1902 VFL season
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Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1902.
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[edit] Premiership season
In 1902, the VFL competition was comprised of eight teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their place on the field at any time during the match.
Each team played each other twice in a home-and-away season of 14 rounds.
Once the 14 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1902 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended Argus system.
[edit] Round 1
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Melbourne | 15.15 (105) | St Kilda | 7.9 (51) | MCG | 3 May 1902 |
| Essendon | 5.9 (39) | Fitzroy | 7.10 (52) | EMCG | 3 May 1902 |
| Carlton | 6.4 (40) | Geelong | 11.12 (78) | Princes Park | 3 May 1902 |
| South Melbourne | 3.7 (25) | Collingwood | 5.13 (43) | Lake Oval | 3 May 1902 |
[edit] Round 2
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| St Kilda | 5.6 (36) | Fitzroy | 14.20 (104) | Junction Oval | 10 May 1902 |
| Geelong | 3.6 (24) | Essendon | 10.17 (77) | Corio Oval | 10 May 1902 |
| Melbourne | 4.10 (34) | Collingwood | 8.3 (51) | MCG | 10 May 1902 |
| South Melbourne | 8.13 (61) | Carlton | 0.8 (8) | Lake Oval | 10 May 1902 |
[edit] Round 3
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Fitzroy | 8.10 (58) | South Melbourne | 8.4 (52) | Brunswick Street Oval | 17 May 1902 |
| Essendon | 7.6 (48) | Melbourne | 3.7 (25) | EMCG | 17 May 1902 |
| Collingwood | 11.15 (81) | Geelong | 3.2 (20) | Victoria Park | 17 May 1902 |
| St Kilda | 2.13 (25) | Carlton | 4.9 (33) | Junction Oval | 17 May 1902 |
[edit] Round 4
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Geelong | 11.11 (77) | St Kilda | 5.3 (33) | Corio Oval | 24 May 1902 |
| Essendon | 5.8 (38) | South Melbourne | 4.11 (35) | EMCG | 24 May 1902 |
| Collingwood | 3.4 (22) | Fitzroy | 7.13 (55) | Victoria Park | 24 May 1902 |
| Carlton | 6.13 (49) | Melbourne | 8.12 (60) | Princes Park | 24 May 1902 |
[edit] Round 5
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Geelong | 5.14 (44) | South Melbourne | 3.9 (27) | Corio Oval | 31 May 1902 |
| Fitzroy | 7.17 (59) | Melbourne | 6.10 (46) | Brunswick Street Oval | 31 May 1902 |
| St Kilda | 5.5 (35) | Collingwood | 5.12 (42) | Junction Oval | 31 May 1902 |
| Essendon | 7.16 (58) | Carlton | 5.8 (38) | EMCG | 31 May 1902 |
[edit] Round 6
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Collingwood | 6.15 (51) | Essendon | 11.10 (76) | Victoria Park | 7 June 1902 |
| Carlton | 4.6 (30) | Fitzroy | 9.14 (68) | Princes Park | 7 June 1902 |
| South Melbourne | 5.13 (43) | St Kilda | 1.3 (9) | Lake Oval | 7 June 1902 |
| Melbourne | 2.13 (25) | Geelong | 3.8 (26) | MCG | 7 June 1902 |
[edit] Round 7
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Melbourne | 7.5 (47) | South Melbourne | 6.10 (46) | MCG | 9 June 1902 |
| Fitzroy | 8.14 (62) | Geelong | 3.8 (26) | Brunswick Street Oval | 9 June 1902 |
| St Kilda | 6.4 (40) | Essendon | 10.4 (64) | Junction Oval | 9 June 1902 |
| Collingwood | 8.11 (59) | Carlton | 3.3 (21) | Victoria Park | 9 June 1902 |
[edit] Round 8
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Collingwood | 4.26 (50) | South Melbourne | 1.8 (14) | Victoria Park | 14 June 1902 |
| St Kilda | 3.6 (24) | Melbourne | 8.7 (55) | Junction Oval | 14 June 1902 |
| Fitzroy | 5.12 (42) | Essendon | 7.6 (48) | Brunswick Street Oval | 14 June 1902 |
| Geelong | 6.7 (43) | Carlton | 7.5 (47) | Corio Oval | 14 June 1902 |
[edit] Round 9
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Fitzroy | 12.8 (80) | St Kilda | 2.7 (19) | Brunswick Street Oval | 21 June 1902 |
| Essendon | 2.3 (15) | Geelong | 4.10 (34) | EMCG | 21 June 1902 |
| Collingwood | 7.19 (61) | Melbourne | 4.7 (31) | Victoria Park | 21 June 1902 |
| Carlton | 4.7 (31) | South Melbourne | 2.6 (18) | Princes Park | 21 June 1902 |
[edit] Round 10
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Carlton | 10.12 (72) | St Kilda | 7.7 (49) | Princes Park | 5 July 1902 |
| South Melbourne | 6.10 (46) | Fitzroy | 4.10 (34) | Lake Oval | 5 July 1902 |
| Melbourne | 3.9 (27) | Essendon | 6.12 (48) | MCG | 5 July 1902 |
| Geelong | 6.8 (44) | Collingwood | 12.12 (84) | Corio Oval | 5 July 1902 |
[edit] Round 11
