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 Player Games Goals Milestones 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 +KeyH Home gameA Away game
+ Table of season resultsRoundDateResultScoreOpponentScoreGroundAttendanceReport1 3 May 11 12 78 6 4 40 Princes Park A - Report2 10 May 3 6 24 10 17 77 Corio Oval H - Report3 17 May 3 2 20 11 15 81 Victoria Park A - Report4 24 May 11 11 77 5 3 33 Corio Oval H - Report5 31 May 5 14 44 3 9 27 Corio Oval H - Report6 7 June 3 8 26 2 13 25 Melbourne Cricket Ground A - Report7 9 June 3 8 26 8 14 62 Brunswick Street Oval A - Report8 14 June 6 7 43 7 5 47 Corio Oval H - Report9 21 June 4 10 34 2 3 15 East Melbourne Cricket Ground A - Report10 5 July 6 8 44 12 12 84 Corio Oval H - Report11 12 July 7 7 49 4 9 33 Junction Oval A - Report12 19 July 6 9 45 7 13 55 Lake Oval A - Report13 26 July 8 6 54 3 9 27 Corio Oval H - Report14 2 August 5 10 40 9 7 61 Corio Oval H - Report15 16 August 5 6 36 6 15 51 Corio Oval H - Report16 23 August 5 9 39 12 12 84 Lake Oval A - Report17 30 August 2 11 23 16 16 112 Victoria Park A - Report
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