1947 VFL Season: Geelong
These are the details of the premiership results for Geelong for the 1947 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Kardinia Park as their home ground, playing ten matches there (ten as hosts). The team finished the regular season in seventh place.
Team Details
Competition:
1947 VFL Season
Team:
Geelong
Club:
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
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailey, Joe | #33 | 6 | 1 | R05-06, R16-19 |
| Bauer, Don | #19 | 16 | 0 | R01-03, R05-06, R09-19 |
| Brisbane, Jeff | #4 | 1 | 0 | R01 |
| Brown, Doug | #14 | 15 | 26 | R01-03, R05-14, R16, R19 |
| Brown, Kevin | #21 | 10 | 0 | R02, R04-08, R12, R14-15, R18 |
| Burrell, Alf | #13 | 3 | 0 | R17-19 |
| Card, George | #20 | 15 | 0 | R01-12, R16-18 |
| Elliott, Alan | #11 | 5 | 1 | R02, R07-08, R13-14 |
| Fitzgerald, Brian | #6 | 5 | 0 | R06-09, R13 |
| Fitzgerald, Jim | #3 | 8 | 1 | R01-04, R13-16 |
| Flanagan, Fred | #10 | 17 | 8 | R01-06, R08-15, R17-19 |
| Gniel, George | #17 | 16 | 0 | R01-13, R15-16, R19 |
| Harwood, Bill | #15 | 16 | 6 | R01-06, R08, R10-12, R14-19 |
| Hovey, Jim | #2 | 17 | 6 | R01-04, R06-13, R15-19 |
| Hunt, Percy | #25 | 18 | 16 | R01-07, R09-19 |
| Irvine, Arthur | #12 | 9 | 10 | R08-16 |
| Jerram, Doug | #1 | 1 | 1 | R11 |
| Lindsay, Alwyn | #23 | 6 | 1 | R04-05, R11, R13-14, R17 |
| Lynch, Marty | #35 | 12 | 22 | R07-10, R12-19 |
| Monahan, Andy | #26 | 8 | 0 | R01-08 |
| Morrow, Tom | #22 | 19 | 10 | R01-19 |
| Pike, Frank | #18 | 5 | 0 | R03-07 |
| Pike, George | #37 | 11 | 10 | R09-19 |
| Rayson, Alan | #16 | 12 | 13 | R01-12 |
| Renfrey, Russ | #8 | 19 | 33 | R01-19 |
| Scott, Norm | #29 | 19 | 2 | R01-19 |
| Tate, Syd | #24 | 19 | 0 | R01-19 |
| Turner, Leo | #36 | 13 | 2 | R07-19 |
| White, Len | #30 | 17 | 0 | R01-04, R07-19 |
| White, Lindsay | #7 | 17 | 76 | R01-07, R09-15, R17-19 |
| Whitten, Jack | #5 | 7 | 6 | R01, R03-06, R09-10 |
| Wilson, Brian | #34 | 5 | 0 | R15-19 |
| Wood, Ron | #27 | 13 | 2 | R01-05, R07-08, R14-19 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quinn, Tommy | 19 | 11 | -0- | 8 | R01-19 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19/04/1947 | Round 1 | Hawthorn | HOME | WIN | GEEL by 45 | Tommy Quinn | George Gniel |
| 26/04/1947 | Round 2 | Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | MELB by 36 | Tommy Quinn | George Gniel |
| 03/05/1947 | Round 3 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 19 | Tommy Quinn | George Gniel |
| 10/05/1947 | Round 4 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESSE by 32 | Tommy Quinn | George Gniel |
| 17/05/1947 | Round 5 | South Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | GEEL by 19 | Tommy Quinn | George Gniel |
| 24/05/1947 | Round 6 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RICH by 49 | Tommy Quinn | George Gniel |
| 31/05/1947 | Round 7 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | GEEL by 5 | Tommy Quinn | George Gniel |
| 07/06/1947 | Round 8 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 65 | Tommy Quinn | George Gniel |
| 14/06/1947 | Round 9 | Footscray | HOME | WIN | GEEL by 17 | Tommy Quinn | George Gniel |
| 21/06/1947 | Round 10 | North Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | GEEL by 33 | Tommy Quinn | George Gniel |
| 28/06/1947 | Round 11 | Fitzroy | HOME | LOSS | FITZ by 11 | Tommy Quinn | George Gniel |
| 05/07/1947 | Round 12 | Hawthorn | AWAY | WIN | GEEL by 34 | Tommy Quinn | George Gniel |
| 12/07/1947 | Round 13 | Melbourne | HOME | WIN | GEEL by 61 | Tommy Quinn | George Gniel |
| 19/07/1947 | Round 14 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 6 | Tommy Quinn | unknown |
| 26/07/1947 | Round 15 | Essendon | AWAY | LOSS | ESSE by 40 | Tommy Quinn | George Gniel |
| 09/08/1947 | Round 16 | South Melbourne | HOME | WIN | GEEL by 36 | Tommy Quinn | George Gniel |
| 16/08/1947 | Round 17 | Richmond | HOME | WIN | GEEL by 28 | Tommy Quinn | unknown |
| 23/08/1947 | Round 18 | St Kilda | AWAY | WIN | GEEL by 34 | Tommy Quinn | unknown |
| 30/08/1947 | Round 19 | Carlton | HOME | WIN | GEEL by 2 | Tommy Quinn | George Gniel |