1902 Geelong Football Club season

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Geelong Football Club
1902 season
PresidentJ. McMullen
Captain(s) Henry Young
(2nd season)
Home ground Corio Oval
VFL Season 7th
Finals Series Did not qualify
Leading goalkicker Ike Woods (16 goals)
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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.

Contents

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]
PlayerGames 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
HHome game
AAway game
Table of season results [2]
RoundDateResultScoreOpponentScoreGroundAttendanceLadderReport
GBTGBT
1 3 MayWon111278 Carlton 6440 Princes Park A-2nd Report
2 10 MayLost3624 Essendon 101777 Corio Oval H-6th Report
3 17 MayLost3220 Collingwood 111581 Victoria Park A-6th Report
4 24 MayWon111177 St Kilda 5333 Corio Oval H-5th Report
5 31 MayWon51444 South Melbourne 3927 Corio Oval H-4th Report
6 7 JuneWon3826 Melbourne 21325 Melbourne Cricket Ground A-4th Report
7 9 JuneLost3826 Fitzroy 81462 Brunswick Street Oval A-4th Report
8 14 JuneLost6743 Carlton 7547 Corio Oval H-5th Report
9 21 JuneWon41034 Essendon 2315 East Melbourne Cricket Ground A-4th Report
10 5 JulyLost6844 Collingwood 121284 Corio Oval H-4th Report
11 12 JulyWon7749 St Kilda 4933 Junction Oval A-4th Report
12 19 JulyLost6945 South Melbourne 71355 Lake Oval A-5th Report
13 26 JulyWon8654 Melbourne 3927 Corio Oval H-4th Report
14 2 AugustLost51040 Fitzroy 9761 Corio Oval H-5th Report
15 16 AugustLost5636 Fitzroy 61551 Corio Oval H-5th Report
16 23 AugustLost5939 South Melbourne 121284 Lake Oval A-5th Report
17 30 AugustLost21123 Collingwood 1616112 Victoria Park A-7th Report

    Ladder

    Section A
    Section B
    #TeamPWLDPFPA %Pts
    1 Collingwood 141220838461181.848
    2 Essendon 141040690506136.440
    3 Fitzroy 14950783553141.636
    4 Melbourne 14770618610101.328
    5 Geelong 1477060466790.628
    6 Carlton 1468049465375.724
    7 South Melbourne 1459052253597.620
    8 St Kilda 14014040897242.00

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

    (P)Premiers
    Qualified for finals
    #TeamPWLDPFPA %Pts
    1 Collingwood (P)1715201121562199.560
    2 Essendon 171340885625141.652
    3 Fitzroy 171070914726125.940
    4 Melbourne 17980800735108.836
    5 South Melbourne 17710070070499.428
    6 Carlton 17710059477077.128
    7 Geelong 17710070291476.828
    8 St Kilda 170170490117041.90

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

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    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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