| 1902 premiership season | |
|---|---|
 Richmond FC, premiers | |
| Teams | 9 |
| Premiers | Richmond 1st premiership |
The 1902 Victorian Football Association season was the 26th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Richmond Football Club; it was the first premiership in the club's history.
The premiership was decided on the basis of the best record across sixteen rostered matches, with each club playing the others twice; in the event of a tie for first place, a playoff match would have been held to determine the premiership.
Richmond and Port Melbourne were in a close battle for the premiership, and for the second consecutive season the clubs had equal records entering the final weekend of games, making a playoff match a likely outcome. However, in the matches on the final Saturday, Richmond 7.10 (52) defeated Prahran 3.9 (27), and Port Melbourne 3.9 (27) lost to Williamstown 7.3 (45), so the premiership was decided in Richmond's favour without a playoff match. [1]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richmond (P) | 16 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 814 | 346 | 60 |
| 2 | Port Melbourne | 16 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 774 | 456 | 56 |
| 3 | North Melbourne | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 682 | 540 | 42 |
| 4 | Williamstown | 16 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 673 | 587 | 32 |
| 5 | Footscray | 16 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 672 | 584 | 28 |
| 6 | Essendon Town | 16 | 5 | 10 | 1 | 484 | 732 | 22 |
| 7 | West Melbourne | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 482 | 704 | 20 |
| 8 | Prahran | 16 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 604 | 818 | 20 |
| 9 | Brunswick | 16 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 483 | 911 | 8 |
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