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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



"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

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2002 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Geelong's 2002 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 H Geelong 2.07.28.611.10 76 LOST Essendon 4.511.917.1218.18 126 -50 MCG Mar 30 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
2 A Geelong 2.22.49.612.7 79 LOST Adelaide 3.77.812.1116.14 110 -31 FBP Apr 6 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
3 A Geelong 2.16.410.611.9 75 WON North Melbourne 2.25.37.310.7 67 8 DOC Apr 13 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
4 H Geelong 5.215.321.826.10 166 WON St. Kilda 1.25.35.76.8 44 122 KAR Apr 21 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
5 H Geelong 4.29.415.617.9 111 WON Fremantle 2.13.44.76.13 49 62 KAR Apr 28 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
6 A Geelong 2.46.58.1013.11 89 LOST Brisbane 6.610.1315.1621.20 146 -57 GAB May 4 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
7 A Geelong 1.27.38.711.12 78 LOST Hawthorn 6.311.517.820.10 130 -52 MCG May 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 A Geelong 1.34.46.107.12 54 LOST Port Adelaide 7.111.316.420.9 129 -75 FBP May 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 H Geelong 5.110.215.317.3 105 LOST Western Bulldogs 3.210.517.518.9 117 -12 KAR May 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H Geelong 2.64.118.1512.17 89 WON Melbourne 0.34.55.69.9 63 26 KAR Jun 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
11 H Geelong 4.48.413.615.10 100 WON Carlton 2.15.76.1114.12 96 4 DOC Jun 9 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
12 A Geelong 3.16.59.1015.11 101 WON Sydney 4.49.411.615.9 99 2 SCG Jun 15 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
13 A Geelong 1.28.511.814.12 96 WON Richmond 1.53.65.107.12 54 42 MCG Jun 29 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
14 H Geelong 3.53.85.158.17 65 WON West Coast 1.54.74.94.9 33 32 KAR Jul 6 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
15 A Geelong 5.57.913.1119.13 127 WON Collingwood 2.25.412.815.9 99 28 MCG Jul 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 A Geelong 4.38.511.714.11 95 WON Essendon 2.24.27.48.8 56 39 DOC Jul 20 (Sat, 7:10) Scores
17 H Geelong 2.37.78.1312.18 90 LOST Adelaide 6.17.111.315.3 93 -3 KAR Jul 28 (Sun, 1:10) Scores
18 H Geelong 1.24.44.87.9 51 LOST North Melbourne 4.58.610.817.13 115 -64 KAR Aug 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
19 A Geelong 7.111.116.616.6 102 WON St. Kilda 3.16.59.1015.11 101 1 DOC Aug 11 (Sun, 3:15) Scores
20 A Geelong 3.36.38.511.6 72 LOST Fremantle 6.39.713.1017.15 117 -45 SUB Aug 17 (Sat, 1:40) Scores
21 H Geelong 0.32.64.87.13 55 LOST Brisbane 5.111.513.916.14 110 -55 KAR Aug 24 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
22 H Geelong 0.24.66.78.9 57 LOST Hawthorn 5.37.58.611.9 75 -18 DOC Aug 30 (Fri, 7:45) Scores
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2002 Player Stats

# Player GP K Avg H Avg D Avg M Avg HO Avg T Avg FF FA G Avg B TS
29 Ablett Jnr, Gary 12 37 3.1 63 5.3 100 8.3 13 1.1 0 0.0 25 2.1 7 1 10 0.8 3 63
3 Bartel, Jimmy 11 71 6.5 69 6.3 140 12.7 29 2.6 0 0.0 26 2.4 10 10 3 0.3 2 20
8 Burns, Ronnie 18 100 5.6 80 4.4 180 10.0 39 2.2 0 0.0 41 2.3 8 21 17 0.9 13 115
42 Chambers, Paul 3 3 1.0 11 3.7 14 4.7 2 0.7 18 6.0 3 1.0 4 3 0 0.0 0 0
35 Chapman, Paul 16 178 11.1 79 4.9 257 16.1 46 2.9 1 0.1 52 3.3 25 16 16 1.0 5 101
14 Clarke Jnr, David 22 244 11.1 138 6.3 382 17.4 83 3.8 0 0.0 50 2.3 14 12 5 0.2 12 42
11 Corey, Joel 20 198 9.9 165 8.3 363 18.2 57 2.9 8 0.4 61 3.1 17 17 5 0.3 4 34
44 Enright, Corey 16 180 11.3 116 7.3 296 18.5 53 3.3 1 0.1 27 1.7 6 14 3 0.2 2 20
23 Foster, Daniel 12 70 5.8 16 1.3 86 7.2 23 1.9 0 0.0 18 1.5 7 7 0 0.0 0 0
16 Gardiner, Charlie 3 7 2.3 8 2.7 15 5.0 2 0.7 0 0.0 0 0.0 1 0 1 0.3 1 7
7 Graham, Ben 22 173 7.9 89 4.0 262 11.9 97 4.4 18 0.8 38 1.7 16 16 15 0.7 16 106
25 Grgic, Brent 5 27 5.4 15 3.0 42 8.4 18 3.6 0 0.0 3 0.6 1 3 1 0.2 1 7
2 Harley, Tom 22 201 9.1 89 4.0 290 13.2 94 4.3 1 0.0 21 1.0 23 13 3 0.1 4 22
41 Hunt, Josh 7 23 3.3 10 1.4 33 4.7 13 1.9 0 0.0 15 2.1 0 1 1 0.1 1 7
20 Johnson, Steve 12 101 8.4 50 4.2 151 12.6 40 3.3 0 0.0 28 2.3 11 9 16 1.3 12 108
28 Johnson, David 1 3 3.0 3 3.0 6 6.0 2 2.0 0 0.0 1 1.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
9 Kelly, James 15 138 9.2 85 5.7 223 14.9 41 2.7 0 0.0 49 3.3 13 11 7 0.5 5 47
13 Kilpatrick, Glenn 12 62 5.2 46 3.8 108 9.0 21 1.8 1 0.1 20 1.7 3 3 0 0.0 0 0
1 King, Steven 22 237 10.8 135 6.1 372 16.9 100 4.5 531 24.1 52 2.4 35 30 14 0.6 9 93
18 Kingsley, Kent 22 180 8.2 70 3.2 250 11.4 114 5.2 2 0.1 19 0.9 10 7 57 2.6 33 375
45 Ling, Cameron 21 248 11.8 167 8.0 415 19.8 85 4.0 3 0.1 49 2.3 14 11 11 0.5 8 74
24 Lord, Aaron 17 109 6.4 110 6.5 219 12.9 40 2.4 0 0.0 27 1.6 9 14 21 1.2 13 139
17 McGrath, Tim 2 17 8.5 9 4.5 26 13.0 8 4.0 0 0.0 3 1.5 2 2 0 0.0 0 0
31 Mensch, David 1 1 1.0 1 1.0 2 2.0 1 1.0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0
39 Milburn, Darren 15 106 7.1 108 7.2 214 14.3 63 4.2 10 0.7 31 2.1 11 18 1 0.1 0 6
21 Mooney, Cam 19 126 6.6 75 3.9 201 10.6 88 4.6 27 1.4 19 1.0 8 17 28 1.5 16 184
34 Rahilly, James 13 107 8.2 77 5.9 184 14.2 30 2.3 0 0.0 31 2.4 7 4 2 0.2 2 14
15 Riccardi, Peter 22 260 11.8 112 5.1 372 16.9 57 2.6 2 0.1 96 4.4 18 14 31 1.4 24 210
33 Rooke, Max 15 92 6.1 69 4.6 161 10.7 37 2.5 0 0.0 26 1.7 5 5 1 0.1 0 6
27 Sanderson, Brenton 12 105 8.8 40 3.3 145 12.1 48 4.0 0 0.0 24 2.0 5 7 1 0.1 1 7
30 Scarlett, Matthew 22 171 7.8 106 4.8 277 12.6 85 3.9 0 0.0 27 1.2 12 11 2 0.1 3 15
12 Sholl, Brad 17 138 8.1 97 5.7 235 13.8 40 2.4 1 0.1 16 0.9 12 7 5 0.3 2 32
46 Slade, Will 4 20 5.0 12 3.0 32 8.0 8 2.0 0 0.0 7 1.8 1 1 0 0.0 0 0
36 Street, Peter 5 10 2.0 13 2.6 23 4.6 3 0.6 37 7.4 3 0.6 3 3 0 0.0 1 1
19 White, Mitchell 5 33 6.6 18 3.6 51 10.2 14 2.8 0 0.0 13 2.6 3 6 2 0.4 3 15
40 Wojcinski, David 17 119 7.0 70 4.1 189 11.1 35 2.1 1 0.1 35 2.1 10 15 4 0.2 1 25
10 Woolnough, Marc 4 17 4.3 9 2.3 26 6.5 10 2.5 2 0.5 5 1.3 1 0 0 0.0 0 0
Totals 484 3912 8.1 2430 5.0 6342 13.1 1539 3.2 664 1.4 961 2.0 332 329 283 0.6 197 1895
 

Footnotes

* Behinds calculated from the 1965 season on.
+ Score at the end of extra time.