1942 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club
1942 season
President Dr. Jacob Jona
Coach Roy Cazaly
Captain(s) Jack Carmody
Home ground Glenferrie Oval
VFL Season 11th
Finals Series Did not qualify
Best and Fairest Jack Barker
Leading goalkicker Alec Albiston (32)
Highest home attendance 6,000 (Round 11 vs. Richmond
Main article: 1942 VFL season

The 1942 Hawthorn Football Club season was the clubs 18th season in the Victorian Football League.

Fixture

Premiership Season

See also: 1942 VFL season

With World War II happening at the time, Geelong weren't able to compete in the 1942 season due to wartime travel restrictions, whilst Melbourne and Collingwood struggled to field a team. Hawthorn and Collingwood also withdrew their teams from the reserves competition.

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Ladder
position
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 9 May (2:45 pm) North Melbourne 13.15 (93) 18.19 (117) Lost by 34 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 5,000 9th
2 Saturday, 16 May (2:45 pm) St Kilda 16.13 (109) 9.17 (71) Lost by 38 points Toorak Park (A) 5,500 10th
3 Saturday, 23 May (2:45 pm) Footscray 5.11 (41) 17.15 (117) Lost by 76 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 5,000 11th
4 Saturday, 30 May (2:45 pm) Melbourne 16.15 (111) 8.17 (65) Lost by 46 points Punt Road Oval (A) 3,500 11th
5 Saturday, 6 June (2:45 pm) Collingwood 13.10 (88) 10.20 (80) Won by 8 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 4,000 10th
6 Bye 9th
7 Saturday, 20 June (2:45 pm) Fitzroy 16.14 (110) 14.10 (94) Lost by 16 points Brunswick Street Oval (A) 5,000 10th
8 Saturday, 27 June (2:45 pm) Essendon 22.12 (144) 5.8 (38) Lost by 106 points Windy Hill (A) 6,000 11th
9 Saturday, 4 July (2:45 pm) Carlton 8.10 (58) 12.14 (86) Lost by 28 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 3,000 11th
10 Saturday, 11 July (2:30 pm) South Melbourne 12.19 (91) 13.10 (88) Lost by 3 points Punt Road Oval (A) 6,000 11th
11 Saturday, 18 July (2:45 pm) Richmond 13.17 (95) 19.13 (127) Lost by 32 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 6,000 11th
12 Saturday, 25 July (2:30 pm) North Melbourne 9.10 (64) 6.16 (52) Lost by 12 points Arden Street Oval (A) 3,000 11th
13 Saturday, 1 August (2:45 pm) St Kilda 8.9 (57) 10.15 (75) Lost by 18 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 3,500 11th
14 Saturday, 8 August (2:45 pm) Footscray 20.17 (137) 9.4 (58) Lost by 79 points Yarraville Oval (A) 2,500 11th
15 Saturday, 15 August (2:45 pm) Melbourne 7.15 (57) 16.22 (118) Lost by 61 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 2,500 11th
16 Saturday, 22 August (2:45 pm) Collingwood 16.21 (117) 15.13 (103) Lost by 14 points Victoria Park (A) 2,000 11th
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Ladder

1942 VFL Ladder
TEAM P W L D B PF PA % PTS
1 Essendon (P) 15 12 3 0 1 1426 1122 127.09 52
2 Richmond 15 11 4 0 1 1778 1322 134.49 48
3 South Melbourne 15 11 4 0 1 1513 1173 128.99 48
4 Footscray 14 10 4 0 2 1460 1159 125.97 48
5 Carlton 14 10 4 0 2 1361 1132 120.23 48
6 Fitzroy 15 8 7 0 1 1405 1340 104.85 36
7 St Kilda 14 6 8 0 2 1076 1314 81.89 32
8 Melbourne 15 5 10 0 1 1384 1624 85.22 24
9 North Melbourne 14 4 10 0 2 1105 1413 78.20 24
10 Collingwood 14 2 12 0 2 1120 1474 75.98 16
11 Hawthorn 15 1 14 0 1 1058 1613 65.59 8
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, B = Byes, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against
Note: Each team was awarded 4 pts for every bye they received during the year

References

  1. "AFL Tables - 1942 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
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