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)

Affiliation (Current)
Australian Football League (AFL) 1897–2023

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

1987 Season (V/AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Geelong's 1987 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1987-03-28 1	A	Geelong	3.4	4.12	10.16	14.18	102	WON	St. Kilda	2.2	11.3	13.7	15.11	101	1	MOO	1987-03-28 Mar 28 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1987-04-04 2	H	Geelong	2.5	9.11	14.14	19.17	131	LOST	Brisbane	6.2	9.5	17.11	23.12	150	-19	KAR	1987-04-04 Apr 4 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1987-04-11 3	H	Geelong	2.6	10.9	13.12	18.20	128	WON	Melbourne	2.5	3.9	6.13	13.16	94	34	KAR	1987-04-11 Apr 11 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1987-04-18 4	H	Geelong	4.6	9.7	13.11	18.19	127	LOST	North Melbourne	4.6	10.14	16.16	19.22	136	-9	KAR	1987-04-18 Apr 18 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1987-04-25 5	H	Geelong	6.4	17.5	22.7	29.10	184	WON	Fitzroy	4.0	7.2	13.6	17.7	109	75	KAR	1987-04-25 Apr 25 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1987-05-02 6	A	Geelong	1.5	7.9	10.15	13.18	96	DRAW	Essendon	5.2	8.5	10.7	14.12	96	0	WIN	1987-05-02 May 2 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1987-05-09 7	A	Geelong	4.3	5.3	9.8	14.10	94	LOST	Carlton	4.3	10.8	16.14	22.18	150	-56	VFL	1987-05-09 May 9 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1987-05-16 8	A	Geelong	1.1	5.2	8.3	10.5	65	LOST	Hawthorn	6.3	8.4	13.7	17.10	112	-47	PRI	1987-05-16 May 16 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1987-05-24 9	H	Geelong	2.3	7.9	9.9	15.14	104	WON	Sydney	4.6	4.10	10.13	11.13	79	25	KAR	1987-05-24 May 24 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1987-05-30 10	A	Geelong	5.2	10.5	18.7	18.10	118	WON	Richmond	5.3	9.4	10.11	14.13	97	21	MCG	1987-05-30 May 30 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1987-06-08 11	H	Geelong	3.4	5.6	11.12	17.13	115	WON	Collingwood	4.1	8.5	11.7	17.8	110	5	VFL	1987-06-08 Jun 8 (Mon, 2:10)	Scores
1987-06-13 12	H	Geelong	2.2	5.7	9.12	13.13	91	WON	West Coast	1.5	5.7	9.9	12.13	85	6	KAR	1987-06-13 Jun 13 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1987-06-20 13	A	Geelong	5.1	5.2	6.2	8.2	50	LOST	Footscray	1.3	5.6	10.8	13.11	89	-39	WES	1987-06-20 Jun 20 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1987-06-27 14	H	Geelong	5.5	7.9	9.16	13.20	98	WON	St. Kilda	0.4	0.6	2.8	3.9	27	71	KAR	1987-06-27 Jun 27 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1987-07-05 15	A	Geelong	2.7	4.12	7.18	10.18	78	LOST	Brisbane	5.0	9.3	14.8	18.11	119	-41	CRR	1987-07-05 Jul 5 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1987-07-25 16	A	Geelong	4.1	8.3	10.6	11.11	77	LOST	Melbourne	4.0	9.3	15.5	18.9	117	-40	VFL	1987-07-25 Jul 25 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1987-07-18 17	A	Geelong	5.2	11.6	21.10	27.14	176	WON	North Melbourne	1.5	2.9	3.10	11.13	79	97	MCG	1987-07-18 Jul 18 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1987-08-01 18	A	Geelong	2.4	6.7	7.13	12.15	87	LOST	Fitzroy	4.4	7.5	15.7	20.9	129	-42	PRI	1987-08-01 Aug 1 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1987-08-08 19	H	Geelong	1.6	4.10	9.13	12.20	92	WON	Essendon	4.4	7.6	8.9	9.11	65	27	KAR	1987-08-08 Aug 8 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1987-08-15 20	H	Geelong	5.3	6.5	10.9	13.10	88	LOST	Carlton	5.2	12.5	15.9	24.12	156	-68	KAR	1987-08-15 Aug 15 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1987-08-23 21	A	Geelong	3.8	6.11	10.15	18.23	131	WON	Sydney	5.7	10.10	15.12	18.14	122	9	SCG	1987-08-23 Aug 23 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1987-08-29 22	H	Geelong	2.6	6.12	13.15	17.21	123	LOST	Hawthorn	3.2	6.6	11.9	19.12	126	-3	KAR	1987-08-29 Aug 29 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores

