2002 VFL Season

These are the results for the 2002 season of the Victorian Football League.

It featured twenty rounds. Geelong Reserves were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the AFL Final Eight system. Geelong Reserves were the premiers.

Season Details

Name: 2002 VFL Season
Teams: 16
Rounds: 20
Finals System: AFL Final Eight System
Matches: 169

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Bendigo Queen Elizabeth Oval Damian Drum
Box Hill Box Hill City Oval
Carlton Reserves Optus Oval Ross Lyon
Coburg Coburg City Oval Alan Richardson
Essendon Reserves Windy Hill
Frankston Frankston Park Robert Mace Phil Partington
Geelong Reserves Skilled Stadium
Murray Coburg City Oval Paul Hamilton
North Ballarat Northern Oval Gerard FitzGerald
Northern Bullants Preston City Oval Mark Williams
Port Melbourne TEAC Oval David Dunbar
Sandringham Trevor Barker Beach Oval Graeme Yeats
Springvale Moorabbin Oval Ken Sheldon
Tasmania Devils North Hobart Oval Matt Armstrong
Werribee Chirnside Park
Williamstown Burbank Oval Brad Gotch

Season Results

Premiers: Geelong Reserves
Runners-Up: Port Melbourne
Minor Premiers: Geelong Reserves

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Geelong Reserves 1st 17 -0- 3 68 157.7% 2,171 1,377 318 263 200 177
Werribee 2nd 16 -0- 4 64 154.0% 2,233 1,450 325 283 206 214
Coburg 3rd 16 -0- 4 64 137.7% 2,019 1,466 298 231 213 188
Port Melbourne 4th 14 -0- 6 56 117.8% 2,097 1,780 307 255 261 214
Box Hill 5th 12 -1- 7 50 127.1% 2,235 1,758 328 267 261 192
Williamstown 6th 11 -0- 9 44 109.7% 1,997 1,821 286 281 264 237
Murray 7th 10 -1- 9 42 103.5% 2,018 1,949 296 242 285 239
Sandringham 8th 10 -0- 10 40 103.6% 1,831 1,768 264 247 257 226
Carlton Reserves 9th 10 -0- 10 40 98.8% 1,785 1,807 260 225 260 247
Essendon Reserves 10th 10 -0- 10 40 97.5% 2,091 2,144 313 213 316 248
Springvale 11th 9 -0- 11 36 94.6% 1,654 1,748 234 250 253 230
Tasmania Devils 12th 8 -1- 11 34 89.1% 1,730 1,942 259 176 282 250
Northern Bullants 13th 6 -0- 14 24 86.0% 1,824 2,121 269 210 314 237
North Ballarat 14th 5 -0- 15 20 73.4% 1,485 2,024 216 189 299 230
Frankston 15th 4 -0- 16 16 67.8% 1,530 2,258 224 186 336 242
Bendigo 16th 0 -1- 19 2 49.6% 1,266 2,553 183 168 373 315

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Geelong Reserves 1st Premiers
Port Melbourne 2nd Runners-Up
Werribee 3rd Defeated by Geelong Reserves (Preliminary Final)
Coburg 4th Defeated by Port Melbourne (Preliminary Final)
Murray 5th Defeated by Coburg (Semi Final)
Sandringham 6th Defeated by Geelong Reserves (Semi Final)
Box Hill 7th Defeated by Sandringham (Elimination Final)
Williamstown 8th Defeated by Murray (Elimination Final)
Carlton Reserves 9th Did not qualify for finals
Essendon Reserves 10th Did not qualify for finals
Springvale 11th Did not qualify for finals
Tasmania Devils 12th Did not qualify for finals
Northern Bullants 13th Did not qualify for finals
North Ballarat 14th Did not qualify for finals
Frankston 15th Did not qualify for finals
Bendigo 16th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 05/04/2002 2:00 PM Tasmania Devils v Geelong (R) York Park 76 - 87
SAT 06/04/2002 2:00 PM Bendigo v Springvale Queen Elizabeth Oval 98 - 140
SAT 06/04/2002 2:00 PM Carlton (R) v Port Melbourne Optus Oval 42 - 96
SAT 06/04/2002 2:00 PM Coburg v Essendon (R) Coburg City Oval 123 - 94
SAT 06/04/2002 2:00 PM Frankston v Sandringham Frankston Park 82 - 132
SUN 07/04/2002 2:00 PM North Ballarat v Williamstown Northern Oval 80 - 114
SUN 07/04/2002 2:00 PM Northern Bullants v Box Hill Preston City Oval 84 - 154
SUN 07/04/2002 2:00 PM Werribee v Murray Chirnside Park 79 - 139

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Melbourne 1st 1 -0- 0 4 228.6% 96 42
Box Hill 2nd 1 -0- 0 4 183.3% 154 84
Murray 3rd 1 -0- 0 4 175.9% 139 79
Sandringham 4th 1 -0- 0 4 161.0% 132 82
Springvale 5th 1 -0- 0 4 142.9% 140 98
Williamstown 6th 1 -0- 0 4 142.5% 114 80
Coburg 7th 1 -0- 0 4 130.9% 123 94
Geelong Reserves 8th 1 -0- 0 4 114.5% 87 76
Tasmania Devils 9th 0 -0- 1 0 87.4% 76 87
Essendon Reserves 10th 0 -0- 1 0 76.4% 94 123
North Ballarat 11th 0 -0- 1 0 70.2% 80 114
Bendigo 12th 0 -0- 1 0 70.0% 98 140
Frankston 13th 0 -0- 1 0 62.1% 82 132
Werribee 14th 0 -0- 1 0 56.8% 79 139
Northern Bullants 15th 0 -0- 1 0 54.5% 84 154
Carlton Reserves 16th 0 -0- 1 0 43.8% 42 96

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/04/2002 2:00 PM Box Hill v Bendigo Box Hill City Oval 137 - 60
SAT 13/04/2002 2:00 PM Springvale v Frankston Moorabbin Oval 100 - 48
SAT 13/04/2002 2:00 PM Werribee v North Ballarat Chirnside Park 100 - 83
SAT 13/04/2002 2:00 PM Williamstown v Carlton (R) Burbank Oval 124 - 123
SUN 14/04/2002 2:00 PM Murray v Geelong (R) Coburg City Oval 96 - 75
SUN 14/04/2002 2:00 PM Northern Bullants v Essendon (R) Preston City Oval 95 - 89
SUN 14/04/2002 2:00 PM Port Melbourne v Tasmania Devils TEAC Oval 82 - 97
SUN 14/04/2002 2:00 PM Sandringham v Coburg Trevor Barker Beach Oval 88 - 71

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Box Hill 1st 2 -0- 0 8 202.1% 291 144
Springvale 2nd 2 -0- 0 8 164.4% 240 146
Murray 3rd 2 -0- 0 8 152.6% 235 154
Sandringham 4th 2 -0- 0 8 143.8% 220 153
Williamstown 5th 2 -0- 0 8 117.2% 238 203
Port Melbourne 6th 1 -0- 1 4 128.1% 178 139
Coburg 7th 1 -0- 1 4 106.6% 194 182
Tasmania Devils 8th 1 -0- 1 4 102.4% 173 169
Geelong Reserves 9th 1 -0- 1 4 94.2% 162 172
Werribee 10th 1 -0- 1 4 80.6% 179 222
Northern Bullants 11th 1 -0- 1 4 73.7% 179 243
Essendon Reserves 12th 0 -0- 2 0 83.9% 183 218
North Ballarat 13th 0 -0- 2 0 76.2% 163 214
Carlton Reserves 14th 0 -0- 2 0 75.0% 165 220
Bendigo 15th 0 -0- 2 0 57.0% 158 277
Frankston 16th 0 -0- 2 0 56.0% 130 232

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/04/2002 2:00 PM Frankston v Carlton (R) Frankston Park 62 - 105
SAT 20/04/2002 2:00 PM Tasmania Devils v Essendon (R) North Hobart Oval 142 - 113
SUN 21/04/2002 2:00 PM Bendigo v Coburg Queen Elizabeth Oval 96 - 113
SUN 21/04/2002 2:00 PM Box Hill v Williamstown Box Hill City Oval 125 - 82
SUN 21/04/2002 2:00 PM Geelong (R) v Springvale Skilled Stadium 143 - 52
SUN 21/04/2002 2:00 PM Murray v Port Melbourne Coburg City Oval 92 - 122
SUN 21/04/2002 2:00 PM North Ballarat v Sandringham Northern Oval 64 - 97
SUN 21/04/2002 2:00 PM Northern Bullants v Werribee Preston City Oval 70 - 124

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Box Hill 1st 3 -0- 0 12 184.1% 416 226
Sandringham 2nd 3 -0- 0 12 146.1% 317 217
Geelong Reserves 3rd 2 -0- 1 8 136.2% 305 224
Port Melbourne 4th 2 -0- 1 8 129.9% 300 231
Murray 5th 2 -0- 1 8 118.5% 327 276
Tasmania Devils 6th 2 -0- 1 8 111.7% 315 282
Coburg 7th 2 -0- 1 8 110.4% 307 278
Werribee 8th 2 -0- 1 8 103.8% 303 292
Springvale 9th 2 -0- 1 8 101.0% 292 289
Williamstown 10th 2 -0- 1 8 97.6% 320 328
Carlton Reserves 11th 1 -0- 2 4 95.7% 270 282
Northern Bullants 12th 1 -0- 2 4 67.8% 249 367
Essendon Reserves 13th 0 -0- 3 0 82.2% 296 360
North Ballarat 14th 0 -0- 3 0 73.0% 227 311
Bendigo 15th 0 -0- 3 0 65.1% 254 390
Frankston 16th 0 -0- 3 0 57.0% 192 337

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
THU 25/04/2002 2:00 PM Tasmania Devils v Frankston North Hobart Oval 78 - 72
SAT 27/04/2002 2:00 PM Geelong (R) v Bendigo Skilled Stadium 203 - 42
SAT 27/04/2002 2:00 PM Murray v Carlton (R) Coburg City Oval 69 - 99
SAT 27/04/2002 2:00 PM Williamstown v Essendon (R) Burbank Oval 168 - 83
SUN 28/04/2002 2:00 PM Coburg v Box Hill Coburg City Oval 105 - 92
SUN 28/04/2002 2:00 PM Northern Bullants v North Ballarat Preston City Oval 74 - 90
SUN 28/04/2002 2:00 PM Port Melbourne v Springvale TEAC Oval 99 - 81
SUN 28/04/2002 2:00 PM Sandringham v Werribee Trevor Barker Beach Oval 80 - 83

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong Reserves 1st 3 -0- 1 12 191.0% 508 266
Box Hill 2nd 3 -0- 1 12 153.5% 508 331
Sandringham 3rd 3 -0- 1 12 132.3% 397 300
Port Melbourne 4th 3 -0- 1 12 127.9% 399 312
Williamstown 5th 3 -0- 1 12 118.7% 488 411
Coburg 6th 3 -0- 1 12 111.4% 412 370
Tasmania Devils 7th 3 -0- 1 12 111.0% 393 354
Werribee 8th 3 -0- 1 12 103.8% 386 372
Murray 9th 2 -0- 2 8 105.6% 396 375
Carlton Reserves 10th 2 -0- 2 8 105.1% 369 351
Springvale 11th 2 -0- 2 8 96.1% 373 388
North Ballarat 12th 1 -0- 3 4 82.3% 317 385
Northern Bullants 13th 1 -0- 3 4 70.7% 323 457
Essendon Reserves 14th 0 -0- 4 0 71.8% 379 528
Frankston 15th 0 -0- 4 0 63.6% 264 415
Bendigo 16th 0 -0- 4 0 49.9% 296 593

