Australian Football

KEY FACTS

Official name
Geelong Football Club

Known as
Geelong

Nickname
Cats

Formed
1859

Colours
Navy blue and white

Associated clubs
Geelong Reserves; Geelong WFC; Geelong WFC (VFLW); Geelong U19s

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2024

Affiliation (Historical)
Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1877–1896

Home Ground
Kardinia Park

AFL Premierships
2007, 2009, 2011, 2022 (4 total)

VFL Premierships
1925, 1931, 1937, 1951-2, 1963 (6 total)

VFA Premierships
1878-9-80, 1882-3-4, 1886 (7 total)

Senior Premierships
V/AFL Night Series - 1961, 2006, 2009 (3 total); McClelland Trophy: 1952, 1954, 1962-63, 1980-81, 1992, 2007-8, 2019, 2022 (11 total)

Most Games
355 - Joel Selwood (2007-2022)

Most Goals
1021 - Gary Ablett Snr (1984-1996)

League Top Goalkickers
E.James (27) 1897 & (31) 1899; L.Hagger (78) 1925; G.Moloney (109) 1932; L.White (86) 1948; G.Goninon (86) 1951; N.Rayson (80) 1955; D.Wade (68) 1962, (96) 1967 & (127) 1969; L.Donohue (105) 1976; G.Ablett senior (129) 1994 & (122) 1995; T. Hawkins (42) 2020 (10 winners/14 wins)

Brownlow Medalists
Edward 'Carji' Greeves 1924; Bernie Smith 1951; Alistair Lord 1962; Paul Couch 1989; Jimmy Bartel 2007; Gary Ablett jnr 2009; Patrick Dangerfield 2016 (7 total)

Headquarters
Kardinia Park (GMHBA) La Trobe Terrace, Geelong, VIC 3220

Postal Address
PO Box 461, Geelong, VIC, 3220

Phone: 1300 462 287

Website
geelongcats.com.au

Geelong

Grand Finals | Honour board | Every player | Most games | Most goals

"Inspired by Dick Reynolds, Essendon got within five points late in the final term of the 1951 Grand Final, but Geelong was able to steady and pull away to secure an 11-point victory, 11.15 (81) to 10.10 (70). Under Reg Hickey, Geelong has developed into a marvellous team. Indeed, with Bernie Smith having won the Brownlow, and George Goninon having been the league's top goal kicker, the Cats had secured a prestigious treble which only Collingwood had previously accomplished ... "

John Devaney assesses the Cats from Kardinia Park, forever football's great entertainers

