1955 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club
1955 season
PresidentDr. A.S. Ferguson
CoachJack Hale
Captain(s)John Kennedy Sr.
Home groundGlenferrie Oval
VFL season8–10 (8th)
Finals seriesDid not qualify
Best and fairestGraham Arthur
Leading goalkickerKevin Coghlan (28)
Highest home attendance26,000 (Round 4 vs. Collingwood)
Lowest home attendance10,500 (Round 10 vs. St Kilda, Round 12 vs. Fitzroy)
Average home attendance17,022
← 1954 1956 →

The 1955 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 31st season in the Victorian Football League and 54th overall.

Fixture

Premiership Season

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Record
Home Away Result
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

(P) Premiers
Qualified for finals
# Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
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

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


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