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/05/2002 2:00 PM Tasmania Devils v Coburg North Hobart Oval 79 - 129
SAT 04/05/2002 2:00 PM Williamstown v Springvale Burbank Oval 77 - 86
SUN 05/05/2002 2:00 PM Bendigo v Essendon (R) Queen Elizabeth Oval 76 - 179
SUN 05/05/2002 2:00 PM Box Hill v Murray Box Hill City Oval 145 - 116
SUN 05/05/2002 2:00 PM Geelong (R) v Northern Bullants Skilled Stadium 95 - 79
SUN 05/05/2002 2:00 PM North Ballarat v Frankston Northern Oval 98 - 89
SUN 05/05/2002 2:00 PM Sandringham v Port Melbourne Trevor Barker Beach Oval 132 - 88
SUN 05/05/2002 2:00 PM Werribee v Carlton (R) Chirnside Park 104 - 55

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong Reserves 1st 4 -0- 1 16 174.8% 603 345
Box Hill 2nd 4 -0- 1 16 146.1% 653 447
Sandringham 3rd 4 -0- 1 16 136.3% 529 388
Coburg 4th 4 -0- 1 16 120.5% 541 449
Werribee 5th 4 -0- 1 16 114.8% 490 427
Williamstown 6th 3 -0- 2 12 113.7% 565 497
Port Melbourne 7th 3 -0- 2 12 109.7% 487 444
Springvale 8th 3 -0- 2 12 98.7% 459 465
Tasmania Devils 9th 3 -0- 2 12 97.7% 472 483
Murray 10th 2 -0- 3 8 98.5% 512 520
Carlton Reserves 11th 2 -0- 3 8 93.2% 424 455
North Ballarat 12th 2 -0- 3 8 87.6% 415 474
Essendon Reserves 13th 1 -0- 4 4 92.4% 558 604
Northern Bullants 14th 1 -0- 4 4 72.8% 402 552
Frankston 15th 0 -0- 5 0 68.8% 353 513
Bendigo 16th 0 -0- 5 0 48.2% 372 772

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/05/2002 2:00 PM Bendigo v Tasmania Devils Queen Elizabeth Oval 73 - 150
SAT 11/05/2002 2:00 PM Carlton (R) v Essendon (R) Optus Oval 120 - 93
SAT 11/05/2002 2:00 PM Sandringham v Springvale Trevor Barker Beach Oval 80 - 81
SAT 11/05/2002 2:00 PM Williamstown v Werribee Burbank Oval 75 - 110
SUN 12/05/2002 2:00 PM Box Hill v Geelong (R) Box Hill City Oval 119 - 100
SUN 12/05/2002 2:00 PM Frankston v Northern Bullants Frankston Park 78 - 132
SUN 12/05/2002 2:00 PM Murray v North Ballarat Coburg City Oval 127 - 95
SUN 12/05/2002 2:00 PM Port Melbourne v Coburg TEAC Oval 99 - 58

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Box Hill 1st 5 -0- 1 20 141.1% 772 547
Werribee 2nd 5 -0- 1 20 119.5% 600 502
Geelong Reserves 3rd 4 -0- 2 16 151.5% 703 464
Sandringham 4th 4 -0- 2 16 129.9% 609 469
Port Melbourne 5th 4 -0- 2 16 116.7% 586 502
Tasmania Devils 6th 4 -0- 2 16 111.9% 622 556
Coburg 7th 4 -0- 2 16 109.3% 599 548
Springvale 8th 4 -0- 2 16 99.1% 540 545
Williamstown 9th 3 -0- 3 12 105.4% 640 607
Murray 10th 3 -0- 3 12 103.9% 639 615
Carlton Reserves 11th 3 -0- 3 12 99.3% 544 548
North Ballarat 12th 2 -0- 4 8 84.9% 510 601
Northern Bullants 13th 2 -0- 4 8 84.8% 534 630
Essendon Reserves 14th 1 -0- 5 4 89.9% 651 724
Frankston 15th 0 -0- 6 0 66.8% 431 645
Bendigo 16th 0 -0- 6 0 48.3% 445 922

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/05/2002 2:00 PM Carlton (R) v Box Hill Optus Oval 64 - 123
SAT 18/05/2002 2:00 PM Port Melbourne v Werribee TEAC Oval 90 - 80
SAT 18/05/2002 2:00 PM Springvale v Essendon (R) Shepley Oval 52 - 103
SAT 18/05/2002 2:00 PM Tasmania Devils v Murray York Park 68 - 99
SUN 19/05/2002 2:00 PM Geelong (R) v Frankston Skilled Stadium 140 - 74
SUN 19/05/2002 2:00 PM North Ballarat v Coburg Northern Oval 52 - 76
SUN 19/05/2002 2:00 PM Northern Bullants v Williamstown Preston City Oval 80 - 120
SUN 19/05/2002 2:00 PM Sandringham v Bendigo Trevor Barker Beach Oval 142 - 38

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Box Hill 1st 6 -0- 1 24 146.5% 895 611
Geelong Reserves 2nd 5 -0- 2 20 156.7% 843 538
Sandringham 3rd 5 -0- 2 20 148.1% 751 507
Port Melbourne 4th 5 -0- 2 20 116.2% 676 582
Werribee 5th 5 -0- 2 20 114.9% 680 592
Coburg 6th 5 -0- 2 20 112.5% 675 600
Williamstown 7th 4 -0- 3 16 110.6% 760 687
Murray 8th 4 -0- 3 16 108.1% 738 683
Tasmania Devils 9th 4 -0- 3 16 105.3% 690 655
Springvale 10th 4 -0- 3 16 91.4% 592 648
Carlton Reserves 11th 3 -0- 4 12 90.6% 608 671
Essendon Reserves 12th 2 -0- 5 8 97.2% 754 776
North Ballarat 13th 2 -0- 5 8 83.0% 562 677
Northern Bullants 14th 2 -0- 5 8 81.9% 614 750
Frankston 15th 0 -0- 7 0 64.3% 505 785
Bendigo 16th 0 -0- 7 0 45.4% 483 1,064

