1948 Hawthorn Football Club season

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Hawthorn Football Club
1948 season
PresidentDr. Jacob Jona
CoachAlec Albiston
Captain(s)Alec Albiston
Home groundGlenferrie Oval
VFL Season5–14 (11th)
Finals SeriesDid not qualify
Best and FairestKevin Curran
Leading goalkickerAlbert Prior (47)
Highest home attendance18,000 (Round 9 vs. Collingwood)
Lowest home attendance5,000 (Round 19 vs. St Kilda)
Average home attendance11,110
← 1947 1949 →

The 1948 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 24th season in the Victorian Football League and 47th 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, 17 April (2:15 pm) Carlton 11.10 (76) 17.15 (117) Lost by 41 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 16,000 0–1
2 Saturday, 26 April (2:15 pm) Essendon 11.16 (82) 8.11 (59) Lost by 23 points Windy Hill (A) 16,000 0–2
3 Saturday, 1 May (2:15 pm) Footscray 12.12 (84) 6.9 (45) Lost by 39 points Western Oval (A) 13,000 0–3
4 Saturday, 8 May (2:15 pm) North Melbourne 14.21 (105) 11.15 (81) Won by 24 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 9,000 1–3
5 Saturday, 15 May (2:15 pm) Fitzroy 15.19 (109) 6.11 (47) Lost by 62 points Brunswick Street Oval (A) 8,500 1–4
6 Saturday, 22 May (2:15 pm) Geelong 17.10 (112) 12.3 (75) Won by 37 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 9,500 2–4
7 Saturday, 29 May (2:15 pm) Richmond 9.11 (65) 12.14 (86) Lost by 21 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 17,000 2–5
8 Saturday, 5 June (2:15 pm) St Kilda 7.12 (54) 10.12 (72) Won by 18 points Junction Oval (A) 7,000 3–5
9 Saturday, 12 June (2:15 pm) Collingwood 8.8 (56) 12.17 (99) Lost by 43 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 18,000 3–6
10 Saturday, 19 June (2:15 pm) Melbourne 18.12 (120) 11.13 (79) Lost by 41 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 12,157 3–7
11 Saturday, 3 July (2:15 pm) South Melbourne 9.7 (61) 12.15 (87) Lost by 26 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 8,000 3–8
12 Saturday, 10 July (2:15 pm) Carlton 17.10 (112) 10.9 (69) Lost by 43 points Princes Park (A) 9,000 3–9
13 Saturday, 17 July (2:15 pm) Essendon 9.12 (66) 18.14 (122) Lost by 56 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 12,000 3–10
14 Saturday, 24 July (2:15 pm) Footscray 11.7 (73) 11.12 (78) Lost by 5 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 8,000 3–11
15 Saturday, 31 July (2:15 pm) North Melbourne 11.18 (84) 8.9 (57) Lost by 27 points Arden Street Oval (A) 9,000 3–12
16 Saturday, 14 August (2:15 pm) Fitzroy 6.7 (43) 4.16 (40) Won by 3 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 8,500 4–12
17 Saturday, 21 August (2:15 pm) Geelong 11.14 (80) 11.15 (81) Won by 1 point Kardinia Park (A) 10,000 5–12
18 Saturday, 28 August (2:15 pm) Richmond 17.11 (113) 9.6 (60) Lost by 53 points Punt Road Oval (A) 16,000 5–13
19 Saturday, 4 September (2:15 pm) St Kilda 7.12 (54) 9.13 (67) Lost by 13 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 5,000 5–14
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Ladder[]

1948 VFL ladder
Pos Team
 Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Essendon 19 16 2 1 1838 1340 137.2 66 Finals
2 Melbourne (P) 19 13 6 0 1682 1347 124.9 52
3 Collingwood 19 13 6 0 1775 1500 118.3 52
4 Footscray 19 12 7 0 1499 1453 103.2 48
5 Richmond 19 11 7 1 1895 1509 125.6 46
6 Carlton 19 10 9 0 1768 1564 113.0 40
7 Fitzroy 19 9 10 0 1529 1355 112.8 36
8 North Melbourne 19 8 11 0 1328 1589 83.6 32
9 Geelong 19 7 12 0 1558 1737 89.7 28
10 South Melbourne 19 7 12 0 1512 1826 82.8 28
11 Hawthorn 19 5 14 0 1280 1690 75.7 20
12 St Kilda 19 2 17 0 1124 1878 59.9 8
Source: VFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

References[]

  1. ^ "AFL Tables - 1948 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.


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