1902 VFL season

1902 VFL Premiership season
Teams	8
Premiers	Collingwood (1st premiership)
Minor premiers	Collingwood (1st minor premiership)
Matches played	72
Highest attendance	35,202
Leading Goalkicker Medallist	Charlie Baker (St Kilda)
← 1901 1903 →

The 1902 Victorian Football League season was the sixth season of the elite Australian rules football competition.

In 1902, the VFL competition consisted of eight teams of 18 on-the-field players each, with no "reserves", although any of the 18 players who had left the playing field for any reason could later resume their place on the field at any time during the match.

Each team played each other twice in a home-and-away season of 14 rounds.

Once the 14 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1902 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the amended Argus system.

Collingwood defeated Essendon 9.6 (60) to 3.9 (27). (For an explanation of scoring see Australian rules football).

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