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/05/2002 2:00 PM Box Hill v North Ballarat Box Hill City Oval 147 - 56
SAT 25/05/2002 2:00 PM Geelong (R) v Werribee Skilled Stadium 86 - 67
SAT 25/05/2002 2:00 PM Tasmania Devils v Carlton (R) North Hobart Oval 94 - 129
SAT 25/05/2002 2:00 PM Williamstown v Frankston Burbank Oval 151 - 79
SUN 26/05/2002 2:00 PM Bendigo v Northern Bullants Queen Elizabeth Oval 57 - 199
SUN 26/05/2002 2:00 PM Coburg v Springvale Coburg City Oval 128 - 73
SUN 26/05/2002 2:00 PM Essendon (R) v Port Melbourne Windy Hill 111 - 109
SUN 26/05/2002 2:00 PM Murray v Sandringham Lavington Sports Ground 114 - 102

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Box Hill 1st 7 -0- 1 28 156.2% 1,042 667
Geelong Reserves 2nd 6 -0- 2 24 153.6% 929 605
Coburg 3rd 6 -0- 2 24 119.3% 803 673
Sandringham 4th 5 -0- 3 20 137.4% 853 621
Williamstown 5th 5 -0- 3 20 118.9% 911 766
Port Melbourne 6th 5 -0- 3 20 113.3% 785 693
Werribee 7th 5 -0- 3 20 110.2% 747 678
Murray 8th 5 -0- 3 20 108.5% 852 785
Tasmania Devils 9th 4 -0- 4 16 100.0% 784 784
Carlton Reserves 10th 4 -0- 4 16 96.3% 737 765
Springvale 11th 4 -0- 4 16 85.7% 665 776
Northern Bullants 12th 3 -0- 5 12 100.7% 813 807
Essendon Reserves 13th 3 -0- 5 12 97.7% 865 885
North Ballarat 14th 2 -0- 6 8 75.0% 618 824
Frankston 15th 0 -0- 8 0 62.4% 584 936
Bendigo 16th 0 -0- 8 0 42.8% 540 1,263

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/06/2002 2:00 PM Carlton (R) v Bendigo Optus Oval 164 - 41
SAT 01/06/2002 2:00 PM Essendon (R) v Murray Windy Hill 78 - 174
SAT 01/06/2002 2:00 PM Frankston v Box Hill Frankston Park 51 - 193
SAT 01/06/2002 2:00 PM North Ballarat v Springvale Northern Oval 42 - 122
SUN 02/06/2002 2:00 PM Northern Bullants v Tasmania Devils Preston City Oval 159 - 59
SUN 02/06/2002 2:00 PM Port Melbourne v Williamstown TEAC Oval 130 - 115
SUN 02/06/2002 2:00 PM Sandringham v Geelong (R) Trevor Barker Beach Oval 63 - 108
SUN 02/06/2002 2:00 PM Werribee v Coburg Chirnside Park 83 - 95

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Box Hill 1st 8 -0- 1 32 172.0% 1,235 718
Geelong Reserves 2nd 7 -0- 2 28 155.2% 1,037 668
Coburg 3rd 7 -0- 2 28 118.8% 898 756
Murray 4th 6 -0- 3 24 118.9% 1,026 863
Port Melbourne 5th 6 -0- 3 24 113.2% 915 808
Sandringham 6th 5 -0- 4 20 125.7% 916 729
Williamstown 7th 5 -0- 4 20 114.5% 1,026 896
Carlton Reserves 8th 5 -0- 4 20 111.8% 901 806
Werribee 9th 5 -0- 4 20 107.4% 830 773
Springvale 10th 5 -0- 4 20 96.2% 787 818
Northern Bullants 11th 4 -0- 5 16 112.2% 972 866
Tasmania Devils 12th 4 -0- 5 16 89.4% 843 943
Essendon Reserves 13th 3 -0- 6 12 89.0% 943 1,059
North Ballarat 14th 2 -0- 7 8 69.8% 660 946
Frankston 15th 0 -0- 9 0 56.2% 635 1,129
Bendigo 16th 0 -0- 9 0 40.7% 581 1,427

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/06/2002 2:00 PM Carlton (R) v Geelong (R) Optus Oval 46 - 160
SAT 08/06/2002 2:00 PM Coburg v Murray Coburg City Oval 66 - 109
SAT 08/06/2002 2:00 PM Springvale v Northern Bullants Moorabbin Oval 49 - 64
SUN 09/06/2002 2:00 PM Bendigo v Werribee Queen Elizabeth Oval 52 - 118
SUN 09/06/2002 2:00 PM Essendon (R) v Frankston Northern Oval 120 - 112
SUN 09/06/2002 2:00 PM Port Melbourne v North Ballarat TEAC Oval 163 - 86
SUN 09/06/2002 2:00 PM Tasmania Devils v Box Hill Fairway Park 74 - 74
SUN 09/06/2002 2:00 PM Williamstown v Sandringham Burbank Oval 85 - 92

