# 1925 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1925 Hawthorn Football Club season first edition of the Hawthorn Football Club in the Victorian Football League and 24th overall. The club was allowed entry to join the VFL crossing over from the Victorian Football Association. Alex Hall was the first coach for the VFL team while Jim Jackson was the first captain.
The club's first match in the Victorian Football League were against the Richmond at the Glenferrie Oval on the 2 May 1925. The club finished 3–14 in their first season which placed them 12th and last on the ladder, receiving the wooden spoon.
Hawthorn's best and fairest was awarded to Fred Finch while Les Woodford was the leading goalkicker with twenty goals for the season.

## Season summary

Hawthorn began their 1925 season on the 2 May against Richmond at Glenferrie Oval as one of the three new teams competing (the others being North Melbourne and Footscray. In the opening game, they scored the first VFL goal, from Hec Yeomans, although they would lose by 39 points. The following week they suffered a 54 point loss to St Kilda. It would not be until Round 5, that Hawthorn would record their first victory in the VFL as Les Woodford scored three goals in a sixteen point victory over fellow newcomers Footscray who was missing seven players from the previous week. The following week would see Hawthorn give up a seventeen point lead at the half time break to lose by four points at Arden Street Oval to North Melbourne.
That loss to North Melbourne, would see the start of a seven-game losing streak which included losses to the defending VFL champions Essendon (31 points), South Melbourne (67 points) and Fitzroy (84 points). The streak of losses would be broken on the 10 August with a three point win over St Kilda at home in Round 13 with Bert Hyde getting three goals for Hawthorn in the victory. They evently finish with the wooden-spoon with a third win in the final match of the season against North Melbourne at home in what was their biggest win of the season (25 points).

### Results

| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Record |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Record |
| 1 | Saturday, 2 May (2:45 pm) | Richmond | 5.8 (38) | 11.11 (77) | Lost by 39 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 0–1 |
| 2 | Saturday, 9 May (2:45 pm) | St Kilda | 17.12 (114) | 8.12 (60) | Lost by 54 points | Junction Oval (A) | 0–2 |
| 3 | Saturday, 16 May (2:45 pm) | Collingwood | 9.11 (65) | 11.16 (82) | Lost by 17 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 0–3 |
| 4 | Saturday, 23 May (2:45 pm) | Carlton | 10.10 (70) | 6.13 (49) | Lost by 21 points | Princes Park (A) | 0–4 |
| 5 | Saturday, 30 May (2:45 pm) | Footscray | 10.14 (74) | 8.10 (58) | Won by 16 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 1–4 |
| 6 | Saturday, 6 June (2:45 pm) | North Melbourne | 8.13 (61) | 8.9 (57) | Lost by 4 points | Arden Street Oval (A) | 1–5 |
| 7 | Saturday, 13 June (2:45 pm) | Geelong | 15.11 (101) | 7.7 (49) | Lost by 52 points | Corio Oval (A) | 1–6 |
| 8 | Saturday, 20 June (2:45 pm) | Essendon | 9.7 (61) | 10.14 (74) | Lost by 31 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 1–7 |
| 9 | Saturday, 27 June (2:45 pm) | South Melbourne | 15.14 (104) | 5.7 (37) | Lost by 67 points | Lake Oval (A) | 1–8 |
| 10 | Saturday, 11 July (2:45 pm) | Fitzroy | 19.11 (125) | 5.11 (41) | Lost by 84 points | Brunswick Street Oval (A) | 1–9 |
| 11 | Saturday, 18 July (2:45 pm) | Melbourne | 6.10 (46) | 14.18 (102) | Lost by 56 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 1–10 |
| 12 | Saturday, 1 August (2:45 pm) | Richmond | 6.11 (47) | 3.11 (29) | Lost by 18 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 1–11 |
| 13 | Saturday, 8 August (2:45 pm) | St Kilda | 8.11 (59) | 8.8 (56) | Won by 3 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 2–11 |
| 14 | Saturday, 22 August (2:45 pm) | Collingwood | 11.18 (84) | 8.12 (60) | Lost by 24 points | Victoria Park (A) | 2–12 |
| 15 | Saturday, 29 August (2:45 pm) | Carlton | 7.10 (52) | 11.14 (80) | Lost by 28 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 2–13 |
| 16 | Saturday, 5 September (2:45 pm) | Footscray | 15.10 (100) | 10.10 (70) | Lost by 30 points | Western Oval (A) | 2–14 |
| 17 | Saturday, 12 September (2:45 pm) | North Melbourne | 7.13 (55) | 4.6 (30) | Won by 25 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 3–14 |

### Ladder

| (P) | Premiers |
| | Qualified for finals |
| # | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
| 1 | Geelong (P) | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1564 | 1024 | 152.7 | 60 |
| 2 | Essendon | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1271 | 1065 | 119.3 | 52 |
| 3 | Melbourne | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 1273 | 919 | 138.5 | 50 |
| 4 | Collingwood | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1377 | 1083 | 127.1 | 48 |
| 5 | Fitzroy | 17 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1292 | 1028 | 125.7 | 48 |
| 6 | St Kilda | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1116 | 1120 | 99.6 | 32 |
| 7 | Richmond | 17 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 981 | 1131 | 86.7 | 26 |
| 8 | South Melbourne | 17 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1089 | 1271 | 85.7 | 24 |
| 9 | Carlton | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1066 | 1349 | 79.0 | 20 |
| 10 | North Melbourne | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1030 | 1370 | 75.2 | 20 |
| 11 | Footscray | 17 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1132 | 1368 | 82.7 | 16 |
| 12 | Hawthorn | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 902 | 1365 | 66.1 | 12 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for Average score: 69.1 Source: AFL Tables