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1902 VFL grand final
Grand final of the 1902 Victorian Football League season
Grand final of the 1902 Victorian Football League season
| Field | Value | |
|---|---|---|
| year | 1902 | |
| competition | VFL | |
| match_type | Grand Final | |
| home | [[File:Collingwood icon.svg | 50px]] |
| home_abbr | COL | |
| away | [[File:Essendon Football Club colours.svg | 50px]] |
| away_abbr | ESS | |
| home_qtr1 | 1.2 (8) | |
| home_qtr2 | 3.2 (20) | |
| home_qtr3 | 5.5 (35) | |
| home_qtr4 | 9.6 (60) | |
| away_qtr1 | 1.3 (9) | |
| away_qtr2 | 2.7 (19) | |
| away_qtr3 | 3.7 (25) | |
| away_qtr4 | 3.9 (27) | |
| home_score | 9.6 (60) | |
| away_score | 3.9 (27) | |
| date | 20 September 1902 | |
| stadium | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| attendance | 35,202 | |
| last | 1901 | |
| next | 1903 |
The 1902 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and Essendon Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 20 September 1902. It was the 5th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1902 VFL season. The match, attended by 35,202 spectators, was won by Collingwood by a margin of 33 points, marking that club's first premiership victory.
Teams
| {{Australian rules football kit | pattern_b = _blackstripes4 | pattern_sh = | pattern_so = | body = ffffff | shorts = 000000 | socks = 000000 | title = Collingwood | {{Australian rules football kit | pattern_b = _redrightsash | pattern_sh = | pattern_so =_hoops_black | body = 000000 | shorts = ffffff | socks = FB0000 | title = Essendon |
|---|
| backpocket1 = George Lockwood | fullback = Bill Proudfoot | backpocket2 = Matthew Fell | Bob Rush]] | centrehalfback = Fred Leach | halfbackflank2 = Alf Dummett | Charlie Pannam]] | centre = Con McCormack | John Allan]] | halfforwardflank1 = Jack Incoll | Ted Rowell]] | George Angus]] | forwardpocket1 = Harry Pears | fullforward = Teddy Lockwood | forwardpocket2 = Arthur Leach | ruck = Frank Hailwood | ruckrover = Lardie Tulloch (c) | rover = Dick Condon}} | Fred Mann]] | fullback = Jack Geggie | Bill Robinson]] | Jim Anderson]] | centrehalfback = Hugh Gavin (c) | George Hastings]] | Ted Kennedy]] | Harry Wright]] | wing2 = Herc Vollugi | halfforwardflank1 = Fred Hiskins | centrehalfforward = Albert Thurgood | halfforwardflank2 = Vic Hutchens | forwardpocket1 = Jimmy Larkin | fullforward = Ted Kinnear | forwardpocket2 = Pat O'Loughlin | George Martin]] | Jack McKenzie]] | Billy Griffith]]}} |
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- Umpire – Henry "Ivo" Crapp
Statistics
Goalkickers
Collingwood:
- T Lockwood 3
- T Rowell 3
- J Allan 1
- G Angus 1
- H Pears 1 Essendon:
- F Hiskins 1
- P O'Loughlin 1
- A Thurgood 1

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