1979 VFA Season: Geelong West
These are the details of the premiership results of Geelong West for the 1979 VFA season. The team finished the regular season in first place, securing the minor premiership, and in turn, a place in the finals series. After being defeated by Coburg in a semi final and defeating Port Melbourne in the preliminary final, Geelong West were defeated by Coburg in the grand final, resulting in becoming the runners-up.
Season Team Details
Competition:
1979 VFA Season
Team:
Geelong West
Home Ground:
West Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
1st (W-D-L: 15-0-3, P%: 125.6)
Finals Performance:
Runners-Up
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22/04/1979 | Round 1 | Caulfield | HOME | WIN | GEWE by 122 | unknown | unknown |
| 29/04/1979 | Round 2 | Brunswick | AWAY | WIN | GEWE by 45 | unknown | unknown |
| 06/05/1979 | Round 3 | Coburg | AWAY | WIN | GEWE by 35 | unknown | unknown |
| 13/05/1979 | Round 4 | Prahran | HOME | WIN | GEWE by 32 | unknown | unknown |
| 20/05/1979 | Round 5 | Port Melbourne | AWAY | WIN | GEWE by 11 | unknown | unknown |
| 27/05/1979 | Round 6 | Preston | HOME | WIN | GEWE by 20 | unknown | unknown |
| 03/06/1979 | Round 7 | Frankston | AWAY | WIN | GEWE by 30 | unknown | unknown |
| 10/06/1979 | Round 8 | Sandringham | AWAY | WIN | GEWE by 53 | unknown | unknown |
| 24/06/1979 | Round 9 | Dandenong | HOME | WIN | GEWE by 67 | unknown | unknown |
| 01/07/1979 | Round 10 | Caulfield | AWAY | LOSS | CAUL by 40 | unknown | unknown |
| 08/07/1979 | Round 11 | Brunswick | HOME | WIN | GEWE by 22 | unknown | unknown |
| 15/07/1979 | Round 12 | Coburg | HOME | LOSS | COBG by 12 | unknown | unknown |
| 22/07/1979 | Round 13 | Prahran | AWAY | LOSS | PRAH by 3 | unknown | unknown |
| 29/07/1979 | Round 14 | Port Melbourne | HOME | WIN | GEWE by 3 | unknown | unknown |
| 05/08/1979 | Round 15 | Preston | AWAY | WIN | GEWE by 20 | unknown | unknown |
| 12/08/1979 | Round 16 | Frankston | HOME | WIN | GEWE by 52 | unknown | unknown |
| 19/08/1979 | Round 17 | Sandringham | HOME | WIN | GEWE by 31 | unknown | unknown |
| 26/08/1979 | Round 18 | Dandenong | AWAY | WIN | GEWE by 1 | unknown | unknown |
| 09/09/1979 | Semi Final | Coburg | HOME | LOSS | COBG by 21 | unknown | unknown |
| 16/09/1979 | Preliminary Final | Port Melbourne | HOME | WIN | GEWE by 30 | unknown | unknown |
| 23/09/1979 | Grand Final | Coburg | AWAY | LOSS | COBG by 8 | unknown | unknown |
Ladder Chart
This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic.