1902 Geelong Football Club season

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Australian rules football club season

Geelong Football Club1902 season

President| J. 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.

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

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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

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Geelong's 1902 playing list and statistics[1] Player  | Games  | Goals | Milestones

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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

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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

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Key  H | Home game

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A | Away game
Table of season results[2] Round  | Date  | Result  | Score  | Opponent  | Score  | Ground  | Attendance  | Ladder | Report

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G | B | T | G | B | T
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

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| Section A

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#  | Team  | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | %  | Pts

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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

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#  | Team  | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | %  | Pts

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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

## References

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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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