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

1997 Season (AFL) Fixture | Player Stats

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Geelong's 1997 Fixture

Rnd	H&A	Club	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	R	Opponent	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	S	Mgn	Grd	Date	SC
1997-03-30 1	A	Geelong	4.3	7.5	11.9	13.17	95	LOST	Richmond	7.3	9.8	14.11	15.14	104	-9	MCG	1997-03-30 Mar 30 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1997-04-05 2	H	Geelong	0.6	4.8	7.9	11.12	78	WON	West Coast	3.1	6.4	8.4	11.6	72	6	KAR	1997-04-05 Apr 5 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1997-04-12 3	A	Geelong	0.2	3.2	7.4	14.6	90	LOST	Port Adelaide	3.5	8.11	13.17	18.21	129	-39	FBP	1997-04-12 Apr 12 (Sat, 8:40)	Scores
1997-04-20 4	H	Geelong	2.4	2.11	8.17	11.19	85	WON	Essendon	4.4	5.8	10.10	11.12	78	7	MCG	1997-04-20 Apr 20 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1997-04-27 5	A	Geelong	3.4	7.8	11.12	13.16	94	WON	Carlton	4.4	6.10	10.12	12.14	86	8	PRI	1997-04-27 Apr 27 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1997-05-03 6	H	Geelong	5.6	7.6	12.10	14.13	97	WON	Fremantle	2.1	5.3	6.6	6.7	43	54	KAR	1997-05-03 May 3 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1997-05-10 7	H	Geelong	4.2	5.5	9.7	11.10	76	WON	Sydney	0.2	2.6	3.7	6.8	44	32	KAR	1997-05-10 May 10 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1997-05-17 8	A	Geelong	5.2	7.5	11.8	19.14	128	WON	Melbourne	2.2	5.3	7.6	7.7	49	79	MCG	1997-05-17 May 17 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1997-05-25 9	A	Geelong	4.3	5.3	12.6	15.8	98	LOST	Brisbane	4.4	12.9	15.9	19.12	126	-28	GAB	1997-05-25 May 25 (Sun, 2:45)	Scores
1997-05-31 10	H	Geelong	3.5	6.7	12.9	16.11	107	WON	St. Kilda	3.1	6.4	9.9	11.13	79	28	KAR	1997-05-31 May 31 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1997-06-07 11	A	Geelong	3.1	5.2	8.6	11.9	75	LOST	Western Bulldogs	2.5	7.7	8.10	14.12	96	-21	PRI	1997-06-07 Jun 7 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1997-06-14 12	H	Geelong	3.1	7.3	11.5	12.10	82	LOST	Hawthorn	4.4	8.8	11.9	13.10	88	-6	KAR	1997-06-14 Jun 14 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1997-06-28 13	H	Geelong	6.3	8.4	11.6	17.8	110	WON	Adelaide	0.3	3.6	6.9	7.12	54	56	KAR	1997-06-28 Jun 28 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1997-07-05 14	H	Geelong	3.6	4.9	6.18	9.26	80	WON	Collingwood	3.3	5.6	6.11	10.12	72	8	MCG	1997-07-05 Jul 5 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1997-07-11 15	A	Geelong	2.3	6.5	12.8	15.12	102	WON	North Melbourne	5.2	9.5	12.6	14.8	92	10	MCG	1997-07-11 Jul 11 (Fri, 7:40)	Scores
1997-07-19 16	H	Geelong	3.2	7.6	11.8	16.14	110	WON	Richmond	7.1	9.2	10.5	12.6	78	32	KAR	1997-07-19 Jul 19 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1997-07-27 17	A	Geelong	4.1	7.6	12.8	12.10	82	LOST	West Coast	2.4	7.7	15.7	20.9	129	-47	SUB	1997-07-27 Jul 27 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1997-08-02 18	H	Geelong	5.2	11.4	15.9	25.9	159	WON	Port Adelaide	2.1	4.4	7.5	11.8	74	85	KAR	1997-08-02 Aug 2 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1997-08-10 19	A	Geelong	3.4	4.9	7.12	9.14	68	LOST	Essendon	0.1	5.2	9.4	11.7	73	-5	MCG	1997-08-10 Aug 10 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1997-08-16 20	H	Geelong	5.4	8.7	12.15	13.17	95	WON	Carlton	1.2	3.8	6.10	9.13	67	28	KAR	1997-08-16 Aug 16 (Sat, 2:10)	Scores
1997-08-24 21	A	Geelong	3.4	7.7	11.9	14.16	100	WON	Fremantle	2.3	3.6	6.12	9.14	68	32	SUB	1997-08-24 Aug 24 (Sun, 2:10)	Scores
1997-08-30 22	A	Geelong	4.3	6.5	10.8	15.10	100	WON	Sydney	2.5	5.7	9.9	13.12	90	10	SCG	1997-08-30 Aug 30 (Sat, 7:40)	Scores
1997-09-07 3QF	A	Geelong	2.4	5.6	6.7	9.7	61	LOST	North Melbourne	3.4	6.9	8.10	11.13	79	-18	MCG	1997-09-07 Sep 7 (Sun, 7:00)	Scores
1997-09-13 2SF	A	Geelong	4.4	6.5	8.10	9.14	68	LOST	Adelaide	1.2	7.6	7.8	11.10	76	-8	FBP	1997-09-13 Sep 13 (Sat, 7:45)	Scores