1974 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Geelong's 1974 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1974-04-06 1	A	Geelong	1.0	6.9	7.10	9.11	65	LOST	Footscray	4.7	6.8	10.12	16.14	110	-45	WES	1974-04-06 Apr 6 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-04-13 2	H	Geelong	1.1	9.3	12.7	15.7	97	WON	Carlton	6.5	7.6	8.12	12.16	88	9	KAR	1974-04-13 Apr 13 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-04-20 3	A	Geelong	7.2	10.6	14.9	16.14	110	WON	Melbourne	3.2	7.5	9.7	16.10	106	4	MCG	1974-04-20 Apr 20 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-04-27 4	H	Geelong	0.1	3.4	3.6	6.9	45	LOST	St. Kilda	2.5	3.9	5.13	8.13	61	-16	KAR	1974-04-27 Apr 27 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-05-04 5	A	Geelong	3.6	6.10	8.12	10.14	74	LOST	Essendon	3.4	5.8	9.18	12.26	98	-24	WIN	1974-05-04 May 4 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-05-11 6	A	Geelong	5.1	8.6	13.10	18.15	123	WON	Richmond	3.6	6.7	11.9	17.11	113	10	MCG	1974-05-11 May 11 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-05-18 7	H	Geelong	2.2	5.2	7.3	9.5	59	LOST	North Melbourne	5.2	8.5	11.9	13.12	90	-31	KAR	1974-05-18 May 18 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-05-25 8	A	Geelong	2.2	8.6	13.10	18.13	121	WON	Collingwood	3.4	4.5	8.10	11.14	80	41	VIC	1974-05-25 May 25 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-06-01 9	H	Geelong	8.4	11.7	12.12	16.12	108	LOST	South Melbourne	1.1	7.2	12.4	17.7	109	-1	KAR	1974-06-01 Jun 1 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-06-08 10	A	Geelong	3.2	6.4	9.5	10.6	66	LOST	Hawthorn	3.4	9.5	11.10	14.13	97	-31	VFL	1974-06-08 Jun 8 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-06-17 11	H	Geelong	3.8	7.10	8.13	10.15	75	WON	Fitzroy	1.2	4.7	8.9	10.13	73	2	KAR	1974-06-17 Jun 17 (Mon, 2:00)	Scores
1974-06-22 12	H	Geelong	3.1	5.2	10.7	13.14	92	WON	Footscray	3.3	6.5	6.7	8.10	58	34	VFL	1974-06-22 Jun 22 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-06-29 13	A	Geelong	2.2	4.3	5.5	10.6	66	LOST	Carlton	2.5	9.11	12.15	20.19	139	-73	PRI	1974-06-29 Jun 29 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-07-06 14	A	Geelong	1.2	7.5	9.10	11.12	78	LOST	St. Kilda	2.3	6.9	9.13	12.20	92	-14	VFL	1974-07-06 Jul 6 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-07-13 15	H	Geelong	2.4	5.5	8.7	12.11	83	WON	Melbourne	4.2	6.5	6.7	9.9	63	20	KAR	1974-07-13 Jul 13 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-07-20 16	H	Geelong	2.4	4.6	6.10	11.11	77	LOST	Essendon	3.3	5.4	11.6	14.9	93	-16	KAR	1974-07-20 Jul 20 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-07-27 17	H	Geelong	2.1	4.7	4.7	8.9	57	LOST	Richmond	4.4	7.7	10.12	13.15	93	-36	VFL	1974-07-27 Jul 27 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-08-03 18	A	Geelong	5.9	7.14	13.14	15.15	105	WON	North Melbourne	3.0	7.2	10.7	15.9	99	6	ARD	1974-08-03 Aug 3 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-08-10 19	H	Geelong	2.2	5.4	6.5	8.8	56	LOST	Collingwood	4.8	5.12	9.14	10.19	79	-23	KAR	1974-08-10 Aug 10 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-08-17 20	A	Geelong	2.2	7.4	10.5	12.14	86	WON	South Melbourne	2.3	4.5	9.7	13.7	85	1	LAK	1974-08-17 Aug 17 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-08-24 21	H	Geelong	5.3	8.5	11.7	15.12	102	WON	Hawthorn	2.4	5.5	8.6	9.8	62	40	KAR	1974-08-24 Aug 24 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores
1974-08-31 22	A	Geelong	3.5	5.7	12.7	17.11	113	WON	Fitzroy	2.3	7.6	10.9	15.11	101	12	JUN	1974-08-31 Aug 31 (Sat, 2:00)	Scores

