1947 VFL Season: Hawthorn

Season Team Details

Season: 1947 VFL Season
Team: Hawthorn
Home Ground: Glenferrie Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 11th (W-D-L: 4-0-15, P%: 76.4%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 38
Brownlow Leader(s): Wally Culpitt (18)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Albert Prior (67)
Peter Crimmins Medal Recipient(s): Wally Culpitt

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Alec Albiston

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Albiston, Alec #1 19 R01-R19 38
Anderson, Gordon #6 7 R11-R14, R16-R18 5
Andrews, Len #5 13 R01-R03, R07-R09, R12-R15, R17-R19 5
Austen, Col #9 15 R02-R07, R10-R13, R15-R19 0
Barnes, Fred #17 6 R08-R12, R14 0
Brain, Jack #11 14 R01-R02, R05-R07, R11-R19 2
Calwell, Tom #26 2 R01, R03 0
Cartledge, Geoff #16 2 R01-R02 0
Culpitt, Wally #2 18 R01-R15, R17-R19 0
Curran, Kevin #25 17 R01-R10, R12-R15, R17-R19 1
Dalkin, Bill #21 12 R01-R10, R13, R17 8
Ferguson, Tom #20 16 R01-R15, R18 5
Fisher, Jack #18 2 R10, R16 0
Fitzgerald, Cash #26 3 R05-R07 0
Fletcher, Ted #32 5 R14, R16-R19 2
Hamilton, Stuart #22 10 R01-R10 5
Hester, Jack #29 11 R04-R10, R14-R16, R18 15
Hevey, Kevin #17 4 R01, R03-R04, R11 0
Hickey, Noel #19 1 R03 0
Hopper, Ken #3 16 R04-R19 3
Johnston, Lionel #30 19 R01-R19 0
Le Nepveu, Allan 1 R19 1
Mace, Ken #34 2 R02-R03 0
McLeod, Jack #4 13 R01-R02, R04-R06, R08-R10, R13-R17 0
McVilly, Don #8 16 R04-R19 4
Molloy, Keith #28 5 R01-R04, R16 0
Morgan, Jim #8 8 R11-R17, R19 1
Munro, Ken #35 2 R03-R04 0
O'Donohue, Peter #14 14 R05-R09, R11-R19 0
Pabst, Len #15 19 R01-R19 7
Pearson, Neil #7 14 R01-R05, R11-R19 8
Prior, Albert #24 19 R01-R19 67
Robison, Jim #12 7 R01-R02, R15-R19 8
Shea, Jack #6 2 R01-R02 0
Spear, Tom #10 11 R05-R12, R16, R18-R19 0
Swenson, Clarrie #16 11 R08-R17, R19 15
Woolf, Len #27 13 R01-R04, R06-R13, R15 4
Worrall, Malcolm #23 11 R03-R11, R18-R19 2

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)
Albiston, Alec 19 4 -0- 15 R01-R19

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
19/04/1947 Round 1 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 45 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
26/04/1947 Round 2 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 47 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
03/05/1947 Round 3 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 52 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
10/05/1947 Round 4 St Kilda AWAY WIN HAW by 7 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
17/05/1947 Round 5 Richmond HOME WIN HAW by 38 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
24/05/1947 Round 6 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 15 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
31/05/1947 Round 7 South Melbourne AWAY LOSS SOU by 12 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
07/06/1947 Round 8 North Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 4 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
14/06/1947 Round 9 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 49 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
21/06/1947 Round 10 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 83 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
28/06/1947 Round 11 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 63 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
05/07/1947 Round 12 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 34 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
12/07/1947 Round 13 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 20 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
19/07/1947 Round 14 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 29 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
26/07/1947 Round 15 St Kilda HOME WIN HAW by 45 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
02/08/1947 Round 16 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 41 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
16/08/1947 Round 17 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 6 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
23/08/1947 Round 18 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 45 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
30/08/1947 Round 19 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 4 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston