1943 Hawthorn Football Club season

19th season in the Victorian Football League

Australian rules football club season

Hawthorn Football Club1943 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

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### Lightning Premiership

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See also: 1943 VFL Lightning Premiership

The lightning premiership was played between rounds 11 and 12.

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Semifinal  | Saturday, 24 July  | Fitzroy | 5.4 (34)  | 3.6 (24) | Lost by 10 points  | Princes Park (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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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

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1943 VFL midseason ladder  Pos | Team

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1  | Essendon | 10  | 8  | 2  | 0  | 951  | 782  | 121.6  | 36  | Plays 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th[2]
2  | Richmond | 10  | 7  | 3  | 0  | 968  | 808  | 119.8  | 32  | Plays 1st, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th
3  | Fitzroy | 10  | 7  | 3  | 0  | 968  | 849  | 114.0  | 32  | Plays 1st, 2nd, 5th, 7th, 9th
4  | Hawthorn | 10  | 7  | 3  | 0  | 910  | 866  | 105.1  | 32  | Plays 1st, 2nd, 5th, 8th, 10th
5  | Carlton | 10  | 5  | 5  | 0  | 893  | 789  | 113.2  | 24  | Plays 1st, 3rd, 4th, 8th, 9th
6  | Footscray | 10  | 5  | 5  | 0  | 837  | 774  | 108.1  | 24  | Plays 1st, 2nd, 7th, 8th, 10th
7  | Melbourne | 10  | 5  | 5  | 0  | 898  | 1010  | 88.9  | 24  | Plays 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 9th, 10th
8  | North Melbourne | 10  | 4  | 5  | 1  | 768  | 885  | 86.8  | 22  | Plays 4th, 5th, 6th, 9th, 10th
9  | Collingwood | 10  | 3  | 7  | 0  | 748  | 864  | 86.6  | 16  | Plays 3rd, 5th, 7th, 8th, 10th
10  | South Melbourne | 10  | 2  | 8  | 0  | 887  | 943  | 94.1  | 12  | Plays 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th
11  | St Kilda | 10  | 1  | 8  | 1  | 731  | 989  | 73.9  | 10  | Eliminated

Source: "How the clubs stand". The Football Record. Vol. 30, no. 14\. Melbourne, VIC. 31 July 1943. p. 10.
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.

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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

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1. ^ "AFL Tables - 1943 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
2. ^ "Fixtures". The Football Record. Vol. 30, no. 12\. Melbourne, VIC. 17 July 1943. p. 11.

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