Background
Greeves, the son of Edward Goderich and Julia Anderson, was born in Skipton, Victoria on 16 December 1878.
Greeves, the son of Edward Goderich and Julia Anderson, was born in Skipton, Victoria on 16 December 1878.
Greeves debuted for Geelong in the 1897 VFL finals series, a round-robin competition between the league"s top four ranked sides. Geelong, which had lost their first fixture to Essendon, called up the 18-year-old Geelong College captain for their second game of the series, against Melbourne at Brunswick Street Oval. In the 1898 season, Greeves got his first opportunity in round five against Fitzroy and was described by the Geelong Advertiser as having played a "dashing game" as a rover, but he wouldn"t reappear for two months.
With his Geelong College commitments over, Greeves was a regular in the Geelong team in 1899, his final season.
Greeves married Frances Adaline Nasmith on 28 January 1903, at Scots Church, Collins Street, Melbourne. The couple lived in Warragul.
Their eldest son, Edward Junior, was born later that year. On 11 August, 1935, Greeves died in Geelong at the age of 56.