1955 Hawthorn Football Club season

31st season in the Victorian Football League

Australian rules football club season

Hawthorn Football Club1955 season

President| Dr. A.S. Ferguson
Coach| Jack Hale
Captain(s)| John Kennedy Sr.
Home ground| Glenferrie Oval
VFL season| 8–10 (8th)
Finals series| Did not qualify
Best and fairest| Graham Arthur
Leading goalkicker| Kevin Coghlan (28)
Highest home attendance| 26,000 (Round 4 vs. Collingwood)
Lowest home attendance| 10,500 (Round 10 vs. St Kilda, Round 12 vs. Fitzroy)
Average home attendance| 17,022

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The 1955 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 31st season in the Victorian Football League and 54th 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, 16 April (2:15 pm)  | Fitzroy | 13.15 (93)  | 7.16 (58) | Lost by 35 points  | Brunswick Street Oval (A)  | 16,000  | 0–1
2  | Saturday, 23 April (2:15 pm)  | Carlton | 12.15 (87) | 9.6 (60)  | Won by 27 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 19,000  | 1–1
3  | Saturday, 30 April (2:15 pm)  | South Melbourne | 7.14 (56)  | 15.8 (98) | Won by 42 points  | Lake Oval (A)  | 18,000  | 2–1
4  | Saturday, 7 May (2:15 pm)  | Collingwood | 12.12 (84) | 12.3 (75)  | Won by 9 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 26,000  | 3–1
5  | Saturday, 14 May (2:15 pm)  | North Melbourne | 14.7 (91) | 13.15 (93)  | Lost by 2 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 15,000  | 3–2
6  | Saturday, 21 May (2:15 pm)  | Melbourne | 11.5 (71)  | 6.8 (44) | Lost by 27 points  | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)  | 28,333  | 3–3
7  | Saturday, 28 May (2:15 pm)  | Essendon | 9.11 (65)  | 10.10 (70) | Won by 5 points  | Windy Hill (A)  | 20,000  | 4–3
8  | Saturday, 4 June (2:15 pm)  | Richmond | 9.8 (62) | 8.12 (60)  | Won by 2 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 19,600  | 5–3
9  | Saturday, 11 June (2:15 pm)  | Footscray | 17.12 (114)  | 8.11 (59) | Lost by 55 points  | Western Oval (A)  | 28,807  | 5–4
10  | Saturday, 25 June (2:15 pm)  | St Kilda | 12.9 (81) | 6.7 (43)  | Won by 38 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 10,500  | 6–4
11  | Saturday, 2 July (2:15 pm)  | Geelong | 16.13 (109)  | 7.8 (50) | Lost by 59 points  | Kardinia Park (A)  | 17,238  | 6–5
12  | Saturday, 9 July (2:15 pm)  | Fitzroy | 18.12 (120) | 9.5 (59)  | Won by 61 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 10,500  | 7–5
13  | Saturday, 16 July (2:15 pm)  | Carlton | 10.19 (79)  | 9.9 (63) | Lost by 16 points  | Princes Park (A)  | 15,763  | 7–6
14  | Saturday, 23 July (2:15 pm)  | South Melbourne | 10.11 (71) | 6.15 (51)  | Won by 20 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 12,100  | 8–6
15  | Saturday, 30 July (2:15 pm)  | Collingwood | 10.11 (71)  | 5.6 (36) | Lost by 35 points  | Victoria Park (A)  | 16,000  | 8–7
16  | Saturday, 6 August (2:15 pm)  | North Melbourne | 8.12 (60)  | 8.5 (53) | Lost by 7 points  | Arden Street Oval (A)  | 9,000  | 8–8
17  | Saturday, 13 August (2:15 pm)  | Melbourne | 12.13 (85) | 13.13 (91)  | Lost by 6 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 16,000  | 8–9
18  | Saturday, 20 August (2:15 pm)  | Essendon | 7.8 (50) | 13.14 (92)  | Lost by 42 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 24,500  | 8–10
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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 | Melbourne (P) | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1559 | 1036 | 150.5 | 60
2 | Collingwood | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1526 | 1197 | 127.5 | 56
3 | Geelong | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1524 | 1241 | 122.8 | 56
4 | Essendon | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1435 | 1099 | 130.6 | 48
5 | Footscray | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1323 | 1018 | 130.0 | 48
6 | Richmond | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1471 | 1387 | 106.1 | 36
7 | Carlton | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1384 | 1403 | 98.6 | 36
8 | Hawthorn | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1262 | 1342 | 94.0 | 32
9 | Fitzroy | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1258 | 1421 | 88.5 | 24
10 | South Melbourne | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1276 | 1454 | 87.8 | 20
11 | North Melbourne | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1233 | 1617 | 76.3 | 12
12 | St Kilda | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 861 | 1897 | 45.4 | 4

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 74.6
Source: AFL Tables

## References

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1. ^ "AFL Tables - 1955 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.

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