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KEY FACTS

Official name
Geelong West Football Club

Known as
Geelong West

Nickname
Red West

Formed
1878

Disbanded
1988

Colours
Red and white

Emblem
Roosters

Associated clubs
Geelong West Giants

Affiliations (Historical)
Geelong & District Football Netball League (GDFNL) 1879–1945; Ballarat Football Netball League (BFNL) 1946–1962; Victorian Football Association (VFA) 1963–1988

Home Ground
West Oval

Senior Premierships
Geelong and District Football Association/League 25 premierships total; Ballarat Football League 1956-7-8-9 (4 total) VFA First Division 1975 (1 total); VFA Second Division 1964, 1968, 1972 (3 total)

Geelong West



The Roosters joined Division Two of the VFA in 1963 having been successful members of the Ballarat Football League since 1946. They quickly proved competitive, missing the finals in their first season by the merest whisker of percentage, and downing Sunshine by 21 points in the following year’s Grand Final.

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1968 Season (VFA Division 2) Fixture

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Geelong West's 1968 Fixture

Rnd H&A Club Q1Q2Q3Q4 S R Opponent Q1Q2Q3Q4 S Mgn Grd Date SC
1 A Geelong West 5.413.814.1318.15 123 WON Frankston 2.16.210.916.15 111 12 FRA Apr 13 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2 H Geelong West 4.36.713.719.9 123 WON Caulfield 2.12.33.37.7 49 74 WES Apr 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
3 H Geelong West 4.68.1114.1921.23 149 WON Mordialloc 3.16.67.69.9 63 86 WES Apr 28 (Sun, 2:00) Scores
4 A Geelong West 13.11 89 LOST Williamstown 15.12 102 -13 WCG May 5 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
5 A Geelong West 12.7 79 LOST Sunshine 22.12 144 -65 SKI May 11 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
6 H Geelong West 24.27 171 WON Camberwell 9.8 62 109 WES May 18 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
7 A Geelong West 14.16 100 WON Werribee 9.17 71 29 CHI May 25 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
8 H Geelong West 2.39.313.1418.26 134 WON Box Hill 3.34.95.148.15 63 71 WES Jun 1 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
9 A Geelong West 3.46.1010.1414.17 101 WON Northcote 3.04.36.59.7 61 40 NOR Jun 8 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
10 H Geelong West 4.210.516.720.11 131 WON Frankston 3.04.010.315.5 95 36 WES Jun 16 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
11 A Geelong West 6.37.512.916.9 105 WON Caulfield 2.18.811.815.11 101 4 PPC Jun 22 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
12 A Geelong West 3.36.413.918.14 122 WON Mordialloc 3.57.89.911.14 80 42 BKR Jun 30 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
13 H Geelong West 2.13.53.145.20 50 LOST Williamstown 6.110.512.1014.13 97 -47 WES Jul 7 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
14 H Geelong West 3.14.25.511.9 75 WON Sunshine 0.04.67.810.9 69 6 WES Jul 14 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
15 A Geelong West 9.813.820.1124.14 158 WON Camberwell 0.17.611.716.11 107 51 CBW Jul 20 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
16 H Geelong West 3.16.412.817.11 113 WON Werribee 2.37.59.1011.13 79 34 WES Jul 28 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
17 A Geelong West 20.21 141 WON Box Hill 13.9 87 54 BOX Aug 3 (Sat, 2:10) Scores
2SF A Geelong West 3.110.411.519.11 125 LOST Williamstown 8.910.1016.1419.18 132 -7 TOO Aug 11 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
PF H Geelong West 4.76.812.1017.12 114 WON Sunshine 2.03.126.1511.18 84 30 TOO Aug 18 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
GF A Geelong West 4.310.614.1220.15 135 WON Williamstown 4.311.815.1118.15 123 12 TOO Aug 25 (Sun, 2:10) Scores
 

Footnotes

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