1943 Hawthorn Football Club season
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| 1943 season | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Dr. Jacob Jona | ||
| Coach | Roy Cazaly | ||
| Captain(s) | Bob Williams | ||
| Home ground | Glenferrie Oval | ||
| Lightning Premiership | Semifinals | ||
| VFL Season | 9–6 (5th) | ||
| Finals Series | Did not qualify | ||
| Best and Fairest | Jim Bohan | ||
| Leading goalkicker | Wally Culpitt (43) | ||
| Highest home attendance | 16,000 (Round 9 vs. Footscray | ||
| Lowest home attendance | 7,000 (Round 2 vs. Essendon | ||
| Average home attendance | 10,714 | ||
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The 1943 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 19th season in the Victorian Football League and 42nd overall.
Fixture[edit]
Lightning Premiership[edit]
The lightning premiership was played between rounds 11 and 12.
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | Away | Result | |||||
| Semifinal | Saturday, 24 July | Fitzroy | 5.4 (34) | 3.6 (24) | Lost by 10 points | Princes Park (A) | |
Premiership Season[edit]
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Record | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | Away | Result | ||||||
| 1 | Saturday, 8 May (2:45 pm) | St Kilda | 14.9 (93) | 13.17 (95) | Won by 2 points | Toorak Park (A) | 6,000 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Saturday, 15 May (2:45 pm) | Essendon | 7.8 (50) | 11.15 (81) | Lost by 31 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 7,000 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Saturday, 22 May (2:45 pm) | Melbourne | 10.12 (72) | 17.15 (117) | Won by 45 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 5,000 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Saturday, 29 May (2:45 pm) | Fitzroy | 13.8 (86) | 9.21 (75) | Won by 11 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 9,000 | 3–1 |
| 5 | Saturday, 5 June (2:30 pm) | South Melbourne | 10.15 (75) | 12.13 (85) | Won by 10 points | Princes Park (A) | 14,000 | 4–1 |
| 6 | Bye | |||||||
| 7 | Saturday, 19 June (2:30 pm) | North Melbourne | 20.16 (136) | 13.17 (95) | Won by 41 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 8,000 | 5–1 |
| 8 | Saturday, 26 June (2:30 pm) | Richmond | 15.16 (106) | 8.14 (62) | Lost by 44 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 16,000 | 5–2 |
| 9 | Saturday, 3 July (2:30 pm) | Footscray | 13.11 (89) | 11.13 (79) | Won by 10 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 16,000 | 6–2 |
| 10 | Saturday, 10 July (2:30 pm) | Carlton | 16.9 (105) | 11.14 (80) | Lost by 25 points | Princes Park (A) | 12,000 | 6–3 |
| 11 | Saturday, 17 July (2:30 pm) | Collingwood | 16.14 (110) | 12.13 (85) | Won by 25 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 8,000 | 7–3 |
| 12 | Saturday, 31 July (2:30 pm) | Essendon | 7.13 (55) | 9.12 (66) | Lost by 11 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 12,000 | 7–4 |
| 13 | Saturday, 7 August (2:45 pm) | Carlton | 13.19 (97) | 10.15 (75) | Lost by 22 points | Princes Park (A) | 15,000 | 7–5 |
| 14 | Saturday, 14 August (2:45 pm) | Richmond | 9.14 (68) | 11.7 (73) | Won by 5 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 15,000 | 8–5 |
| 15 | Saturday, 21 August (2:45 pm) | South Melbourne | 13.10 (88) | 7.14 (56) | Won by 32 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 15,000 | 9–5 |
| 16 | Saturday, 28 August (2:45 pm) | North Melbourne | 8.11 (59) | 7.16 (58) | Lost by 1 point | Arden Street Oval (A) | 4,500 | 9–6 |
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Ladder[edit]
| (P) | Premiers |
| Qualified for finals |
| # | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richmond (P) | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1435 | 1166 | 123.1 | 44 |
| 2 | Essendon | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1296 | 1125 | 115.2 | 44 |
| 3 | Fitzroy | 15 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1345 | 1234 | 109.0 | 44 |
| 4 | Carlton | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1420 | 1136 | 125.0 | 40 |
| 5 | Hawthorn | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1259 | 1212 | 103.9 | 40 |
| 6 | Footscray | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1164 | 1244 | 93.6 | 32 |
| 7 | Melbourne | 15 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 1364 | 1537 | 88.7 | 32 |
| 8 | South Melbourne | 15 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1346 | 1272 | 105.8 | 28 |
| 9 | North Melbourne | 15 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 1019 | 1323 | 77.0 | 26 |
| 10 | Collingwood | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1217 | 1358 | 89.6 | 24 |
| 11 | St Kilda | 10 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 731 | 989 | 73.9 | 10 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 85.0
Source: AFL Tables
References[edit]
- ^ "AFL Tables - 1943 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
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