1940 Hawthorn Football Club season
| 1940 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Dr. Jacob Jano | ||
| Coach | Bert Mills | ||
| Captain(s) | Bert Mills | ||
| Home ground | Glenferrie Oval | ||
| Patriotic Premiership | 1st Round | ||
| VFL Season | 9th | ||
| Finals Series | Did not quality | ||
| Best and Fairest | Andy Angwin | ||
| Leading goalkicker | Alby Naismith (25) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 16,000 (Round 3 vs. Richmond | ||
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Main article: 1940 VFL season
The 1940 Hawthorn Football Club season was the clubs 16th season in the Victorian Football League.
Fixture
Patriotic Premiership
See also: 1940 VFL Lightning Premiership
The VFL between Rounds 14 and 15 played a one day lightning carnival, Known as the Patriotic Premiership, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to raise money for the Patriotic Fund. The matches played were twenty minutes long with no time-on.
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | ||
| Home | Away | Result | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturday, 3 August | St Kilda | 2.2 (14) | 3.2 (20) | Lost by 6 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | |
Premiership Season
See also: 1940 VFL season
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Ladder position | ||
| Home | Away | Result | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saturday, 27 April (2:45 pm) | North Melbourne | 25.11 (161) | 13.11 (89) | Won by 72 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 14,000 | 1st |
| 2 | Saturday, 4 May (2:45 pm) | St Kilda | 12.25 (97) | 7.13 (55) | Lost by 42 points | Junction Oval (A) | 17,000 | 4th |
| 3 | Saturday, 11 May (2:45 pm) | Richmond | 15.12 (102) | 19.15 (129) | Lost by 27 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 16,000 | 8th |
| 4 | Saturday, 18 May (2:45 pm) | South Melbourne | 22.13 (145) | 16.10 (106) | Lost by 39 points | Lake Oval (A) | 9,000 | 12th |
| 5 | Saturday, 25 May (2:45 pm) | Essendon | 12.18 (90) | 9.19 (73) | Lost by 17 points | Windy Hill (A) | 12,000 | 12th |
| 6 | Saturday, 1 June (2:30 pm) | Melbourne | 12.15 (87) | 11.15 (81) | Won by 6 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 8,000 | 11th |
| 7 | Saturday, 8 June (2:30 pm) | Fitzroy | 17.11 (113) | 12.14 (86) | Lost by 27 points | Brunswick Street Oval (A) | 7,000 | 11th |
| 8 | Saturday, 15 June (2:30 pm) | Footscray | 8.17 (65) | 15.20 (110) | Lost by 45 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 10,000 | 11th |
| 9 | Saturday, 22 June (2:30 pm) | Geelong | 12.18 (90) | 6.10 (46) | Lost by 44 points | Corio Oval (A) | 4,000 | 12th |
| 10 | Saturday, 29 June (2:30 pm) | Carlton | 13.11 (89) | 13.18 (96) | Won by 7 points | Princes Park (A) | 10,000 | 12th |
| 11 | Saturday, 6 July (2:30 pm) | Collingwood | 10.17 (77) | 14.17 (101) | Lost by 24 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 10,000 | 12th |
| 12 | Saturday, 13 July (2:30 pm) | North Melbourne | 11.11 (77) | 9.16 (70) | Lost by 7 points | Arden Street Oval (A) | 3,000 | 11th |
| 13 | Saturday, 20 July (2:30 pm) | St Kilda | 17.17 (119) | 8.15 (63) | Won by 56 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 8,000 | 10th |
| 14 | Saturday, 27 July (2:30 pm) | Richmond | 11.13 (79) | 12.15 (87) | Won by 8 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 9,000 | 10th |
| 15 | Saturday, 10 August (2:45 pm) | South Melbourne | 10.19 (79) | 10.13 (73) | Won by 6 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 8,000 | 9th |
| 16 | Saturday, 17 August (2:45 pm) | Essendon | 11.8 (84) | 18.12 (120) | Lost by 36 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 9,000 | 9th |
| 17 | Saturday, 24 August (2:45 pm) | Melbourne | 26.20 (176) | 8.14 (62) | Lost by 114 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 8,722 | 10th |
| 18 | Saturday, 31 August (2:45 pm) | Fitzroy | 13.16 (94) | 5.8 (38) | Won by 56 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 5,500 | 9th |
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Ladder
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| TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | PTS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Melbourne (P) | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2110 | 1677 | 125.82 | 56 | |||
| 2 | Richmond | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1787 | 1489 | 120.01 | 48 | |||
| 3 | Essendon | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1611 | 1489 | 108.19 | 48 | |||
| 4 | Geelong | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1645 | 1599 | 102.88 | 44 | |||
| 5 | Carlton | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1730 | 1555 | 111.25 | 40 | |||
| 6 | Footscray | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1696 | 1558 | 108.86 | 36 | |||
| 7 | Fitzroy | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1443 | 1563 | 92.32 | 36 | |||
| 8 | Collingwood | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1621 | 1611 | 100.62 | 32 | |||
| 9 | Hawthorn | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1549 | 1760 | 88.01 | 28 | |||
| 10 | South Melbourne | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1480 | 1696 | 87.26 | 28 | |||
| 11 | St Kilda | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1418 | 1634 | 86.78 | 20 | |||
| 12 | North Melbourne | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1381 | 1840 | 75.05 | 16 | |||
| Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against | ||||||||||||
References
- ↑ "AFL Tables - 1940 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
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