1902 Hawthorn Football Club season

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1902 season
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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]

Contents

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
ListCoaching 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

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

Ladder

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

PosTeamPldWLDGFGAPts
1 Collegians (P)1615101435160
2 Brighton 1615101235060
3 Caulfield 16106010310740
4 South Yarra 16961938338
5 Leopold 169701107336
6 Hawthorn 166100729424
7 Beverley 164111489218
8 St Ignatius 163130253512
− Celtic (W)808016400

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

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