carlton (6-7) vs collingwood (11-2) princess park
collingwood beat carlton by 37 points. collingwood (12-2) host south. carlton (6-8) play melbourne.
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Score | Date / Result | Ground | Crowd | ||
| Carlton | 1.1 | 1.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 15 | Sat 2-Aug-1902 3:00 pm | Princes Park | ||
| Collingwood | 3.5 | 5.6 | 6.7 | 7.10 | 52 | Collingwood won by 37 points | |||
essendon (9-4) vs st kilda (0-13) east melbourne
essendon keep st kilda winless by 62 points. essendon (10-4) and st kilda (0-14) play each other in a reverse fixture (st kilda home game).
| Essendon | 3.0 | 9.3 | 9.9 | 12.12 | 84 | Sat 2-Aug-1902 3:00 pm | East Melbourne | |
| St. Kilda | 1.0 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 22 | Essendon won by 62 points | ||
south (5-8) vs melbourne (6-7) lake oval
melbourne regain 4th by 6 golas over south. melbourne (7-7) host carlton. south (5-9) play collingwood.
| South Melbourne | 1.0 | 1.4 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 27 | Sat 2-Aug-1902 3:00 pm | Lake Oval | |
| Melbourne | 2.2 | 4.2 | 7.3 | 9.9 | 63 | Melbourne won by 36 points | ||
geelong (7-6) vs fitzroy (8-5) corio oval
fitzroy punch their ticket to the finals by 21 points over geelong. fitzroy (9-5) and geelong (7-7) have a complete rematch.
| Geelong | 0.2 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 5.10 | 40 | Sat 2-Aug-1902 3:00 pm | Corio Oval | |
| Fitzroy | 5.1 | 6.5 | 8.6 | 9.7 | 61 | Fitzroy won by 21 points | ||
ladder
| 1902 Ladder | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | Home | Away | GF-BF | For | GA-BA | Agn | % | Pts |
| 1 | Collingwood | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5-0-2 | 7-0-0 | 111.172 (39%) | 838 | 61.95 (39%) | 461 | 181.8 | 48 | |
| 2 | Essendon | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4-0-3 | 6-0-1 | 94.126 (43%) | 690 | 65.116 (36%) | 506 | 136.4 | 40 | |
| 3 | Fitzroy | 14 | 9 | 5 | 4-0-3 | 5-0-2 | 104.159 (40%) | 783 | 74.109 (40%) | 553 | 141.6 | 36 | |
| 4 | Melbourne | 14 | 7 | 7 | 4-0-3 | 3-0-4 | 81.132 (38%) | 618 | 79.136 (37%) | 610 | 101.3 | 28 | |
| 5 | Geelong | 14 | 7 | 7 | 3-0-4 | 4-0-3 | 81.118 (41%) | 604 | 89.133 (40%) | 667 | 90.6 | 28 | |
| 6 | Carlton | 14 | 6 | 8 | 3-0-4 | 3-0-4 | 65.104 (38%) | 494 | 84.149 (36%) | 653 | 75.7 | 24 | |
| 7 | South Melbourne | 14 | 5 | 9 | 4-0-3 | 1-0-6 | 66.126 (34%) | 522 | 66.139 (32%) | 535 | 97.6 | 20 | |
| 8 | St Kilda | 14 | 14 | 0-0-7 | 0-0-7 | 53.90 (37%) | 408 | 137.150 (48%) | 972 | 42.0 | 0 | ||
round 15 matches
melbourne v carlton MCG
geelong v fitzroy CO
st kilda v essendon JO
collingwood v south VP