1944 Hawthorn Football Club season

20th season in the Victorian Football League

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Australian rules football club season

Hawthorn Football Club1944 season

President| Dr. Jacob Jona
Coach| Tommy Lahiff
Captain(s)| Jim Bohan
Home ground| Glenferrie Oval
VFL Season| 2–15–1 (11th)
Finals Series| Did not qualify
Best and Fairest| Jack Blackman
Leading goalkicker| Wally Culpitt (57)
Highest home attendance| 12,000 (Round 1 vs. Essendon, Round 8 vs. Fitzroy)
Lowest home attendance| 5,000 (Round 17 vs. North Melbourne)
Average home attendance| 9,556

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The 1944 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 20th season in the Victorian Football League and 43rd overall.

## Fixture

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### Premiership Season

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See also: 1944 VFL season

The VFL went back to an 18-round season after Geelong rejoined the competition due to the wartime travel restriction being relaxed.

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, 6 May (2:45 pm)  | Essendon | 9.14 (68) | 15.16 (106)  | Lost by 38 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 12,000  | 0–1
2  | Saturday, 13 May (2:45 pm)  | Carlton | 18.16 (124)  | 9.14 (68) | Lost by 56 points  | Princes Park (A)  | 11,000  | 0–2
3  | Saturday, 20 May (2:45 pm)  | Geelong | 22.12 (144) | 13.13 (91)  | Won by 53 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 8,000  | 1–2
4  | Saturday, 27 May (2:45 pm)  | St Kilda | 9.12 (66)  | 11.7 (73) | Won by 7 points  | Junction Oval (A)  | 10,000  | 2–2
5  | Saturday, 3 June (2:30 pm)  | Collingwood | 8.9 (57) | 10.13 (73)  | Lost by 16 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 11,000  | 2–3
6  | Saturday, 10 June (2:30 pm)  | North Melbourne | 21.16 (142)  | 17.11 (113) | Lost by 29 points  | Arden Street Oval (A)  | 10,000  | 2–4
7  | Saturday, 17 June (2:30 pm)  | Fitzroy | 14.13 (97)  | 7.10 (52) | Lost by 45 points  | Brunswick Street Oval (A)  | 10,000  | 2–5
8  | Saturday, 24 June (2:30 pm)  | Footscray | 9.10 (64) | 14.18 (102)  | Lost by 38 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 12,000  | 2–6
9  | Saturday, 1 July (2:30 pm)  | South Melbourne | 15.12 (102)  | 11.11 (77) | Lost by 25 points  | Junction Oval (A)  | 12,000  | 2–7
10  | Saturday, 8 July (2:30 pm)  | Richmond | 11.9 (75) | 13.16 (94)  | Lost by 19 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 11,000  | 2–8
11  | Saturday, 15 July (2:30 pm)  | Melbourne | 7.10 (52) | 22.25 (157)  | Lost by 105 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 10,000  | 2–9
12  | Saturday, 22 July (2:30 pm)  | Essendon | 19.18 (132)  | 3.7 (25) | Lost by 107 points  | Windy Hill (A)  | 8,000  | 2–10
13  | Saturday, 29 July (2:30 pm)  | Carlton | 10.2 (62) | 13.28 (106)  | Lost by 44 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 11,000  | 2–11
14  | Saturday, 5 August (2:45 pm)  | Geelong | 11.20 (86)  | 9.7 (61) | Lost by 25 points  | Kardinia Park (A)  | 7,000  | 2–12
15  | Saturday, 12 August (2:45 pm)  | St Kilda | 12.16 (88) | 12.16 (88)  | Draw  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 6,000  | 2–12–1
16  | Saturday, 19 August (2:45 pm)  | Collingwood | 18.20 (118)  | 7.14 (56) | Lost by 72 points  | Victoria Park (A)  | 5,000  | 2–13–1
17  | Saturday, 26 August (2:45 pm)  | North Melbourne | 12.12 (84) | 15.19 (109)  | Lost by 25 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 5,000  | 2–14–1
18  | Saturday, 2 September (2:45 pm)  | Melbourne | 14.27 (111)  | 6.13 (49) | Lost by 62 points  | Punt Road Oval (A)  | 4,000  | 2–15–1
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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 | Richmond | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1886 | 1438 | 131.2 | 54
2 | Fitzroy (P) | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1678 | 1280 | 131.1 | 54
3 | Essendon | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1887 | 1408 | 134.0 | 52
4 | Footscray | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1529 | 1430 | 106.9 | 50
5 | Carlton | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1656 | 1259 | 131.5 | 48
6 | North Melbourne | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1619 | 1614 | 100.3 | 40
7 | South Melbourne | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1358 | 1402 | 96.9 | 36
8 | Melbourne | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1521 | 1481 | 102.7 | 28
9 | St Kilda | 18 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1358 | 1502 | 90.4 | 28
10 | Collingwood | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1452 | 1629 | 89.1 | 28
11 | Hawthorn | 18 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 1268 | 1914 | 66.2 | 10
12 | Geelong | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1210 | 2065 | 58.6 | 4

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 85.3
Source: AFL Tables

## References

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1. ^ "AFL Tables - 1944 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.

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