1902 Geelong Football Club season

The 1902 VFL season was the Geelong Football Club's sixth season in the Victorian Football League and its second with Henry Young as captain.

Geelong Football Club
1902 season
PresidentJ. McMullen
Captain(s)Henry Young
(2nd season)
Home groundCorio Oval
VFL Season7th
Finals SeriesDid not qualify
Leading goalkickerIke Woods (16 goals)
← 1901 1903 →

Geelong finished the home-and-away with 7 wins and 10 losses, finishing in seventh position. Geelong did not qualify for the finals series.

The leading goalkicker was Ike Woods with 16 goals.

Playing List

3 players played in all 17 games, and a total of 41 players were used. 17 of those 41 players made their VFL debuts and a further 2 made their Geelong debut, Jim Beasley from Essendon and Tom McLean from Collingwood. 5 players reached the 50 game milestone.

Statistics
Denotes statistical category leader for season
Geelong's 1902 playing list and statistics[1]
Player Games Goals Milestones
Les Bailiff 17050th Game (Round 14)
Jack Baker 33
Ern Batty 91VFL Debut (Round 3)
Jim Beasley 72Geelong Debut (Round 4)
Norman Belcher 32
Bill Bennion 161
Frank Bowey 91
Tommy Buchan 51
Peter Burns 70
Charlie Coles 87
Fred Cronin 20VFL Debut (Round 15)
Jack Davie 10VFL Debut (Round 3)
Mick Donaghy 14050th Game (Round 8)
Bill Eason 40VFL Debut (Round 1)
Jim Flynn 20
Ivan Forbes 117VFL Debut (Round 7)
Billy Gill 10
Bert Hall 11VFL Debut (Round 12)
Ted Holland 174
James Horman 10
John Hurley 31VFL Debut (Round 12)
Bob Kerr 21VFL Debut (Round 16)
Bill Mahoney 1711VFL Debut (Round 1)
Firth McCallum 40
Tim McKeegan 10
Alec McKenzie 108VFL Debut (Round 1)
Tom McLean 110Geelong Debut (Round 4)
Bill Munday 10VFL Debut (Round 3)
Ernest Newling 140
Jimmy Palmer 8750th Game (Round 12)
Arthur Pincott 13050th Game (Round 1)
Herb Pitman 50VFL Debut (Round 12)
Edward Potter 64VFL Debut (Round 9)
Teddy Rankin 154
Arthur Reed 142VFL Debut (Round 1)
Tom Shelley 10VFL Debut (Round 17)
Peter Stephens 61VFL Debut (Round 10)
Hughie Webb 94
Ike Woods 816
Jack Wright 40VFL Debut (Round 13)
Henry Young 16450th Game (Round 6)

Season summary

In a generally poor season, Geelong finished the home-and-away season with 7 wins and 10 losses. After a decent start with a 4 win and 2 loss record, Geelong's lackluster form led to a poor placement of 7th position. Therefore, Geelong did not qualify for the finals series.

1902 Results
Key
H Home game
A Away game
Table of season results[2]
Round Date Result Score Opponent Score Ground Attendance Ladder Report
G B T G B T
1 3 May Won 11 12 78 Carlton 6 4 40 Princes Park A - 2nd Report
2 10 May Lost 3 6 24 Essendon 10 17 77 Corio Oval H - 6th Report
3 17 May Lost 3 2 20 Collingwood 11 15 81 Victoria Park A - 6th Report
4 24 May Won 11 11 77 St Kilda 5 3 33 Corio Oval H - 5th Report
5 31 May Won 5 14 44 South Melbourne 3 9 27 Corio Oval H - 4th Report
6 7 June Won 3 8 26 Melbourne 2 13 25 Melbourne Cricket Ground A - 4th Report
7 9 June Lost 3 8 26 Fitzroy 8 14 62 Brunswick Street Oval A - 4th Report
8 14 June Lost 6 7 43 Carlton 7 5 47 Corio Oval H - 5th Report
9 21 June Won 4 10 34 Essendon 2 3 15 East Melbourne Cricket Ground A - 4th Report
10 5 July Lost 6 8 44 Collingwood 12 12 84 Corio Oval H - 4th Report
11 12 July Won 7 7 49 St Kilda 4 9 33 Junction Oval A - 4th Report
12 19 July Lost 6 9 45 South Melbourne 7 13 55 Lake Oval A - 5th Report
13 26 July Won 8 6 54 Melbourne 3 9 27 Corio Oval H - 4th Report
14 2 August Lost 5 10 40 Fitzroy 9 7 61 Corio Oval H - 5th Report
15 16 August Lost 5 6 36 Fitzroy 6 15 51 Corio Oval H - 5th Report
16 23 August Lost 5 9 39 South Melbourne 12 12 84 Lake Oval A - 5th Report
17 30 August Lost 2 11 23 Collingwood 16 16 112 Victoria Park A - 7th Report

    Ladder
    Section A
    Section B
    # Team P W L D PF PA  % Pts
    1Collingwood141220838461181.848
    2Essendon141040690506136.440
    3Fitzroy14950783553141.636
    4Melbourne14770618610101.328
    5Geelong1477060466790.628
    6Carlton1468049465375.724
    7South Melbourne1459052253597.620
    8St Kilda14014040897242.00

    Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
    Source: AFL Tables

    (P)Premiers
    Qualified for finals
    # Team P W L D PF PA  % Pts
    1Collingwood (P)1715201121562199.560
    2Essendon171340885625141.652
    3Fitzroy171070914726125.940
    4Melbourne17980800735108.836
    5South Melbourne17710070070499.428
    6Carlton17710059477077.128
    7Geelong17710070291476.828
    8St Kilda170170490117041.90

    Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
    Average score: 45.6
    Source: AFL Tables

    References
    1. "1902 Stats - Player Lists - Geelong". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
    2. "1902 Season Scores and Results". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
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