1948 VFL Season: Hawthorn

Season Team Details

Season: 1948 VFL Season
Team: Hawthorn
Home Ground: Glenferrie Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 11th (W-D-L: 5-0-14, P%: 75.7%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 31
Brownlow Leader(s): Alec Albiston (11)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Albert Prior (47)
Peter Crimmins Medal Recipient(s): Kevin Curran

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Alec Albiston

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Albiston, Alec #1 19 R01-R19 33
Anderson, Gordon #6 9 R01-R03, R06, R09, R12-R14, R16 12
Andrews, Len #5 10 R03, R05-R12, R15 0
Austen, Col #9 19 R01-R19 0
Baldwin, Roy #18 18 R01-R07, R09-R19 4
Boys, Ron #29 15 R05-R19 0
Brain, Jack #11 14 R01-R10, R16-R19 0
Culpitt, Wally #2 18 R01-R14, R16-R19 0
Curran, Kevin #25 18 R01-R14, R16-R19 0
Dalkin, Bill #21 6 R01-R02, R04, R16-R17, R19 0
Edwards, George #22 2 R02-R03 0
Ferguson, Tom #20 15 R01, R06-R19 10
Fisher, Bob #30 1 R19 0
Fletcher, Ted #23 16 R01-R09, R11-R14, R16-R18 12
Hester, Jack #4 4 R04, R11, R16, R18 0
Hopper, Ken #3 17 R03-R19 2
Johnston, Lionel #30 10 R01-R04, R13-R15, R17-R19 0
Le Nepveu, Allan #31 6 R12-R17 0
Marr, Jack #28 10 R05, R07-R08, R10-R15, R19 3
Milgate, Bob #19 10 R04-R11, R14-R15 15
O'Donohue, Peter #14 14 R01-R02, R05-R12, R15, R17-R19 5
Pabst, Len #15 13 R01-R08, R10-R13, R15 0
Pearson, Neil #7 11 R01-R05, R08-R10, R13-R15 0
Philp, Clive #8 15 R04-R11, R13-R19 4
Prior, Albert #24 18 R01-R13, R15-R19 47
Robison, Jim #12 17 R01-R09, R11-R12, R14-R19 0
Shalless, Ralph #17 10 R01-R04, R09-R10, R16-R19 1
Swenson, Clarrie #16 18 R01-R08, R10-R19 21
Williams, Mel #10 19 R01-R19 10
Woolf, Len #27 3 R01-R03 0
Worrall, Malcolm #32 5 R12-R15, 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)
Albiston, Alec 19 5 -0- 14 R01-R19

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
17/04/1948 Round 1 Carlton HOME LOSS CAR by 41 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
26/04/1948 Round 2 Essendon AWAY LOSS ESS by 23 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
01/05/1948 Round 3 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 39 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
08/05/1948 Round 4 North Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 24 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
15/05/1948 Round 5 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 62 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
22/05/1948 Round 6 Geelong HOME WIN HAW by 37 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
29/05/1948 Round 7 Richmond HOME LOSS RIC by 21 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
05/06/1948 Round 8 St Kilda AWAY WIN HAW by 18 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
12/06/1948 Round 9 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 43 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
19/06/1948 Round 10 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 41 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
03/07/1948 Round 11 South Melbourne HOME LOSS SOU by 26 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
10/07/1948 Round 12 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 43 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
17/07/1948 Round 13 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 56 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
24/07/1948 Round 14 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 5 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
31/07/1948 Round 15 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 27 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
14/08/1948 Round 16 Fitzroy HOME WIN HAW by 3 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
21/08/1948 Round 17 Geelong AWAY WIN HAW by 1 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
28/08/1948 Round 18 Richmond AWAY LOSS RIC by 53 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston
04/09/1948 Round 19 St Kilda HOME LOSS STK by 13 Alec Albiston Alec Albiston