1941 Hawthorn Football Club season

17th season in the Victorian Football League

Australian rules football club season

Hawthorn Football Club1941 season

President| Dr. Jacob Jona
Coach| Bert Mills
Captain(s)| Bert Mills
Home ground| Glenferrie Oval
Lightning Premiership| 1st Round
VFL Season| 3–15 (12th)
Finals Series| Did not qualify
Best and Fairest| Alec Albiston
Leading goalkicker| Alec Albiston (57)
Highest home attendance| 10,000 (Round 5 vs. Essendon)
Lowest home attendance| 2,000 (Round 12 vs. Melbourne
Average home attendance| 6,500

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1942 ->

The 1941 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 17th season in the Victorian Football League and 40th overall.

## Fixture

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### Lightning Premiership

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See also: 1941 VFL Lightning Premiership

The VFL held a lightning premiership competition for the second season in a row. The competition was held between rounds 4 and 5

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1  | Saturday, 24 May  | Fitzroy | 4.0 (24)  | 3.1 (19) | Lost by 5 points  | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)  |

### 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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Home  | Away  | Result
1  | Saturday. 26 April (2:45 pm)  | Footscray | 13.15 (93)  | 7.10 (52) | Lost by 41 points  | Western Oval (A)  | 10,500  | 0–1
2  | Saturday, 3 May (2:45 pm)  | Collingwood | 13.17 (95) | 17.16 (118)  | Lost by 23 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 9,000  | 0–2
3  | Saturday, 10 May (2:45 pm)  | Carlton | 18.12 (120)  | 10.13 (73) | Lost by 47 points  | Princes Park Football Ground (A)  | 9,000  | 0–3
4  | Saturday, 17 May (2:45 pm)  | Geelong | 13.16 (94) | 11.13 (79)  | Won by 15 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 6,000  | 1–3
5  | Saturday, 31 May (2:45 pm)  | Essendon | 8.12 (60) | 23.18 (156)  | Lost by 96 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 10,000  | 1–4
6  | Saturday, 7 June (2:45 pm)  | Richmond | 17.15 (117)  | 8.14 (62) | Lost by 55 points  | Punt Road Oval (A)  | 8,500  | 1–5
7  | Saturday, 14 June (2:30 pm)  | South Melbourne | 6.20 (56) | 13.12 (90)  | Lost by 34 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 7,000  | 1–6
8  | Saturday, 21 June (2:30 pm)  | Melbourne | 6.8 (44) | 12.12 (84)  | Lost by 40 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 2,000  | 1–7
9  | Saturday, 28 June (2:30 pm)  | Fitzroy | 21.19 (145)  | 10.20 (80) | Lost by 65 points  | Brunswick Street Oval (A)  | 7,000  | 1–8
10  | Saturday, 5 July (2:30 pm)  | North Melbourne | 13.20 (98)  | 6.14 (50) | Lost by 48 points  | Arden Street Oval (A)  | 3,000  | 1–9
11  | Saturday, 12 July (2:30 pm)  | St Kilda | 13.12 (90) | 9.15 (69)  | Won by 21 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 4,000  | 2–9
12  | Saturday, 19 July (2:30 pm)  | Footscray | 11.14 (80) | 15.12 (102)  | Lost by 22 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 5,000  | 2–10
13  | Saturday, 26 July (2:30 pm)  | Collingwood | 22.20 (152)  | 12.13 (85) | Lost by 67 points  | Victoria Park (A)  | 4,000  | 2–11
14  | Saturday, 2 August (2:45 pm)  | Carlton | 11.15 (81) | 16.25 (121)  | Lost by 40 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 7,500  | 2–12
15  | Saturday, 9 August (2:45 pm)  | Geelong | 22.12 (144)  | 19.15 (129) | Lost by 15 points  | Kardinia Park (A)  | 4,500  | 2–13
16  | Saturday, 16 August (2:45 pm)  | Essendon | 19.17 (131)  | 14.9 (93) | Lost by 38 points  | Windy Hill (A)  | 7,000  | 2–14
17  | Saturday, 23 August (2:45 pm)  | Richmond | 8.12 (60) | 18.22 (130)  | Lost by 70 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 8,000  | 2–15
18  | Saturday, 30 August (2:45 pm)  | South Melbourne | 7.12 (54)  | 11.17 (83) | Won by 29 points  | Lake Oval (A)  | 3,000  | 3–15
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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 | Carlton | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1948 | 1619 | 120.3 | 56
2 | Melbourne (P) | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1993 | 1701 | 117.2 | 56
3 | Richmond | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1714 | 1469 | 116.7 | 56
4 | Essendon | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1864 | 1431 | 130.3 | 52
5 | Collingwood | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1743 | 1571 | 110.9 | 48
6 | Footscray | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1676 | 1517 | 110.5 | 40
7 | Fitzroy | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1695 | 1760 | 96.3 | 32
8 | South Melbourne | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1397 | 1552 | 90.0 | 32
9 | North Melbourne | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1759 | 1893 | 92.9 | 24
10 | Geelong | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1561 | 1880 | 83.0 | 12
11 | St Kilda | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1454 | 1775 | 81.9 | 12
12 | Hawthorn | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1367 | 2003 | 68.2 | 12

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 93.4
Source: AFL Tables

## References

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1. ^ "AFL Tables - 1941 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.

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