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1974 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Ainsworth, Geoff	11	73	6.6	22	2.0	95	8.6	23	2.1			10	17	0	0.0	0	0
Andrews, Gareth	6	65	10.8	24	4.0	89	14.8	33	5.5			6	7	0	0.0	0	0
Armour, David	2	9	4.5	9	4.5	18	9.0	5	2.5			0	5	4	2.0	1	25
Barkley, David	5	24	4.8	14	2.8	38	7.6	10	2.0			3	4	12	2.4	2	74
Blake, Rod	16	153	9.6	34	2.1	187	11.7	66	4.1	4	4.0	29	21	14	0.9	6	90
Browne, Ricky	18	215	11.9	63	3.5	278	15.4	41	2.3			77	60	10	0.6	14	74
Browne, Mark	13	129	9.9	52	4.0	181	13.9	33	2.5			34	15	4	0.3	7	31
Cassidy, Jeff	2	6	3.0	2	1.0	8	4.0	0	0.0			4	3	0	0.0	3	3
Clarke Snr, David	16	286	17.9	13	0.8	299	18.7	82	5.1			60	32	24	1.5	29	173
Closter, Wayne	16	248	15.5	18	1.1	266	16.6	62	3.9			34	21	13	0.8	6	84
Crawford, Leigh	14	104	7.4	56	4.0	160	11.4	59	4.2			12	27	6	0.4	3	39
Davidson, Garry	3	29	9.7	9	3.0	38	12.7	12	4.0			4	7	5	1.7	3	33
Davis, Harvey	7	71	10.1	28	4.0	99	14.1	16	2.3			12	13	0	0.0	0	0
Deeath, Rex	6	14	2.3	11	1.8	25	4.2	8	1.3	1	1.0	2	2	0	0.0	0	0
Donohue, Larry	2	11	5.5	1	0.5	12	6.0	2	1.0			3	2	2	1.0	2	14
Doyle, Peter	13	88	6.8	50	3.8	138	10.6	31	2.4			10	13	6	0.5	4	40
Eddy, Barry	7	44	6.3	20	2.9	64	9.1	13	1.9			9	7	0	0.0	0	0
Evans, Tim	10	80	8.0	12	1.2	92	9.2	30	3.0			11	10	18	1.8	13	121
Hampshire, Ian	13	89	6.8	78	6.0	167	12.8	72	5.5	6	6.0	15	21	1	0.1	5	11
Hawkins, Jack	22	213	9.7	95	4.3	308	14.0	70	3.2			49	28	3	0.1	0	18
Higgins, Kevin	22	330	15.0	37	1.7	367	16.7	82	3.7			41	52	1	0.0	6	12
Hunt, Rex	15	221	14.7	20	1.3	241	16.1	137	9.1			32	25	26	1.7	17	173
Lewtas, Ian	3	18	6.0	5	1.7	23	7.7	9	3.0			5	2	1	0.3	0	6
Linke, Graeme	11	68	6.2	12	1.1	80	7.3	25	2.3			15	12	0	0.0	3	3
Lynch, Chris	3	11	3.7	2	0.7	13	4.3	4	1.3			2	2	2	0.7	0	12
Miller, Keith	2	5	2.5	1	0.5	6	3.0	3	1.5			1	0	0	0.0	0	0
Nankervis, Ian	22	433	19.7	139	6.3	572	26.0	75	3.4			84	42	27	1.2	21	183
Nankervis, Bruce	21	329	15.7	82	3.9	411	19.6	75	3.6			81	28	2	0.1	1	13
Neal, Robert	8	92	11.5	47	5.9	139	17.4	29	3.6			19	9	1	0.1	2	8
Newland, Ken	16	120	7.5	94	5.9	214	13.4	69	4.3	2	2.0	19	32	26	1.6	22	178
Newman, John 'Sam'	21	183	8.7	170	8.1	353	16.8	117	5.6	15	15.0	60	72	3	0.1	2	20
Preen, John	1	10	10.0	0	0.0	10	10.0	1	1.0			1	0	2	2.0	0	12
Sarah, Paul	22	381	17.3	50	2.3	431	19.6	60	2.7			71	56	32	1.5	29	221
Scale, Doug	2	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0.0			0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Scarlett, John	18	118	6.6	72	4.0	190	10.6	40	2.2	1	1.0	42	45	3	0.2	2	20
Sheehan, Kevin	9	64	7.1	17	1.9	81	9.0	6	0.7			15	7	2	0.2	5	17
Stevens, Phil	9	76	8.4	16	1.8	92	10.2	24	2.7			8	5	7	0.8	4	46
Turner, Mick	7	94	13.4	23	3.3	117	16.7	19	2.7			16	17	0	0.0	4	4
Whatman, Robert	5	41	8.2	6	1.2	47	9.4	11	2.2			8	5	3	0.6	4	22
Woolnough, Mike	21	254	12.1	53	2.5	307	14.6	65	3.1			39	36	9	0.4	3	57