1937 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club
1937 season
PresidentDr. Jacob Jona
CoachIvan McAlpine
Captain(s)Ivan McAlpine
Home groundGlenferrie Oval
VFL Season7–11 (8th)
Finals SeriesDid not qualify
Best and FairestLeo Murphy
Leading goalkickerNorm Hillard (31)
Highest home attendance18,000 (Round 8 vs. Melbourne)
Lowest home attendance5,000 (Round 12 vs. North Melbourne)
Average home attendance9,556
← 1936 1938 →

The 1937 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 13th season in the Victorian Football League and 36th 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, 24 April (2:45 pm) North Melbourne 9.22 (76) 11.12 (78) Won by 2 points Arden Street Oval (A) 11,000 1–0
2 Saturday, 1 May (2:45 pm) St Kilda 14.15 (99) 15.22 (112) Lost by 13 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 16,000 1–1
3 Saturday, 8 May (2:45 pm) Fitzroy 15.15 (105) 9.15 (69) Lost by 36 points Brunswick Street Oval (A) 9,000 1–2
4 Saturday, 15 May (2:45 pm) Essendon 11.15 (81) 16.13 (109) Lost by 28 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 10,000 1–3
5 Saturday, 22 May (2:45 pm) Geelong 21.23 (149) 7.11 (53) Lost by 96 points Corio Oval (A) 7,300 1–4
6 Saturday, 29 May (2:45 pm) South Melbourne 15.11 (101) 13.20 (98) Lost by 3 points Lake Oval (A) 10,000 1–5
7 Saturday, 5 June (2:30 pm) Richmond 9.6 (60) 8.10 (58) Won by 2 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 10,000 2–5
8 Saturday, 14 June (2:30 pm) Melbourne 12.10 (82) 15.15 (105) Lost by 23 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 18,000 2–6
9 Saturday, 19 June (2:30 pm) Carlton 15.24 (114) 8.11 (59) Lost by 55 points Princes Park (A) 11,000 2–7
10 Saturday, 26 June (2:30 pm) Footscray 15.16 (106) 14.15 (99) Won by 7 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 7,500 3–7
11 Saturday, 3 July (2:30 pm) Collingwood 13.23 (101) 6.13 (49) Lost by 52 points Victoria Park (A) 5,800 3–8
12 Saturday, 10 July (2:30 pm) North Melbourne 9.15 (69) 6.15 (51) Won by 18 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 5,000 4–8
13 Saturday, 17 July (2:30 pm) St Kilda 11.15 (81) 9.8 (62) Lost by 19 points Junction Oval (A) 9,000 4–9
14 Saturday, 24 July (2:30 pm) Fitzroy 10.11 (71) 6.13 (49) Won by 22 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 7,500 5–9
15 Saturday, 31 July (2:30 pm) Essendon 11.13 (79) 13.14 (92) Won by 13 points Windy Hill (A) 6,000 6–9
16 Saturday, 14 August (2:45 pm) Geelong 13.13 (91) 17.12 (114) Lost by 23 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 6,000 6–10
17 Saturday, 21 August (2:45 pm) South Melbourne 15.12 (102) 10.15 (75) Won by 27 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 6,000 7–10
18 Saturday, 28 August (2:45 pm) Richmond 14.13 (97) 13.14 (92) Lost by 5 points Punt Road Oval (A) 18,000 7–11
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Ladder

(P) Premiers
Qualified for finals
# Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 Geelong (P) 18 15 3 0 1824 1348 135.3 60
2 Melbourne 18 15 3 0 1945 1482 131.2 60
3 Collingwood 18 13 5 0 1908 1479 129.0 52
4 Richmond 18 11 6 1 1647 1525 108.0 46
5 Carlton 18 11 7 0 1624 1464 110.9 44
6 St Kilda 18 10 8 0 1600 1580 101.3 40
7 Fitzroy 18 7 11 0 1386 1488 93.1 28
8 Hawthorn 18 7 11 0 1413 1675 84.4 28
9 South Melbourne 18 6 11 1 1527 1698 89.9 26
10 Essendon 18 5 13 0 1530 1689 90.6 20
11 Footscray 18 4 14 0 1409 1722 81.8 16
12 North Melbourne 18 3 15 0 1188 1851 64.2 12

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 88.0
Source: AFL Tables

References

  1. ^ "AFL Tables - 1937 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.


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