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| St Kilda | 4.9 (33) | Geelong | 7.7 (49) | Junction Oval | 12 July 1902 |
| South Melbourne | 5.6 (36) | Essendon | 6.7 (43) | Lake Oval | 12 July 1902 |
| Fitzroy | 6.9 (45) | Collingwood | 9.14 (68) | Brunswick Street Oval | 12 July 1902 |
| Melbourne | 4.12 (36) | Carlton | 4.9 (33) | MCG | 12 July 1902 |
[edit] Round 12
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Collingwood | 19.13 (127) | St Kilda | 1.4 (10) | Victoria Park | 19 July 1902 |
| Carlton | 4.9 (33) | Essendon | 1.10 (16) | Princes Park | 19 July 1902 |
| South Melbourne | 7.13 (55) | Geelong | 6.9 (45) | Lake Oval | 19 July 1902 |
| Melbourne | 5.7 (37) | Fitzroy | 4.9 (33) | MCG | 19 July 1902 |
[edit] Round 13
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| St Kilda | 2.10 (22) | South Melbourne | 5.7 (37) | Junction Oval | 26 July 1902 |
| Geelong | 8.6 (54) | Melbourne | 3.9 (27) | Corio Oval | 26 July 1902 |
| Essendon | 5.6 (36) | Collingwood | 7.5 (47) | EMCG | 26 July 1902 |
| Fitzroy | 4.6 (30) | Carlton | 6.8 (44) | Brunswick Street Oval | 26 July 1902 |
[edit] Round 14
| Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Date |
| Essendon | 12.12 (84) | St Kilda | 3.4 (22) | EMCG | 2 August 1902 |
| Carlton | 2.3 (15) | Collingwood | 7.10 (52) | Princes Park | 2 August 1902 |
| South Melbourne | 3.9 (27) | Melbourne | 9.9 (63) | Lake Oval | 2 August 1902 |
| Geelong | 5.10 (40) | Fitzroy | 9.7 (61) | Corio Oval | 2 August 1902 |
[edit] Grand Final
See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.
Collingwood defeated Essendon 9.6 (60) to 3.9 (27). (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).
| Team | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Collingwood | 1.2 | 3.2 | 5.5 | 9.6 (60) |
| Essendon | 1.3 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.9 (27) |
[edit] Ladder
All teams played 14 games during the home and away season, for a total of 56. A sectional round of 3 games per team was then played, for a total of 12. An additional 4 games were played during the finals series.
[edit] Home and away ladder
| Team | Won | Lost | Draw | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Collingwood | 12 | 2 | 0 | 48 |
| 2 | Essendon | 10 | 4 | 0 | 40 |
| 3 | Fitzroy | 9 | 5 | 0 | 36 |
| 4 | Melbourne | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| 5 | Geelong | 7 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| 6 | Carlton | 6 | 8 | 0 | 24 |
| 7 | South Melbourne | 5 | 9 | 0 | 20 |
| 8 | St Kilda | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Pre-finals ladder
| Team | Won | Lost | Draw | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Collingwood | 15 | 2 | 0 | 60 |
| 2 | Essendon | 13 | 4 | 0 | 52 |
| 3 | Fitzroy | 10 | 7 | 0 | 40 |
| 4 | Melbourne | 9 | 8 | 0 | 36 |
| 5 | South Melbourne | 7 | 10 | 0 | 28 |
| 6 | Carlton | 7 | 10 | 0 | 28 |
| 7 | Geelong | 7 | 10 | 0 | 28 |
| 8 | St Kilda | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 |
[edit] Awards
- The 1902 VFL Premiership team was Collingwood.
- The VFL's leading goalkicker was Ted Rowell of Collingwood with 33 goals.
- Despite having been accused of "tanking" in Collingwood's (24 May) fourth home-and-away match against Fitzroy, The Argus newspaper’s "Player of the Year", Collingwood's Ted Rowell, was declared 1902 Champion of the Season.
- St Kilda took the "wooden spoon" in 1902.
[edit] Notable Events
- Due to the Federation of Australia on January 1, 1901, Victoria was no longer a "Colony". Thus, the former "Champion of the Colony" award was renamed the "Champion of the Season".
- The VFL institutes the amended Argus system to determine the season's premiers.
- Collingwood's Charlie Pannam becomes the first VFL player to play 100 VFL games (at the end of the 1902 season, he had played in 104 of the 106 VFL games that Collingwood had played since the VFL's first round of games in 1897).
[edit] References
- Hogan, P., The Tigers Of Old, The Richmond Football Club, (Richmond), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
- Rogers, S. & Brown, A., Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897-1997 (Sixth Edition), Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. ISBN 0-670-90809-6
- Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897-1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0
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