1942 Hawthorn Football Club season
| 1942 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Dr. Jacob Jona | ||
| Coach | Roy Cazaly | ||
| Captain(s) | Jack Carmody | ||
| Home ground | Glenferrie Oval | ||
| VFL Season | 1–14 (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 | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 2,500 (Round 15 vs. Melbourne | ||
| Average home attendance | 4,143 | ||
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The 1942 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 18th season in the Victorian Football League and 41st overall.
Fixture
[edit]Premiership Season
[edit]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 | Record | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0–1 |
| 2 | Saturday, 16 May (2:45 pm) | St Kilda | 16.13 (109) | 9.17 (71) | Lost by 38 points | Toorak Park (A) | 5,500 | 0–2 |
| 3 | Saturday, 23 May (2:45 pm) | Footscray | 5.11 (41) | 17.15 (117) | Lost by 76 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 5,000 | 0–3 |
| 4 | Saturday, 30 May (2:45 pm) | Melbourne | 16.15 (111) | 8.17 (65) | Lost by 46 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 3,500 | 0–4 |
| 5 | Saturday, 6 June (2:45 pm) | Collingwood | 13.10 (88) | 10.20 (80) | Won by 8 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 4,000 | 1–4 |
| 6 | Bye | |||||||
| 7 | Saturday, 20 June (2:45 pm) | Fitzroy | 16.14 (110) | 14.10 (94) | Lost by 16 points | Brunswick Street Oval (A) | 5,000 | 1–5 |
| 8 | Saturday, 27 June (2:45 pm) | Essendon | 22.12 (144) | 5.8 (38) | Lost by 106 points | Windy Hill (A) | 6,000 | 1–6 |
| 9 | Saturday, 4 July (2:45 pm) | Carlton | 8.10 (58) | 12.14 (86) | Lost by 28 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 3,000 | 1–7 |
| 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 | 1–8 |
| 11 | Saturday, 18 July (2:45 pm) | Richmond | 13.17 (95) | 19.13 (127) | Lost by 32 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 6,000 | 1–9 |
| 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 | 1–10 |
| 13 | Saturday, 1 August (2:45 pm) | St Kilda | 8.9 (57) | 10.15 (75) | Lost by 18 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 3,500 | 1–11 |
| 14 | Saturday, 8 August (2:45 pm) | Footscray | 20.17 (137) | 9.4 (58) | Lost by 79 points | Yarraville Oval (A) | 2,500 | 1–12 |
| 15 | Saturday, 15 August (2:45 pm) | Melbourne | 7.15 (57) | 16.22 (118) | Lost by 61 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 2,500 | 1–13 |
| 16 | Saturday, 22 August (2:45 pm) | Collingwood | 16.21 (117) | 15.13 (103) | Lost by 14 points | Victoria Park (A) | 2,000 | 1–14 |
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Ladder
[edit]Teams were awarded four premiership points for each bye, with five teams receiving two byes as the result of an uneven fixture.[2]
| (P) | Premiers |
| Qualified for finals |
| # | Team | P | W | L | D | B | PF | PA | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Essendon (P) | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1426 | 1122 | 127.1 | 52 |
| 2 | Richmond | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1778 | 1322 | 134.5 | 48 |
| 3 | South Melbourne | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1513 | 1173 | 129.0 | 48 |
| 4 | Footscray | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1460 | 1159 | 126.0 | 48 |
| 5 | Carlton | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1361 | 1132 | 120.2 | 48 |
| 6 | Fitzroy | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1405 | 1340 | 104.9 | 36 |
| 7 | St Kilda | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1076 | 1314 | 81.9 | 32 |
| 8 | Melbourne | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1384 | 1624 | 85.2 | 24 |
| 9 | North Melbourne | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1105 | 1413 | 78.2 | 24 |
| 10 | Collingwood | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1120 | 1474 | 76.0 | 16 |
| 11 | Hawthorn | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1058 | 1613 | 65.6 | 8 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 91.8
Source: AFL Tables
References
[edit]- ^ "AFL Tables - 1942 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
- ^ Rodgers, Stephen (1992), Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results, 1897–1991 (3rd ed.), Ringwood, VIC: Viking O‘Neil
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