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1987 Player Stats

#	Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	T	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
5	Ablett Snr, Gary	17	200	11.8	46	2.7	246	14.5	86	5.1	6	0.4	19	1.1	26	44	53	3.1	38	356
34	Alderdice, Craig	2	7	3.5	6	3.0	13	6.5	5	2.5	2	1.0	0	0.0	0	0	1	0.5	0	6
3	Bairstow, Mark	20	336	16.8	149	7.5	485	24.3	100	5.0	0	0.0	26	1.3	38	29	15	0.8	16	106
44	Baldwin, Peter	2	8	4.0	10	5.0	18	9.0	5	2.5	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	7	0	0.0	0	0
27	Bews, Andrew	21	289	13.8	193	9.2	482	23.0	74	3.5	1	0.0	36	1.7	35	34	6	0.3	10	46
24	Bos, Mark	20	298	14.9	99	5.0	397	19.9	48	2.4	3	0.2	27	1.4	36	24	0	0.0	1	1
30	Bourke, Damian	12	52	4.3	61	5.1	113	9.4	34	2.8	188	15.7	8	0.7	21	19	0	0.0	1	1
4	Bright, Terry	9	82	9.1	40	4.4	122	13.6	36	4.0	0	0.0	6	0.7	9	11	1	0.1	2	8
16	Brownless, Bill	14	112	8.0	48	3.4	160	11.4	75	5.4	14	1.0	20	1.4	22	23	30	2.1	22	202
19	Bruns, Neville	15	198	13.2	59	3.9	257	17.1	46	3.1	1	0.1	28	1.9	21	24	12	0.8	2	74
13	Cameron, Gary	8	70	8.8	53	6.6	123	15.4	17	2.1	0	0.0	12	1.5	19	8	8	1.0	5	53
36	Cameron, David	13	126	9.7	69	5.3	195	15.0	48	3.7	1	0.1	18	1.4	16	23	28	2.2	15	183
20	Card, Ray	2	15	7.5	8	4.0	23	11.5	5	2.5	3	1.5	2	1.0	2	1	0	0.0	0	0
47	Christensen, Martin	16	176	11.0	98	6.1	274	17.1	60	3.8	0	0.0	23	1.4	26	13	6	0.4	3	39
12	Cleave, Craig	11	49	4.5	26	2.4	75	6.8	21	1.9	2	0.2	4	0.4	9	6	0	0.0	0	0
7	Couch, Paul	19	292	15.4	118	6.2	410	21.6	78	4.1	0	0.0	32	1.7	39	20	14	0.7	14	98
28	Darcy, Tim	13	74	5.7	72	5.5	146	11.2	43	3.3	0	0.0	9	0.7	16	19	0	0.0	0	0
58	Denham, Sean	2	11	5.5	6	3.0	17	8.5	3	1.5	0	0.0	3	1.5	1	1	1	0.5	2	8
29	Drum, Damian	3	19	6.3	14	4.7	33	11.0	8	2.7	0	0.0	7	2.3	1	2	1	0.3	1	7
17	Exell, Gavin	15	160	10.7	77	5.1	237	15.8	75	5.0	3	0.2	20	1.3	17	26	11	0.7	10	76
31	Fitzgerald, John	3	13	4.3	19	6.3	32	10.7	3	1.0	0	0.0	6	2.0	2	2	1	0.3	2	8
14	Flanigan, Darren	17	109	6.4	98	5.8	207	12.2	73	4.3	143	8.4	7	0.4	16	18	1	0.1	2	8
51	Hocking, Garry	6	41	6.8	26	4.3	67	11.2	10	1.7	0	0.0	7	1.2	4	10	2	0.3	1	13
41	Hocking, Steve	15	135	9.0	134	8.9	269	17.9	39	2.6	0	0.0	27	1.8	17	38	2	0.1	1	13
37	Kol, Michael	16	232	14.5	89	5.6	321	20.1	58	3.6	0	0.0	21	1.3	40	27	1	0.1	4	10
39	Landy, Graeme	12	117	9.8	54	4.5	171	14.3	48	4.0	1	0.1	9	0.8	10	18	1	0.1	0	6
2	Lindner, Bruce	18	212	11.8	41	2.3	253	14.1	102	5.7	0	0.0	20	1.1	41	34	62	3.4	58	430
55	McCrabb, Austin	1	8	8.0	5	5.0	13	13.0	2	2.0	0	0.0	1	1.0	1	3	0	0.0	1	1
11	Morgan, Darren	7	50	7.1	28	4.0	78	11.1	9	1.3	0	0.0	7	1.0	4	15	1	0.1	4	10
6	Russell, Dwayne	18	223	12.4	64	3.6	287	15.9	89	4.9	10	0.6	15	0.8	20	47	13	0.7	18	96
23	Schulze, Michael	14	80	5.7	62	4.4	142	10.1	50	3.6	30	2.1	11	0.8	20	15	1	0.1	1	7
45	Scott, Robert	12	115	9.6	65	5.4	180	15.0	28	2.3	0	0.0	27	2.3	18	23	10	0.8	5	65
26	Stoneham, Barry	15	74	4.9	76	5.1	150	10.0	43	2.9	16	1.1	21	1.4	15	23	4	0.3	2	26
10	Troy, Darren	18	158	8.8	147	8.2	305	16.9	64	3.6	0	0.0	21	1.2	19	24	3	0.2	2	20
9	Turner, Mick	19	201	10.6	44	2.3	245	12.9	92	4.8	0	0.0	10	0.5	18	23	49	2.6	43	337
33	Whyte, Peter	14	128	9.1	65	4.6	193	13.8	34	2.4	0	0.0	11	0.8	15	21	1	0.1	1	7
8	Williams, Shane	1	9	9.0	2	2.0	11	11.0	5	5.0	0	0.0	2	2.0	3	1	0	0.0	0	0
Totals		440	4479	10.2	2271	5.2	6750	15.3	1616	3.7	424	1.0	523	1.2	617	676	339	0.8	287	2321