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Box Hill 1st 8 -1- 1 34 165.3% 1,309 792
Geelong Reserves 2nd 8 -0- 2 32 167.6% 1,197 714
Murray 3rd 7 -0- 3 28 122.2% 1,135 929
Port Melbourne 4th 7 -0- 3 28 120.6% 1,078 894
Coburg 5th 7 -0- 3 28 111.4% 964 865
Sandringham 6th 6 -0- 4 24 123.8% 1,008 814
Werribee 7th 6 -0- 4 24 114.9% 948 825
Northern Bullants 8th 5 -0- 5 20 113.2% 1,036 915
Williamstown 9th 5 -0- 5 20 112.4% 1,111 988
Carlton Reserves 10th 5 -0- 5 20 98.0% 947 966
Springvale 11th 5 -0- 5 20 94.8% 836 882
Tasmania Devils 12th 4 -1- 5 18 90.2% 917 1,017
Essendon Reserves 13th 4 -0- 6 16 90.8% 1,063 1,171
North Ballarat 14th 2 -0- 8 8 67.3% 746 1,109
Frankston 15th 0 -0- 10 0 59.8% 747 1,249
Bendigo 16th 0 -0- 10 0 41.0% 633 1,545

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/06/2002 2:00 PM Coburg v Frankston Coburg City Oval 98 - 63
SAT 22/06/2002 2:00 PM Geelong (R) v Port Melbourne Skilled Stadium 96 - 65
SAT 22/06/2002 2:00 PM Springvale v Werribee Moorabbin Oval 98 - 99
SUN 23/06/2002 2:00 PM Box Hill v Essendon (R) Box Hill City Oval 82 - 98
SUN 23/06/2002 2:00 PM Murray v Northern Bullants Coburg City Oval 116 - 122
SUN 23/06/2002 2:00 PM North Ballarat v Carlton (R) Northern Oval 45 - 140
SUN 23/06/2002 2:00 PM Tasmania Devils v Sandringham North Hobart Oval 93 - 104
SUN 23/06/2002 2:00 PM Williamstown v Bendigo Burbank Oval 99 - 70

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong Reserves 1st 9 -0- 2 36 166.0% 1,293 779
Box Hill 2nd 8 -1- 2 34 156.3% 1,391 890
Coburg 3rd 8 -0- 3 32 114.4% 1,062 928
Sandringham 4th 7 -0- 4 28 122.6% 1,112 907
Murray 5th 7 -0- 4 28 119.0% 1,251 1,051
Port Melbourne 6th 7 -0- 4 28 115.5% 1,143 990
Werribee 7th 7 -0- 4 28 113.4% 1,047 923
Williamstown 8th 6 -0- 5 24 114.4% 1,210 1,058
Northern Bullants 9th 6 -0- 5 24 112.3% 1,158 1,031
Carlton Reserves 10th 6 -0- 5 24 107.5% 1,087 1,011
Springvale 11th 5 -0- 6 20 95.2% 934 981
Essendon Reserves 12th 5 -0- 6 20 92.7% 1,161 1,253
Tasmania Devils 13th 4 -1- 6 18 90.1% 1,010 1,121
North Ballarat 14th 2 -0- 9 8 63.3% 791 1,249
Frankston 15th 0 -0- 11 0 60.1% 810 1,347
Bendigo 16th 0 -0- 11 0 42.8% 703 1,644

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/06/2002 2:00 PM Box Hill v Springvale Box Hill City Oval 77 - 79
SAT 29/06/2002 2:00 PM Geelong (R) v Coburg MCG 79 - 78
SUN 30/06/2002 2:00 PM Bendigo v Port Melbourne Queen Elizabeth Oval 49 - 98
SUN 30/06/2002 2:00 PM Carlton (R) v Northern Bullants Optus Oval 134 - 131
SUN 30/06/2002 2:00 PM Murray v Williamstown Coburg City Oval 92 - 105
SUN 30/06/2002 2:00 PM Sandringham v Essendon (R) Trevor Barker Beach Oval 151 - 96
SUN 30/06/2002 2:00 PM Tasmania Devils v North Ballarat York Park 100 - 92
SUN 30/06/2002 2:00 PM Werribee v Frankston Chirnside Park 185 - 37

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong Reserves 1st 10 -0- 2 40 160.1% 1,372 857
Box Hill 2nd 8 -1- 3 34 151.5% 1,468 969
Werribee 3rd 8 -0- 4 32 128.3% 1,232 960
Sandringham 4th 8 -0- 4 32 125.9% 1,263 1,003
Port Melbourne 5th 8 -0- 4 32 119.4% 1,241 1,039
Coburg 6th 8 -0- 4 32 113.2% 1,140 1,007
Murray 7th 7 -0- 5 28 116.2% 1,343 1,156
Williamstown 8th 7 -0- 5 28 114.3% 1,315 1,150
Carlton Reserves 9th 7 -0- 5 28 106.9% 1,221 1,142
Northern Bullants 10th 6 -0- 6 24 110.6% 1,289 1,165
Springvale 11th 6 -0- 6 24 95.7% 1,013 1,058
Tasmania Devils 12th 5 -1- 6 22 91.5% 1,110 1,213
Essendon Reserves 13th 5 -0- 7 20 89.5% 1,257 1,404
North Ballarat 14th 2 -0- 10 8 65.5% 883 1,349
Frankston 15th 0 -0- 12 0 55.3% 847 1,532
Bendigo 16th 0 -0- 12 0 43.2% 752 1,742

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/07/2002 2:00 PM Murray v Springvale Lavington Sports Ground 55 - 64
SAT 06/07/2002 2:00 PM Northern Bullants v Sandringham Preston City Oval 68 - 89
SAT 06/07/2002 2:00 PM Williamstown v Tasmania Devils Burbank Oval 69 - 94
SUN 07/07/2002 2:00 PM Coburg v Carlton (R) Coburg City Oval 99 - 47
SUN 07/07/2002 2:00 PM Frankston v Bendigo Frankston Park 102 - 54
SUN 07/07/2002 2:00 PM North Ballarat v Geelong (R) Northern Oval 45 - 56
SUN 07/07/2002 2:00 PM Port Melbourne v Box Hill TEAC Oval 131 - 122
SUN 07/07/2002 2:00 PM Werribee v Essendon (R) Chirnside Park 168 - 59

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong Reserves 1st 11 -0- 2 44 158.3% 1,428 902
Werribee 2nd 9 -0- 4 36 137.4% 1,400 1,019
Sandringham 3rd 9 -0- 4 36 126.2% 1,352 1,071
Port Melbourne 4th 9 -0- 4 36 118.2% 1,372 1,161
Coburg 5th 9 -0- 4 36 117.6% 1,239 1,054
Box Hill 6th 8 -1- 4 34 144.5% 1,590 1,100
Murray 7th 7 -0- 6 28 114.6% 1,398 1,220
Williamstown 8th 7 -0- 6 28 111.3% 1,384 1,244
Carlton Reserves 9th 7 -0- 6 28 102.2% 1,268 1,241
Springvale 10th 7 -0- 6 28 96.8% 1,077 1,113
Tasmania Devils 11th 6 -1- 6 26 93.9% 1,204 1,282
Northern Bullants 12th 6 -0- 7 24 108.2% 1,357 1,254
Essendon Reserves 13th 5 -0- 8 20 83.7% 1,316 1,572
North Ballarat 14th 2 -0- 11 8 66.0% 928 1,405
Frankston 15th 1 -0- 12 4 59.8% 949 1,586
Bendigo 16th 0 -0- 13 0 43.7% 806 1,844

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/07/2002 2:00 PM Essendon (R) v North Ballarat Windy Hill 126 - 56
SAT 13/07/2002 2:00 PM Frankston v Port Melbourne Frankston Park 87 - 115
SAT 13/07/2002 2:00 PM Northern Bullants v Coburg Preston City Oval 57 - 97
SAT 13/07/2002 2:00 PM Sandringham v Carlton (R) Trevor Barker Beach Oval 55 - 73
SAT 13/07/2002 2:00 PM Werribee v Box Hill Chirnside Park 126 - 92
SUN 14/07/2002 2:00 PM Bendigo v Murray Queen Elizabeth Oval 89 - 89
SUN 14/07/2002 2:00 PM Geelong (R) v Williamstown Skilled Stadium 66 - 80
SUN 14/07/2002 2:00 PM Tasmania Devils v Springvale North Hobart Oval 92 - 76

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong Reserves 1st 11 -0- 3 44 152.1% 1,494 982
Werribee 2nd 10 -0- 4 40 137.4% 1,526 1,111
Coburg 3rd 10 -0- 4 40 120.3% 1,336 1,111
Port Melbourne 4th 10 -0- 4 40 119.2% 1,487 1,248
Sandringham 5th 9 -0- 5 36 123.0% 1,407 1,144
Box Hill 6th 8 -1- 5 34 137.2% 1,682 1,226
Williamstown 7th 8 -0- 6 32 111.8% 1,464 1,310
Carlton Reserves 8th 8 -0- 6 32 103.5% 1,341 1,296
Murray 9th 7 -1- 6 30 113.6% 1,487 1,309
Tasmania Devils 10th 7 -1- 6 30 95.4% 1,296 1,358
Springvale 11th 7 -0- 7 28 95.7% 1,153 1,205
Northern Bullants 12th 6 -0- 8 24 104.7% 1,414 1,351
Essendon Reserves 13th 6 -0- 8 24 88.6% 1,442 1,628
North Ballarat 14th 2 -0- 12 8 64.3% 984 1,531
Frankston 15th 1 -0- 13 4 60.9% 1,036 1,701
Bendigo 16th 0 -1- 13 2 46.3% 895 1,933

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/07/2002 2:00 PM Carlton (R) v Springvale Optus Oval 68 - 80
SAT 20/07/2002 2:00 PM Coburg v Williamstown Coburg City Oval 85 - 77
SAT 20/07/2002 2:00 PM North Ballarat v Bendigo Northern Oval 89 - 30
SAT 20/07/2002 2:00 PM Northern Bullants v Port Melbourne Preston City Oval 62 - 103
SAT 20/07/2002 2:00 PM Werribee v Tasmania Devils Chirnside Park 122 - 48
SUN 21/07/2002 2:00 PM Box Hill v Sandringham Box Hill City Oval 97 - 81
SUN 21/07/2002 2:00 PM Frankston v Murray Frankston Park 81 - 118
SUN 21/07/2002 2:00 PM Geelong (R) v Essendon (R) Skilled Stadium 105 - 103

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong Reserves 1st 12 -0- 3 48 147.4% 1,599 1,085
Werribee 2nd 11 -0- 4 44 142.2% 1,648 1,159
Port Melbourne 3rd 11 -0- 4 44 121.4% 1,590 1,310
Coburg 4th 11 -0- 4 44 119.6% 1,421 1,188
Box Hill 5th 9 -1- 5 38 136.1% 1,779 1,307
Sandringham 6th 9 -0- 6 36 119.9% 1,488 1,241
Murray 7th 8 -1- 6 34 115.5% 1,605 1,390
Williamstown 8th 8 -0- 7 32 110.5% 1,541 1,395
Carlton Reserves 9th 8 -0- 7 32 102.4% 1,409 1,376
Springvale 10th 8 -0- 7 32 96.9% 1,233 1,273
Tasmania Devils 11th 7 -1- 7 30 90.8% 1,344 1,480
Northern Bullants 12th 6 -0- 9 24 101.5% 1,476 1,454
Essendon Reserves 13th 6 -0- 9 24 89.2% 1,545 1,733
North Ballarat 14th 3 -0- 12 12 68.7% 1,073 1,561
Frankston 15th 1 -0- 14 4 61.4% 1,117 1,819
Bendigo 16th 0 -1- 14 2 45.7% 925 2,022

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/07/2002 2:00 PM Essendon (R) v Coburg Windy Hill 70 - 118
SAT 27/07/2002 2:00 PM Geelong (R) v Tasmania Devils Skilled Stadium 106 - 67
SAT 27/07/2002 2:00 PM Murray v Werribee Coburg City Oval 49 - 118
SUN 28/07/2002 2:00 PM Box Hill v Northern Bullants Box Hill City Oval 134 - 94
SUN 28/07/2002 2:00 PM Port Melbourne v Carlton (R) TEAC Oval 76 - 93
SUN 28/07/2002 2:00 PM Sandringham v Frankston Trevor Barker Beach Oval 66 - 114
SUN 28/07/2002 2:00 PM Springvale v Bendigo Optus Oval 125 - 95
SUN 28/07/2002 2:00 PM Williamstown v North Ballarat Burbank Oval 89 - 63

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong Reserves 1st 13 -0- 3 52 148.0% 1,705 1,152
Werribee 2nd 12 -0- 4 48 146.2% 1,766 1,208
Coburg 3rd 12 -0- 4 48 122.3% 1,539 1,258
Port Melbourne 4th 11 -0- 5 44 118.7% 1,666 1,403
Box Hill 5th 10 -1- 5 42 136.5% 1,913 1,401
Sandringham 6th 9 -0- 7 36 114.7% 1,554 1,355
Williamstown 7th 9 -0- 7 36 111.8% 1,630 1,458
Carlton Reserves 8th 9 -0- 7 36 103.4% 1,502 1,452
Springvale 9th 9 -0- 7 36 99.3% 1,358 1,368
Murray 10th 8 -1- 7 34 109.7% 1,654 1,508
Tasmania Devils 11th 7 -1- 8 30 89.0% 1,411 1,586
Northern Bullants 12th 6 -0- 10 24 98.9% 1,570 1,588
Essendon Reserves 13th 6 -0- 10 24 87.3% 1,615 1,851
North Ballarat 14th 3 -0- 13 12 68.8% 1,136 1,650
Frankston 15th 2 -0- 14 8 65.3% 1,231 1,885
Bendigo 16th 0 -1- 15 2 47.5% 1,020 2,147

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/08/2002 2:00 PM Carlton (R) v Williamstown Optus Oval 96 - 74
SAT 03/08/2002 2:00 PM Coburg v Sandringham Coburg City Oval 139 - 43
SAT 03/08/2002 2:00 PM Geelong (R) v Murray Skilled Stadium 142 - 68
SAT 03/08/2002 2:00 PM North Ballarat v Werribee Northern Oval 62 - 167
SAT 03/08/2002 2:00 PM Tasmania Devils v Port Melbourne York Park 82 - 89
SUN 04/08/2002 2:00 PM Bendigo v Box Hill Queen Elizabeth Oval 71 - 87
SUN 04/08/2002 2:00 PM Essendon (R) v Northern Bullants Windy Hill 144 - 68
SUN 04/08/2002 2:00 PM Frankston v Springvale Frankston Park 83 - 73

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong Reserves 1st 14 -0- 3 56 151.4% 1,847 1,220
Werribee 2nd 13 -0- 4 52 152.2% 1,933 1,270
Coburg 3rd 13 -0- 4 52 129.0% 1,678 1,301
Port Melbourne 4th 12 -0- 5 48 118.2% 1,755 1,485
Box Hill 5th 11 -1- 5 46 135.9% 2,000 1,472
Carlton Reserves 6th 10 -0- 7 40 104.7% 1,598 1,526
Williamstown 7th 9 -0- 8 36 109.7% 1,704 1,554
Sandringham 8th 9 -0- 8 36 106.9% 1,597 1,494
Springvale 9th 9 -0- 8 36 98.6% 1,431 1,451
Murray 10th 8 -1- 8 34 104.4% 1,722 1,650
Tasmania Devils 11th 7 -1- 9 30 89.1% 1,493 1,675
Essendon Reserves 12th 7 -0- 10 28 91.7% 1,759 1,919
Northern Bullants 13th 6 -0- 11 24 94.6% 1,638 1,732
Frankston 14th 3 -0- 14 12 67.1% 1,314 1,958
North Ballarat 15th 3 -0- 14 12 65.9% 1,198 1,817
Bendigo 16th 0 -1- 16 2 48.8% 1,091 2,234

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/08/2002 2:00 PM Carlton (R) v Frankston Optus Oval 62 - 75
SAT 10/08/2002 2:00 PM Essendon (R) v Tasmania Devils Windy Hill 103 - 71
SAT 10/08/2002 2:00 PM Springvale v Geelong (R) Moorabbin Oval 59 - 63
SAT 10/08/2002 2:00 PM Williamstown v Box Hill Burbank Oval 91 - 56
SUN 11/08/2002 2:00 PM Coburg v Bendigo Coburg City Oval 127 - 47
SUN 11/08/2002 2:00 PM Port Melbourne v Murray TEAC Oval 112 - 116
SUN 11/08/2002 2:00 PM Sandringham v North Ballarat Trevor Barker Beach Oval 70 - 66
SUN 11/08/2002 2:00 PM Werribee v Northern Bullants Chirnside Park 130 - 55

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong Reserves 1st 15 -0- 3 60 149.3% 1,910 1,279
Werribee 2nd 14 -0- 4 56 155.7% 2,063 1,325
Coburg 3rd 14 -0- 4 56 133.9% 1,805 1,348
Port Melbourne 4th 12 -0- 6 48 116.6% 1,867 1,601
Box Hill 5th 11 -1- 6 46 131.5% 2,056 1,563
Williamstown 6th 10 -0- 8 40 111.5% 1,795 1,610
Sandringham 7th 10 -0- 8 40 106.9% 1,667 1,560
Carlton Reserves 8th 10 -0- 8 40 103.7% 1,660 1,601
Murray 9th 9 -1- 8 38 104.3% 1,838 1,762
Springvale 10th 9 -0- 9 36 98.4% 1,490 1,514
Essendon Reserves 11th 8 -0- 10 32 93.6% 1,862 1,990
Tasmania Devils 12th 7 -1- 10 30 88.0% 1,564 1,778
Northern Bullants 13th 6 -0- 12 24 90.9% 1,693 1,862
Frankston 14th 4 -0- 14 16 68.8% 1,389 2,020
North Ballarat 15th 3 -0- 15 12 67.0% 1,264 1,887
Bendigo 16th 0 -1- 17 2 48.2% 1,138 2,361

