1947 Hawthorn Football Club season

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Hawthorn Football Club
1947 season
PresidentDr. Jacob Jona
CoachAlec Albiston
Captain(s)Alec Albiston
Home groundGlenferrie Oval
VFL Season4–15 (11th)
Finals SeriesDid not qualify
Best and FairestWally Culpitt
Leading goalkickerAlbert Prior (67)
Highest home attendance16,000 (Round 6 vs. Melbourne
Lowest home attendance5,000 (Round 15 vs. St Kilda
Average home attendance11,056
← 1946 1948 →

The 1947 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 23rd season in the Victorian Football League and 46th overall.

Fixture[]

Premiership Season[]

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Record
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 19 April (2:45 pm) Geelong 19.15 (129) 12.12 (84) Lost by 45 points Kardinia Park (A) 13,000 0–1
2 Saturday, 26 April (2:45 pm) Collingwood 13.9 (87) 19.20 (134) Lost by 47 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 15,000 0–2
3 Saturday, 3 May (2:45 pm) Footscray 12.10 (82) 20.14 (134) Lost by 52 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 11,000 0–3
4 Saturday, 10 May (2:45 pm) St Kilda 10.17 (77) 12.12 (84) Won by 7 points Junction Oval (A) 10,500 1–3
5 Saturday, 17 May (2:45 pm) Richmond 16.11 (107) 10.9 (69) Won by 38 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 13,000 2–3
6 Saturday, 24 May (2:45 pm) Melbourne 9.12 (66) 12.9 (81) Lost by 15 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 16,000 2–4
7 Saturday, 31 May (2:45 pm) South Melbourne 15.14 (104) 12.20 (92) Lost by 12 points Lake Oval (A) 15,000 2–5
8 Saturday, 7 June (2:30 pm) North Melbourne 10.15 (75) 10.11 (71) Won by 4 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 12,000 3–5
9 Saturday, 14 June (2:30 pm) Fitzroy 16.15 (111) 8.14 (62) Lost by 49 points Brunswick Street Oval (A) 13,000 3–6
10 Saturday, 21 June (2:30 pm) Essendon 6.9 (45) 18.20 (128) Lost by 83 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 14,000 3–7
11 Saturday, 28 June (2:30 pm) Carlton 18.17 (125) 8.14 (62) Lost by 63 points Princes Park (A) 14,000 3–8
12 Saturday, 5 July (2:30 pm) Geelong 12.11 (83) 16.21 (117) Lost by 34 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 5,500 3–9
13 Saturday, 12 July (2:30 pm) Collingwood 8.17 (65) 6.9 (45) Lost by 20 points Victoria Park (A) 12,000 3–10
14 Saturday, 19 July (2:30 pm) Footscray 13.18 (96) 10.7 (67) Lost by 29 points Western Oval (A) 10,000 3–11
15 Saturday, 26 July (2:30 pm) St Kilda 16.18 (114) 10.9 (69) Won by 45 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 5,000 4–11
16 Saturday, 2 August (2:45 pm) Richmond 13.18 (96) 8.7 (55) Lost by 41 points Punt Road Oval (A) 12,000 4–12
17 Saturday, 16 August (2:45 pm) Melbourne 13.21 (99) 14.9 (93) Lost by 6 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 11,134 4–13
18 Saturday, 23 August (2:45 pm) South Melbourne 12.11 (83) 19.14 (128) Lost by 45 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 8,000 4–14
19 Saturday,30 August (2:45 pm) North Melbourne 10.14 (74) 10.10 (70) Lost by 4 points Arden Street Oval (A) 4,000 4–15
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Ladder[]

1947 VFL ladder
Pos Team
 Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Carlton (P) 19 15 4 0 1833 1368 134.0 60 Finals
2 Essendon 19 14 5 0 1876 1528 122.8 56
3 Fitzroy 19 13 6 0 1736 1370 126.7 52
4 Richmond 19 12 7 0 1726 1582 109.1 48
5 Collingwood 19 11 7 1 1738 1546 112.4 46
6 Melbourne 19 11 8 0 1742 1488 117.1 44
7 Geelong 19 11 8 0 1761 1705 103.3 44
8 South Melbourne 19 8 10 1 1602 1652 97.0 34
9 Footscray 19 8 10 1 1646 1713 96.1 34
10 North Melbourne 19 4 15 0 1390 1789 77.7 16
11 Hawthorn 19 4 15 0 1456 1907 76.4 16
12 St Kilda 19 1 17 1 1221 2079 58.7 6
Source: VFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

References[]

  1. ^ "AFL Tables - 1947 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.


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