The 1900 VFL season was the Geelong Football Club's fourth season in the Victorian Football League and its second with Peter Burns as captain.
Geelong finished the home and away with 9 wins and 5 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 Teddy Lockwood with 24 goals.
Playing List Only three players played in all 17 matches this season, with a total of 31 players being used. Teddy Lockwood was the leading goalkicker with 24 this season. A total of 12 players made their debuts in the VFL, and Mick Donaghy, made his debut for Geelong, having departed from . Five players reached the 50 game milestone.
Statistics Denotes statistical category leader for season + Geelong's 1900 playing list and statistics Player Games Goals Milestones 14 0 5 5 17 0 50th Game (Round 2) 7 8 1 0 VFL Debut (Round 8) 1 0 VFL Debut (Round 1) 16 3 Geelong Debut (Round 1) 11 4 50th Game (Round 11) 1 0 VFL Debut (Round 8) 16 9 VFL Debut (Round 1) 9 0 VFL Debut (Round 10) 13 5 50th Game (Round 6) 15 1 VFL Debut (Round 1) 2 1 5 0 17 7 16 24 14 6 50th Game (Round 7) 17 15 50th Game (Round 1) 9 4 8 3 VFL Debut (Round 8) 16 1 16 0 16 0 VFL Debut (Round 1) 1 0 VFL Debut (Round 8) 16 5 1 0 VFL Debut (Round 1) 5 0 VFL Debut (Round 1) 3 1 9 0 VFL Debut (Round 9) 9 4
Season summary Geelong were again competitive this season finishing with a 9-5 record in the home-and-away season. In the sectional rounds, Geelong's loss to , and lack of a large victory against and , led to Geelong finishing in third position and being eliminated from the major premiership.
Results +KeyH Home gameA Away gameSR Sectional Round
+ Table of season resultsRoundDateResultScoreOpponentScoreGroundAttendanceReport1 5 May 4 11 35 2 6 18 Princes Park A - 2nd Report2 12 May 7 15 57 5 5 35 Corio Oval H - 1st Report4 24 May 11 15 81 2 3 15 Corio Oval H - 1st Report5 26 May 3 5 23 5 7 37 Lake Oval A - 2nd Report6 2 June 1 6 12 6 10 46 Brunswick Street Oval A - 3rd Report7 9 June 8 5 53 4 7 31 Corio Oval H - 3rd Report8 23 June 5 9 39 3 13 31 Corio Oval H - 2nd Report9 30 June 3 5 23 6 6 42 Victoria Park A - 3rd Report10 7 July 13 8 86 4 4 28 Corio Oval H - 3rd Report11 14 July 4 5 29 4 16 40 Melbourne Cricket Ground A - 3rd Report12 28 July 10 10 70 3 6 24 Corio Oval H - 2nd Report13 4 August 8 9 57 1 6 12 Corio Oval H - 2nd Report14 11 August 6 11 47 10 7 67 East Melbourne Cricket Ground A - 2nd Report3 18 August 7 16 58 2 6 18 Junction Oval A - 2nd ReportSR1 25 August 3 10 28 5 15 45 East Melbourne Cricket Ground A - ReportSR2 1 September 6 8 44 4 7 31 Corio Oval H - ReportSR3 8 September 7 15 57 5 9 39 Junction Oval A - Report
Ladder
Section B Ladder
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