1931 VFL Season: Hawthorn
These are the details of the premiership results for Hawthorn for the 1931 season of the Victorian Football League (currently known as the Australian Football League). The team used Glenferrie Oval as their home ground, playing nine matches there (nine as hosts). The team finished the regular season in eleventh place.
Team Details
Competition:
1931 VFL Season
Team:
Hawthorn
Club:
Hawthorn
Home Ground:
Glenferrie Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
11th (W-D-L: 3-0-15, P%: 82.1)
Finals Performance:
Did not qualify for finals
Team Leaders
Captain:
John Harris
Vice-Captains:
Bert Hyde, Ernie Utting
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aitchison, Ern | #11 | 2 | 0 | R14-15 |
| Ashby, Bert | #15 | 12 | 3 | R05-16 |
| Bennett, George | #27 | 17 | 1 | R01-16, R18 |
| Brooks, Phil | #4 | 2 | 2 | R01, R03 |
| Carey, Bill | #14 | 17 | 0 | R01-10, R12-18 |
| Chandler, Allan | #7 | 15 | 2 | R02-16 |
| Chandler, Bert | #31 | 3 | 1 | R16-18 |
| Chandler, Dick | #24 | 2 | 5 | R17-18 |
| Colling, Cliff | 1 | 1 | R18 | |
| Collins, Norm | #2 | 12 | 0 | R05-06, R09-18 |
| Daffey, Mark | #3 | 10 | 5 | R01-04, R06, R09, R15-18 |
| Davies, Reg | #23 | 2 | 0 | R01-02 |
| Dodd, Rupe | #30 | 3 | 4 | R13, R15-16 |
| Fisher, Stan | #29 | 14 | 1 | R04-15, R17-18 |
| Francis, Jim | #10 | 18 | 11 | R01-18 |
| Garside, Ted | #16 | 6 | 0 | R01-02, R07-08, R12-13 |
| Hammond, Bob | #5 | 8 | 7 | R04-08, R10, R12, R16 |
| Harris, John | #1 | 16 | 6 | R01-15, R17 |
| Hyde, Bert | #20 | 12 | 26 | R01-03, R06, R08-11, R14-15, R17-18 |
| Lonsdale, Clarrie | #30 | 2 | 1 | R02-03 |
| Meade, Les | #24 | 4 | 0 | R01, R03-05 |
| Mills, Bert | #12 | 17 | 0 | R01-05, R07-18 |
| Mills, Donald | #25 | 11 | 0 | R01-05, R07-08, R10-11, R16-17 |
| Murphy, Leo | #26 | 16 | 0 | R01-06, R09-18 |
| O'Brien, Jack | #11 | 1 | 0 | R01 |
| Pool, Ted | #19 | 16 | 23 | R01-15, R17 |
| Ryan, Jack | #21 | 16 | 39 | R02-17 |
| Sellers, Bob | #8 | 8 | 2 | R04, R11-15, R17-18 |
| Sharpley, Keith | #22 | 15 | 12 | R01-14, R16 |
| Spinks, Stan | 1 | 0 | R18 | |
| Stewart, Alex | #6 | 9 | 1 | R06-07, R09, R11-14, R16, R18 |
| Stewart, Frank | #18 | 4 | 0 | R04-05, R17-18 |
| Stewart, Stuart | #9 | 13 | 1 | R01-03, R06-10, R14-18 |
| Utting, Ernie | #28 | 18 | 0 | R01-18 |
| Ware, Walter | #17 | 16 | 7 | R01-13, R16-18 |
| Williams, Irvan | #4 | 1 | 0 | R11 |
| Woolf, Willie | #23 | 2 | 0 | R07-08 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris, John | 18 | 3 | -0- | 15 | R01-18 |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 02/05/1931 | Round 1 | Footscray | AWAY | LOSS | FOOT by 1 | John Harris | John Harris |
| 09/05/1931 | Round 2 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 19 | John Harris | John Harris |
| 16/05/1931 | Round 3 | St Kilda | AWAY | LOSS | STKL by 4 | John Harris | John Harris |
| 23/05/1931 | Round 4 | Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | MELB by 15 | John Harris | John Harris |
| 30/05/1931 | Round 5 | South Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | SMLB by 3 | John Harris | John Harris |
| 27/06/1931 | Round 6 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RICH by 11 | John Harris | John Harris |
| 13/06/1931 | Round 7 | Essendon | AWAY | WIN | HWTH by 20 | John Harris | John Harris |
| 20/06/1931 | Round 8 | Fitzroy | HOME | WIN | HWTH by 24 | John Harris | John Harris |
| 04/07/1931 | Round 9 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 26 | John Harris | John Harris |
| 11/07/1931 | Round 10 | North Melbourne | HOME | WIN | HWTH by 72 | John Harris | John Harris |
| 18/07/1931 | Round 11 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 73 | John Harris | John Harris |
| 25/07/1931 | Round 12 | Footscray | HOME | LOSS | FOOT by 2 | John Harris | John Harris |
| 01/08/1931 | Round 13 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 45 | John Harris | John Harris |
| 08/08/1931 | Round 14 | St Kilda | HOME | LOSS | STKL by 2 | John Harris | John Harris |
| 22/08/1931 | Round 15 | Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | MELB by 75 | John Harris | John Harris |
| 29/08/1931 | Round 16 | South Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | SMLB by 31 | John Harris | Ernie Utting |
| 05/09/1931 | Round 17 | Richmond | HOME | LOSS | RICH by 56 | John Harris | John Harris |
| 12/09/1931 | Round 18 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESSE by 3 | John Harris | Ernie Utting |