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) 1897–2025

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

1996 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Geelong's 1996 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1996-03-29 1	A	Geelong	4.6	11.9	17.18	27.21	183	WON	Melbourne	2.2	5.4	6.6	8.8	56	127	MCG	1996-03-29 Mar 29 (Fri, 8:10)	Scores
1996-04-06 2	H	Geelong	6.1	16.4	21.6	26.8	164	WON	St. Kilda	5.5	8.10	14.12	20.14	134	30	KAR	1996-04-06 Apr 6 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1996-04-12 3	A	Geelong	4.2	5.3	8.4	12.6	78	LOST	Adelaide	5.2	11.6	14.13	21.16	142	-64	FBP	1996-04-12 Apr 12 (Fri, 8:40)	Scores
1996-04-21 4	A	Geelong	8.2	10.4	12.9	16.10	106	WON	West Coast	2.7	3.11	9.14	12.16	88	18	SUB	1996-04-21 Apr 21 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1996-04-27 5	H	Geelong	3.2	7.8	9.11	13.13	91	WON	Richmond	4.6	6.9	8.13	12.16	88	3	KAR	1996-04-27 Apr 27 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1996-05-03 6	H	Geelong	5.1	8.8	11.11	13.15	93	LOST	North Melbourne	5.3	8.8	12.12	15.14	104	-11	MCG	1996-05-03 May 3 (Fri, 8:10)	Scores
1996-05-08 7	A	Geelong	4.2	9.6	16.9	17.12	114	LOST	Essendon	4.2	11.5	15.6	22.11	143	-29	MCG	1996-05-08 May 8 (Wed, 8:10)	Scores
1996-05-17 8	A	Geelong	6.2	10.7	12.7	15.8	98	WON	Carlton	3.6	7.9	9.12	12.14	86	12	MCG	1996-05-17 May 17 (Fri, 7:38)	Scores
1996-05-27 9	A	Geelong	4.2	7.6	14.9	21.13	139	WON	Collingwood	2.4	5.6	7.7	11.10	76	63	MCG	1996-05-27 May 27 (Mon, 8:10)	Scores
1996-06-08 10	H	Geelong	3.2	6.6	7.11	14.14	98	DRAW	Brisbane	5.1	7.3	12.5	15.8	98	0	KAR	1996-06-08 Jun 8 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1996-06-15 11	H	Geelong	3.3	8.4	13.8	20.9	129	WON	Footscray	4.3	6.8	10.11	12.13	85	44	KAR	1996-06-15 Jun 15 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1996-06-22 12	H	Geelong	5.2	10.4	14.8	17.10	112	WON	Fremantle	0.4	3.7	6.9	13.15	93	19	KAR	1996-06-22 Jun 22 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1996-06-29 13	A	Geelong	7.8	14.10	20.15	25.16	166	WON	Fitzroy	1.1	6.1	6.2	6.3	39	127	WHI	1996-06-29 Jun 29 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1996-07-07 14	A	Geelong	2.1	5.3	7.5	11.8	74	LOST	Sydney	4.5	10.9	14.14	18.17	125	-51	SCG	1996-07-07 Jul 7 (Sun, 1:10)	Scores
1996-07-13 15	H	Geelong	2.5	5.6	8.10	10.12	72	LOST	Hawthorn	3.5	6.7	6.7	11.8	74	-2	KAR	1996-07-13 Jul 13 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1996-07-20 16	H	Geelong	3.2	7.7	9.7	13.10	88	WON	Melbourne	2.2	3.3	3.6	4.6	30	58	KAR	1996-07-20 Jul 20 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1996-07-27 17	A	Geelong	3.4	4.6	7.8	11.10	76	LOST	St. Kilda	2.4	5.7	10.11	14.16	100	-24	WAV	1996-07-27 Jul 27 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1996-08-03 18	H	Geelong	5.1	5.4	6.10	15.14	104	WON	Adelaide	3.3	7.5	9.7	10.9	69	35	KAR	1996-08-03 Aug 3 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1996-08-10 19	H	Geelong	5.2	8.11	13.16	18.19	127	WON	West Coast	1.2	4.2	7.6	12.10	82	45	KAR	1996-08-10 Aug 10 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1996-08-17 20	A	Geelong	2.2	4.7	6.12	9.13	67	LOST	Richmond	4.4	8.7	12.12	19.18	132	-65	MCG	1996-08-17 Aug 17 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1996-08-23 21	A	Geelong	3.2	8.3	13.8	16.13	109	WON	North Melbourne	2.5	6.8	10.10	14.12	96	13	MCG	1996-08-23 Aug 23 (Fri, 8:10)	Scores
1996-08-31 22	H	Geelong	1.2	3.5	5.8	9.11	65	LOST	Carlton	4.3	9.5	13.8	16.11	107	-42	KAR	1996-08-31 Aug 31 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1996-09-08 3QF	H	Geelong	2.2	5.6	6.9	9.17	71	LOST	North Melbourne	6.5	8.10	14.14	19.17	131	-60	MCG	1996-09-08 Sep 8 (Sun, 2:30)	Scores

