1940 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club

1940 season
President	Dr. Jacob Jano
Coach	Bert Mills
Captain(s)	Bert Mills
Home ground	Glenferrie Oval
Patriotic Premiership	1st Round
VFL Season	7–11 (9th)
Finals Series	Did not qualify
Best and Fairest	Andy Angwin
Leading goalkicker	Alby Naismith (25)
Highest home attendance	16,000 (Round 3 vs. Richmond
Lowest home attendance	5,500 (Round 18 vs. Fitzroy
Average home attendance	9.833
← 1939 1941 →

The 1940 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 16th season in the Victorian Football League and 39th overall.

Fixture

Patriotic Premiership

See also: 1940 VFL Lightning Premiership

The VFL between Rounds 14 and 15 played a one-day lightning carnival, Known as the Patriotic Premiership, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to raise money for the Patriotic Fund. The matches played were twenty minutes long with no time-on.

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday, 3 August	St Kilda	2.2 (14)	3.2 (20)	Lost by 6 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, 27 April (2:45 pm)	North Melbourne	25.11 (161)	13.11 (89)	Won by 72 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	14,000	1–0
2	Saturday, 4 May (2:45 pm)	St Kilda	12.25 (97)	7.13 (55)	Lost by 42 points	Junction Oval (A)	17,000	1–1
3	Saturday, 11 May (2:45 pm)	Richmond	15.12 (102)	19.15 (129)	Lost by 27 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	16,000	1–2
4	Saturday, 18 May (2:45 pm)	South Melbourne	22.13 (145)	16.10 (106)	Lost by 39 points	Lake Oval (A)	9,000	1–3
5	Saturday, 25 May (2:45 pm)	Essendon	12.18 (90)	9.19 (73)	Lost by 17 points	Windy Hill (A)	12,000	1–4
6	Saturday, 1 June (2:30 pm)	Melbourne	12.15 (87)	11.15 (81)	Won by 6 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	8,000	2–4
7	Saturday, 8 June (2:30 pm)	Fitzroy	17.11 (113)	12.14 (86)	Lost by 27 points	Brunswick Street Oval (A)	7,000	2–5
8	Saturday, 15 June (2:30 pm)	Footscray	8.17 (65)	15.20 (110)	Lost by 45 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	10,000	2–6
9	Saturday, 22 June (2:30 pm)	Geelong	12.18 (90)	6.10 (46)	Lost by 44 points	Corio Oval (A)	4,000	2–7
10	Saturday, 29 June (2:30 pm)	Carlton	13.11 (89)	13.18 (96)	Won by 7 points	Princes Park (A)	10,000	3–7
11	Saturday, 6 July (2:30 pm)	Collingwood	10.17 (77)	14.17 (101)	Lost by 24 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	10,000	3–8
12	Saturday, 13 July (2:30 pm)	North Melbourne	11.11 (77)	9.16 (70)	Lost by 7 points	Arden Street Oval (A)	3,000	3–9
13	Saturday, 20 July (2:30 pm)	St Kilda	17.17 (119)	8.15 (63)	Won by 56 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	8,000	4–9
14	Saturday, 27 July (2:30 pm)	Richmond	11.13 (79)	12.15 (87)	Won by 8 points	Punt Road Oval (A)	9,000	5–9
15	Saturday, 10 August (2:45 pm)	South Melbourne	10.19 (79)	10.13 (73)	Won by 6 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	8,000	6–9
16	Saturday, 17 August (2:45 pm)	Essendon	11.8 (84)	18.12 (120)	Lost by 36 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	9,000	6–10
17	Saturday, 24 August (2:45 pm)	Melbourne	26.20 (176)	8.14 (62)	Lost by 114 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	8,722	6–11
18	Saturday, 31 August (2:45 pm)	Fitzroy	13.16 (94)	5.8 (38)	Won by 56 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	5,500	7–11

Ladder

(P)	Premiers
	Qualified for finals

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	Melbourne (P)	18	14	4	0	2110	1677	125.8	56
2	Richmond	18	12	6	0	1787	1489	120.0	48
3	Essendon	18	12	6	0	1611	1489	108.2	48
4	Geelong	18	11	7	0	1645	1599	102.9	44
5	Carlton	18	10	8	0	1730	1555	111.3	40
6	Footscray	18	9	9	0	1696	1558	108.9	36
7	Fitzroy	18	9	9	0	1443	1563	92.3	36
8	Collingwood	18	8	10	0	1621	1611	100.6	32
9	Hawthorn	18	7	11	0	1549	1760	88.0	28
10	South Melbourne	18	7	11	0	1480	1696	87.3	28
11	St Kilda	18	5	13	0	1418	1634	86.8	20
12	North Melbourne	18	4	14	0	1381	1840	75.1	16

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 90.1
Source: AFL Tables