The 1902 Hawthorn Football Club season was the inaugural season of the Hawthorn Football Club.[1] The club was formed in March 1902 and was admitted into the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA) several weeks later.[2][3]

Hawthorn's first-ever game was a four-point loss to St Ignatius in round 1.[4] The club's first win came in round 4, defeating Celtic by 18 points.[5] At the end of the season, Hawthorn finished sixth on the ladder with a 6−10 win-loss record.[6][7]

1902 playing squad

1902 Hawthorn Football Club squad
List Coaching staff
  •   J. Gardner
  •   Coucher
  •   Trott
  •   Carroll
  •   Poole
  •   Cole
  •   Dungan
  •   Watson
  •   Evans
  •   Warcy
  •   Bishop
  •   Griffin
  •   Boxhall
  •   Hollingsworth
  •   Kosky
  •   Gibb
  •   Percy Abercrombie



Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Updated: 23 December 2024
Source(s): [8][9][10]

Season summary

Results

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Record Report
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 3 May (2:30pm) St Ignatius 3.9 (27) 3.5 (23) Lost by 4 points Richmond City Reserve (A) 0–1 [4]
2 Saturday, 10 May Caulfield 5.12 (42) 10.11 (71) Lost by 29 points St James Park (H) 0–2 [11][12]
3 Saturday, 17 May Leopold 8.15 (63) 1.8 (14) Lost by 48 points Warehousemen's Cricket Ground (A) 0–3 [13]
4 Saturday, 24 May Celtic 5.14 (44) 3.8 (26) Won by 18 points Hawthorn Cricket Ground (H) 1–3 [14]
5 Saturday, 31 May Brighton 7.12 (55) 7.2 (44) Lost by 11 points Brighton (A) 1–4 [15]
6 Saturday, 7 June Collegians 9.18 (72) 1.1 (7) Lost by 65 points St Kilda Cricket Ground (A) 1–5 [16]
7 Saturday, 14 June Bye
8 Saturday, 21 June Caulfield 10.15 (75) 7.8 (50) Lost by 25 points Caulfield Park (A) 1–6 [17][18][19]
9 Saturday, 28 June Beverley 2.1 (13) 5.11 (41) Won by 28 points Richmond City Reserve (A) 2–6 [20][21]
10 Saturday, 5 July South Yarra 5.6 (36) 8.7 (55) Lost by 19 points Hawthorn Cricket Ground (H) 2–7 [9][22]
11 Saturday, 12 July Celtic Won via walkover 3–7 [23][24]
12 Saturday, 19 July Bye
13 Saturday, 26 July Brighton 2.2 (14) 11.9 (75) Lost by 61 points Hawthorn Cricket Ground (H) 3–8 [25]
14 Saturday, 2 August Richmond 8.15 (63) 2.2 (14) Won by 49 points Hawthorn Cricket Ground (H) 4–8 [26]
15 Saturday, 16 August Leopold 5.10 (40) 5.4 (34) Won by 6 points Hawthorn Cricket Ground (H) 5–8 [27]
16 Saturday, 23 August St Ignatius 13.17 (95) 1.5 (11) Won by 84 points Hawthorn Cricket Ground (H) 6–8 [28][29]
17 Saturday, 30 August Collegians 3.4 (22) 6.18 (54) Lost by 32 points Hawthorn Cricket Ground (H) 6–9 [30][31][32]
18 Saturday, 6 September South Yarra 9.11 (65) 2.2 (14) Lost by 51 points Fawkner Park (A) 6–10 [33][34][35]
19 Saturday, 13 September Bye

Ladder

Total games "played" and "won" includes all walkover victories over Celtic.

Pos Team Pld W L D GF GA Pts
1 Collegians (P) 16 15 1 0 143 51 60
2 Brighton 16 15 1 0 123 50 60
3 Caulfield 16 10 6 0 103 107 40
4 South Yarra 16 9 6 1 93 83 38
5 Leopold 16 9 7 0 110 73 36
6 Hawthorn 16 6 10 0 72 94 24
7 Beverley 16 4 11 1 48 92 18
8 St Ignatius 16 3 13 0 25 35 12
− Celtic (W) 8 0 8 0 16 40 0

Source: [6][7]
(P) Premiers; (W) Club withdrew

See also

References

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