Geelong & District Football League has overturned the result of the Bell Post Hill and Belmont Lions round 14 clash at Winter Reserve on Saturday July 26.
The initial result was a one-point win to the Lions, who retained top spot on the ladder and even extended their margin to two games.
The loss meant the Panthers slid out of the top five.
However, after an investigation it was found that a Caleb Bacely goal was incorrectly added to Belmont’s score.
After video evidence, the GDFL awarded the game to Bell Post Hill with the final scores being 18.11(117) to 18.7(115).
The Lions are still top of the ladder, albeit by one game and the Panthers are back in the five.
Bell Post Hill disputed the result, which led to the GDFL referring to Rule 27 in the competition’s rules: “the League has the sole discretion to deal with and settle all disputes received by clubs”.
That has overridden Rule 20: “Goal umpires’ scores shall be the official scores of the game”.
At the time of writing it was not known if Belmont would appeal the decision.
