1955 VFL Season: Hawthorn

Season Team Details

Season: 1955 VFL Season
Team: Hawthorn
Home Ground: Glenferrie Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 8th (W-D-L: 8-0-10, P%: 94.0%)
Finals Performance: Did not qualify for finals
Players: 39
Brownlow Leader(s): Clive Philp (8)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Kevin Coghlan (28)
Peter Crimmins Medal Recipient(s): Graham Arthur

Team Leaders

Captain(s): John Kennedy

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Arthur, Graham #2 18 R01-R18 26
Boland, Brian #1 6 R06-R10, R15 0
Cash, Pat #5 10 R01-R03, R12-R18 8
Coghlan, Kevin #6 14 R01-R09, R14-R18 28
Collins, Bill #39 2 R12-R13 0
Considine, Frank #7 1 R05 0
Considine, Maurie #28 2 R01-R02 0
Crane, Len #14 16 R01-R15, R18 0
Egerton, Ian #32 17 R01-R12, R14-R18 2
Elsworth, Bill #19 4 R11-R14 1
Fanning, Alan #4 9 R02-R06, R10-R13 4
Gent, Don #26 11 R07-R08, R10-R18 0
Harris, Jeff #19 1 R06 0
Hinks, Ian #11 5 R01-R05 1
Horrocks, Rod #29 1 R03 0
Howells, Geoff #33 8 R02-R09 14
Hoy, Ron #37 1 R10 0
Hughes, Alf #12 18 R01-R18 0
Jewell, Alan #9 2 R07-R08 0
Jose, Max #13 4 R13-R14, R16-R17 1
Kanis, Peter #18 11 R01-R04, R10-R13, R16-R18 0
Kann, Brian #22 17 R02-R18 0
Kennedy, John #10 15 R03-R11, R13-R18 1
Maginness, Norm #35 3 R01, R09, R13 0
McCann, Ian #34 4 R04-R05, R09, R18 0
O'Brien, Phil #15 11 R01-R02, R06-R09, R14-R18 4
O'Mahoney, John #3 16 R01, R04-R18 3
Peck, Graham #25 5 R01, R07-R10 2
Peck, John #23 16 R01-R11, R14-R18 20
Philp, Clive #8 17 R01-R15, R17-R18 1
Simmonds, Roy #27 18 R01-R18 12
Takle, Barry #31 4 R10-R13 1
Thompson, Clayton #20 16 R01-R12, R15-R18 24
Toohey, Leon #36 2 R11, R16 0
Voigt, Noel #17 8 R01, R11-R17 10
White, Keith #21 1 R06 0
Wilkinson, Lance #16 17 R01-R12, R14-R18 0
Woodley, Allan #24 18 R01-R18 7
Yeoman, Ray #21 11 R02-R05, R12-R18 11

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)
Hale, Jack 18 8 -0- 10 R01-R18

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
16/04/1955 Round 1 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 35 Jack Hale Roy Simmonds
23/04/1955 Round 2 Carlton HOME WIN HAW by 27 Jack Hale Roy Simmonds
30/04/1955 Round 3 South Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 42 Jack Hale John Kennedy
07/05/1955 Round 4 Collingwood HOME WIN HAW by 9 Jack Hale John Kennedy
14/05/1955 Round 5 North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 2 Jack Hale John Kennedy
21/05/1955 Round 6 Melbourne AWAY LOSS MEL by 27 Jack Hale John Kennedy
28/05/1955 Round 7 Essendon AWAY WIN HAW by 5 Jack Hale John Kennedy
04/06/1955 Round 8 Richmond HOME WIN HAW by 2 Jack Hale John Kennedy
11/06/1955 Round 9 Footscray AWAY LOSS FOO by 55 Jack Hale John Kennedy
25/06/1955 Round 10 St Kilda HOME WIN HAW by 38 Jack Hale John Kennedy
02/07/1955 Round 11 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 59 Jack Hale John Kennedy
09/07/1955 Round 12 Fitzroy HOME WIN HAW by 61 Jack Hale Roy Simmonds
16/07/1955 Round 13 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 16 Jack Hale John Kennedy
23/07/1955 Round 14 South Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 20 Jack Hale John Kennedy
30/07/1955 Round 15 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 35 Jack Hale John Kennedy
06/08/1955 Round 16 North Melbourne AWAY LOSS NOR by 7 Jack Hale John Kennedy
13/08/1955 Round 17 Melbourne HOME LOSS MEL by 6 Jack Hale John Kennedy
20/08/1955 Round 18 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 42 Jack Hale John Kennedy