 1
Bauer, Don #19 16 R01-R03, R05-R06, R09-R19 0
Brisbane, Jeff #4 1 R01 0
Brown, Doug #14 15 R01-R03, R05-R14, R16, R19 26
Brown, Kevin #21 10 R02, R04-R08, R12, R14-R15, R18 0
Burrell, Alf #13 3 R17-R19 0
Card, George #20 15 R01-R12, R16-R18 0
Elliott, Alan #11 5 R02, R07-R08, R13-R14 1
Fitzgerald, Brian #6 5 R06-R09, R13 0
Fitzgerald, Jim #3 8 R01-R04, R13-R16 1
Flanagan, Fred #10 17 R01-R06, R08-R15, R17-R19 8
Gniel, George #17 16 R01-R13, R15-R16, R19 0
Harwood, Bill #15 16 R01-R06, R08, R10-R12, R14-R19 6
Hovey, Jim #2 17 R01-R04, R06-R13, R15-R19 6
Hunt, Percy #25 18 R01-R07, R09-R19 16
Irvine, Arthur #12 9 R08-R16 10
Jerram, Doug #1 1 R11 1
Lindsay, Alwyn #23 6 R04-R05, R11, R13-R14, R17 1
Lynch, Marty #35 12 R07-R10, R12-R19 22
Monahan, Andy #26 8 R01-R08 0
Morrow, Tom #22 19 R01-R19 10
Pike, Frank #18 5 R03-R07 0
Pike, George #37 11 R09-R19 10
Rayson, Alan #16 12 R01-R12 13
Renfrey, Russ #8 19 R01-R19 33
Scott, Norm #29 19 R01-R19 2
Tate, Syd #24 19 R01-R19 0
Turner, Leo #36 13 R07-R19 2
White, Len #30 17 R01-R04, R07-R19 0
White, Lindsay #7 17 R01-R07, R09-R15, R17-R19 76
Whitten, Jack #5 7 R01, R03-R06, R09-R10 6
Wilson, Brian #34 5 R15-R19 0
Wood, Ron #27 13 R01-R05, R07-R08, R14-R19 2

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)
Quinn, Tommy 19 11 -0- 8 R01-R19

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
19/04/1947 Round 1 Hawthorn HOME WIN GEE by 45 Tommy Quinn George Gniel
26/04/1947 Round 2 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 36 Tommy Quinn George Gniel
03/05/1947 Round 3 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 19 Tommy Quinn George Gniel
10/05/1947 Round 4 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 32 Tommy Quinn George Gniel
17/05/1947 Round 5 South Melbourne AWAY WIN GEE by 19 Tommy Quinn George Gniel
24/05/1947 Round 6 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 49 Tommy Quinn George Gniel
31/05/1947 Round 7 St Kilda HOME WIN GEE by 5 Tommy Quinn George Gniel
07/06/1947 Round 8 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 65 Tommy Quinn George Gniel
14/06/1947 Round 9 Footscray HOME WIN GEE by 17 Tommy Quinn George Gniel
21/06/1947 Round 10 North Melbourne AWAY WIN GEE by 33 Tommy Quinn George Gniel
28/06/1947 Round 11 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 11 Tommy Quinn George Gniel
05/07/1947 Round 12 Hawthorn AWAY WIN GEE by 34 Tommy Quinn George Gniel
12/07/1947 Round 13 Melbourne HOME WIN GEE by 61 Tommy Quinn George Gniel
19/07/1947 Round 14 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 6 Tommy Quinn unknown
26/07/1947 Round 15 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 40 Tommy Quinn George Gniel
09/08/1947 Round 16 South Melbourne HOME WIN GEE by 36 Tommy Quinn George Gniel
16/08/1947 Round 17 Richmond HOME WIN GEE by 28 Tommy Quinn unknown
23/08/1947 Round 18 St Kilda AWAY WIN GEE by 34 Tommy Quinn unknown
30/08/1947 Round 19 Carlton HOME WIN GEE by 2 Tommy Quinn George Gniel