The 1902 Hawthorn Football Club season was the inaugural season of the Hawthorn Football Club. The club was formed in April 1902 and was admitted into the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (MJFA) several weeks later.
Hawthorn's first-ever game was a four-point loss to St Ignatius in round 1. The club's first win came in round 4, defeating Celtic by 18 points. At the end of the season, Hawthorn finished sixth on the ladder with a 6−10 win-loss record.
1902 playing squad
Season summary
Results Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Record Ref Home Away Result 1 Saturday, 3 May (2:30pm) St Ignatius 3.9 (27) 3.5 (23) Richmond City Reserve 0–1 2 Saturday, 10 May Caulfield 5.12 (42) 10.11 (71) Hawthorn Cricket Ground 0–2 3 Saturday, 17 May 8.15 (63) 1.8 (14) Warehousemen's Cricket Ground 0–3 4 Saturday, 24 May Celtic 5.14 (44) 3.8 (26) Hawthorn Cricket Ground 1–3 5 Saturday, 31 May Brighton 7.12 (55) 7.2 (44) Brighton Beach Oval 1–4 6 Saturday, 7 June Collegians 9.18 (72) 1.1 (7) St Kilda Cricket Ground 1–5 7 Saturday, 14 June Bye 8 Saturday, 21 June Caulfield 10.15 (75) 7.8 (50) Caulfield Park 1–6 9 Saturday, 28 June Beverley 2.1 (13) 5.11 (41) Richmond City Reserve 2–6 10 Saturday, 5 July South Yarra 5.6 (36) 8.7 (55) Hawthorn Cricket Ground 2–7 11 Saturday, 12 July Celtic N/A East Melbourne Cricket Ground 3–7 12 Saturday, 19 July Bye 13 Saturday, 26 July Brighton 2.2 (14) 11.9 (75) Hawthorn Cricket Ground 3–8 14 Saturday, 2 August 8.15 (63) 2.2 (14) Hawthorn Cricket Ground 4–8 15 Saturday, 16 August 5.10 (40) 5.4 (34) Hawthorn Cricket Ground 5–8 16 Saturday, 23 August St Ignatius 13.17 (95) 1.5 (11) Hawthorn Cricket Ground 6–8 17 Saturday, 30 August Collegians 3.4 (22) 6.18 (54) Hawthorn Cricket Ground 6–9 18 Saturday, 6 September South Yarra 9.11 (65) 2.2 (14) Fawkner Park 6–10 19 Saturday, 13 September Bye
Ladder Total games "played" and "won" includes all walkover victories over Celtic.
+ Team 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 16 9 7 0 110 73 36 6 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
See also 1902 MJFA season List of Hawthorn Football Club seasons
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