1944 Hawthorn Football Club season
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1944 season | |||
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President | Dr. Jacob Jona | ||
Coach | Tommy Lahiff | ||
Captain(s) | Jim Bohan | ||
Home ground | Glenferrie Oval | ||
VFL Season | 2–15–1 (11th) | ||
Finals Series | Did not qualify | ||
Best and Fairest | Jack Blackman | ||
Leading goalkicker | Wally Culpitt (57) | ||
Highest home attendance | 12,000 (Round 1 vs. Essendon, Round 8 vs. Fitzroy) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 5,000 (Round 17 vs. North Melbourne) | ||
Average home attendance | 9,556 | ||
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The 1944 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 20th season in the Victorian Football League and 43rd overall.
Fixture[]
Premiership Season[]
The VFL went back to an 18-round season after Geelong rejoined the competition due to the wartime travel restriction being relaxed.
Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Record | ||
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Home | Away | Result | ||||||
1 | Saturday, 6 May (2:45 pm) | Essendon | 9.14 (68) | 15.16 (106) | Lost by 38 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 12,000 | 0–1 |
2 | Saturday, 13 May (2:45 pm) | Carlton | 18.16 (124) | 9.14 (68) | Lost by 56 points | Princes Park (A) | 11,000 | 0–2 |
3 | Saturday, 20 May (2:45 pm) | Geelong | 22.12 (144) | 13.13 (91) | Won by 53 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 8,000 | 1–2 |
4 | Saturday, 27 May (2:45 pm) | St Kilda | 9.12 (66) | 11.7 (73) | Won by 7 points | Junction Oval (A) | 10,000 | 2–2 |
5 | Saturday, 3 June (2:30 pm) | Collingwood | 8.9 (57) | 10.13 (73) | Lost by 16 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 11,000 | 2–3 |
6 | Saturday, 10 June (2:30 pm) | North Melbourne | 21.16 (142) | 17.11 (113) | Lost by 29 points | Arden Street Oval (A) | 10,000 | 2–4 |
7 | Saturday, 17 June (2:30 pm) | Fitzroy | 14.13 (97) | 7.10 (52) | Lost by 45 points | Brunswick Street Oval (A) | 10,000 | 2–5 |
8 | Saturday, 24 June (2:30 pm) | Footscray | 9.10 (64) | 14.18 (102) | Lost by 38 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 12,000 | 2–6 |
9 | Saturday, 1 July (2:30 pm) | South Melbourne | 15.12 (102) | 11.11 (77) | Lost by 25 points | Junction Oval (A) | 12,000 | 2–7 |
10 | Saturday, 8 July (2:30 pm) | Richmond | 11.9 (75) | 13.16 (94) | Lost by 19 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 11,000 | 2–8 |
11 | Saturday, 15 July (2:30 pm) | Melbourne | 7.10 (52) | 22.25 (157) | Lost by 105 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 10,000 | 2–9 |
12 | Saturday, 22 July (2:30 pm) | Essendon | 19.18 (132) | 3.7 (25) | Lost by 107 points | Windy Hill (A) | 8,000 | 2–10 |
13 | Saturday, 29 July (2:30 pm) | Carlton | 10.2 (62) | 13.28 (106) | Lost by 44 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 11,000 | 2–11 |
14 | Saturday, 5 August (2:45 pm) | Geelong | 11.20 (86) | 9.7 (61) | Lost by 25 points | Kardinia Park (A) | 7,000 | 2–12 |
15 | Saturday, 12 August (2:45 pm) | St Kilda | 12.16 (88) | 12.16 (88) | Draw | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 6,000 | 2–12–1 |
16 | Saturday, 19 August (2:45 pm) | Collingwood | 18.20 (118) | 7.14 (56) | Lost by 72 points | Victoria Park (A) | 5,000 | 2–13–1 |
17 | Saturday, 26 August (2:45 pm) | North Melbourne | 12.12 (84) | 15.19 (109) | Lost by 25 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 5,000 | 2–14–1 |
18 | Saturday, 2 September (2:45 pm) | Melbourne | 14.27 (111) | 6.13 (49) | Lost by 62 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 4,000 | 2–15–1 |
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Ladder[]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | |
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1 | Richmond | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1886 | 1438 | 131.2 | 54 | Finals |
2 | Fitzroy (P) | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1678 | 1280 | 131.1 | 54 | |
3 | Essendon | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1887 | 1408 | 134.0 | 52 | |
4 | Footscray | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1529 | 1430 | 106.9 | 50 | |
5 | Carlton | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1656 | 1259 | 131.5 | 48 | |
6 | North Melbourne | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1619 | 1614 | 100.3 | 40 | |
7 | South Melbourne | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1358 | 1402 | 96.9 | 36 | |
8 | Melbourne | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1521 | 1481 | 102.7 | 28 | |
9 | St Kilda | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1358 | 1502 | 90.4 | 28 | |
10 | Collingwood | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1452 | 1629 | 89.1 | 28 | |
11 | Hawthorn | 18 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1268 | 1914 | 66.2 | 10 | |
12 | Geelong | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1210 | 2065 | 58.6 | 4 |
Source: VFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
References[]
- ^ "AFL Tables - 1944 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
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