1931 VFL Season: Hawthorn

Season Team Details

Season: 1931 VFL Season
Team: Hawthorn
Home Ground: Glenferrie Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 11th (W-D-L: 3-0-15, P%: 82.1%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 37
Brownlow Leader(s): Ernie Utting (11)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Jack Ryan (39)

Team Leaders

Captain(s): John Harris

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Aitchison, Ern #11 2 R14-R15 0
Ashby, Bert #15 12 R05-R16 3
Bennett, George #27 17 R01-R16, R18 1
Brooks, Phil #4 2 R01, R03 2
Carey, Bill #14 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 0
Chandler, Allan #7 15 R02-R16 2
Chandler, Bert #31 3 R16-R18 1
Chandler, Dick #24 2 R17-R18 5
Colling, Cliff 1 R18 1
Collins, Norm #2 12 R05-R06, R09-R18 0
Daffey, Mark #3 10 R01-R04, R06, R09, R15-R18 5
Davies, Reg #23 2 R01-R02 0
Dodd, Rupe #30 3 R13, R15-R16 4
Fisher, Stan #29 14 R04-R15, R17-R18 1
Francis, Jim #10 18 R01-R18 11
Garside, Ted #16 6 R01-R02, R07-R08, R12-R13 0
Hammond, Bob #5 8 R04-R08, R10, R12, R16 7
Harris, John #1 16 R01-R15, R17 6
Hyde, Bert #20 12 R01-R03, R06, R08-R11, R14-R15, R17-R18 26
Lonsdale, Clarrie #30 2 R02-R03 1
Meade, Les #24 4 R01, R03-R05 0
Mills, Bert #12 17 R01-R05, R07-R18 0
Mills, Donald #25 11 R01-R05, R07-R08, R10-R11, R16-R17 0
Murphy, Leo #26 16 R01-R06, R09-R18 0
O'Brien, Jack #11 1 R01 0
Pool, Ted #19 16 R01-R15, R17 23
Ryan, Jack #21 16 R02-R17 39
Sellers, Bob #8 8 R04, R11-R15, R17-R18 2
Sharpley, Keith #22 15 R01-R14, R16 12
Spinks, Stan 1 R18 0
Stewart, Alex #6 9 R06-R07, R09, R11-R14, R16, R18 1
Stewart, Frank #18 4 R04-R05, R17-R18 0
Stewart, Stuart #9 13 R01-R03, R06-R10, R14-R18 1
Utting, Ernie #28 18 R01-R18 0
Ware, Walter #17 16 R01-R13, R16-R18 7
Williams, Irvan #4 1 R11 0
Woolf, Willie #23 2 R07-R08 0

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Harris, John 18 3 -0- 15 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
02/05/1931 Round 1 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 1 John Harris John Harris
09/05/1931 Round 2 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 19 John Harris John Harris
16/05/1931 Round 3 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 4 John Harris John Harris
23/05/1931 Round 4 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 15 John Harris John Harris
30/05/1931 Round 5 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 3 John Harris John Harris
27/06/1931 Round 6 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 11 John Harris John Harris
13/06/1931 Round 7 Essendon AWAY WIN HAW by 20 John Harris John Harris
20/06/1931 Round 8 Fitzroy HOME WIN HAW by 24 John Harris John Harris
04/07/1931 Round 9 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 26 John Harris John Harris
11/07/1931 Round 10 North Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 72 John Harris John Harris
18/07/1931 Round 11 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 73 John Harris John Harris
25/07/1931 Round 12 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 2 John Harris John Harris
01/08/1931 Round 13 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 45 John Harris John Harris
08/08/1931 Round 14 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 2 John Harris John Harris
22/08/1931 Round 15 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 75 John Harris John Harris
29/08/1931 Round 16 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 31 John Harris Ernie Utting
05/09/1931 Round 17 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 56 John Harris John Harris
12/09/1931 Round 18 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 3 John Harris Ernie Utting