1951 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1951 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 27th season in the Victorian Football League and 50th overall.

Hawthorn Football Club

1951 season
President	Dave Prentice
Coach	Bob McCaskill
Captain(s)	Kevin Curran
Home ground	Glenferrie Oval
Lightning Premiership	1st Round
VFL Season	4–14 (11th)
Finals Series	Did not qualify
Best and Fairest	John Kennedy Sr.
Leading goalkicker	Pat Cash (26)
Highest home attendance	14,000 (Round 12 vs. Carlton)
Lowest home attendance	9,000 (Round 5 vs. North Melbourne)
Average home attendance	10,889
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Fixture

Lightning Premiership

See also: 1951 VFL Lightning Premiership

The lightning premiership was played between rounds 3 and 4.

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance
			Home	Away	Result
1	Wednesday, 9 May	Melbourne	0.1 (1)	0.4 (4)	Lost by 3 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)

Premiership Season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Record
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday, 21 April (2:15 pm)	Carlton	13.9 (87)	7.15 (57)	Lost by 30 points	Princes Park (A)	13,000	0–1
2	Saturday, 28 April (2:15 pm)	Essendon	9.7 (61)	12.14 (86)	Lost by 25 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	12,000	0–2
3	Saturday, 5 May (2:15 pm)	St Kilda	12.15 (87)	9.10 (64)	Won by 23 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	10,000	1–2
4	Saturday, 12 May (2:15 pm)	Richmond	17.18 (120)	7.14 (56)	Lost by 64 points	Punt Road Oval (A)	15,000	1–3
5	Saturday, 19 May (2:15 pm)	North Melbourne	7.18 (60)	14.14 (98)	Lost by 38 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	9,000	1–4
6	Saturday, 2 June (2:15 pm)	Footscray	9.16 (70)	7.17 (59)	Won by 11 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	10,000	2–4
7	Saturday, 9 June (2:15 pm)	Geelong	20.13 (133)	8.15 (63)	Lost by 70 points	Kardinia Park (A)	20,000	2–5
8	Saturday, 16 June (2:15 pm)	South Melbourne	12.14 (86)	7.11 (53)	Lost by 33 points	Lake Oval (A)	8,500	2–6
9	Saturday, 23 June (2:15 pm)	Collingwood	8.9 (57)	13.7 (85)	Lost by 28 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	12,000	2–7
10	Saturday, 7 July (2:15 pm)	Fitzroy	10.14 (74)	11.9 (75)	Won by 1 point	Brunswick Street Oval (A)	8,500	3–7
11	Saturday, 14 July (2:15 pm)	Melbourne	18.12 (120)	13.8 (86)	Won by 34 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	10,000	4–7
12	Saturday, 21 July (2:15 pm)	Carlton	5.8 (38)	7.13 (55)	Lost by 17 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	14,000	4–8
13	Saturday, 28 July (2:15 pm)	Essendon	16.18 (114)	8.11 (59)	Lost by 55 points	Windy Hill (A)	13,000	4–9
14	Saturday, 4 August (2:15 pm)	St Kilda	11.8 (74)	9.14 (68)	Lost by 6 points	Junction Oval (A)	6,000	4–10
15	Saturday, 11 August (2:15 pm)	Richmond	6.15 (51)	10.13 (73)	Lost by 22 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	11,000	4–11
16	Saturday, 18 August (2:15 pm)	North Melbourne	10.11 (71)	8.11 (59)	Lost by 12 points	Arden Street Oval (A)	6,000	4–12
17	Saturday, 25 August (2:15 pm)	Footscray	11.14 (80)	9.10 (64)	Lost by 16 points	Western Oval (A)	14,000	4–13
18	Saturday, 1 September (2:15 pm)	Geelong	5.8 (38)	10.10 (70)	Lost by 32 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	10,000	4–14

Ladder

(P)	Premiers
	Qualified for finals

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	Geelong (P)	18	14	4	0	1485	1097	135.4	56
2	Collingwood	18	14	4	0	1499	1193	125.6	56
3	Essendon	18	13	5	0	1530	1262	121.2	52
4	Footscray	18	12	6	0	1316	1165	113.0	48
5	Fitzroy	18	10	6	2	1373	1305	105.2	44
6	Richmond	18	10	8	0	1551	1327	116.9	40
7	Carlton	18	8	9	1	1341	1253	107.0	34
8	South Melbourne	18	8	9	1	1399	1505	93.0	34
9	North Melbourne	18	7	11	0	1224	1433	85.4	28
10	St Kilda	18	5	13	0	1311	1595	82.2	20
11	Hawthorn	18	4	14	0	1136	1515	75.0	16
12	Melbourne	18	1	17	0	1230	1745	70.5	4

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 75.9
Source: AFL Tables