1902 VFA season

none December 2017 December 2017 VFA Premiership season 1902 Richmond fc 1902.jpg 250px Richmond FC, premiers 9 1 1901 1903 The 1902 Victorian Football Association season was the 26th season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Richmond Football Club; it was the first premiership in the club's history. Ladder The premiership was decided on the basis of the best record across sixteen rostered matches, with each club playing the others twice; in the event of a tie for first place, a playoff match would have been held to determine the premiership. Richmond and Port Melbourne were in a close battle for the premiership, and for the second consecutive season the clubs had equal records entering the final weekend of games, making a playoff match a likely outcome. However, in the matches on the final Saturday, Richmond 7.10 (52) defeated Prahran 3.9 (27), and Port Melbourne 3.9 (27) lost to Williamstown 7.3 (45), so the premiership was decided in Richmond's favour without a playoff match. main WDL Q 1902 VFA ladder true points 4 2 no Premiers RIC PMB Port Melbourne NOR WIL Williamstown FOO ESS Essendon Town WME West Melbourne PRA Prahran BRU Brunswick 15 1 0 814 346 P 14 2 0 774 456 10 5 1 682 540 8 8 0 673 587 7 9 0 672 584 5 10 1 484 732 5 11 0 482 704 5 11 0 604 818 2 14 0 483 911 #CCFFCC A 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. complete The Argus 1 September 1902 The Association Clubs - Richmond Premiers 9 Melbourne, VIC Old Boy Notable events On 9 August at the Port Melbourne Cricket Ground, Port Melbourne 9.23 (77) defeated 0.0 (0), the latter failing even to attempt a shot on goal in the match.The Argus Melbourne, VIC 11 August 1902 11 The Association GamesVFA-VFL Records https://www.hardballget.net/l-vfa-vfl-records.html 2021-07-08 Hard Ball Get en As of 2024, it is the only time a club has been held scoreless in a senior Association match since the modern scoring system was adopted in 1897.Atkinson, Graeme Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Australian Rules Football ... 1982 The Five Mile Press, Melbourne 0-86788-009-0. On Thursday 4 September, a match was played between a combined Association team and a combined League team at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. The match was played for the benefit of Fred McGinis, who had played for in both competitions but through illness had become almost blind during the year; a crowd of around 7,000 attended, and more than £200 was raised. The League 9.17 (71) defeated the Association 4.3 (27) by 44 points. It was the first time that teams representing the rival competitions had played against each other since the breakaway of the League in 1897; another would not be played until 1915.The Argus Melbourne, VIC Football – M'Ginis benefit match 5 September 1924 8 Old Boy See also Victorian Football Association/Victorian Football League History (1877-2008) List of VFA/VFL Premiers (1877-2007) References Category:Victorian Football League seasons VFL