# 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 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 :
| Player | Games | Goals | Milestones |
| Les Bailiff | 17 | 0 | 50th Game (Round 14) |
| Jack Baker | 3 | 3 | |
| Ern Batty | 9 | 1 | VFL Debut (Round 3) |
| Jim Beasley | 7 | 2 | Geelong Debut (Round 4) |
| Norman Belcher | 3 | 2 | |
| Bill Bennion | 16 | 1 | |
| Frank Bowey | 9 | 1 | |
| Tommy Buchan | 5 | 1 | |
| Peter Burns | 7 | 0 | |
| Charlie Coles | 8 | 7 | |
| Fred Cronin | 2 | 0 | VFL Debut (Round 15) |
| Jack Davie | 1 | 0 | VFL Debut (Round 3) |
| Mick Donaghy | 14 | 0 | 50th Game (Round 8) |
| Bill Eason | 4 | 0 | VFL Debut (Round 1) |
| Jim Flynn | 2 | 0 | |
| Ivan Forbes | 11 | 7 | VFL Debut (Round 7) |
| Billy Gill | 1 | 0 | |
| Bert Hall | 1 | 1 | VFL Debut (Round 12) |
| Ted Holland | 17 | 4 | |
| James Horman | 1 | 0 | |
| John Hurley | 3 | 1 | VFL Debut (Round 12) |
| Bob Kerr | 2 | 1 | VFL Debut (Round 16) |
| Bill Mahoney | 17 | 11 | VFL Debut (Round 1) |
| Firth McCallum | 4 | 0 | |
| Tim McKeegan | 1 | 0 | |
| Alec McKenzie | 10 | 8 | VFL Debut (Round 1) |
| Tom McLean | 11 | 0 | Geelong Debut (Round 4) |
| Bill Munday | 1 | 0 | VFL Debut (Round 3) |
| Ernest Newling | 14 | 0 | |
| Jimmy Palmer | 8 | 7 | 50th Game (Round 12) |
| Arthur Pincott | 13 | 0 | 50th Game (Round 1) |
| Herb Pitman | 5 | 0 | VFL Debut (Round 12) |
| Edward Potter | 6 | 4 | VFL Debut (Round 9) |
| Teddy Rankin | 15 | 4 | |
| Arthur Reed | 14 | 2 | VFL Debut (Round 1) |
| Tom Shelley | 1 | 0 | VFL Debut (Round 17) |
| Peter Stephens | 6 | 1 | VFL Debut (Round 10) |
| Hughie Webb | 9 | 4 | |
| Ike Woods | 8 | 16 | |
| Jack Wright | 4 | 0 | VFL Debut (Round 13) |
| Henry Young | 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

Key :
| H | Home game |
| A | Away game |
Table of season results :
| Round | Date | Result | Score | Score | Score | Opponent | Score | Score | Score | Ground | Ground | Attendance | Ladder | Report |
| Round | Date | Result | G | B | T | Opponent | G | B | T | Ground | Ground | Attendance | Ladder | Report |
| 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 |
| 1 | Collingwood | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 838 | 461 | 181.8 | 48 |
| 2 | Essendon | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 690 | 506 | 136.4 | 40 |
| 3 | Fitzroy | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 783 | 553 | 141.6 | 36 |
| 4 | Melbourne | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 618 | 610 | 101.3 | 28 |
| 5 | Geelong | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 604 | 667 | 90.6 | 28 |
| 6 | Carlton | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 494 | 653 | 75.7 | 24 |
| 7 | South Melbourne | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 522 | 535 | 97.6 | 20 |
| 8 | St Kilda | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 408 | 972 | 42.0 | 0 |
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 |
| 1 | Collingwood (P) | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1121 | 562 | 199.5 | 60 |
| 2 | Essendon | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 885 | 625 | 141.6 | 52 |
| 3 | Fitzroy | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 914 | 726 | 125.9 | 40 |
| 4 | Melbourne | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 800 | 735 | 108.8 | 36 |
| 5 | South Melbourne | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 700 | 704 | 99.4 | 28 |
| 6 | Carlton | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 594 | 770 | 77.1 | 28 |
| 7 | Geelong | 17 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 702 | 914 | 76.8 | 28 |
| 8 | St Kilda | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 490 | 1170 | 41.9 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for Average score: 45.6 Source: AFL Tables