1955 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1955 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 31st season in the Victorian Football League and 54th overall.

Hawthorn Football Club

1955 season
President	Dr. A.S. Ferguson
Coach	Jack Hale
Captain(s)	John Kennedy Sr.
Home ground	Glenferrie Oval
VFL season	8–10 (8th)
Finals series	Did not qualify
Best and fairest	Graham Arthur
Leading goalkicker	Kevin Coghlan (28)
Highest home attendance	26,000 (Round 4 vs. Collingwood)
Lowest home attendance	10,500 (Round 10 vs. St Kilda, Round 12 vs. Fitzroy)
Average home attendance	17,022
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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	Saturday, 16 April (2:15 pm)	Fitzroy	13.15 (93)	7.16 (58)	Lost by 35 points	Brunswick Street Oval (A)	16,000	0–1
2	Saturday, 23 April (2:15 pm)	Carlton	12.15 (87)	9.6 (60)	Won by 27 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	19,000	1–1
3	Saturday, 30 April (2:15 pm)	South Melbourne	7.14 (56)	15.8 (98)	Won by 42 points	Lake Oval (A)	18,000	2–1
4	Saturday, 7 May (2:15 pm)	Collingwood	12.12 (84)	12.3 (75)	Won by 9 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	26,000	3–1
5	Saturday, 14 May (2:15 pm)	North Melbourne	14.7 (91)	13.15 (93)	Lost by 2 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	15,000	3–2
6	Saturday, 21 May (2:15 pm)	Melbourne	11.5 (71)	6.8 (44)	Lost by 27 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	28,333	3–3
7	Saturday, 28 May (2:15 pm)	Essendon	9.11 (65)	10.10 (70)	Won by 5 points	Windy Hill (A)	20,000	4–3
8	Saturday, 4 June (2:15 pm)	Richmond	9.8 (62)	8.12 (60)	Won by 2 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	19,600	5–3
9	Saturday, 11 June (2:15 pm)	Footscray	17.12 (114)	8.11 (59)	Lost by 55 points	Western Oval (A)	28,807	5–4
10	Saturday, 25 June (2:15 pm)	St Kilda	12.9 (81)	6.7 (43)	Won by 38 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	10,500	6–4
11	Saturday, 2 July (2:15 pm)	Geelong	16.13 (109)	7.8 (50)	Lost by 59 points	Kardinia Park (A)	17,238	6–5
12	Saturday, 9 July (2:15 pm)	Fitzroy	18.12 (120)	9.5 (59)	Won by 61 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	10,500	7–5
13	Saturday, 16 July (2:15 pm)	Carlton	10.19 (79)	9.9 (63)	Lost by 16 points	Princes Park (A)	15,763	7–6
14	Saturday, 23 July (2:15 pm)	South Melbourne	10.11 (71)	6.15 (51)	Won by 20 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	12,100	8–6
15	Saturday, 30 July (2:15 pm)	Collingwood	10.11 (71)	5.6 (36)	Lost by 35 points	Victoria Park (A)	16,000	8–7
16	Saturday, 6 August (2:15 pm)	North Melbourne	8.12 (60)	8.5 (53)	Lost by 7 points	Arden Street Oval (A)	9,000	8–8
17	Saturday, 13 August (2:15 pm)	Melbourne	12.13 (85)	13.13 (91)	Lost by 6 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	16,000	8–9
18	Saturday, 20 August (2:15 pm)	Essendon	7.8 (50)	13.14 (92)	Lost by 42 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	24,500	8–10

Ladder

(P)	Premiers
	Qualified for finals

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	Melbourne (P)	18	15	3	0	1559	1036	150.5	60
2	Collingwood	18	14	4	0	1526	1197	127.5	56
3	Geelong	18	14	4	0	1524	1241	122.8	56
4	Essendon	18	12	6	0	1435	1099	130.6	48
5	Footscray	18	12	6	0	1323	1018	130.0	48
6	Richmond	18	9	9	0	1471	1387	106.1	36
7	Carlton	18	9	9	0	1384	1403	98.6	36
8	Hawthorn	18	8	10	0	1262	1342	94.0	32
9	Fitzroy	18	6	12	0	1258	1421	88.5	24
10	South Melbourne	18	5	13	0	1276	1454	87.8	20
11	North Melbourne	18	3	15	0	1233	1617	76.3	12
12	St Kilda	18	1	17	0	861	1897	45.4	4

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 74.6
Source: AFL Tables