1955 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club
1955 season
President Dr. A.S. Ferguson
Coach Jack Hale
Captain(s) John Kennedy Sr.
Home ground Glenferrie Oval
VFL season 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)
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Main article: 1955 VFL season

The 1956 Hawthorn Football Club season was the clubs 31st season in the Victorian Football League.

Fixture

Premiership Season

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Ladder
position
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 9th
2 Saturday, 23 April (2:15 pm) Carlton 12.15 (87) 9.6 (60) Won by 27 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 19,000 8th
3 Saturday, 30 April (2:15 pm) South Melbourne 7.14 (56) 15.8 (98) Won by 42 points Lake Oval (A) 18,000 6th
4 Saturday, 7 May (2:15 pm) Collingwood 12.12 (84) 12.3 (75) Won by 9 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 26,000 5th
5 Saturday, 14 May (2:15 pm) North Melbourne 14.7 (91) 13.15 (93) Lost by 2 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 15,000 7th
6 Saturday, 21 May (2:15 pm) Melbourne 11.5 (71) 6.8 (44) Lost by 27 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 28,333 7th
7 Saturday, 28 May (2:15 pm) Essendon 9.11 (65) 10.10 (70) Won by 5 points Windy Hill (A) 20,000 5th
8 Saturday, 4 June (2:15 pm) Richmond 9.8 (62) 8.12 (60) Won by 2 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 19,600 5th
9 Saturday, 11 June (2:15 pm) Footscray 17.12 (114) 8.11 (59) Lost by 55 points Western Oval (A) 28,807 7th
10 Saturday, 25 June (2:15 pm) St Kilda 12.9 (81) 6.7 (43) Won by 38 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 10,500 5th
11 Saturday, 2 July (2:15 pm) Geelong 16.13 (109) 7.8 (50) Lost by 59 points Kardinia Park (A) 17,238 6th
12 Saturday, 9 July (2:15 pm) Fitzroy 18.12 (120) 9.5 (59) Won by 61 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 10,500 6th
13 Saturday, 16 July (2:15 pm) Carlton 10.19 (79) 9.9 (63) Lost by 16 points Princes Park (A) 15,763 6th
14 Saturday, 23 July (2:15 pm) South Melbourne 10.11 (71) 6.15 (51) Won by 20 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 12,100 6th
15 Saturday, 30 July (2:15 pm) Collingwood 10.11 (71) 5.6 (36) Lost by 35 points Victoria Park (A) 16,000 6th
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 6th
17 Saturday, 13 August (2:15 pm) Melbourne 12.13 (85) 13.13 (91) Lost by 6 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 16,000 8th
18 Saturday, 20 August (2:15 pm) Essendon 7.8 (50) 13.14 (92) Lost by 42 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 24,500 8th
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Ladder

1955 VFL Ladder
TEAM P W L D PF PA % PTS
1 Melbourne (P) 18 15 3 0 1559 1036 150.48 60
2 Collingwood 18 14 4 0 1526 1197 127.49 56
3 Geelong 18 14 4 0 1524 1241 122.80 56
4 Essendon 18 12 6 0 1435 1099 130.57 48
5 Footscray 18 12 6 0 1323 1018 129.96 48
6 Richmond 18 9 9 0 1471 1387 106.06 36
7 Carlton 18 9 9 0 1384 1403 98.65 36
8 Hawthorn 18 8 10 0 1262 1342 94.04 32
9 Fitzroy 18 6 12 0 1258 1421 88.53 24
10 South Melbourne 18 5 13 0 1276 1454 87.76 20
11 North Melbourne 18 3 15 0 1233 1617 76.25 12
12 St Kilda 18 1 17 0 861 1897 45.39 4
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against

References

  1. ↑ "AFL Tables - 1955 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
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