Hawthorn Football Club
1954 season
PresidentDr. A.S. Ferguson
CoachJack Hale
Captain(s)Ted Fletcher
Home groundGlenferrie Oval
VFL season8–10 (9th)
Finals seriesDid not qualify
Best and fairestJohn Kennedy Sr.
Leading goalkickerKevin Coghlan (27)
Highest home attendance26,000 (Round 7 vs. Footscray
Lowest home attendance7,000 (Round 15 vs. North Melbourne)
Average home attendance17,000
← 1953 1955 →

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

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
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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

References

  1. ^ "AFL Tables - 1954 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.


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