1902 VFL Season Preliminary Final: Essendon v Fitzroy
This is the match report for the match played on 13 September 1902 between Essendon and Fitzroy in the final of the 1902 season of the Victorian Football League.
Essendon hosted Fitzroy at the MCG.
In the absence of George Stuckey, Hugh Gavin captained the hosts with Ted Kinnear as vice-captain.
Bill McSpeerin captained the visitors.
Essendon (6.9.45) defeated Fitzroy (4.10.34).
Match Details
Season:
1902 VFL Season
Round:
Final (Preliminary Final)
Teams:
Essendon
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Fitzroy
Date:
Saturday 13 September 1902
Time:
2:30 PM
Venue:
MCG
Attendance:
24,110
Quarter Breakdown
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Final | ||||||||||||
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| Essendon | 2 | . | 5 | 4 | . | 5 | 6 | . | 7 | 6 | . | 9 | 6 | . | 9 | (45) |
| Fitzroy | 1 | . | 2 | 3 | . | 7 | 3 | . | 8 | 4 | . | 10 | 4 | . | 10 | (34) |
| Margin | ESSE by 9 | ESSE by 4 | ESSE by 17 | ESSE by 11 | ESSE by 11 | |||||||||||
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Honour Roll
Essendon
Captain: Hugh Gavin (acting)Vice-Captain: Ted Kinnear
Fitzroy
Captain: Bill McSpeerinPlayer Statistics
Essendon
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Anderson, Jim | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Baxter, Ben | C | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Gavin, Hugh (ac) | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Geggie, Jack | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Griffith, Billy | RO | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Hastings, George | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Hiskins, Fred | HFFL | ? | 2 | ? | |
| Hutchins, Vic | HFFR | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Kennedy, Ted | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Kinnear, Ted (vc) | FF | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Larkin, Jimmy | FPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Mann, Fred | BPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Martin, George | RU | ? | 1 | ? | |
| McKenzie, Jack | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Robinson, Bill | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Thurgood, Albert | CHF | ? | 2 | ? | |
| Vollugi, Herc | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Wright, Harry | FPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (18 players) | 6 | 9 | |||
Fitzroy
| # | Player | Pos. | ToG% | GL | BH |
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| Barker, Lou | RO | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Bartlett, Alf | WR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Beauchamp, Tammy | HBFR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Best, Teddy | BPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Brosnan, Gerald | CHF | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Clarke, Harry | C | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Jenkins, Ern | HBFL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| McCarthy, Bill | FB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| McSpeerin, Bill (c) | FPL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Milne, Herbert | FF | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Moriarty, Geoff | BPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Naismith, Wally | FPR | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Sharp, Jim | CHB | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Sharpe, Bert | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Shea, Mark | WL | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Smith, Bob | RU | ? | 0 | ? | |
| Trotter, Percy | HFFR | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Wilkinson, Alf | HFFL | ? | 1 | ? | |
| Rushed | ? | ||||
| Total (18 players) | 4 | 10 | |||
Legend
ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50sPlayer Line-Up
| Essendon | Coach: unknown | ||||||||||||||
| BACK | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||||
| T. Best | B. McCarthy | G. Moriarty | G. Martin |
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| H. Wright | T. Kinnear (vc) | J. Larkin | J. McKenzie |
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| FORWARD | B. Griffith |
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| E. Jenkins | J. Sharp | T. Beauchamp |
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| V. Hutchins | A. Thurgood | F. Hiskins |
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| M. Shea | H. Clarke | A. Bartlett |
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| H. Vollugi | B. Baxter | T. Kennedy | FOLLOWER | INTERCHANGE | |||||||||||
| CENTRE | B. Sharpe |
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| HALF-FORWARD | B. Smith |
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| A. Wilkinson | G. Brosnan | P. Trotter | L. Barker |
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| J. Anderson | H. Gavin (ac) | G. Hastings |
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| B. McSpeerin (c) | H. Milne | W. Naismith |
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| F. Mann | J. Geggie | B. Robinson |
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| Fitzroy | Coach: unknown | ||||||||||||||
Score Timeline
| Quarter | Team | Scoring Event | Score | Time | ||
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| Q1 | ESSE | unknown behind | 0.1.1 | - | 0.0.0 | ??:?? |
| ESSE | Jimmy Larkin behind | 0.2.2 | - | 0.0.0 | ??:?? | |
| ESSE | Albert Thurgood behind | 0.3.3 | - | 0.0.0 | ??:?? | |
| ESSE | Albert Thurgood goal | 1.3.9 | - | 0.0.0 | ??:?? | |
| ESSE | Harry Wright behind | 1.4.10 | - | 0.0.0 | ??:?? | |
| FITZ | Gerald Brosnan behind | 1.4.10 | - | 0.1.1 | ??:?? | |
| ESSE | Albert Thurgood goal | 2.4.16 | - | 0.1.1 | ??:?? | |
| FITZ | Alf Wilkinson goal | 2.4.16 | - | 1.1.7 | ??:?? | |
| FITZ | Bob Smith behind | 2.4.16 | - | 1.2.8 | ??:?? | |
| ESSE | Harry Wright behind | 2.5.17 | - | 1.2.8 | ??:?? | |
| Q2 | ESSE | George Martin goal | 3.5.23 | - | 1.2.8 | ??:?? |
| FITZ | Herbert Milne goal | 3.5.23 | - | 2.2.14 | ??:?? | |
| FITZ | Percy Trotter behind | 3.5.23 | - | 2.3.15 | ??:?? | |
| FITZ | Gerald Brosnan behind | 3.5.23 | - | 2.4.16 | ??:?? | |
| FITZ | unknown behind | 3.5.23 | - | 2.5.17 | ??:?? | |
| FITZ | Gerald Brosnan behind | 3.5.23 | - | 2.6.18 | ??:?? | |
| FITZ | Lou Barker goal | 3.5.23 | - | 3.6.24 | ??:?? | |
| ESSE | Vic Hutchins goal | 4.5.29 | - | 3.6.24 | ??:?? | |
| FITZ | Gerald Brosnan behind | 4.5.29 | - | 3.7.25 | ??:?? | |
| Q3 | ESSE | Fred Hiskins goal | 5.5.35 | - | 3.7.25 | ??:?? |
| ESSE | Fred Hiskins goal | 6.5.41 | - | 3.7.25 | ??:?? | |
| ESSE | Albert Thurgood behind | 6.6.42 | - | 3.7.25 | ??:?? | |
| ESSE | Jack McKenzie behind | 6.7.43 | - | 3.7.25 | ??:?? | |
| FITZ | Percy Trotter behind | 6.7.43 | - | 3.8.26 | ??:?? | |
| Q4 | unknown behind | 6.?.? | - | 3.?.? | ??:?? | |
| unknown behind | 6.?.? | - | 3.?.? | ??:?? | ||
| unknown behind | 6.9.45 | - | 3.9.27 | ??:?? | ||
| FITZ | Percy Trotter goal | 6.9.45 | - | 4.9.33 | ??:?? | |
| FITZ | Percy Trotter behind | 6.9.45 | - | 4.10.34 | ??:?? | |