1948 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1948 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 24th season in the Victorian Football League and 47th overall.

Hawthorn Football Club

1948 season
President	Dr. Jacob Jona
Coach	Alec Albiston
Captain(s)	Alec Albiston
Home ground	Glenferrie Oval
VFL Season	5–14 (11th)
Finals Series	Did not qualify
Best and Fairest	Kevin Curran
Leading goalkicker	Albert Prior (47)
Highest home attendance	18,000 (Round 9 vs. Collingwood)
Lowest home attendance	5,000 (Round 19 vs. St Kilda)
Average home attendance	11,110
← 1947 1949 →

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

Ladder

(P)	Premiers
	Qualified for finals

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	Essendon	19	16	2	1	1838	1340	137.2	66
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

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 82.4
Source: AFL Tables