1949 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1949 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 25th season in the Victorian Football League and 48th overall.

Hawthorn Football Club

1949 season
President	Dr. Jacob Jona
Coach	Alec Albiston
Captain(s)	Alec Albiston
Home ground	Glenferrie Oval
VFL Season	3–16 (12th)
Finals Series	Did not qualify
Best and Fairest	Col Austen
Leading goalkicker	Albert Prior (48)
Highest home attendance	13,000 (Round 2 vs. Richmond)
Lowest home attendance	7,000 (Round 12 vs. Essendon)
Average home attendance	9,556
← 1948 1950 →

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)	Essendon	18.12 (120)	9.3 (57)	Lost by 63 points	Windy Hill (A)	13,500	0–1
2	Saturday, 23 April (2:15 pm)	Richmond	5.13 (43)	20.12 (132)	Lost by 89 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	13,000	0–2
3	Saturday, 30 April (2:15 pm)	Carlton	21.27 (153)	7.6 (48)	Lost by 105 points	Princes Park (A)	9,250	0–3
4	Saturday, 7 May (2:15 pm)	Collingwood	5.10 (40)	9.11 (65)	Lost by 25 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	11,500	0–4
5	Saturday, 14 May (2:15 pm)	Fitzroy	9.13 (67)	14.21 (105)	Lost by 38 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	7,500	0–5
6	Saturday, 21 May (2:15 pm)	North Melbourne	13.23 (101)	12.7 (79)	Lost by 22 points	Arden Street Oval (A)	9,000	0–6
7	Saturday, 28 May (2:15 pm)	South Melbourne	6.12 (48)	12.15 (87)	Lost by 39 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	10,000	0–7
8	Saturday, 4 June (2:15 pm)	Melbourne	10.17 (77)	10.6 (66)	Lost by 11 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	10,779	0–8
9	Saturday, 11 June (2:15 pm)	Footscray	10.13 (73)	8.15 (63)	Won by 10 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	10,000	1–8
10	Saturday, 18 June (2:15 pm)	Geelong	20.12 (132)	6.10 (46)	Lost by 86 points	Kardinia Park (A)	12,000	1–9
11	Saturday, 2 July (2:15 pm)	St Kilda	13.11 (89)	14.13 (97)	Won by 8 points	Junction Oval (A)	7,000	2–9
12	Saturday, 9 July (2:15 pm)	Essendon	7.0 (42)	16.16 (112)	Lost by 70 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	7,000	2–10
13	Saturday, 16 July (2:15 pm)	Richmond	16.21 (117)	9.13 (67)	Lost by 50 points	Punt Road Oval (A)	7,000	2–11
14	Saturday, 23 July (2:15 pm)	Carlton	8.5 (53)	9.17 (71)	Lost by 18 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	9,000	2–12
15	Saturday, 30 July (2:15 pm)	Collingwood	16.23 (119)	5.6 (36)	Lost by 83 points	Victoria Park (A)	9,500	2–13
16	Saturday, 6 August (2:15 pm)	Fitzroy	10.19 (79)	8.17 (65)	Lost by 14 points	Brunswick Street Oval (A)	4,000	2–14
17	Saturday, 13 August (2:15 pm)	North Melbourne	13.10 (88)	9.16 (70)	Won by 18 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	9,000	3–14
18	Saturday, 20 August (2:15 pm)	South Melbourne	14.8 (92)	8.14 (62)	Lost by 30 points	Lake Oval (A)	4,000	3–15
19	Saturday, 27 August (2:15 pm)	Melbourne	10.16 (76)	15.12 (102)	Lost by 26 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	9,000	3–16

Ladder

(P)	Premiers
	Qualified for finals

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	North Melbourne	19	14	5	0	1471	1235	119.1	56
2	Carlton	19	13	6	0	1679	1328	126.4	52
3	Collingwood	19	13	6	0	1616	1308	123.5	52
4	Essendon (P)	19	13	6	0	1649	1366	120.7	52
5	Melbourne	19	12	7	0	1516	1341	113.0	48
6	Richmond	19	10	9	0	1733	1485	116.7	40
7	Fitzroy	19	10	9	0	1488	1521	97.8	40
8	Geelong	19	9	10	0	1722	1540	111.8	36
9	Footscray	19	7	12	0	1211	1444	83.9	28
10	South Melbourne	19	6	13	0	1343	1669	80.5	24
11	St Kilda	19	4	15	0	1272	1730	73.5	16
12	Hawthorn	19	3	16	0	1153	1886	61.1	12

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 78.3
Source: AFL Tables