1927 Hawthorn Football Club season

3rd season in the Victorian Football League

Australian rules football club season

Hawthorn Football Club1927 season

President| J.W. Kennon
Coach| Dan Minogue
Captain(s)| Clarrie Lethlean
Home ground| Glenferrie Oval
VFL Season| 1–17 (12th)
Finals Series| Did not qualify
Best and Fairest| Ern Utting
Leading goalkicker| Bert Hyde (41)
Highest home attendance| 10,000 (Round 6 vs. Melbourne, Round 9 vs. Richmond)
Lowest home attendance| 5,000 (Round 12 vs. St Kilda, Round 14 vs. Footscray)
Average home attendance| 7,556

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The 1927 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 3rd season in the Victorian Football League and 26th overall.

## 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

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1  | Saturday, 30 April (2:45 pm)  | St Kilda | 12.16 (88)  | 11.2 (68) | Lost by 20 points  | Junction Oval (A)  | 12,000  | 0–1
2  | Saturday, 7 May (2:45 pm)  | Collingwood | 7.9 (51) | 11.11 (77)  | Lost by 26 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 9,000  | 0–2
3  | Saturday, 14 May (2:45 pm)  | Footscray | 10.18 (78)  | 7.10 (52) | Lost by 26 points  | Western Oval (A)  | 11,000  | 0–3
4  | Saturday, 21 May (2:45 pm)  | North Melbourne | 8.8 (56) | 20.13 (133)  | Lost by 77 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 8,000  | 0–4
5  | Saturday, 28 May (2:45 pm)  | Carlton | 14.12 (96)  | 6.16 (52) | Lost by 44 points  | Princes Park (A)  | 10,000  | 0–5
6  | Saturday, 4 June (2:45 pm)  | Melbourne | 12.8 (80) | 17.10 (112)  | Lost by 32 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 10,000  | 0–6
7  | Saturday, 11 June (2:45 pm)  | Fitzroy | 11.11 (77) | 15.13 (103)  | Lost by 26 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 7,000  | 0–7
8  | Saturday, 18 June (2:45 pm)  | Geelong | 22.23 (155)  | 8.8 (56) | Lost by 99 points  | Corio Oval (A)  | 8,500  | 0–8
9  | Saturday, 25 June (2:45 pm)  | Richmond | 9.6 (60) | 9.20 (74)  | Lost by 14 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 10,000  | 0–9
10  | Saturday, 2 July (2:45 pm)  | South Melbourne | 13.19 (97)  | 5.11 (41) | Lost by 56 points  | Lake Oval (A)  | 5,000  | 0–10
11  | Saturday, 9 July (2:45 pm)  | Essendon | 9.17 (71) | 11.12 (78)  | Lost by 7 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 6,000  | 0–11
12  | Saturday, 16 July (2:45 pm)  | St Kilda | 7.12 (54) | 8.11 (59)  | Lost by 5 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 5,000  | 0–12
13  | Saturday, 23 July (2:45 pm)  | Collingwood | 18.13 (121)  | 6.11 (47) | Lost by 74 points  | Victoria Park (A)  | 7,000  | 0–13
14  | Saturday, 30 July (2:45 pm)  | Footscray | 8.19 (67) | 11.19 (85)  | Lost by 18 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 5,000  | 0–14
15  | Saturday, 6 August (2:45 pm)  | North Melbourne | 11.10 (76)  | 15.9 (99) | Won by 23 points  | Arden Street Oval (A)  | 4,000  | 1–14
16  | Saturday, 27 August (2:45 pm)  | Carlton | 10.10 (70) | 14.14 (98)  | Lost by 28 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 8,000  | 1–15
17  | Saturday, 3 September (2:45 pm)  | Melbourne | 10.13 (73)  | 3.15 (33) | Lost by 40 points  | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)  | 5,268  | 1–16
18  | Saturday, 10 September (2:45 pm)  | Richmond | 16.23 (119)  | 6.17 (53) | Lost by 66 points  | Punt Road Oval (A)  | 11,000  | 1–17
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## Ladder

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(P) | Premiers

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#  | Team  | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | %  | Pts

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1 | Collingwood (P) | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1559 | 1035 | 150.6 | 60
2 | Richmond | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1483 | 1102 | 134.6 | 56
3 | Geelong | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1594 | 1208 | 132.0 | 56
4 | Carlton | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1434 | 1178 | 121.7 | 52
5 | Melbourne | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1548 | 1169 | 132.4 | 48
6 | South Melbourne | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1373 | 1431 | 95.9 | 36
7 | St Kilda | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1178 | 1564 | 75.3 | 32
8 | Essendon | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1198 | 1237 | 96.8 | 26
9 | Fitzroy | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1335 | 1558 | 85.7 | 26
10 | Footscray | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1131 | 1325 | 85.4 | 24
11 | North Melbourne | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1085 | 1476 | 73.5 | 12
12 | Hawthorn | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1087 | 1722 | 63.1 | 4

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 74.1
Source: AFL Tables

## References

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1. ^ "AFL Tables - 1927 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.

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