1946 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1946 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 22nd season in the Victorian Football League and 45th overall.

Hawthorn Football Club

1946 season
President	Dr. Jacob Jona
Coach	Keith Shea
Captain(s)	Jim Bohan
Home ground	Glenferrie Oval
VFL Season	3–16 (12th)
Finals Series	Did not qualify
Best and Fairest	Alec Albiston
Leading goalkicker	Albert Prior (52)
Highest home attendance	19,000 (Round 1 vs. Collingwood)
Lowest home attendance	5,000 (Round 13 vs. Geelong)
Average home attendance	11,500
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Fixture

Premiership Season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Record
			Home	Away	Result
1	Monday, 22 April (2:45 pm)	Collingwood	7.19 (61)	18.16 (124)	Lost by 63 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	19,000	0–1
2	Saturday, 27 April (2:45 pm)	Geelong	15.14 (104)	9.19 (73)	Lost by 31 points	Kardinia Park (A)	7,500	0–2
3	Saturday, 4 May (2:45 pm)	Carlton	15.11 (101)	19.17 (131)	Lost by 30 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	16,000	0–3
4	Saturday, 11 May (2:45 pm)	Essendon	8.6 (54)	24.13 (157)	Lost by 103 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	10,000	0–4
5	Saturday, 18 May (2:45 pm)	South Melbourne	11.21 (87)	6.17 (53)	Lost by 34 points	Junction Oval (A)	10,000	0–5
6	Saturday, 25 May (2:45 pm)	Melbourne	16.10 (106)	13.13 (91)	Won by 15 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	8,000	1–5
7	Saturday, 1 June (2:30 pm)	Footscray	13.12 (90)	14.15 (99)	Lost by 9 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	13,000	1–6
8	Saturday, 8 June (2:30 pm)	Fitzroy	14.14 (98)	9.10 (64)	Lost by 34 points	Brunswick Street Oval (A)	12,000	1–7
9	Monday, 17 June (2:30 pm)	North Melbourne	17.20 (122)	14.13 (97)	Won by 25 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	14,000	2–7
10	Saturday, 22 June (2:30 pm)	St Kilda	10.24 (84)	9.12 (66)	Lost by 18 points	Junction Oval (A)	8,000	2–8
11	Saturday, 6 July (2:30 pm)	Richmond	9.6 (60)	14.14 (98)	Lost by 38 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	11,000	2–9
12	Saturday, 13 July (2:30 pm)	Collingwood	15.23 (113)	11.14 (80)	Lost by 33 points	Victoria Park (A)	11,000	2–10
13	Saturday, 20 July (2:30 pm)	Geelong	15.22 (112)	11.15 (81)	Won by 31 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	5,000	3–10
14	Saturday, 27 July (2:30 pm)	Carlton	15.18 (108)	10.11 (71)	Lost by 37 points	Princes Park (A)	17,000	3–11
15	Saturday, 3 August (2:45 pm)	Essendon	21.18 (144)	12.7 (79)	Lost by 65 points	Windy Hill (A)	12,000	3–12
16	Saturday, 10 August (2:45 pm)	South Melbourne	12.15 (87)	16.14 (110)	Lost by 23 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	13,000	3–13
17	Saturday, 17 August (2:45 pm)	Melbourne	18.15 (123)	13.8 (86)	Lost by 37 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	15,601	3–14
18	Saturday, 24 August (2:45 pm)	Footscray	23.27 (165)	8.5 (53)	Lost by 112 points	Western Oval (A)	12,000	3–15
19	Saturday, 31 August (2:45 pm)	Fitzroy	9.15 (69)	12.22 (94)	Lost by 25 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	6,000	3–16

Ladder

(P)	Premiers
	Qualified for finals

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	Essendon (P)	19	15	4	0	1980	1407	140.7	60
2	Collingwood	19	13	6	0	1849	1477	125.2	52
3	Footscray	19	13	6	0	1917	1628	117.8	52
4	Melbourne	19	13	6	0	1700	1622	104.8	52
5	Richmond	19	11	8	0	1921	1659	115.8	44
6	Carlton	19	11	8	0	1724	1688	102.1	44
7	South Melbourne	19	10	9	0	1627	1528	106.5	40
8	Fitzroy	19	9	10	0	1589	1339	118.7	36
9	North Melbourne	19	8	11	0	1536	1685	91.2	32
10	Geelong	19	4	15	0	1505	2124	70.9	16
11	St Kilda	19	4	15	0	1332	1902	70.0	16
12	Hawthorn	19	3	16	0	1487	2108	70.5	12

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 88.5
Source: AFL Tables