The 1940 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 16th season in the Victorian Football League and 39th overall.

Fixture

Patriotic Premiership

See also: 1940 VFL Lightning Premiership

The VFL between Rounds 14 and 15 played a one-day lightning carnival, Known as the Patriotic Premiership, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to raise money for the Patriotic Fund. The matches played were twenty minutes long with no time-on.

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 3 August St Kilda 2.2 (14) 3.2 (20) Lost by 6 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)

Premiership Season

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Record
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 27 April (2:45 pm) North Melbourne 25.11 (161) 13.11 (89) Won by 72 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 14,000 1–0
2 Saturday, 4 May (2:45 pm) St Kilda 12.25 (97) 7.13 (55) Lost by 42 points Junction Oval (A) 17,000 1–1
3 Saturday, 11 May (2:45 pm) Richmond 15.12 (102) 19.15 (129) Lost by 27 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 16,000 1–2
4 Saturday, 18 May (2:45 pm) South Melbourne 22.13 (145) 16.10 (106) Lost by 39 points Lake Oval (A) 9,000 1–3
5 Saturday, 25 May (2:45 pm) Essendon 12.18 (90) 9.19 (73) Lost by 17 points Windy Hill (A) 12,000 1–4
6 Saturday, 1 June (2:30 pm) Melbourne 12.15 (87) 11.15 (81) Won by 6 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 8,000 2–4
7 Saturday, 8 June (2:30 pm) Fitzroy 17.11 (113) 12.14 (86) Lost by 27 points Brunswick Street Oval (A) 7,000 2–5
8 Saturday, 15 June (2:30 pm) Footscray 8.17 (65) 15.20 (110) Lost by 45 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 10,000 2–6
9 Saturday, 22 June (2:30 pm) Geelong 12.18 (90) 6.10 (46) Lost by 44 points Corio Oval (A) 4,000 2–7
10 Saturday, 29 June (2:30 pm) Carlton 13.11 (89) 13.18 (96) Won by 7 points Princes Park (A) 10,000 3–7
11 Saturday, 6 July (2:30 pm) Collingwood 10.17 (77) 14.17 (101) Lost by 24 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 10,000 3–8
12 Saturday, 13 July (2:30 pm) North Melbourne 11.11 (77) 9.16 (70) Lost by 7 points Arden Street Oval (A) 3,000 3–9
13 Saturday, 20 July (2:30 pm) St Kilda 17.17 (119) 8.15 (63) Won by 56 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 8,000 4–9
14 Saturday, 27 July (2:30 pm) Richmond 11.13 (79) 12.15 (87) Won by 8 points Punt Road Oval (A) 9,000 5–9
15 Saturday, 10 August (2:45 pm) South Melbourne 10.19 (79) 10.13 (73) Won by 6 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 8,000 6–9
16 Saturday, 17 August (2:45 pm) Essendon 11.8 (84) 18.12 (120) Lost by 36 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 9,000 6–10
17 Saturday, 24 August (2:45 pm) Melbourne 26.20 (176) 8.14 (62) Lost by 114 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 8,722 6–11
18 Saturday, 31 August (2:45 pm) Fitzroy 13.16 (94) 5.8 (38) Won by 56 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 5,500 7–11
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Ladder

(P) Premiers
Qualified for finals
# Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 Melbourne (P) 18 14 4 0 2110 1677 125.8 56
2 Richmond 18 12 6 0 1787 1489 120.0 48
3 Essendon 18 12 6 0 1611 1489 108.2 48
4 Geelong 18 11 7 0 1645 1599 102.9 44
5 Carlton 18 10 8 0 1730 1555 111.3 40
6 Footscray 18 9 9 0 1696 1558 108.9 36
7 Fitzroy 18 9 9 0 1443 1563 92.3 36
8 Collingwood 18 8 10 0 1621 1611 100.6 32
9 Hawthorn 18 7 11 0 1549 1760 88.0 28
10 South Melbourne 18 7 11 0 1480 1696 87.3 28
11 St Kilda 18 5 13 0 1418 1634 86.8 20
12 North Melbourne 18 4 14 0 1381 1840 75.1 16

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 90.1
Source: AFL Tables

References

  1. ^ "AFL Tables - 1940 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940_Hawthorn_Football_Club_season
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