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1996 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	T	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Ablett Snr, Gary	17	159	9.4	31	1.8	190	11.2	71	4.2	1	0.1	13	0.8	17	44	69	4.1	31	445
Barnes, John	19	151	7.9	122	6.4	273	14.4	114	6.0	225	11.8	9	0.5	31	22	16	0.8	6	102
Biddiscombe, Craig	10	70	7.0	43	4.3	113	11.3	32	3.2	0	0.0	18	1.8	8	3	1	0.1	4	10
Bizzell, Clint	4	12	3.0	5	1.3	17	4.3	3	0.8	0	0.0	1	0.3	3	2	0	0.0	0	0
Breuer, Shayne	21	170	8.1	133	6.3	303	14.4	68	3.2	0	0.0	39	1.9	13	16	16	0.8	14	110
Brown, Paul	1	4	4.0	4	4.0	8	8.0	2	2.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	1	1.0	0	6
Brownless, Bill	11	88	8.0	47	4.3	135	12.3	51	4.6	12	1.1	14	1.3	15	17	20	1.8	11	131
Burns, Ronnie	21	145	6.9	101	4.8	246	11.7	42	2.0	0	0.0	27	1.3	22	23	31	1.5	25	211
Colbert, Leigh	23	254	11.0	150	6.5	404	17.6	98	4.3	16	0.7	60	2.6	46	37	19	0.8	2	116
Couch, Paul	21	330	15.7	134	6.4	464	22.1	72	3.4	0	0.0	35	1.7	13	14	5	0.2	10	40
Graham, Ben	17	112	6.6	60	3.5	172	10.1	50	2.9	9	0.5	12	0.7	9	15	2	0.1	4	16
Hall, Derek	22	214	9.7	120	5.5	334	15.2	144	6.5	4	0.2	19	0.9	13	16	24	1.1	21	165
Handley, Steven	9	36	4.0	20	2.2	56	6.2	10	1.1	4	0.4	10	1.1	7	6	2	0.2	2	14
Hocking, Garry	23	313	13.6	270	11.7	583	25.3	85	3.7	0	0.0	66	2.9	32	51	21	0.9	15	141
Kilpatrick, Glenn	11	55	5.0	44	4.0	99	9.0	11	1.0	0	0.0	12	1.1	3	8	0	0.0	0	0
King, Steven	13	81	6.2	55	4.2	136	10.5	38	2.9	113	8.7	13	1.0	13	17	3	0.2	2	20
Lord, Aaron	10	63	6.3	47	4.7	110	11.0	15	1.5	0	0.0	4	0.4	7	3	4	0.4	4	28
Lynch, Paul	4	15	3.8	11	2.8	26	6.5	5	1.3	0	0.0	5	1.3	0	2	0	0.0	1	1
Mansfield, Michael	21	195	9.3	137	6.5	332	15.8	106	5.0	4	0.2	25	1.2	27	40	20	1.0	13	133
McGrath, Tim	20	222	11.1	76	3.8	298	14.9	70	3.5	3	0.2	22	1.1	19	20	2	0.1	0	12
McKinnon, Martin	19	127	6.7	90	4.7	217	11.4	43	2.3	1	0.1	25	1.3	11	16	8	0.4	6	54
Mensch, David	11	71	6.5	70	6.4	141	12.8	44	4.0	26	2.4	5	0.5	15	10	8	0.7	4	52
Pickering, Liam	12	170	14.2	93	7.8	263	21.9	41	3.4	0	0.0	17	1.4	11	6	7	0.6	5	47
Riccardi, Peter	22	286	13.0	126	5.7	412	18.7	81	3.7	0	0.0	41	1.9	35	16	29	1.3	19	193
Robbins, Matthew	1	3	3.0	3	3.0	6	6.0	1	1.0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Sanderson, Brenton	21	224	10.7	124	5.9	348	16.6	101	4.8	1	0.0	23	1.1	28	7	2	0.1	2	14
Sholl, Brad	22	283	12.9	140	6.4	423	19.2	113	5.1	0	0.0	16	0.7	23	19	8	0.4	5	53
Simpson, Sean	20	172	8.6	111	5.6	283	14.2	51	2.6	1	0.1	38	1.9	21	17	3	0.2	3	21
Snell, Jason	3	12	4.0	3	1.0	15	5.0	4	1.3	0	0.0	3	1.0	0	1	3	1.0	0	18
Steinfort, Carl	2	5	2.5	7	3.5	12	6.0	6	3.0	0	0.0	2	1.0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0
Stoneham, Barry	19	115	6.1	59	3.1	174	9.2	54	2.8	43	2.3	26	1.4	28	20	10	0.5	9	69
Tanner, Grant	21	206	9.8	160	7.6	366	17.4	92	4.4	1	0.0	36	1.7	31	19	12	0.6	6	78
Tudor, Leigh	12	73	6.1	48	4.0	121	10.1	11	0.9	0	0.0	16	1.3	7	6	11	0.9	8	74