1902 VFL Season: Fitzroy

Season Team Details

Competition: 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: Defeated by Essendon (Preliminary Final)

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Alder, Henry 1 0 R02
Baker, Sam 1 0 R14
Barker, Lou 18 10 R01-08, R10-14, S01-03, SF, PF
Bartlett, Alf 17 0 R01, R04-14, S01-03, SF, PF
Beauchamp, Tammy 16 0 R01-08, R10-14, S01-02, PF
Best, Teddy 6 0 R14, S01-03, SF, PF
Brophy, Frank 10 4 R01-02, R04-08, R11-13
Brosnan, Gerald 14 19 R01-09, S01-03, SF, PF
Clarke, Harry 13 0 R01, R05, R09-14, S01-03, SF, PF
Dalton, Bill 2 0 R09, R11
Drohan, Eddie 12 3 R01-11, R13
Fontaine, Fred 13 2 R01-13
Gilligan, Arthur 3 4 R12-14
Hince, Frank 13 0 R01-05, R07-10, R12-14, S03
Howard, Fred 2 0 S01-02
Hutchinson, George 9 0 R01-09
Jenkins, Ern 15 4 R01-10, S01-03, SF, PF
Kruse, George 1 0 R06
Loel, Bertie 2 0 S01-02
McCarthy, Bill 11 0 R09-14, S01-03, SF, PF
McDonald, Alby 2 1 S03, SF
McDougall, Abe 5 2 R01-03, R13-14
McSpeerin, Bill 17 8 R01, R04-14, S01-03, SF, PF
Milne, Herbert 5 3 R14, S01, S03, SF, PF
Moriarty, Geoff 12 0 R01-06, R08, R13, S01-02, SF, PF
Naismith, Charlie 6 2 R02-03, R07, R09-10, R12
Naismith, Wally 15 10 R02-04, R06-07, R09-12, R14, S01-03, SF, PF
Potter, Bill 1 0 R03
Sharp, Jim 19 0 R01-14, S01-03, SF, PF
Sharpe, Bert 15 17 R04-12, R14, S01-03, SF, PF
Shea, Mark 12 1 R02-03, R06-12, S03, SF, PF
Sloan, Alec 2 0 R11, R13
Smith, Bob 13 8 R01, R03-05, R08, R10-13, S02-03, SF, PF
Trehey, Jack 1 0 R14
Trotter, Percy 19 22 R01-14, S01-03, SF, PF
Wilkinson, Alf 19 14 R01-14, S01-03, SF, PF

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds

Team Line-Up

Back: Teddy Best Geoff Moriarty George Hutchinson
Half-Back: Tammy Beauchamp Fred Fontaine Jim Sharp
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 complete positional records from this season.
Names in bold indicate that the player was named in this position at least ten times this season (exc. interchange).
Positional information from 4 out of 19 matches was used.

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
03/05/1902 Round 1 Essendon AWAY WIN FITZ by 13 unknown Bill McSpeerin
10/05/1902 Round 2 St Kilda AWAY WIN FITZ by 68 unknown Gerald Brosnan
17/05/1902 Round 3 South Melbourne HOME WIN FITZ by 6 unknown unknown
24/05/1902 Round 4 Collingwood AWAY WIN FITZ by 33 unknown Bill McSpeerin
31/05/1902 Round 5 Melbourne HOME WIN FITZ by 13 unknown Bill McSpeerin
07/06/1902 Round 6 Carlton AWAY WIN FITZ by 38 unknown Bill McSpeerin
09/06/1902 Round 7 Geelong HOME WIN FITZ by 36 unknown Bill McSpeerin
14/06/1902 Round 8 Essendon HOME LOSS ESSE by 6 unknown Bill McSpeerin
21/06/1902 Round 9 St Kilda HOME WIN FITZ by 61 unknown Bill McSpeerin
05/07/1902 Round 10 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SMLB by 12 unknown Bill McSpeerin
12/07/1902 Round 11 Collingwood HOME LOSS COLL by 23 unknown Bill McSpeerin
19/07/1902 Round 12 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MELB by 4 unknown Bill McSpeerin
26/07/1902 Round 13 Carlton HOME LOSS CARL by 14 unknown Bill McSpeerin
02/08/1902 Round 14 Geelong AWAY WIN FITZ by 21 unknown Bill McSpeerin
16/08/1902 Sectional Round 1 Geelong AWAY WIN FITZ by 15 unknown Bill McSpeerin
23/08/1902 Sectional Round 2 Collingwood HOME LOSS COLL by 53 unknown Bill McSpeerin
30/08/1902 Sectional Round 3 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SMLB by 4 unknown Bill McSpeerin
06/09/1902 Semi Final Collingwood AWAY WIN FITZ by 16 unknown Bill McSpeerin
13/09/1902 Preliminary Final Essendon AWAY LOSS ESSE by 11 unknown Bill McSpeerin