1908 VFL Season: Geelong

Season Team Details

Competition: 1908 VFL Season
Team: Geelong
Home Ground: Corio Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 2-0-16, P%: 68.6)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Armstrong, Les 6 0 R13-18
Beard, Dave 8 1 R09-12, R15-18
Bell, John 13 0 R04-16
Bennett, Herb 6 0 R01-05, R07
Bourchier, Bert 1 0 R08
Boyd, Alex 8 0 R11-18
Brownlees, Rupe 2 0 R01, R05
Cameron, Charlie 15 2 R01-14, R18
Chisholm, Les 2 0 R16-17
Davern, Bill 3 2 R02, R05, R07
Dickson, Tom 2 0 R16-17
Doull, George 15 0 R01-12, R15-16, R18
Eason, Bill 18 12 R01-18
Gell, Les 6 5 R01-04, R08, R10
Green, Jack 2 0 R06-07
Grigg, Dick 18 6 R01-18
Hardiman, Tom 18 25 R01-18
Hassett, Jack 16 9 R01-16
James, Fred 2 1 R17-18
Keon, Johnny 4 1 R14-15, R17-18
Marshall, Nick 1 0 R17
McGorlick, Norm 3 2 R11-13
McKay, Hugh 6 1 R03, R09-10, R14-15, R18
McKenzie, Alec 2 0 R09, R11
McKinley, Bill 2 0 R01, R03
Molan, Con 2 0 R02, R13
Moran, Frank 15 0 R01-15
Newling, Ernie 17 8 R01-03, R05-18
Orchard, Billy 6 3 R01-02, R04-06, R08
Pender, Jack 4 0 R12-15
Rankin, Teddy 17 3 R01-10, R12-18
Ritchie, Robert 2 0 R17-18
Roebuck, Les 2 3 R03-04
Salmon, Percy 8 4 R11-18
Scown, Percy 15 1 R01-13, R16-17
Slater, Joe 16 1 R01-16
Stephens, Peter 12 6 R01-11, R14
Stodart, Frank 4 0 R04, R06-08
Tansing, George 5 2 R06-10
Whittington, Bert 3 1 R16-18
Wilton, Billy 3 2 R16-18
Young, Henry 14 5 R01-06, R09-15, R18

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds

Team Line-Up

Back: John Bell Teddy Rankin Dave Beard
Half-Back: Ernie Newling Joe Slater Charlie Cameron
Centre: George Doull Alex Boyd Percy Scown
Half-Forward: Frank Moran Dick Grigg Bill Eason
Forward: Tom Hardiman Peter Stephens Percy Salmon
Follower: Bert Whittington Henry Young Jack Hassett

This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available complete positional records from this season.
Names in bold indicate that the player was named in this position at least ten times this season (exc. interchange).
Positional information from 16 out of 18 matches was used.

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
02/05/1908 Round 1 Collingwood HOME WIN GEEL by 47 unknown Henry Young
09/05/1908 Round 2 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SMLB by 19 unknown Henry Young
16/05/1908 Round 3 Melbourne HOME LOSS MELB by 22 unknown Henry Young
23/05/1908 Round 4 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FITZ by 16 unknown Henry Young
30/05/1908 Round 5 Richmond AWAY LOSS RICH by 6 unknown Henry Young
06/06/1908 Round 6 St Kilda HOME LOSS STKL by 3 unknown Henry Young
08/06/1908 Round 7 Carlton AWAY LOSS CARL by 67 unknown unknown
13/06/1908 Round 8 University HOME LOSS UNIV by 4 unknown unknown
20/06/1908 Round 9 Essendon HOME LOSS ESSE by 26 unknown Henry Young
27/06/1908 Round 10 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COLL by 20 unknown Henry Young
04/07/1908 Round 11 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SMLB by 8 unknown Henry Young
11/07/1908 Round 12 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MELB by 18 unknown Henry Young
18/07/1908 Round 13 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FITZ by 18 unknown Henry Young
25/07/1908 Round 14 Richmond HOME WIN GEEL by 15 unknown Henry Young
01/08/1908 Round 15 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STKL by 69 unknown Henry Young
08/08/1908 Round 16 Carlton HOME LOSS CARL by 10 unknown Teddy Rankin
15/08/1908 Round 17 University AWAY LOSS UNIV by 52 unknown unknown
05/09/1908 Round 18 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESSE by 71 unknown Henry Young