1902 VFL Season: Essendon

Season Team Details

Season: 1902 VFL Season
Team: Essendon
Home Ground: East Melbourne

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 13-0-4, P%: 141.6%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 33
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Albert Thurgood (26)
W. S. Crichton Medal Recipient(s): Hugh Gavin

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Tod Collins
Vice-Captain(s): Hugh Gavin

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Jim 14 R06, R08-R14, S01-S03, SF, PF, GF 0
Barry, Son 15 R01-R02, R05-R13, S01-S03, SF 0
Baxter, Ben 13 R01-R03, R10-R14, S01-S03, SF, PF 3
Cochrane, George 6 R04-R05, R10, R13-R14, S01 1
Collins, Maurie 10 R01, R07-R11, R13-R14, S01, S03 3
Collins, Tod 9 R01-R09 0
Deas, Jack 3 R04, R07-R08 0
Forbes, Charlie 1 R14 0
Ford, Harry 2 S02-S03 0
Gavin, Hugh 20 R01-R14, S01-S03, SF, PF, GF 0
Geggie, Jack 11 R01-R03, R05, R07-R08, S01, S03, SF, PF, GF 6
Gray, Alf 1 R14 0
Griffith, Billy 16 R01-R13, SF, PF, GF 0
Hall, Syd 8 R01-R07, R09 1
Hastings, George 19 R01-R14, S01-S03, PF, GF 4
Hiskins, Fred 16 R01-R04, R06, R08-R09, R11, R13-R14, S01-S03, SF, PF, GF 25
Holligan, John 1 SF 1
Hutchins, Vic 11 R10-R14, S01-S03, SF, PF, GF 8
Kennedy, Jim 1 R05 0
Kennedy, Ted 19 R01-R14, S01-S02, SF, PF, GF 0
Kinnear, Ted 16 R03-R04, R06-R14, S02-S03, SF, PF, GF 6
Larkin, Jimmy 17 R04-R14, S01-S03, SF, PF, GF 12
Mann, Fred 17 R01-R06, R08-R10, R12-R14, S01-S03, PF, GF 1
Martin, George 19 R01-R07, R09-R14, S01-S03, SF, PF, GF 8
McKenzie, Jack 20 R01-R14, S01-S03, SF, PF, GF 12
O'Loughlin, Pat 14 R02-R04, R06-R09, R12, R14, S01-S03, SF, GF 3
Peppard, Mick 9 R02-R03, R07-R09, R12, S01-S03 7
Robinson, Bill 13 R01-R06, R10-R12, S02, SF, PF, GF 4
Stuckey, George 2 R10-R11 2
Thurgood, Albert 16 R01-R07, R11-R14, S01-S02, SF, PF, GF 32
Vollugi, Herc 12 R01, R05-R06, R08-R12, S03, SF, PF, GF 0
Webb, Bill 1 R07 1
Wright, Harry 8 R01-R05, R13, PF, GF 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Fred Mann Jim Anderson Maurie Collins
Half-Back: Bill Robinson Hugh Gavin Tod Collins
Centre: Ted Kennedy George Hastings Herc Vollugi
Half-Forward: Vic Hutchins Albert Thurgood Fred Hiskins
Forward: Mick Peppard Jack Geggie Ted Kinnear
Follower: George Martin Jack McKenzie Billy Griffith

This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
03/05/1902 Round 1 Fitzroy HOME LOSS FIT by 13 unknown Tod Collins
10/05/1902 Round 2 Geelong AWAY WIN ESS by 53 unknown Tod Collins
17/05/1902 Round 3 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 23 unknown Tod Collins
24/05/1902 Round 4 South Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 3 unknown Tod Collins
31/05/1902 Round 5 Carlton HOME WIN ESS by 20 unknown Tod Collins
07/06/1902 Round 6 Collingwood AWAY WIN ESS by 25 unknown Tod Collins
09/06/1902 Round 7 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 24 unknown Tod Collins
14/06/1902 Round 8 Fitzroy AWAY WIN ESS by 6 unknown Tod Collins
21/06/1902 Round 9 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 19 unknown Tod Collins
05/07/1902 Round 10 Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 21 unknown Ted Kinnear
12/07/1902 Round 11 South Melbourne AWAY WIN ESS by 7 unknown unknown
19/07/1902 Round 12 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 17 unknown unknown
26/07/1902 Round 13 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 11 unknown Ted Kinnear
02/08/1902 Round 14 St Kilda HOME WIN ESS by 62 unknown unknown
16/08/1902 Sectional Round 1 St Kilda AWAY WIN ESS by 49 unknown unknown
23/08/1902 Sectional Round 2 Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 21 unknown Ted Kinnear
30/08/1902 Sectional Round 3 Carlton AWAY WIN ESS by 6 unknown unknown
06/09/1902 Semi Final Melbourne HOME WIN ESS by 10 unknown unknown
13/09/1902 Preliminary Final Fitzroy HOME WIN ESS by 11 unknown Hugh Gavin
20/09/1902 Grand Final Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 33 unknown Hugh Gavin