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Geelong was the only non-Melbourne-based team at a time when a trip from Geelong to Melbourne involved quite an arduous journey.
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In 1896, delegates from the stronger and wealthier VFA clubs — Carlton, Collingwood, Essendon, Fitzroy, Geelong, Melbourne, St Kilda and South Melbourne — met to form a breakaway competition and in 1897, the Victorian Football League ( VFL ), was born as an eight-team competition.
Essendon's first VFL game was in 1897 was against Geelong at Corio Oval in Geelong.
A year later war broke out and the competition was considerably weakened, with Geelong being forced to pull out of the competition due to travel restrictions as a result of petrol rationing.
' King Richard ' was powerless to prevent the inevitable, although leading at half time, the Geelong kicked five goals to three points in the third quarter to set up victory by 11 points.
The season was soured by three 63-point defeats, two to Hawthorn and another by Fremantle at Subiaco Oval ( this occurring after the second of those hidings by Hawthorn ) plus a 50 point hiding from eventual premiers Geelong ( for which captain Matthew Lloyd was suspended ).
The Geelong Football Club was formally established at a meeting held in the Victoria Hotel on 18 July 1859.
The Geelong Football Club was among the most powerful in the VFA ( Victorian Football Association ), winning seven VFA premierships up to the birth of the VFL ( Victorian Football League ) in 1897.
It was alleged that saboteurs attempted to destroy one of the special trains carrying Geelong supporters to the match in South Melbourne.
Geelong was nicknamed the ' Cats ' in 1923 after a run of losses prompted a local cartoonist to suggest that the club needed a black cat to bring it good luck.
Bob Davis acknowledges the possibility that had Coleman played, Essendon may well have won, given that Geelong had no true match for him, as Coleman was simply too skilled.
During this time, HMBB was the first company to assemble bodies for Ford Australia until their Geelong, plant was completed.
He grew up on the family's pastoral properties and was educated at Glamorgan ( now part of Geelong Grammar School ) and Melbourne Grammar School, before completing a degree in philosophy, politics and economics (" Modern Greats ") at Magdalen College, Oxford in 1952, where he became friendly with future Canadian Prime Minister John Turner.
However, in 2006 the Victorian Auditor General noted that in spite of $ 750 million spent, " We found that the delivery of more frequent fast rail services in the Geelong, Ballarat, and Bendigo corridors by the agreed dates was not achieved.
The concept was developed in 1933 by Lewis Bandt of the Ford Motor Company in Geelong following a request from a Gippsland farmer's wife for a vehicle that they could go to church in on Sunday without getting wet and also use to take the pigs to market on Monday.
Two weeks later Carey was irrepressible in the preliminary final against Geelong.
He was educated at Sydney Church of England Grammar School ( where he was a class mate of Errol Flynn ) and Geelong Grammar School, and then traveled to England to attend Brasenose College, Oxford.
Geelong was named in 1827 by Governor Richard Burke, with the name derived from the local Wathaurong Aboriginal name for the region, Jillong, thought to mean ' land ' or ' cliffs '.
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At the start of 1986, Essendon were considered unbackable for three successive flags, but a succession of injuries to key players Paul Van der Haar ( only fifteen games from 1986 to 1988 ), Tim Watson, Darren Williams, Roger Merrett and Simon Madden led the club to win only eight of its last eighteen games in 1986 and only nine games ( plus a draw with Geelong ) in 1987.
In 1989, they rebounded further to second on the ladder with only five losses and thrashed Geelong in the Qualifying Final.
In 2009, Geelong became the only club to win more than 18 games in three successive seasons ( 2007 – 2009 ).
Geelong moved to Corio Oval for the 1878 season – the year the club won its first VFA premiership in only the second VFA season.
They finally won the first semi against Essendon, and the following year took out their only premiership so far, beating Geelong and then Melbourne in the 1954 VFL Grand Final.
Prior to then, Essendon had ( and still have ) one of the worst records amongst current AFL clubs against Geelong in recent times, having only beaten the Cats once since 2003.