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/08/2002 2:00 PM Box Hill v Coburg Box Hill City Oval 64 - 131
SAT 17/08/2002 2:00 PM North Ballarat v Northern Bullants Northern Oval 95 - 77
SAT 17/08/2002 2:00 PM Springvale v Port Melbourne Moorabbin Oval 87 - 102
SAT 17/08/2002 2:00 PM Werribee v Sandringham Chirnside Park 80 - 72
SUN 18/08/2002 2:00 PM Bendigo v Geelong (R) Queen Elizabeth Oval 44 - 97
SUN 18/08/2002 2:00 PM Carlton (R) v Murray Optus Oval 72 - 116
SUN 18/08/2002 2:00 PM Essendon (R) v Williamstown Windy Hill 134 - 70
SUN 18/08/2002 2:00 PM Frankston v Tasmania Devils Frankston Park 81 - 112

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong Reserves 1st 16 -0- 3 64 151.7% 2,007 1,323
Werribee 2nd 15 -0- 4 60 153.4% 2,143 1,397
Coburg 3rd 15 -0- 4 60 137.1% 1,936 1,412
Port Melbourne 4th 13 -0- 6 52 116.6% 1,969 1,688
Box Hill 5th 11 -1- 7 46 125.1% 2,120 1,694
Murray 6th 10 -1- 8 42 106.5% 1,954 1,834
Williamstown 7th 10 -0- 9 40 106.9% 1,865 1,744
Sandringham 8th 10 -0- 9 40 106.0% 1,739 1,640
Carlton Reserves 9th 10 -0- 9 40 100.9% 1,732 1,717
Springvale 10th 9 -0- 10 36 97.6% 1,577 1,616
Essendon Reserves 11th 9 -0- 10 36 96.9% 1,996 2,060
Tasmania Devils 12th 8 -1- 10 34 90.2% 1,676 1,859
Northern Bullants 13th 6 -0- 13 24 90.4% 1,770 1,957
North Ballarat 14th 4 -0- 15 16 69.2% 1,359 1,964
Frankston 15th 4 -0- 15 16 68.9% 1,470 2,132
Bendigo 16th 0 -1- 18 2 48.1% 1,182 2,458

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 23/08/2002 2:00 PM Tasmania Devils v Coburg York Park 54 - 83
SAT 24/08/2002 2:00 PM Carlton (R) v Werribee Optus Oval 53 - 90
SAT 24/08/2002 2:00 PM Essendon (R) v Bendigo Windy Hill 95 - 84
SAT 24/08/2002 2:00 PM Murray v Box Hill Coburg City Oval 64 - 115
SAT 24/08/2002 2:00 PM Northern Bullants v Geelong (R) Preston City Oval 54 - 164
SAT 24/08/2002 2:00 PM Springvale v Williamstown Moorabbin Oval 77 - 132
SUN 25/08/2002 2:00 PM Frankston v North Ballarat Frankston Park 60 - 126
SUN 25/08/2002 2:00 PM Port Melbourne v Sandringham TEAC Oval 128 - 92

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Geelong Reserves 1st 17 -0- 3 68 157.7% 2,171 1,377
Werribee 2nd 16 -0- 4 64 154.0% 2,233 1,450
Coburg 3rd 16 -0- 4 64 137.7% 2,019 1,466
Port Melbourne 4th 14 -0- 6 56 117.8% 2,097 1,780
Box Hill 5th 12 -1- 7 50 127.1% 2,235 1,758
Williamstown 6th 11 -0- 9 44 109.7% 1,997 1,821
Murray 7th 10 -1- 9 42 103.5% 2,018 1,949
Sandringham 8th 10 -0- 10 40 103.6% 1,831 1,768
Carlton Reserves 9th 10 -0- 10 40 98.8% 1,785 1,807
Essendon Reserves 10th 10 -0- 10 40 97.5% 2,091 2,144
Springvale 11th 9 -0- 11 36 94.6% 1,654 1,748
Tasmania Devils 12th 8 -1- 11 34 89.1% 1,730 1,942
Northern Bullants 13th 6 -0- 14 24 86.0% 1,824 2,121
North Ballarat 14th 5 -0- 15 20 73.4% 1,485 2,024
Frankston 15th 4 -0- 16 16 67.8% 1,530 2,258
Bendigo 16th 0 -1- 19 2 49.6% 1,266 2,553

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/08/2002 2:00 PM Box Hill v Sandringham Box Hill City Oval 61 - 63
SUN 01/09/2002 2:00 PM Williamstown v Murray Burbank Oval 98 - 126

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/08/2002 2:00 PM Geelong (R) v Port Melbourne TEAC Oval 110 - 117
SUN 01/09/2002 2:00 PM Werribee v Coburg TEAC Oval 91 - 90

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/09/2002 2:00 PM Coburg v Murray TEAC Oval 99 - 74
SUN 08/09/2002 2:00 PM Geelong (R) v Sandringham TEAC Oval 123 - 33

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/09/2002 2:00 PM Port Melbourne v Coburg TEAC Oval 88 - 85 3,000
SUN 15/09/2002 2:00 PM Werribee v Geelong (R) TEAC Oval 65 - 92

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 22/09/2002 2:10 PM Port Melbourne v Geelong (R) Optus Oval 83 - 105 11,500