1902 Geelong Football Club season explained

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.

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 and Tom McLean from . 5 players reached the 50 game milestone.

Statistics

Denotes statistical category leader for season
Geelong's 1902 playing list and statistics[1]
PlayerGamesGoalsMilestones
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)

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

H
Home game
scope=rowAAway game
Table of season results[2]
RoundDateResultScoreOpponentScoreGroundAttendanceReport
13 May1112786440Princes ParkA-Report
210 May3624101777Corio OvalH-Report
317 May3220111581Victoria ParkA-Report
424 May1111775333Corio OvalH-Report
531 May514443927Corio OvalH-Report
67 June382621325Melbourne Cricket GroundA-Report
79 June382681462Brunswick Street OvalA-Report
814 June67437547Corio OvalH-Report
921 June410342315East Melbourne Cricket GroundA-Report
105 July6844121284Corio OvalH-Report
1112 July77494933Junction OvalA-Report
1219 July694571355Lake OvalA-Report
1326 July86543927Corio OvalH-Report
142 August510409761Corio OvalH-Report
1516 August563661551Corio OvalH-Report
1623 August5939121284Lake OvalA-Report
1730 August211231616112Victoria ParkA-Report

Ladder

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1902 Stats - Player Lists - Geelong. AFL Tables. 1 May 2020.
  2. Web site: 1902 Season Scores and Results. AFL Tables. 1 May 2020.