2002 VFL season

2002 VFL
Teams	16
Premiers	Geelong reserves (1st premiership)
Minor premiers	Geelong 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 Ladder
	TEAM	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	Pct	PTS
1	Geelong reserves (P)	20	17	3	0	2171	1377	157.66	68
2	Werribee	20	16	4	0	2233	1450	154.00	64
3	Coburg	20	16	4	0	2019	1466	137.72	64
4	Port Melbourne	20	14	6	0	2097	1780	117.81	56
5	Box Hill	20	12	7	1	2235	1758	127.13	50
6	Williamstown	20	11	9	0	1997	1821	109.67	44
7	Murray Kangaroos	20	10	9	1	2018	1949	103.54	42
8	Sandringham	20	10	10	0	1831	1768	103.56	40
9	Carlton reserves	20	10	10	0	1785	1807	98.78	40
10	Essendon reserves	20	10	10	0	2091	2144	97.53	40
11	Springvale	20	9	11	0	1654	1748	94.62	36
12	Tasmania	20	8	11	1	1730	1942	89.08	34
13	Northern Bullants	20	6	14	0	1824	2121	86.00	84
14	North Ballarat	20	5	15	0	1485	2024	73.37	20
15	Frankston	20	4	16	0	1530	2258	67.76	16
16	Bendigo	20	0	19	1	1266	2553	49.59	2
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership points								Source

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

• List of VFA/VFL premiers
• Australian Rules Football
• Victorian Football League
• Australian Football League
• 2002 AFL season

References

1. 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.