1902 VFL grand final

1902 VFL Grand Final
1902 VFL Grand Final
9.6 (60)	3.9 (27)
Date	20 September 1902
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance	35,202

The 1902 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 20 September 1902. It was the 5th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1902 VFL season. The match, attended by 35,202 spectators, was won by Collingwood by a margin of 33 points, marking that club's first premiership victory.

Teams[edit]

Collingwood

Essendon

Collingwood
B:	George Lockwood	Bill Proudfoot	Matthew Fell
HB:	Bob Rush	Fred Leach	Alf Dummett
C:	Charlie Pannam	Con McCormack	John Allan
HF:	Jack Incoll	Ted Rowell	George Angus
F:	Harry Pears	Teddy Lockwood	Arthur Leach
Foll:	Frank Hailwood	Lardie Tulloch (c)	Dick Condon
Res:	-	-
Coach:	-

Essendon
B:	Fred Mann	Jack Geggie	Bill Robinson
HB:	Jim Anderson	Hugh Gavin (c)	George Hastings
C:	Ted Kennedy	Harry Wright	Herc Vollugi
HF:	Fred Hiskins	Albert Thurgood	Vic Hutchens
F:	Jimmy Larkin	Ted Kinnear	Pat O'Loughlin
Foll:	George Martin	Jack McKenzie	Billy Griffith
Res:	-	-
Coach:	-

Umpire - Henry "Ivo" Crapp

Statistics[edit]

Goalkickers[edit]

Collingwood:

T Lockwood 3
T Rowell 3
J Allan 1
G Angus 1
H Pears 1

Essendon:

F Hiskins 1
P O'Loughlin 1
A Thurgood 1

v t e Collingwood Football Club
Nickname: Magpies History Records Current squad Players Captains Coaches Awards Copeland Trophy AFL Women's best and fairest Leading goalkickers AFL coach: Craig McRae AFL captain: Darcy Moore AFLW coach: Sam Wright AFLW captains: Brianna Davey
VFL/AFL home grounds	Victoria Park (1897–1999) Melbourne Cricket Ground (2000–)
AFLW home grounds	Olympic Park Oval (2017–2018) Victoria Park (2019–)
VFA premierships (1)	1896
VFL/AFL premierships (16)	1902 1903 1910 1917 1919 1927 1928 1929 1930 1935 1936 1953 1958 1990 2010 2023
Runner-up (27)	1901 1905 1911 1915 1918 1920 1922 1925 1926 1937 1938 1939 1952 1955 1956 1960 1964 1966 1970 1977 1979 1980 1981 2002 2003 2011 2018
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v t e Essendon Football Club
Nickname: Bombers History Premierships Records Players Captains Coaches Honours Crichton Medal Leading goalkickers AFL coach: Brad Scott AFL captain: Dyson Heppell AFLW coach: Natalie Wood AFLW co-captains: Stephanie Cain & Bonnie Toogood
VFL/AFL home grounds	East Melbourne Cricket Ground (1897–1921) Windy Hill (1922–1991) Melbourne Cricket Ground (1992–) Docklands Stadium (2000–)
VFA premierships (4)	1891 1892 1893 1894
VFL/AFL premierships (16)	1897 1901 1911 1912 1923 1924 1942 1946 1949 1950 1962 1965 1984 1985 1993 2000
Runner-up (14)	1898 1902 1908 1941 1943 1947 1948 1951 1957 1959 1968 1983 1990 2001
VFA/VFL/AFL seasons (144)	1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
AFLW home grounds	North Port Oval (2022 (S7)) Windy Hill (2023–)
AFLW seasons (2)	2022 (S7) 2023
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Essendon did not participate in the 1916 and 1917 VFL seasons due to World War I (indicated in grey)

Teams[edit]

Statistics[edit]

Goalkickers[edit]

See also[edit]