1902 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Season: 1902 VFL Season
Team: Fitzroy
Home Ground: Brunswick Street Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 10-0-7, P%: 125.9%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Essendon (Preliminary Final)
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Percy Trotter (20)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bill McSpeerin
Vice-Captain(s): Gerald Brosnan

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Alder, Henry 1 R02 0
Baker, Sam 1 R14 0
Barker, Lou 18 R01-R08, R10-R14, S01-S03, SF, PF 10
Bartlett, Alf 17 R01, R04-R14, S01-S03, SF, PF 0
Beauchamp, Tammy 16 R01-R08, R10-R14, S01-S02, PF 0
Best, Teddy 6 R14, S01-S03, SF, PF 0
Brophy, Frank 10 R01-R02, R04-R08, R11-R13 4
Brosnan, Gerald 14 R01-R09, S01-S03, SF, PF 19
Clarke, Harry 13 R01, R05, R09-R14, S01-S03, SF, PF 0
Dalton, Bill 2 R09, R11 0
Drohan, Eddie 12 R01-R11, R13 3
Fontaine, Fred 13 R01-R13 2
Gilligan, Arthur 3 R12-R14 4
Hince, Frank 13 R01-R05, R07-R10, R12-R14, S03 0
Howard, Fred 2 S01-S02 0
Hutchinson, George 9 R01-R09 0
Jenkins, Ern 15 R01-R10, S01-S03, SF, PF 4
Kruse, George 1 R06 0
Loel, Bertie 2 S01-S02 0
McCarthy, Bill 11 R09-R14, S01-S03, SF, PF 0
McDonald, Alby 2 S03, SF 1
McDougall, Abe 5 R01-R03, R13-R14 2
McSpeerin, Bill 17 R01, R04-R14, S01-S03, SF, PF 8
Milne, Herbert 5 R14, S01, S03, SF, PF 3
Moriarty, Geoff 12 R01-R06, R08, R13, S01-S02, SF, PF 0
Naismith, Charlie 6 R02-R03, R07, R09-R10, R12 2
Naismith, Wally 15 R02-R04, R06-R07, R09-R12, R14, S01-S03, SF, PF 10
Potter, Bill 1 R03 0
Sharp, Jim 19 R01-R14, S01-S03, SF, PF 0
Sharpe, Bert 15 R04-R12, R14, S01-S03, SF, PF 17
Shea, Mark 12 R02-R03, R06-R12, S03, SF, PF 1
Sloan, Alec 2 R11, R13 0
Smith, Bob 13 R01, R03-R05, R08, R10-R13, S02-S03, SF, PF 8
Trehey, Jack 1 R14 0
Trotter, Percy 19 R01-R14, S01-S03, SF, PF 22
Wilkinson, Alf 19 R01-R14, S01-S03, SF, PF 14

Team Line-Up

Back: Teddy Best Bill McCarthy Geoff Moriarty
Half-Back: Ern Jenkins Jim Sharp Frank Hince
Centre: Mark Shea Harry Clarke Alf Bartlett
Half-Forward: Alf Wilkinson Gerald Brosnan Percy Trotter
Forward: Bill McSpeerin Herbert Milne Wally Naismith
Follower: Bert Sharpe Bob Smith Lou Barker

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 Essendon AWAY WIN FIT by 13 unknown Bill McSpeerin
10/05/1902 Round 2 St Kilda AWAY WIN FIT by 68 unknown Gerald Brosnan
17/05/1902 Round 3 South Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 6 unknown unknown
24/05/1902 Round 4 Collingwood AWAY WIN FIT by 33 unknown Bill McSpeerin
31/05/1902 Round 5 Melbourne HOME WIN FIT by 13 unknown Bill McSpeerin
07/06/1902 Round 6 Carlton AWAY WIN FIT by 38 unknown Bill McSpeerin
09/06/1902 Round 7 Geelong HOME WIN FIT by 36 unknown Bill McSpeerin
14/06/1902 Round 8 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 6 unknown Bill McSpeerin
21/06/1902 Round 9 St Kilda HOME WIN FIT by 61 unknown Bill McSpeerin
05/07/1902 Round 10 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 12 unknown Bill McSpeerin
12/07/1902 Round 11 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 23 unknown Bill McSpeerin
19/07/1902 Round 12 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 4 unknown Bill McSpeerin
26/07/1902 Round 13 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 14 unknown Bill McSpeerin
02/08/1902 Round 14 Geelong AWAY WIN FIT by 21 unknown Bill McSpeerin
16/08/1902 Sectional Round 1 Geelong AWAY WIN FIT by 15 unknown Bill McSpeerin
23/08/1902 Sectional Round 2 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 53 unknown Bill McSpeerin
30/08/1902 Sectional Round 3 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 4 unknown Bill McSpeerin
06/09/1902 Semi Final Collingwood AWAY WIN FIT by 16 unknown Bill McSpeerin
13/09/1902 Preliminary Final Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 11 unknown Bill McSpeerin