1902 VFL grand final

1902 VFL Grand Final
Collingwood Essendon 9.6 (60) 3.9 (27)
1 2 3 4 COL 1.2 (8) 3.2 (20) 5.5 (35) 9.6 (60) ESS 1.3 (9) 2.7 (19) 3.7 (25) 3.9 (27)
Date	20 September 1902
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance	35,202
← 1901 VFL Grand Final 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

Collingwood

Essendon

Collingwood B: George Lockwood Bill Proudfoot Matthew Fell HB: Bob Rush Fred Leach Alf Dummett C: Charlie Pannam Con McCormack John Allan HF: Jack Incoll Ted Rowell George Angus F: Harry Pears Teddy Lockwood Arthur Leach Foll: Frank Hailwood Lardie Tulloch (c) Dick Condon

Essendon B: Fred Mann Jack Geggie Bill Robinson HB: Jim Anderson Hugh Gavin (c) George Hastings C: Ted Kennedy Harry Wright Herc Vollugi HF: Fred Hiskins Albert Thurgood Vic Hutchens F: Jimmy Larkin Ted Kinnear Pat O'Loughlin Foll: George Martin Jack McKenzie Billy Griffith

• 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

Collingwood, Premiers

See also

• 1902 VFL season