1947 VFL Season: Hawthorn
Season Team Details
Competition:
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
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albiston, Alec | #1 | 19 | 38 | R01-19 |
| Anderson, Gordon | #6 | 7 | 5 | R11-14, R16-18 |
| Andrews, Len | #5 | 13 | 5 | R01-03, R07-09, R12-15, R17-19 |
| Austen, Col | #9 | 15 | 0 | R02-07, R10-13, R15-19 |
| Barnes, Fred | #17 | 6 | 0 | R08-12, R14 |
| Brain, Jack | #11 | 14 | 2 | R01-02, R05-07, R11-19 |
| Calwell, Tom | #26 | 2 | 0 | R01, R03 |
| Cartledge, Geoff | #16 | 2 | 0 | R01-02 |
| Culpitt, Wally | #2 | 18 | 0 | R01-15, R17-19 |
| Curran, Kevin | #25 | 17 | 1 | R01-10, R12-15, R17-19 |
| Dalkin, Bill | #21 | 12 | 8 | R01-10, R13, R17 |
| Ferguson, Tom | #20 | 16 | 5 | R01-15, R18 |
| Fisher, Jack | #18 | 2 | 0 | R10, R16 |
| Fitzgerald, Cash | #26 | 3 | 0 | R05-07 |
| Fletcher, Ted | #32 | 5 | 2 | R14, R16-19 |
| Hamilton, Stuart | #22 | 10 | 5 | R01-10 |
| Hester, Jack | #29 | 11 | 15 | R04-10, R14-16, R18 |
| Hevey, Kevin | #17 | 4 | 0 | R01, R03-04, R11 |
| Hickey, Noel | #19 | 1 | 0 | R03 |
| Hopper, Ken | #3 | 16 | 3 | R04-19 |
| Johnston, Lionel | #30 | 19 | 0 | R01-19 |
| Le Nepveu, Allan | 1 | 1 | R19 | |
| Mace, Ken | #34 | 2 | 0 | R02-03 |
| McLeod, Jack | #4 | 13 | 0 | R01-02, R04-06, R08-10, R13-17 |
| McVilly, Don | #8 | 16 | 4 | R04-19 |
| Molloy, Keith | #28 | 5 | 0 | R01-04, R16 |
| Morgan, Jim | #8 | 8 | 1 | R11-17, R19 |
| Munro, Ken | #35 | 2 | 0 | R03-04 |
| O'Donohue, Peter | #14 | 14 | 0 | R05-09, R11-19 |
| Pabst, Len | #15 | 19 | 7 | R01-19 |
| Pearson, Neil | #7 | 14 | 8 | R01-05, R11-19 |
| Prior, Albert | #24 | 19 | 67 | R01-19 |
| Robison, Jim | #12 | 7 | 8 | R01-02, R15-19 |
| Shea, Jack | #6 | 2 | 0 | R01-02 |
| Spear, Tom | #10 | 11 | 0 | R05-12, R16, R18-19 |
| Swenson, Clarrie | #16 | 11 | 15 | R08-17, R19 |
| Woolf, Len | #27 | 13 | 4 | R01-04, R06-13, R15 |
| Worrall, Malcolm | #23 | 11 | 2 | R03-11, R18-19 |
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albiston, Alec | 19 | 4 | -0- | 15 | R01-19 |
Team Line-Up
| Back: | Col Austen | Stuart Hamilton | Wally Culpitt |
| Half-Back: | Lionel Johnston | Len Andrews | Jack McLeod |
| Centre: | Jack Brain | Peter O'Donohue | Malcolm Worrall |
| Half-Forward: | Don McVilly | Ken Hopper | Len Pabst |
| Forward: | Jack Hester | Albert Prior | Clarrie Swenson |
| Follower: | Kevin Curran | Tom Ferguson | Alec Albiston |
This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available complete positional records from this season.
Names in bold indicate that the player was named in this position at least ten times this season (exc. interchange).
Positional information from 19 out of 19 matches was used.
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19/04/1947 | Round 1 | Geelong | AWAY | LOSS | GEEL by 45 | Alec Albiston | Alec Albiston |
| 26/04/1947 | Round 2 | Collingwood | HOME | LOSS | COLL by 47 | Alec Albiston | Alec Albiston |
| 03/05/1947 | Round 3 | Footscray | HOME | LOSS | FOOT by 52 | Alec Albiston | Alec Albiston |
| 10/05/1947 | Round 4 | St Kilda | AWAY | WIN | HWTH by 7 | Alec Albiston | Alec Albiston |
| 17/05/1947 | Round 5 | Richmond | HOME | WIN | HWTH by 38 | Alec Albiston | Alec Albiston |
| 24/05/1947 | Round 6 | Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | MELB by 15 | Alec Albiston | Alec Albiston |
| 31/05/1947 | Round 7 | South Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | SMLB by 12 | Alec Albiston | Alec Albiston |
| 07/06/1947 | Round 8 | North Melbourne | HOME | WIN | HWTH by 4 | Alec Albiston | Alec Albiston |
| 14/06/1947 | Round 9 | Fitzroy | AWAY | LOSS | FITZ by 49 | Alec Albiston | Alec Albiston |
| 21/06/1947 | Round 10 | Essendon | HOME | LOSS | ESSE by 83 | Alec Albiston | Alec Albiston |
| 28/06/1947 | Round 11 | Carlton | AWAY | LOSS | CARL by 63 | Alec Albiston | Alec Albiston |
| 05/07/1947 | Round 12 | Geelong | HOME | LOSS | GEEL by 34 | Alec Albiston | Alec Albiston |
| 12/07/1947 | Round 13 | Collingwood | AWAY | LOSS | COLL by 20 | Alec Albiston | Alec Albiston |
| 19/07/1947 | Round 14 | Footscray | AWAY | LOSS | FOOT by 29 | Alec Albiston | Alec Albiston |
| 26/07/1947 | Round 15 | St Kilda | HOME | WIN | HWTH by 45 | Alec Albiston | Alec Albiston |
| 02/08/1947 | Round 16 | Richmond | AWAY | LOSS | RICH by 41 | Alec Albiston | Alec Albiston |
| 16/08/1947 | Round 17 | Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | MELB by 6 | Alec Albiston | Alec Albiston |
| 23/08/1947 | Round 18 | South Melbourne | HOME | LOSS | SMLB by 45 | Alec Albiston | Alec Albiston |
| 30/08/1947 | Round 19 | North Melbourne | AWAY | LOSS | NMLB by 4 | Alec Albiston | Alec Albiston |