1902 VFL Season: Melbourne

Season Team Details

Season: 1902 VFL Season
Team: Melbourne
Home Ground: MCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 9-0-8, P%: 108.8%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Essendon (Semi Final)
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): unavailable
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack Leith (24)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bill McClelland

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Anderson, Lindsay 1 R04 0
Anderson, Syd 10 R09-R14, S01-S03, SF 0
Boully, Harry 2 R07-R08 3
Bowe, Bill 17 R02-R14, S01-S03, SF 0
Britt, Arthur 1 R04 2
Byrne, Jim 1 R12 0
Cathie, George 13 R01-R10, R14, S01-S02 8
Coutie, Vin 12 R01-R12 9
Craig, Bobby 3 S01-S03 0
Dalrymple, Syd 2 S03, SF 0
Drane, Horrie 2 R08, R14 0
Gardner, Corrie 5 R01-R04, S03 0
Gardner, Eric 14 R05-R14, S01-S03, SF 4
Geddes, Stewart 16 R02-R10, R12-R14, S01-S03, SF 1
Herring, Maurie 15 R01-R08, R10-R12, R14, S02-S03, SF 2
Hocking, Ern 17 R01-R06, R08-R14, S01-S03, SF 1
Langley, Frank 16 R01-R02, R05-R14, S01-S03, SF 9
Leith, Jack 13 R01-R06, R11, R13-R14, S01-S03, SF 26
Lewis, Austin 10 R07-R09, R11-R14, S01-S02, SF 1
McClelland, Bill 13 R01-R03, R05-R07, R10-R14, S01, SF 0
Moodie, George 17 R01-R13, S01-S03, SF 2
Moriarty, Dan 12 R01-R03, R08-R10, R12-R14, S01-S03 0
Parkin, Harry 15 R01-R09, R13-R14, S01-S03, SF 0
Paul, Laurie 1 R03 0
Puflett, Bob 4 R06-R07, R09, R11 0
Purse, Jack 18 R01-R14, S01-S03, SF 2
Rainey, Les 17 R01-R11, R13-R14, S01-S03, SF 17
Reid, Curtis 2 R01, R04 0
Rippon, Les 5 R10-R14 1
Ryan, Tommy 14 R01, R04-R13, S01, S03, SF 20
Sholl, Eddie 1 R05 0
Sowden, Arthur 17 R01-R13, S01-S03, SF 2
Wardill, Dick 3 R01-R03 2
Young, Charlie 15 R01-R07, R09-R14, S02, SF 1

Team Line-Up

Back: Dan Moriarty Stewart Geddes Harry Parkin
Half-Back: Bill McClelland Bill Bowe Jack Purse
Centre: Eric Gardner Charlie Young Arthur Sowden
Half-Forward: Frank Langley Jack Leith Maurie Herring
Forward: Les Rainey George Cathie Syd Dalrymple
Follower: Syd Anderson George Moodie Ern Hocking

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 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 54 unknown Bill McClelland
10/05/1902 Round 2 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 17 unknown Bill McClelland
17/05/1902 Round 3 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 23 unknown Bill McClelland
24/05/1902 Round 4 Carlton AWAY WIN MEL by 11 unknown unknown
31/05/1902 Round 5 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 13 unknown Bill McClelland
07/06/1902 Round 6 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 1 unknown Bill McClelland
09/06/1902 Round 7 South Melbourne HOME WIN MEL by 1 unknown Bill McClelland
14/06/1902 Round 8 St Kilda AWAY WIN MEL by 31 unknown unknown
21/06/1902 Round 9 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 30 unknown unknown
05/07/1902 Round 10 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 21 unknown Bill McClelland
12/07/1902 Round 11 Carlton HOME WIN MEL by 3 unknown Bill McClelland
19/07/1902 Round 12 Fitzroy HOME WIN MEL by 4 unknown Bill McClelland
26/07/1902 Round 13 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 27 unknown Bill McClelland
02/08/1902 Round 14 South Melbourne AWAY WIN MEL by 36 unknown Bill McClelland
16/08/1902 Sectional Round 1 Carlton HOME WIN MEL by 34 unknown Bill McClelland
23/08/1902 Sectional Round 2 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 21 unknown Maurie Herring
30/08/1902 Sectional Round 3 St Kilda HOME WIN MEL by 44 unknown unknown
06/09/1902 Semi Final Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 10 unknown Bill McClelland