The 1899 VFL Season was the Geelong Football Club's third season in the Victorian Football League and its third with Jack Conway as captain.
Geelong finished the home and away with 10 wins and 4 losses, finishing in second position. In the final series, Geelong finished with 2 wins and 1 loss, finishing in second position on the Section B Ladder. Geelong failed to qualify for the Grand Final.
The leading goalkicker was Eddy James with 31 goals, who also won the league's leading goalkicker medal for the second time.
Playing List 26 players were used this season with a total of six playing all 17 matches for Geelong this season. Six players made their debut in the VFL this season, and Eddy James, for a third year in a row, led the goalkicking tally with 31 goals.
Statistics Denotes statistical category leader for season + Geelong's 1899 playing list and statistics Player Games Goals Milestones 2 0 VFL Debut (Round 4) 17 8 VFL Debut (Round 1) 14 2 17 0 50th Game (Sectional Round 2) 9 1 14 3 14 2 12 8 16 31 7 0 16 5 16 0 VFL Debut (Round 1) 16 20 VFL Debut (Round 1) 13 5 17 16 17 7 50th Game (Sectional Round 2) 1 0 VFL Debut (Round 2) 15 0 2 0 VFL Debut (Round 11) 17 6 50th Game (Sectional Round 3) 15 0 1 0 16 1 17 9 50th Game (Sectional Round 3) 1 1 4 4
Season summary Geelong were competitive this season finishing the home and away season with a 10–4 record, finishing in second position, and qualifying for the Section B finals. Due to the loss against 6th placed South Melbourne, and despite the "slaughter of innocents" against St Kilda, Geelong were eliminated due to South Melbourne's victory over Essendon. Geelong again broke the record for highest score when they met St Kilda in Sectional Round 3. Geelong's score totaled 162 and was the record for twelve years. The record was beaten by Essendon in the 1911 VFL season, when they totaled one more than Geelong, scoring 163.
Results +KeyH Home gameA Away gameSR Sectional Round
+ Table of season resultsRoundDateResultScoreOpponentScoreGroundAttendanceReport1 13 May 8 6 54 3 9 27 Corio Oval H - 4th Report2 20 May 5 6 36 1 5 11 Princes Park A - 2nd Report3 24 May 0 8 8 4 8 32 Corio Oval H - 3rd Report4 27 May 4 3 27 4 8 32 Melbourne Cricket Ground A - 4th Report5 3 June 3 10 28 3 6 24 Corio Oval H - 5th Report6 10 June 3 1 19 5 5 35 Lake Oval A - 6th Report7 17 June 12 6 78 3 13 31 Junction Oval A - 3rd Report8 24 June 9 7 61 2 8 20 Victoria Park A - 3rd Report9 8 July 9 9 63 5 3 33 Corio Oval H - 3rd Report10 15 July 8 10 58 3 5 23 Brunswick Street Oval A - 3rd Report11 22 July 5 6 36 2 10 22 Corio Oval H - 3rd Report12 29 July 6 7 43 10 7 67 East Melbourne Cricket Ground A - 4th Report13 5 August 7 12 54 3 9 27 Corio Oval H - 3rd Report14 12 August 16 23 119 0 2 2 Corio Oval H - 2nd ReportSR1 26 August 5 8 38 6 5 41 Corio Oval H - ReportSR2 2 September 6 11 47 4 15 39 East Melbourne Cricket Ground A - ReportSR3 9 September 23 24 162 0 1 1 Corio Oval H - Report
Ladder
Section B Ladder
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