1940 VFL Season: Hawthorn

Season Team Details

Season: 1940 VFL Season
Team: Hawthorn
Home Ground: Glenferrie Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 9th (W-D-L: 7-0-11, P%: 88.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 44
Brownlow Leader(s): Stan Spinks (12)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Alby Naismith (25)
Peter Crimmins Medal Recipient(s): Andrew Angwin

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Bert Mills

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Albiston, Alec #5 4 R01-R04 14
Albiston, Harold #7 2 R05-R06 0
Angwin, Andrew #4 18 R01-R18 1
Austen, Col #5 5 R11-R12, R15-R16, R18 0
Barelli, Alan #28 6 R13-R18 7
Barker, Jack #6 18 R01-R18 3
Bell, Reg #29 13 R01-R08, R10, R13-R14, R17-R18 0
Blackman, Jack #17 18 R01-R18 0
Bohan, Jim #15 15 R01, R04-R06, R08-R18 22
Brady, Brendan #30 6 R12-R17 7
Bragg, Dudley #27 17 R01-R06, R08-R18 0
Bristowe, Wally #38 2 R15-R16 0
Burke, Jack #10 8 R07-R14 23
Carmichael, Max #34 2 R04-R05 3
Carmody, Jack #11 18 R01-R18 18
Carter, George #34 3 R01-R03 8
Culpitt, Wally #2 14 R03, R05-R16, R18 2
Curran, Kevin #33 1 R07 0
Doherty, Vin #39 5 R01-R05 13
Dower, George #25 7 R01-R05, R08-R09 3
Elder, Ern #37 2 R07-R08 0
Farrant, Reg #30 5 R12-R15, R17 1
Feltscheer, Ken #18 7 R02, R06-R11 2
Graham, Bert #18 1 R18 1
Hone, Bruce #38 5 R01-R03, R10-R11 3
Landrigan, Kevin #26 1 R18 0
Long, Roy #20 2 R09-R10 0
Mills, Bert #12 16 R01-R02, R05-R18 7
Moore, Bill #22 6 R05-R09, R18 3
Murphy, Leo #26 2 R06, R09 2
Naismith, Alby #1 16 R01, R04-R18 25
Pabst, Len #16 12 R03-R05, R10-R18 1
Pavey, Bill #19 13 R01-R04, R06-R08, R12-R17 0
Peters, Laurie #39 1 R17 0
Pirrie, Dick 1 R18 0
Samblebe, Frank #24 12 R04-R07, R09-R16 1
Spinks, Stan #8 18 R01-R18 1
Sutherland, Tom #14 8 R01-R04, R06, R10-R12 9
Van Der Bist, Charlie #9 3 R05-R07 1
Walsh, Len #35 2 R03-R04 5
Waters, Gordon #32 5 R07-R08, R16-R18 0
Wellington, Tom #23 4 R02-R03, R09, R17 0
Williams, Bob #3 13 R01-R02, R07-R17 23
Young, Gus #21 5 R01-R04, R11 4

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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)
Mills, Bert 18 7 -0- 11 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
27/04/1940 Round 1 North Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 72 Bert Mills Bert Mills
04/05/1940 Round 2 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 42 Bert Mills Bert Mills
11/05/1940 Round 3 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 27 Bert Mills Stan Spinks
18/05/1940 Round 4 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 39 Bert Mills Stan Spinks
25/05/1940 Round 5 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 17 Bert Mills Bert Mills
01/06/1940 Round 6 Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 6 Bert Mills Bert Mills
08/06/1940 Round 7 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 27 Bert Mills Bert Mills
15/06/1940 Round 8 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 45 Bert Mills Bert Mills
22/06/1940 Round 9 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 44 Bert Mills Bert Mills
29/06/1940 Round 10 Carlton AWAY WIN HAW by 7 Bert Mills Bert Mills
06/07/1940 Round 11 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 24 Bert Mills Bert Mills
13/07/1940 Round 12 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 7 Bert Mills Bert Mills
20/07/1940 Round 13 St Kilda HOME WIN HAW by 56 Bert Mills Bert Mills
27/07/1940 Round 14 Richmond AWAY WIN HAW by 8 Bert Mills Bert Mills
10/08/1940 Round 15 South Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 6 Bert Mills Bert Mills
17/08/1940 Round 16 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 36 Bert Mills Bert Mills
24/08/1940 Round 17 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 114 Bert Mills Bert Mills
31/08/1940 Round 18 Fitzroy HOME WIN HAW by 56 Bert Mills Bert Mills