Home Grounds
During the history of the Hawthorn Football Club, the club has had four mainstay home grounds (Glenferrie Oval, Princes Park, Waverley Park and the Melbourne Cricket Ground). Prior to adopting Glenferrie Oval as the club's traditional home the club had a nomadic history, playing home games at whatever the most suitable obtainable ground was for that season. Their first home ground, the Hawthorn C.G. (West Hawthorn Reserve) was abandoned after the first season due to conditions imposed by the Hawthorn Cricket Club and they played at John Wren's Richmond Racecourse in 1903 (which was off Bridge Road between Stawell Street and Westbank Terrace – where Tudor Street and 5 no through streets are now located) and moved to the Richmond Cricket Ground in 1904. Their merger with Boroondara in 1905 had them move to Boroondara's ground, which at the time was the East Melbourne Cricket Ground. Hawthorn dropped their colours of blue and red (similar to Melbourne's guernsey at the time) and adopted Boroondara's colours, which was a black guernsey with red sash but retained the name Hawthorn FC. When the Hawthorn council opened the Hawthorn City Sports Ground (Glenferrie Oval) in October 1905 they endeavored to get a senior club to represent the district to be the main tenant during the next football season. The Hawthorn FC, competing in the Metropolitan Junior Football Association (now known as the VAFA), and Hawthorn Rovers (a popular club in the Eastern Suburbs Association) merged to form the Hawthorn City Football Club and made Glenferrie their home ground (the word City was later dropped and the club was just known as the Hawthorn Football Club when it entered the VFA in 1914) .
| Stadium | Years | Played | Wins | Losses | Draw | Win Percentage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorn Cricket Ground | 1902 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 50% |
| Richmond Racecourse | 1903 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 25% |
| Richmond Cricket Ground | 1904 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 14% |
| East Melbourne Cricket Ground | 1905 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 11% |
| Glenferrie Oval | 1906–1973 | 584 | 245 | 333 | 6 | 47% |
| Princes Park | 1974–1991 | 153 | 114 | 39 | – | 74% |
| Waverley Park | 1992–1999 | 137 | 69 | 38 | – | 51% |
| Melbourne Cricket Ground | 2000– | 157 | 89 | 68 | – | 57% |
| York Park | 2001–2016 | 35 | 24 | 11 | – | 69% |
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