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1997 Player Stats

Player	GP	K	Avg	H	Avg	D	Avg	M	Avg	HO	Avg	T	Avg	FF	FA	G	Avg	B	TS
Barnes, John	15	118	7.9	71	4.7	189	12.6	82	5.5	104	6.9	6	0.4	22	13	12	0.8	13	85
Biddiscombe, Craig	10	43	4.3	32	3.2	75	7.5	15	1.5	1	0.1	12	1.2	3	7	2	0.2	0	12
Brownless, Bill	8	35	4.4	19	2.4	54	6.8	15	1.9	4	0.5	2	0.3	3	2	5	0.6	8	38
Burns, Ronnie	24	131	5.5	102	4.3	233	9.7	49	2.0	0	0.0	28	1.2	12	30	50	2.1	21	321
Colbert, Leigh	20	237	11.9	115	5.8	352	17.6	113	5.7	21	1.1	40	2.0	20	25	15	0.8	10	100
Corrigan, Paul	15	100	6.7	49	3.3	149	9.9	36	2.4	1	0.1	11	0.7	8	9	2	0.1	9	21
Couch, Paul	5	49	9.8	29	5.8	78	15.6	8	1.6	0	0.0	6	1.2	3	2	3	0.6	0	18
Graham, Ben	24	226	9.4	81	3.4	307	12.8	85	3.5	6	0.3	24	1.0	23	21	1	0.0	0	6
Hall, Derek	17	197	11.6	107	6.3	304	17.9	124	7.3	3	0.2	22	1.3	15	14	26	1.5	25	181
Hargreaves, Tim	11	66	6.0	29	2.6	95	8.6	25	2.3	0	0.0	24	2.2	11	12	11	1.0	11	77
Hocking, Garry	20	255	12.8	192	9.6	447	22.4	80	4.0	2	0.1	49	2.5	29	34	27	1.4	9	171
Houlihan, Adam	14	133	9.5	47	3.4	180	12.9	54	3.9	2	0.1	17	1.2	8	13	15	1.1	14	104
Kilpatrick, Glenn	24	316	13.2	190	7.9	506	21.1	79	3.3	2	0.1	63	2.6	25	18	4	0.2	7	31
King, Steven	22	202	9.2	91	4.1	293	13.3	94	4.3	200	9.1	24	1.1	27	31	8	0.4	5	53
Lowther, Daniel	3	5	1.7	4	1.3	9	3.0	1	0.3	0	0.0	3	1.0	0	2	0	0.0	0	0
Lynch, Paul	13	130	10.0	74	5.7	204	15.7	43	3.3	0	0.0	20	1.5	13	9	20	1.5	8	128
Mansfield, Michael	23	189	8.2	139	6.0	328	14.3	116	5.0	1	0.0	22	1.0	24	24	14	0.6	9	93
McGrath, Tim	23	238	10.3	121	5.3	359	15.6	97	4.2	12	0.5	26	1.1	19	22	1	0.0	3	9
McKinnon, Martin	24	182	7.6	105	4.4	287	12.0	73	3.0	0	0.0	22	0.9	21	16	23	1.0	25	163
Mensch, David	8	68	8.5	40	5.0	108	13.5	32	4.0	11	1.4	10	1.3	8	10	2	0.3	5	17
Milburn, Darren	10	79	7.9	51	5.1	130	13.0	44	4.4	2	0.2	20	2.0	7	7	5	0.5	3	33
Pickering, Liam	20	322	16.1	134	6.7	456	22.8	87	4.4	2	0.1	43	2.2	19	25	9	0.5	6	60
Riccardi, Peter	21	275	13.1	97	4.6	372	17.7	88	4.2	1	0.0	37	1.8	27	10	19	0.9	27	141
Robbins, Matthew	6	28	4.7	11	1.8	39	6.5	9	1.5	0	0.0	4	0.7	4	1	0	0.0	1	1
Roberts, Cameron	3	10	3.3	1	0.3	11	3.7	3	1.0	0	0.0	3	1.0	1	4	0	0.0	3	3
Sanderson, Brenton	21	205	9.8	81	3.9	286	13.6	84	4.0	0	0.0	29	1.4	13	13	8	0.4	6	54
Sholl, Brad	24	311	13.0	130	5.4	441	18.4	97	4.0	0	0.0	25	1.0	31	22	8	0.3	3	51
Simpson, Sean	9	63	7.0	35	3.9	98	10.9	33	3.7	0	0.0	19	2.1	11	7	0	0.0	1	1
Snell, Jason	10	68	6.8	37	3.7	105	10.5	36	3.6	0	0.0	7	0.7	5	7	13	1.3	3	81
Steinfort, Carl	22	142	6.5	107	4.9	249	11.3	72	3.3	1	0.0	27	1.2	11	15	12	0.5	8	80
Stoneham, Barry	21	147	7.0	94	4.5	241	11.5	88	4.2	71	3.4	35	1.7	32	29	7	0.3	8	50
Tanner, Grant	14	111	7.9	74	5.3	185	13.2	47	3.4	0	0.0	29	2.1	11	10	1	0.1	1	7