1941 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1941 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 17th season in the Victorian Football League and 40th overall.

Hawthorn Football Club

1941 season
President	Dr. Jacob Jona
Coach	Bert Mills
Captain(s)	Bert Mills
Home ground	Glenferrie Oval
Lightning Premiership	1st Round
VFL Season	3–15 (12th)
Finals Series	Did not qualify
Best and Fairest	Alec Albiston
Leading goalkicker	Alec Albiston (57)
Highest home attendance	10,000 (Round 5 vs. Essendon)
Lowest home attendance	2,000 (Round 12 vs. Melbourne
Average home attendance	6,500
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Fixture

Lightning Premiership

See also: 1941 VFL Lightning Premiership

The VFL held a lightning premiership competition for the second season in a row. The competition was held between rounds 4 and 5

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday, 24 May	Fitzroy	4.0 (24)	3.1 (19)	Lost by 5 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)

Premiership Season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Record
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday. 26 April (2:45 pm)	Footscray	13.15 (93)	7.10 (52)	Lost by 41 points	Western Oval (A)	10,500	0–1
2	Saturday, 3 May (2:45 pm)	Collingwood	13.17 (95)	17.16 (118)	Lost by 23 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	9,000	0–2
3	Saturday, 10 May (2:45 pm)	Carlton	18.12 (120)	10.13 (73)	Lost by 47 points	Princes Park Football Ground (A)	9,000	0–3
4	Saturday, 17 May (2:45 pm)	Geelong	13.16 (94)	11.13 (79)	Won by 15 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	6,000	1–3
5	Saturday, 31 May (2:45 pm)	Essendon	8.12 (60)	23.18 (156)	Lost by 96 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	10,000	1–4
6	Saturday, 7 June (2:45 pm)	Richmond	17.15 (117)	8.14 (62)	Lost by 55 points	Punt Road Oval (A)	8,500	1–5
7	Saturday, 14 June (2:30 pm)	South Melbourne	6.20 (56)	13.12 (90)	Lost by 34 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	7,000	1–6
8	Saturday, 21 June (2:30 pm)	Melbourne	6.8 (44)	12.12 (84)	Lost by 40 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	2,000	1–7
9	Saturday, 28 June (2:30 pm)	Fitzroy	21.19 (145)	10.20 (80)	Lost by 65 points	Brunswick Street Oval (A)	7,000	1–8
10	Saturday, 5 July (2:30 pm)	North Melbourne	13.20 (98)	6.14 (50)	Lost by 48 points	Arden Street Oval (A)	3,000	1–9
11	Saturday, 12 July (2:30 pm)	St Kilda	13.12 (90)	9.15 (69)	Won by 21 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	4,000	2–9
12	Saturday, 19 July (2:30 pm)	Footscray	11.14 (80)	15.12 (102)	Lost by 22 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	5,000	2–10
13	Saturday, 26 July (2:30 pm)	Collingwood	22.20 (152)	12.13 (85)	Lost by 67 points	Victoria Park (A)	4,000	2–11
14	Saturday, 2 August (2:45 pm)	Carlton	11.15 (81)	16.25 (121)	Lost by 40 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	7,500	2–12
15	Saturday, 9 August (2:45 pm)	Geelong	22.12 (144)	19.15 (129)	Lost by 15 points	Kardinia Park (A)	4,500	2–13
16	Saturday, 16 August (2:45 pm)	Essendon	19.17 (131)	14.9 (93)	Lost by 38 points	Windy Hill (A)	7,000	2–14
17	Saturday, 23 August (2:45 pm)	Richmond	8.12 (60)	18.22 (130)	Lost by 70 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	8,000	2–15
18	Saturday, 30 August (2:45 pm)	South Melbourne	7.12 (54)	11.17 (83)	Won by 29 points	Lake Oval (A)	3,000	3–15

Ladder

(P)	Premiers
	Qualified for finals

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	Carlton	18	14	4	0	1948	1619	120.3	56
2	Melbourne (P)	18	14	4	0	1993	1701	117.2	56
3	Richmond	18	14	4	0	1714	1469	116.7	56
4	Essendon	18	13	5	0	1864	1431	130.3	52
5	Collingwood	18	12	6	0	1743	1571	110.9	48
6	Footscray	18	10	8	0	1676	1517	110.5	40
7	Fitzroy	18	8	10	0	1695	1760	96.3	32
8	South Melbourne	18	8	10	0	1397	1552	90.0	32
9	North Melbourne	18	6	12	0	1759	1893	92.9	24
10	Geelong	18	3	15	0	1561	1880	83.0	12
11	St Kilda	18	3	15	0	1454	1775	81.9	12
12	Hawthorn	18	3	15	0	1367	2003	68.2	12

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 93.4
Source: AFL Tables