1923 VFL Season: Geelong

Season Team Details

Competition: 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: Defeated by Fitzroy (Semi Final)

Team Leaders

Captain: Bert Rankin
Vice-Captain: Cliff Rankin

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Brushfield, Nick #30 1 0 R06
Coghlan, Arthur #8 9 0 R02-05, R08-09, R11-12, SF
Dunstone, Jack #4 14 2 R02-04, R06-08, R11-13, R15-18, SF
Ellis, Ray #5 2 0 R02, R05
Fleming, Eric #11 16 18 R02-09, R11-15, R17-18, SF
Fleming, Roy #17 5 4 R02-03, R05-07
Greeves, Edward #20 11 9 R08-09, R11-18, SF
Hagger, Lloyd #14 14 40 R02-03, R07-09, R11-18, SF
Hall, Syd #28 2 0 R03-04
Harris, George #29 4 2 R03-06
Hudd, Bill #31 3 1 R17-18, SF
Johns, Keith #9 14 3 R02-07, R11, R13-18, SF
Jones, Jockie #18 8 9 R02-08, R18
Jorgensen, Frank #23 9 2 R06-09, R14-17, SF
Keane, Bill #25 8 9 R04, R06-07, R15-18, SF
Mathieson, Jim #12 15 6 R02-09, R11-16, SF
McCarter, Billy #24 16 0 R02, R04-09, R11-18, SF
McGregor, Stan #26 2 0 R02, R05
Nicolson, Ken #27 12 0 R06-09, R12-18, SF
Pink, Arthur #1 15 5 R02-05, R08-09, R11-18, SF
Plane, Charlie #13 15 2 R02-05, R08-09, R11-18, SF
Rankin, Bert #2 16 0 R02-09, R11-18
Rankin, Cliff #6 16 43 R02-09, R11-18
Rodgers, Jimmy #7 6 0 R09, R11-14, R16
Sharland, Wally #10 4 4 R02-04, R07
Smith, Les #16 17 1 R02-09, R11-18, SF
Stevenson, Ted #15 14 1 R05-09, R11-18, SF
Tayler, Alec #22 5 0 R09, R11-14
Thomas, Stan #21 16 0 R03-09, R11-18, SF
Todd, George #19 17 0 R02-09, R11-18, SF

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds
Taylor, Bert 17 9 -0- 8 R02-09, R11-18, SF

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 Bill Keane
Forward: Cliff Rankin Lloyd Hagger Edward Greeves
Follower: Jim Mathieson Ken Nicolson Arthur Pink

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 4 out of 17 matches was used.

Match Results

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