2002 VFL season

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2002 VFL season
Teams16
PremiersGeelong reserves
(1st premiership)
Minor premiersGeelong reserves
(1st minor premiership)
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The 2002 Victorian Football League season was the 121st season of the Australian rules football competition.

The premiership was won by the Geelong Football Club reserves team, after defeating Port Melbourne by 22 points in the Grand Final on 22 September.

Premiership season[]

Ladder[]

2002 VFL season
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Geelong reserves (P) 20 17 3 0 2171 1377 157.7 68 Finals
2 Werribee 20 16 4 0 2233 1450 154.0 64
3 Coburg 20 16 4 0 2019 1466 137.7 64
4 Port Melbourne 20 14 6 0 2097 1780 117.8 56
5 Box Hill 20 12 7 1 2235 1758 127.1 50
6 Williamstown 20 11 9 0 1997 1821 109.7 44
7 Murray Kangaroos 20 10 9 1 2018 1949 103.5 42
8 Sandringham 20 10 10 0 1831 1768 103.6 40
9 Carlton reserves 20 10 10 0 1785 1807 98.8 40
10 Essendon reserves 20 10 10 0 2091 2144 97.5 40
11 Springvale 20 9 11 0 1654 1748 94.6 36
12 Tasmania 20 8 11 1 1730 1942 89.1 34
13 Northern Bullants 20 6 14 0 1824 2121 86.0 24
14 North Ballarat 20 5 15 0 1485 2024 73.4 20
15 Frankston 20 4 16 0 1530 2258 67.8 16
16 Bendigo 20 0 19 1 1266 2553 49.6 2
Source:[citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals Series[]

  Qualifying / Elimination finals Semi-finals Preliminary finals Grand final
                                   
  QF1: 31 August, North Port Oval  
1  Geelong 16.14 (110)  
4  Port Melbourne 18.9 (117)     SF1: September 8, North Port Oval  
     Geelong 18.15 (123)    
EF1: August 31, Box Hill City Oval      Sandringham 4.9 (33)       PF1: September 14, North Port Oval
5  Box Hill 9.7 (61)        Port Melbourne 13.10 (88)  
8  Sandringham 8.15 (63)          Coburg 12.13 (85)     GF: September 22, Optus Oval
         Port Melbourne 12.11 (83)
  EF2: September 1, W.C.G.       PF2: September 15, North Port Oval      Geelong 15.15 (105)
6  Williamstown 14.14 (98)          Werribee 9.11 (65)  
7  Murray Kangaroos 18.18 (126)     SF2: September 7, North Port Oval        Geelong 12.20 (92)  
     Coburg 14.15 (99)    
QF2: September 1, North Port Oval      Murray Kangaroos 11.8 (74)    
2  Werribee 13.13 (91)  
3  Coburg 14.6 (90)  


Grand Final[]

2002 VFL Grand Final
Sunday 22 September

(2:10 pm)

Port Melbourne def. by Geelong Optus Oval (crowd: 11,500) [1]
2.3 (15)
7.5 (47)
12.8 (80)
 12.11 (83) 		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final 		3.2 (20)
7.6 (48)
9.12 (66)
 15.15 (105) 		Norm Goss Memorial Medal: James Rahilly (Geelong)
Stevens 2, Gill 2, Ablett, Buchanan, Evans, O'Keefe, Phibbs, Rix, Robertson, Schneider Goals Mensch 3, S. Johnson 2, Ablett, Chapman, Chatfield, Gardiner, Hunt, McCarthy, O'Brien, Slade, White

Awards[]

  • The Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal was won for the fourth consecutive year by Nick Sautner (Frankston), who kicked 93 goals.[2]
  • The J. J. Liston Trophy was won by Sam Mitchell (Box Hill). In the most dominant Liston Trophy performance in history, Mitchell polled 31 votes in only eleven games, including ten best-on-ground performances. Dean Talbot (Coburg) was second with 19 votes, and Mark Bradley (Bendigo) was third with 18 votes.[3]
  • The Fothergill-Round Medal was won by Michael Firrito (Box Hill).[4]
  • Williamstown won the reserves premiership. Williamstown 11.15 (81) defeated Werribee 10.14 (74) in the Grand Final, held as a curtain-raiser to the Seniors Grand Final on 22 September.[1]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Jon Ralph (23 September 2002). "Mensch spurs Cats to break drought". Herald Sun. Melbourne, VIC. p. 61.
  2. ^ "Frosty Miller Medallists". Fox Sports Pulse. 25 May 2016. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  3. ^ Gordon Oldham (17 September 2002). "Box Hill midfielder wins Liston Trophy". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  4. ^ "Fothergill-Round Medallists". Sportingpulse. 29 October 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
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