1939 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1939 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 15th season in the Victorian Football League and 38th overall.

Hawthorn Football Club

1939 season
President	Dr. Jacob Jona
Coach	Len Thomas
Captain(s)	Len Thomas
Home ground	Glenferrie Oval
VFL Season	5–12–1 (10th)
Finals Series	Did not qualify
Best and Fairest	Bert Mills
Leading goalkicker	Alec Albiston (37)
Highest home attendance	21,000 (Round 8 vs. Richmond
Lowest home attendance	6,000 (Round 15 vs. Fitzroy)
Average home attendance	12,889
← 1938 1940 →

Fixture

Premiership Season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Record
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday, 22 April (2:45 pm)	St Kilda	18.20 (128)	9.13 (67)	Lost by 61 points	Junction Oval (A)	15,500	0–1
2	Saturday, 29 April (2:45 pm)	North Melbourne	17.13 (115)	11.11 (77)	Won by 38 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	11,000	1–1
3	Saturday, 6 May (2:45 pm)	Geelong	17.14 (116)	8.18 (66)	Won by 50 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	12,000	2–1
4	Saturday, 13 May (2:45 pm)	Fitzroy	10.17 (77)	11.11 (77)	Draw	Brunswick Street Oval (A)	12,000	2–1–1
5	Saturday, 20 May (2:45 pm)	Carlton	13.8 (86)	11.17 (83)	Won by 3 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	20,000	3–1–1
6	Saturday, 27 May (2:45 pm)	Collingwood	14.14 (98)	12.7 (79)	Lost by 19 points	Victoria Park (A)	15,000	3–2–1
7	Saturday, 3 June (2:30 pm)	Footscray	12.15 (87)	7.23 (65)	Won by 22 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	12,500	4–2–1
8	Saturday, 10 June (2:45 pm)	Richmond	7.13 (55)	12.21 (93)	Lost by 38 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	21,000	4–3–1
9	Saturday, 17 June (2:45 pm)	South Melbourne	15.18 (108)	12.14 (86)	Lost by 22 points	Lake Oval (A)	9,000	4–4–1
10	Saturday, 24 June (2:45 pm)	Essendon	19.11 (125)	16.19 (115)	Lost by 10 points	Windy Hill (A)	11,000	4–5–1
11	Saturday, 1 July (2:45 pm)	Melbourne	8.4 (52)	7.12 (54)	Lost by 2 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	8,000	4–6–1
12	Saturday, 8 July (2:45 pm)	St Kilda	11.18 (84)	15.17 (107)	Lost by 23 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	18,000	4–7–1
13	Saturday, 15 July (2:45 pm)	North Melbourne	18.11 (119)	11.16 (82)	Lost by 37 points	Arden Street Oval (A)	8,000	4–8–1
14	Saturday, 22 July (2:45 pm)	Geelong	15.22 (112)	13.12 (90)	Lost by 22 points	Corio Oval (A)	5,000	4–9–1
15	Saturday, 5 August (2:45 pm)	Fitzroy	10.20 (80)	12.7 (79)	Won by 1 point	Glenferrie Oval (H)	6,000	5–9–1
16	Saturday, 12 August (2:45 pm)	Carlton	18.16 (124)	7.20 (62)	Lost by 62 points	Princes Park (A)	11,000	5–10–1
17	Saturday, 19 August (2:45 pm)	Collingwood	6.15 (51)	7.17 (59)	Lost by 8 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	7,500	5–11–1
18	Saturday, 2 September (2:45 pm)	Footscray	11.17 (83)	6.7 (43)	Lost by 40 points	Western Oval (A)	3,500	5–12–1

Ladder

(P)	Premiers
	Qualified for finals

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	Melbourne (P)	18	15	3	0	1928	1502	128.4	60
2	Collingwood	18	15	3	0	1872	1535	122.0	60
3	Richmond	18	13	5	0	1734	1469	118.0	52
4	St Kilda	18	13	5	0	1806	1550	116.5	52
5	Carlton	18	12	6	0	1796	1459	123.1	48
6	Essendon	18	8	10	0	1696	1749	97.0	32
7	Geelong	18	7	11	0	1582	1713	92.4	28
8	Fitzroy	18	6	11	1	1482	1661	89.2	26
9	North Melbourne	18	6	12	0	1561	1709	91.3	24
10	Hawthorn	18	5	12	1	1427	1657	86.1	22
11	Footscray	18	4	14	0	1494	1809	82.6	16
12	South Melbourne	18	3	15	0	1367	1932	70.8	12

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 91.4
Source: AFL Tables