Club: | Geelong Football Club |
Season: | 1902 |
President: | J. McMullen |
Captain: | Henry Young (2nd season) |
Home Ground: | Corio Oval |
Regularseason Comp: | VFL Season |
Regularseason Result: | 7th |
Finals Series: | Finals Series |
Finals Result: | Did not qualify |
Leading Goalscorer: | Ike Woods (16 goals) |
Prevseason: | 1901 |
Nextseason: | 1903 |
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 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.
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 and Tom McLean from . 5 players reached the 50 game milestone.
Denotes statistical category leader for season |
Player | Games | Goals | Milestones |
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17 | 0 | 50th Game (Round 14) | |
3 | 3 | ||
9 | 1 | VFL Debut (Round 3) | |
7 | 2 | Geelong Debut (Round 4) | |
3 | 2 | ||
16 | 1 | ||
9 | 1 | ||
5 | 1 | ||
7 | 0 | ||
8 | 7 | ||
2 | 0 | VFL Debut (Round 15) | |
1 | 0 | VFL Debut (Round 3) | |
14 | 0 | 50th Game (Round 8) | |
4 | 0 | VFL Debut (Round 1) | |
2 | 0 | ||
11 | 7 | VFL Debut (Round 7) | |
1 | 0 | ||
1 | 1 | VFL Debut (Round 12) | |
17 | 4 | ||
1 | 0 | ||
3 | 1 | VFL Debut (Round 12) | |
2 | 1 | VFL Debut (Round 16) | |
17 | 11 | VFL Debut (Round 1) | |
4 | 0 | ||
1 | 0 | ||
10 | 8 | VFL Debut (Round 1) | |
11 | 0 | Geelong Debut (Round 4) | |
1 | 0 | VFL Debut (Round 3) | |
14 | 0 | ||
8 | 7 | 50th Game (Round 12) | |
13 | 0 | 50th Game (Round 1) | |
5 | 0 | VFL Debut (Round 12) | |
6 | 4 | VFL Debut (Round 9) | |
15 | 4 | ||
14 | 2 | VFL Debut (Round 1) | |
1 | 0 | VFL Debut (Round 17) | |
6 | 1 | VFL Debut (Round 10) | |
9 | 4 | ||
8 | 16 | ||
4 | 0 | VFL Debut (Round 13) | |
16 | 4 | 50th Game (Round 6) | |
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.
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Round | Date | Result | Score | Opponent | Score | Ground | Attendance | Report | |||||||
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1 | 3 May | 11 | 12 | 78 | 6 | 4 | 40 | Princes Park | A | - | Report | ||||
2 | 10 May | 3 | 6 | 24 | 10 | 17 | 77 | Corio Oval | H | - | Report | ||||
3 | 17 May | 3 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 15 | 81 | Victoria Park | A | - | Report | ||||
4 | 24 May | 11 | 11 | 77 | 5 | 3 | 33 | Corio Oval | H | - | Report | ||||
5 | 31 May | 5 | 14 | 44 | 3 | 9 | 27 | Corio Oval | H | - | Report | ||||
6 | 7 June | 3 | 8 | 26 | 2 | 13 | 25 | Melbourne Cricket Ground | A | - | Report | ||||
7 | 9 June | 3 | 8 | 26 | 8 | 14 | 62 | Brunswick Street Oval | A | - | Report | ||||
8 | 14 June | 6 | 7 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 47 | Corio Oval | H | - | Report | ||||
9 | 21 June | 4 | 10 | 34 | 2 | 3 | 15 | East Melbourne Cricket Ground | A | - | Report | ||||
10 | 5 July | 6 | 8 | 44 | 12 | 12 | 84 | Corio Oval | H | - | Report | ||||
11 | 12 July | 7 | 7 | 49 | 4 | 9 | 33 | Junction Oval | A | - | Report | ||||
12 | 19 July | 6 | 9 | 45 | 7 | 13 | 55 | Lake Oval | A | - | Report | ||||
13 | 26 July | 8 | 6 | 54 | 3 | 9 | 27 | Corio Oval | H | - | Report | ||||
14 | 2 August | 5 | 10 | 40 | 9 | 7 | 61 | Corio Oval | H | - | Report | ||||
15 | 16 August | 5 | 6 | 36 | 6 | 15 | 51 | Corio Oval | H | - | Report | ||||
16 | 23 August | 5 | 9 | 39 | 12 | 12 | 84 | Lake Oval | A | - | Report | ||||
17 | 30 August | 2 | 11 | 23 | 16 | 16 | 112 | Victoria Park | A | - | Report |