1927 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club

1927 season
President	J.W. Kennon
Coach	Dan Minogue
Captain(s)	Clarrie Lethlean
Home ground	Glenferrie Oval
VFL Season	1–17 (12th)
Finals Series	Did not qualify
Best and Fairest	Ern Utting
Leading goalkicker	Bert Hyde (41)
Highest home attendance	10,000 (Round 6 vs. Melbourne, Round 9 vs. Richmond)
Lowest home attendance	5,000 (Round 12 vs. St Kilda, Round 14 vs. Footscray)
Average home attendance	7,556
← 1926 1928 →

The 1927 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 3rd season in the Victorian Football League and 26th overall.

Fixture

Premiership Season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Record
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday, 30 April (2:45 pm)	St Kilda	12.16 (88)	11.2 (68)	Lost by 20 points	Junction Oval (A)	12,000	0–1
2	Saturday, 7 May (2:45 pm)	Collingwood	7.9 (51)	11.11 (77)	Lost by 26 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	9,000	0–2
3	Saturday, 14 May (2:45 pm)	Footscray	10.18 (78)	7.10 (52)	Lost by 26 points	Western Oval (A)	11,000	0–3
4	Saturday, 21 May (2:45 pm)	North Melbourne	8.8 (56)	20.13 (133)	Lost by 77 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	8,000	0–4
5	Saturday, 28 May (2:45 pm)	Carlton	14.12 (96)	6.16 (52)	Lost by 44 points	Princes Park (A)	10,000	0–5
6	Saturday, 4 June (2:45 pm)	Melbourne	12.8 (80)	17.10 (112)	Lost by 32 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	10,000	0–6
7	Saturday, 11 June (2:45 pm)	Fitzroy	11.11 (77)	15.13 (103)	Lost by 26 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	7,000	0–7
8	Saturday, 18 June (2:45 pm)	Geelong	22.23 (155)	8.8 (56)	Lost by 99 points	Corio Oval (A)	8,500	0–8
9	Saturday, 25 June (2:45 pm)	Richmond	9.6 (60)	9.20 (74)	Lost by 14 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	10,000	0–9
10	Saturday, 2 July (2:45 pm)	South Melbourne	13.19 (97)	5.11 (41)	Lost by 56 points	Lake Oval (A)	5,000	0–10
11	Saturday, 9 July (2:45 pm)	Essendon	9.17 (71)	11.12 (78)	Lost by 7 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	6,000	0–11
12	Saturday, 16 July (2:45 pm)	St Kilda	7.12 (54)	8.11 (59)	Lost by 5 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	5,000	0–12
13	Saturday, 23 July (2:45 pm)	Collingwood	18.13 (121)	6.11 (47)	Lost by 74 points	Victoria Park (A)	7,000	0–13
14	Saturday, 30 July (2:45 pm)	Footscray	8.19 (67)	11.19 (85)	Lost by 18 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	5,000	0–14
15	Saturday, 6 August (2:45 pm)	North Melbourne	11.10 (76)	15.9 (99)	Won by 23 points	Arden Street Oval (A)	4,000	1–14
16	Saturday, 27 August (2:45 pm)	Carlton	10.10 (70)	14.14 (98)	Lost by 28 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	8,000	1–15
17	Saturday, 3 September (2:45 pm)	Melbourne	10.13 (73)	3.15 (33)	Lost by 40 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	5,268	1–16
18	Saturday, 10 September (2:45 pm)	Richmond	16.23 (119)	6.17 (53)	Lost by 66 points	Punt Road Oval (A)	11,000	1–17

Ladder

(P)	Premiers
	Qualified for finals

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	Collingwood (P)	18	15	3	0	1559	1035	150.6	60
2	Richmond	18	14	4	0	1483	1102	134.6	56
3	Geelong	18	14	4	0	1594	1208	132.0	56
4	Carlton	18	13	5	0	1434	1178	121.7	52
5	Melbourne	18	12	6	0	1548	1169	132.4	48
6	South Melbourne	18	9	9	0	1373	1431	95.9	36
7	St Kilda	18	8	10	0	1178	1564	75.3	32
8	Essendon	18	6	11	1	1198	1237	96.8	26
9	Fitzroy	18	6	11	1	1335	1558	85.7	26
10	Footscray	18	6	12	0	1131	1325	85.4	24
11	North Melbourne	18	3	15	0	1085	1476	73.5	12
12	Hawthorn	18	1	17	0	1087	1722	63.1	4

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 74.1
Source: AFL Tables