1947 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1947 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 23rd season in the Victorian Football League and 46th overall.

Hawthorn Football Club

1947 season
President	Dr. Jacob Jona
Coach	Alec Albiston
Captain(s)	Alec Albiston
Home ground	Glenferrie Oval
VFL Season	4–15 (11th)
Finals Series	Did not qualify
Best and Fairest	Wally Culpitt
Leading goalkicker	Albert Prior (67)
Highest home attendance	16,000 (Round 6 vs. Melbourne
Lowest home attendance	5,000 (Round 15 vs. St Kilda
Average home attendance	11,056
← 1946 1948 →

Fixture

Premiership Season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Record
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday, 19 April (2:45 pm)	Geelong	19.15 (129)	12.12 (84)	Lost by 45 points	Kardinia Park (A)	13,000	0–1
2	Saturday, 26 April (2:45 pm)	Collingwood	13.9 (87)	19.20 (134)	Lost by 47 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	15,000	0–2
3	Saturday, 3 May (2:45 pm)	Footscray	12.10 (82)	20.14 (134)	Lost by 52 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	11,000	0–3
4	Saturday, 10 May (2:45 pm)	St Kilda	10.17 (77)	12.12 (84)	Won by 7 points	Junction Oval (A)	10,500	1–3
5	Saturday, 17 May (2:45 pm)	Richmond	16.11 (107)	10.9 (69)	Won by 38 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	13,000	2–3
6	Saturday, 24 May (2:45 pm)	Melbourne	9.12 (66)	12.9 (81)	Lost by 15 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	16,000	2–4
7	Saturday, 31 May (2:45 pm)	South Melbourne	15.14 (104)	12.20 (92)	Lost by 12 points	Lake Oval (A)	15,000	2–5
8	Saturday, 7 June (2:30 pm)	North Melbourne	10.15 (75)	10.11 (71)	Won by 4 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	12,000	3–5
9	Saturday, 14 June (2:30 pm)	Fitzroy	16.15 (111)	8.14 (62)	Lost by 49 points	Brunswick Street Oval (A)	13,000	3–6
10	Saturday, 21 June (2:30 pm)	Essendon	6.9 (45)	18.20 (128)	Lost by 83 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	14,000	3–7
11	Saturday, 28 June (2:30 pm)	Carlton	18.17 (125)	8.14 (62)	Lost by 63 points	Princes Park (A)	14,000	3–8
12	Saturday, 5 July (2:30 pm)	Geelong	12.11 (83)	16.21 (117)	Lost by 34 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	5,500	3–9
13	Saturday, 12 July (2:30 pm)	Collingwood	8.17 (65)	6.9 (45)	Lost by 20 points	Victoria Park (A)	12,000	3–10
14	Saturday, 19 July (2:30 pm)	Footscray	13.18 (96)	10.7 (67)	Lost by 29 points	Western Oval (A)	10,000	3–11
15	Saturday, 26 July (2:30 pm)	St Kilda	16.18 (114)	10.9 (69)	Won by 45 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	5,000	4–11
16	Saturday, 2 August (2:45 pm)	Richmond	13.18 (96)	8.7 (55)	Lost by 41 points	Punt Road Oval (A)	12,000	4–12
17	Saturday, 16 August (2:45 pm)	Melbourne	13.21 (99)	14.9 (93)	Lost by 6 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	11,134	4–13
18	Saturday, 23 August (2:45 pm)	South Melbourne	12.11 (83)	19.14 (128)	Lost by 45 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	8,000	4–14
19	Saturday,30 August (2:45 pm)	North Melbourne	10.14 (74)	10.10 (70)	Lost by 4 points	Arden Street Oval (A)	4,000	4–15

Ladder

(P)	Premiers
	Qualified for finals

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	Carlton (P)	19	15	4	0	1833	1368	134.0	60
2	Essendon	19	14	5	0	1876	1528	122.8	56
3	Fitzroy	19	13	6	0	1736	1370	126.7	52
4	Richmond	19	12	7	0	1726	1582	109.1	48
5	Collingwood	19	11	7	1	1738	1546	112.4	46
6	Melbourne	19	11	8	0	1742	1488	117.1	44
7	Geelong	19	11	8	0	1761	1705	103.3	44
8	South Melbourne	19	8	10	1	1602	1652	97.0	34
9	Footscray	19	8	10	1	1646	1713	96.1	34
10	North Melbourne	19	4	15	0	1390	1789	77.7	16
11	Hawthorn	19	4	15	0	1456	1907	76.4	16
12	St Kilda	19	1	17	1	1221	2079	58.7	6

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 86.5
Source: AFL Tables