The 1901 VFL season was the Geelong Football Club's fifth season in the Victorian Football League and its first with Henry Young as captain.
Geelong finished the home and away with 14 wins and 3 losses, finishing in first position, winning the minor premiership. In the final series, Geelong lost to in the semi-final. Due to Geelong's great record in the home and away season, Geelong were displeased that the minor premier has the same chance of winning the major premiership as the other finalists. As such, the first Argus system was revoked after only one season.
The leading goalkicker was Charlie Coles with 24 goals.
Playing List 3 players played all 18 games this season, with a total of 33 players being used. Charlie Coles was the leading goalkicker with 24 goals. 9 players made their VFL debuts and 2 players, both from , Tim McKeegan and Bill Moodie. One player reached the 50 game milestone, Teddy Rankin. Statistics Denotes statistical category leader for season + Geelong's 1901 playing list and statistics Player Games Goals Milestones 13 0 4 4 VFL Debut (Round 1) 2 1 VFL Debut (Round 17) 5 0 VFL Debut (Round 1) 14 6 17 0 17 24 17 0 2 0 VFL Debut (Round 16) 13 6 6 1 VFL Debut (Round 9) 5 2 5 0 18 4 15 1 7 0 13 17 2 0 VFL Debut (Round 10) 10 2 12 0 Geelong Debut (Round 6) 16 15 15 4 4 6 Geelong Debut (Round 6) 18 0 10 1 1 0 VFL Debut (Round 10) 13 0 1 0 18 9 50th Game (Round 1) 1 0 VFL Debut (Round 16) 8 0 5 4 VFL Debut (Round 14) 17 7
Season summary Results +KeyH Home gameA Away gameSF Semi-final
+ Table of season resultsRoundDateResultScoreOpponentScoreGroundAttendanceReport1 4 May 2 11 23 3 3 21 Corio Oval H - Report2 9 May 6 12 48 5 8 38 Brunswick Street Oval A - Report3 11 May 7 13 55 3 8 26 Princes Park A - Report4 18 May 4 10 34 4 6 30 Corio Oval H - Report5 25 May 3 6 24 4 8 32 Corio Oval H - Report6 1 June 11 12 78 2 5 17 Junction Oval A - Report7 3 June 9 11 65 3 4 22 Corio Oval H - Report8 8 June 9 5 59 7 4 46 Melbourne Cricket Ground A - Report9 22 June 6 16 52 8 3 51 Corio Oval H - Report10 29 June 8 15 63 4 7 31 Corio Oval H - Report11 6 July 2 12 24 6 13 49 East Melbourne Cricket Ground A - Report12 13 July 12 11 83 6 5 41 Victoria Park A - Report13 20 July 8 7 55 4 5 29 Corio Oval H - Report14 27 July 6 13 49 6 9 45 Lake Oval A - Report15 10 August 6 18 54 3 5 23 Princes Park A - Report16 17 August 7 12 54 4 6 30 Corio Oval H - Report17 24 August 5 3 33 9 12 66 Corio Oval H - ReportSF 31 August 3 6 24 6 9 45 East Melbourne Cricket Ground H 10,000 Report
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