1954 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1954 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 30th season in the Victorian Football League and the 53rd overall.

Hawthorn Football Club

1954 season
President	Dr. A.S. Ferguson
Coach	Jack Hale
Captain(s)	Ted Fletcher
Home ground	Glenferrie Oval
VFL season	8–10 (9th)
Finals series	Did not qualify
Best and fairest	John Kennedy Sr.
Leading goalkicker	Kevin Coghlan (27)
Highest home attendance	26,000 (Round 7 vs. Footscray
Lowest home attendance	7,000 (Round 15 vs. North Melbourne)
Average home attendance	17,000
← 1953 1955 →

Fixture

Premiership Season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Record
			Home	Away	Result
1	Monday, 19 April (2:15 pm)	Essendon	8.13 (61)	14.11 (95)	Lost by 34 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	23,000	0–1
2	Saturday, 24 April (2:15 pm)	St Kilda	5.9 (39)	10.10 (70)	Won by 31 points	Junction Oval (A)	14,000	1–1
3	Saturday, 1 May (2:15 pm)	Melbourne	11.9 (75)	9.10 (64)	Won by 11 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	17,000	2–1
4	Saturday, 8 May (2:15 pm)	North Melbourne	11.10 (76)	10.13 (73)	Lost by 3 points	Arden Street Oval (A)	16,000	2–2
5	Saturday, 15 May (2:15 pm)	Geelong	14.13 (97)	13.14 (92)	Won by 5 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	18,000	3–2
6	Saturday, 22 May (2:15 pm)	Richmond	10.12 (72)	11.12 (78)	Won by 6 points	Punt Road Oval (A)	23,000	4–2
7	Saturday, 29 May (2:15 pm)	Footscray	10.9 (69)	11.12 (78)	Lost by 9 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	26,000	4–3
8	Saturday, 5 June (2:15 pm)	South Melbourne	6.13 (49)	8.10 (58)	Won by 9 points	Lake Oval (A)	22,000	5–3
9	Monday, 14 June (2:15 pm)	Carlton	5.11 (41)	4.12 (36)	Lost by 5 points	Princes Park (A)	34,000	5–4
10	Saturday, 26 June (2:15 pm)	Collingwood	11.5 (71)	10.15 (75)	Lost by 4 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	25,000	5–5
11	Saturday, 3 July (2:15 pm)	Fitzroy	11.15 (81)	11.10 (76)	Won by 5 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	12,000	6–5
12	Saturday, 10 July (2:15 pm)	Essendon	13.16 (94)	9.9 (63)	Lost by 31 points	Windy Hill (A)	20,000	6–6
13	Saturday, 17 July (2:15 pm)	St Kilda	14.17 (101)	5.10 (40)	Won by 61 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	11,000	7–6
14	Saturday, 31 July (2:15 pm)	Melbourne	16.14 (110)	5.3 (33)	Lost by 77 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	26,708	7–7
15	Saturday, 7 August (2:15 pm)	North Melbourne	9.5 (59)	10.22 (82)	Lost by 23 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	7,000	7–8
16	Saturday, 14 August (2:15 pm)	Geelong	13.12 (90)	7.6 (48)	Lost by 42 points	Kardinia Park (A)	16,870	7–9
17	Saturday, 21 August (2:15 pm)	Richmond	10.10 (70)	6.11 (47)	Won by 23 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	14,000	8–9
18	Saturday, 28 August (2:15 pm)	Footscray	17.15 (117)	5.4 (34)	Lost by 83 points	Western Oval (A)	22,896	8–10

Ladder

(P)	Premiers
	Qualified for finals

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	Geelong	18	13	5	0	1630	1225	133.1	52
2	Footscray (P)	18	11	6	1	1423	1095	130.0	46
3	North Melbourne	18	11	6	1	1355	1361	99.6	46
4	Melbourne	18	11	7	0	1504	1239	121.4	44
5	Richmond	18	10	8	0	1503	1310	114.7	40
6	Essendon	18	10	8	0	1471	1364	107.8	40
7	Collingwood	18	10	8	0	1312	1301	100.8	40
8	Carlton	18	8	10	0	1382	1391	99.4	32
9	Hawthorn	18	8	10	0	1177	1337	88.0	32
10	South Melbourne	18	6	12	0	1209	1482	81.6	24
11	Fitzroy	18	4	13	1	1174	1604	73.2	18
12	St Kilda	18	4	13	1	1149	1580	72.7	18

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 75.4
Source: AFL Tables