1946 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1946 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 22nd season in the Victorian Football League and 45th overall.

Hawthorn Football Club
1946 season
PresidentDr. Jacob Jona
CoachKeith Shea
Captain(s)Jim Bohan
Home groundGlenferrie Oval
VFL Season3–16 (12th)
Finals SeriesDid not qualify
Best and FairestAlec Albiston
Leading goalkickerAlbert Prior (52)
Highest home attendance19,000 (Round 1 vs. Collingwood)
Lowest home attendance5,000 (Round 13 vs. Geelong)
Average home attendance11,500

Fixture

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Premiership Season

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Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Record
Home Away Result
1 Monday, 22 April (2:45 pm) Collingwood 7.19 (61) 18.16 (124) Lost by 63 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 19,000 0–1
2 Saturday, 27 April (2:45 pm) Geelong 15.14 (104) 9.19 (73) Lost by 31 points Kardinia Park (A) 7,500 0–2
3 Saturday, 4 May (2:45 pm) Carlton 15.11 (101) 19.17 (131) Lost by 30 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 16,000 0–3
4 Saturday, 11 May (2:45 pm) Essendon 8.6 (54) 24.13 (157) Lost by 103 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 10,000 0–4
5 Saturday, 18 May (2:45 pm) South Melbourne 11.21 (87) 6.17 (53) Lost by 34 points Junction Oval (A) 10,000 0–5
6 Saturday, 25 May (2:45 pm) Melbourne 16.10 (106) 13.13 (91) Won by 15 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 8,000 1–5
7 Saturday, 1 June (2:30 pm) Footscray 13.12 (90) 14.15 (99) Lost by 9 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 13,000 1–6
8 Saturday, 8 June (2:30 pm) Fitzroy 14.14 (98) 9.10 (64) Lost by 34 points Brunswick Street Oval (A) 12,000 1–7
9 Monday, 17 June (2:30 pm) North Melbourne 17.20 (122) 14.13 (97) Won by 25 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 14,000 2–7
10 Saturday, 22 June (2:30 pm) St Kilda 10.24 (84) 9.12 (66) Lost by 18 points Junction Oval (A) 8,000 2–8
11 Saturday, 6 July (2:30 pm) Richmond 9.6 (60) 14.14 (98) Lost by 38 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 11,000 2–9
12 Saturday, 13 July (2:30 pm) Collingwood 15.23 (113) 11.14 (80) Lost by 33 points Victoria Park (A) 11,000 2–10
13 Saturday, 20 July (2:30 pm) Geelong 15.22 (112) 11.15 (81) Won by 31 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 5,000 3–10
14 Saturday, 27 July (2:30 pm) Carlton 15.18 (108) 10.11 (71) Lost by 37 points Princes Park (A) 17,000 3–11
15 Saturday, 3 August (2:45 pm) Essendon 21.18 (144) 12.7 (79) Lost by 65 points Windy Hill (A) 12,000 3–12
16 Saturday, 10 August (2:45 pm) South Melbourne 12.15 (87) 16.14 (110) Lost by 23 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 13,000 3–13
17 Saturday, 17 August (2:45 pm) Melbourne 18.15 (123) 13.8 (86) Lost by 37 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 15,601 3–14
18 Saturday, 24 August (2:45 pm) Footscray 23.27 (165) 8.5 (53) Lost by 112 points Western Oval (A) 12,000 3–15
19 Saturday, 31 August (2:45 pm) Fitzroy 9.15 (69) 12.22 (94) Lost by 25 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 6,000 3–16
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Ladder

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(P) Premiers
Qualified for finals
# Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 Essendon (P) 19 15 4 0 1980 1407 140.7 60
2 Collingwood 19 13 6 0 1849 1477 125.2 52
3 Footscray 19 13 6 0 1917 1628 117.8 52
4 Melbourne 19 13 6 0 1700 1622 104.8 52
5 Richmond 19 11 8 0 1921 1659 115.8 44
6 Carlton 19 11 8 0 1724 1688 102.1 44
7 South Melbourne 19 10 9 0 1627 1528 106.5 40
8 Fitzroy 19 9 10 0 1589 1339 118.7 36
9 North Melbourne 19 8 11 0 1536 1685 91.2 32
10 Geelong 19 4 15 0 1505 2124 70.9 16
11 St Kilda 19 4 15 0 1332 1902 70.0 16
12 Hawthorn 19 3 16 0 1487 2108 70.5 12

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 88.5
Source: AFL Tables

References

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  1. ^ "AFL Tables - 1946 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.