1939 VFL Season: Hawthorn

Season Team Details

Season: 1939 VFL Season
Team: Hawthorn
Home Ground: Glenferrie Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 10th (W-D-L: 5-1-12, P%: 86.1%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Stan Spinks (12)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Alec Albiston (37)
Peter Crimmins Medal Recipient(s): Bert Mills

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Len Thomas

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Albiston, Alec #5 16 R01-R09, R11, R13-R18 37
Albiston, Harold #7 18 R01-R18 0
Allison, Neil #9 3 R08-R10 0
Angwin, Andrew #4 3 R01-R02, R06 0
Barker, George #11 1 R01 0
Barker, Jack #6 16 R01-R08, R10-R15, R17-R18 0
Blackman, Jack #34 13 R05-R13, R15-R18 9
Bohan, Jim #15 9 R01-R02, R09, R13-R18 7
Booth, Frank #36 3 R07-R08, R12 2
Burke, Jack #10 7 R01-R04, R10-R11, R18 9
Byrne, Tom #23 2 R11-R12 2
Carter, George #34 14 R01-R09, R14-R18 1
Davey, Tom #27 2 R16, R18 0
Davidson, Arthur #16 7 R01-R04, R07-R09 19
Day, Howard #2 3 R05-R06, R10 6
Deague, Bill #17 18 R01-R18 23
Dower, George #25 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 1
Elliott, Russ #31 1 R17 1
Feltscheer, Ken #18 16 R02-R08, R10-R18 1
Hird, Allan #29 8 R06-R08, R10-R14 8
Jacobs, Harry #8 2 R15-R16 1
Mills, Bert #12 17 R01-R10, R12-R18 5
Moore, Bill #22 15 R01-R05, R09-R18 5
Murphy, Leo #38 5 R08-R11, R14 0
Naismith, Alby #1 12 R01-R06, R09-R11, R16-R18 17
Pabst, Len #33 14 R05-R18 3
Pavey, Bill #19 13 R01-R03, R06-R07, R09, R11-R17 0
Pierce, Charlie #2 2 R03-R04 1
Robinson, Bill #30 4 R03-R06 0
Samblebe, Frank #24 4 R01-R04 0
Spinks, Stan #8 12 R01-R09, R12-R13, R16 1
Sutherland, Tom #14 5 R05, R11-R12, R14-R15 5
Thomas, Len #1 16 R01-R09, R12-R18 15
Van Der Bist, Charlie #32 4 R07, R10-R12 6
Waters, Gordon #28 8 R04-R05, R07-R08, R10-R13 0
Wellington, Tom #37 10 R09-R18 3
Williams, Bob #3 17 R01-R11, R13-R18 9
Young, Gus #21 5 R13-R15, R17-R18 1

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)
Thomas, Len 18 5 -1- 12 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
22/04/1939 Round 1 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 61 Len Thomas Len Thomas
29/04/1939 Round 2 North Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 38 Len Thomas Len Thomas
06/05/1939 Round 3 Geelong HOME WIN HAW by 50 Len Thomas Len Thomas
13/05/1939 Round 4 Fitzroy AWAY DRAW drawn Len Thomas Len Thomas
20/05/1939 Round 5 Carlton HOME WIN HAW by 3 Len Thomas Len Thomas
27/05/1939 Round 6 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 19 Len Thomas Len Thomas
03/06/1939 Round 7 Footscray HOME WIN HAW by 22 Len Thomas Len Thomas
10/06/1939 Round 8 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 38 Len Thomas Len Thomas
17/06/1939 Round 9 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 22 Len Thomas Len Thomas
24/06/1939 Round 10 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 10 Len Thomas Bert Mills
01/07/1939 Round 11 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 2 Len Thomas unknown
08/07/1939 Round 12 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 23 Len Thomas Len Thomas
15/07/1939 Round 13 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 37 Len Thomas Len Thomas
22/07/1939 Round 14 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 22 Len Thomas Len Thomas
05/08/1939 Round 15 Fitzroy HOME WIN HAW by 1 Len Thomas Len Thomas
12/08/1939 Round 16 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 62 Len Thomas Len Thomas
19/08/1939 Round 17 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 8 Len Thomas Len Thomas
02/09/1939 Round 18 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 40 Len Thomas Len Thomas