1939 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1939 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 15th season in the Victorian Football League and 38th overall.

Hawthorn Football Club
1939 season
PresidentDr. Jacob Jona
CoachLen Thomas
Captain(s)Len Thomas
Home groundGlenferrie Oval
VFL Season5–12–1 (10th)
Finals SeriesDid not qualify
Best and FairestBert Mills
Leading goalkickerAlec Albiston (37)
Highest home attendance21,000 (Round 8 vs. Richmond
Lowest home attendance6,000 (Round 15 vs. Fitzroy)
Average home attendance12,889

Fixture

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Premiership Season

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Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Record
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 22 April (2:45 pm) St Kilda 18.20 (128) 9.13 (67) Lost by 61 points Junction Oval (A) 15,500 0–1
2 Saturday, 29 April (2:45 pm) North Melbourne 17.13 (115) 11.11 (77) Won by 38 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 11,000 1–1
3 Saturday, 6 May (2:45 pm) Geelong 17.14 (116) 8.18 (66) Won by 50 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 12,000 2–1
4 Saturday, 13 May (2:45 pm) Fitzroy 10.17 (77) 11.11 (77) Draw Brunswick Street Oval (A) 12,000 2–1–1
5 Saturday, 20 May (2:45 pm) Carlton 13.8 (86) 11.17 (83) Won by 3 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 20,000 3–1–1
6 Saturday, 27 May (2:45 pm) Collingwood 14.14 (98) 12.7 (79) Lost by 19 points Victoria Park (A) 15,000 3–2–1
7 Saturday, 3 June (2:30 pm) Footscray 12.15 (87) 7.23 (65) Won by 22 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 12,500 4–2–1
8 Saturday, 10 June (2:45 pm) Richmond 7.13 (55) 12.21 (93) Lost by 38 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 21,000 4–3–1
9 Saturday, 17 June (2:45 pm) South Melbourne 15.18 (108) 12.14 (86) Lost by 22 points Lake Oval (A) 9,000 4–4–1
10 Saturday, 24 June (2:45 pm) Essendon 19.11 (125) 16.19 (115) Lost by 10 points Windy Hill (A) 11,000 4–5–1
11 Saturday, 1 July (2:45 pm) Melbourne 8.4 (52) 7.12 (54) Lost by 2 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 8,000 4–6–1
12 Saturday, 8 July (2:45 pm) St Kilda 11.18 (84) 15.17 (107) Lost by 23 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 18,000 4–7–1
13 Saturday, 15 July (2:45 pm) North Melbourne 18.11 (119) 11.16 (82) Lost by 37 points Arden Street Oval (A) 8,000 4–8–1
14 Saturday, 22 July (2:45 pm) Geelong 15.22 (112) 13.12 (90) Lost by 22 points Corio Oval (A) 5,000 4–9–1
15 Saturday, 5 August (2:45 pm) Fitzroy 10.20 (80) 12.7 (79) Won by 1 point Glenferrie Oval (H) 6,000 5–9–1
16 Saturday, 12 August (2:45 pm) Carlton 18.16 (124) 7.20 (62) Lost by 62 points Princes Park (A) 11,000 5–10–1
17 Saturday, 19 August (2:45 pm) Collingwood 6.15 (51) 7.17 (59) Lost by 8 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 7,500 5–11–1
18 Saturday, 2 September (2:45 pm) Footscray 11.17 (83) 6.7 (43) Lost by 40 points Western Oval (A) 3,500 5–12–1
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Ladder

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(P) Premiers
Qualified for finals
# Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 Melbourne (P) 18 15 3 0 1928 1502 128.4 60
2 Collingwood 18 15 3 0 1872 1535 122.0 60
3 Richmond 18 13 5 0 1734 1469 118.0 52
4 St Kilda 18 13 5 0 1806 1550 116.5 52
5 Carlton 18 12 6 0 1796 1459 123.1 48
6 Essendon 18 8 10 0 1696 1749 97.0 32
7 Geelong 18 7 11 0 1582 1713 92.4 28
8 Fitzroy 18 6 11 1 1482 1661 89.2 26
9 North Melbourne 18 6 12 0 1561 1709 91.3 24
10 Hawthorn 18 5 12 1 1427 1657 86.1 22
11 Footscray 18 4 14 0 1494 1809 82.6 16
12 South Melbourne 18 3 15 0 1367 1932 70.8 12

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 91.4
Source: AFL Tables

References

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  1. ^ "AFL Tables - 1939 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.