In 2008 Collingwood thrashed Geelong by 86 points — 20. 14 ( 134 )- 7. 6 ( 48 ) causing Geelong ’ s only loss of the year.
However, the only attempt at experimental infection reported in the literature, conducted at CSIRO Geelong, did not result in infection of a horse from infected flying foxes.
The area between Geelong and Werribee is the driest part of southern Victoria: the crest of the Otway Ranges receives of rain per year and has myrtle beech rainforests much further west than anywhere else, whilst the area around Little River receives as little as annually, which is as little as Nhill or Longreach and supports only grassland.
As it is located on a peninsula, the Bellarine Highway is the only road connecting it to Point Lonsdale and Geelong running west.
It was for many years the only way from Melbourne to Geelong and land west.
The station opened in 1970 as a small station on the Geelong line, and was only served by a few diesel trains each day.
In 1839 a punt was built on the Maribyrnong River, it was the only connecting link between Melbourne and Geelong, Ballarat, Castlemaine and Bendigo.
It is the oldest surviving railway station building in Victoria, and one of only three to have a 19th century train shed ( with Geelong and Ballarat ).
The only freight traffic was cement traffic from Waurn Ponds near Geelong to Lyndhurst, this ended in 2009 after Pacific National increased the costs charged to Blue Circle Southern.
Although only 364 m at their highest, they dominate the landscape and are clearly identifiable from nearby Geelong, Melbourne and beyond.
The Ashby state school, which had only opened that same year, changed its name to Geelong West.
This was the lowest crossing point on the Saltwater ( Maribyrnong ) River, and was for many years the only way from Melbourne to Geelong and further west.
Despite losing only one game during the home-and-away period, Geelong failed to capture the premiership as they were defeated by Hawthorn in the deciding-game for the season.
Locomotive hauled N type carriages are used, and all services run semi-express between Geelong and Melbourne, stopping only at major stations.
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In 1880 they also became the first metropolitan club to visit Geelong and in 1883 the team played four matches in Adelaide.
The club's traditional guernsey colours are white guernseys with navy blue hoops, white shorts and navy and white hooped socks and the team song is " We Are Geelong ".
A boys football team from Geelong, c. 1860 – 1900
The victorious Geelong team were treated to an impromptu public parade in the enemy territory of South Melbourne.
In 1952, Geelong easily defeated Lou Richards ' Collingwood team.
Hughes decided to take a gamble with his young protege, and included Dyer in the Tigers ' team for the second semi final against Geelong.
He was recruited to the Victorian Football League ( VFL ) league in 1962 for the Geelong Football Club, where he played 101 games and captained the team for three seasons.
After retiring as a player, he coached Geelong, East Perth and Western Australia's first state of origin team.
Farmer played 101 games for Geelong from 1962 to 1968, won the team's Fairest and Best in 1963 and 1964, and captained the team from 1965 to 1967.
Ablett helped Geelong to a Grand Final appearance in 1989, where he kicked a Grand Final-record nine goals in a losing team.
* Geelong had a record nine players selected in the team, as well as coach Mark Thompson.
In 1874 he ceased playing football, having for much of the previous decade been a member of the Geelong team.
* The Australian Football League club, Geelong, has been nicknamed the " Cats " since 1923 after a suggestion by The Herald newspaper that a black cat would give the unsuccessful team more luck.
* 2 August – Essendon becomes the first team to finish with a 21-1 record ; a feat subsequently equalled by Geelong in 2008.
The town has an Australian rules football football team, founded in 1974, competing in the Geelong & District Football League.
The town has an Australian rules football team competing in the Geelong Football League.
The suburb has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Geelong Football League.
The town has an Australian rules football team competing in the Geelong Football League known as the Lions.
The suburb has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Geelong Football League.
The suburb has an Australian Rules football team competing in the Geelong & District Football League and an association football ( soccer ) named North Geelong Warriors FC that are competing in the Victorian State League Division 1
and a team competing in the Geelong & District Football League.
Queens Park is also the home ground for the Newtown and Chilwell Cricket Club, the most successful team in the Geelong Cricket Association in terms of senior premierships won.
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