1936 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club

1936 season
President	Dr. Jacob Jona
Coach	Ivan McAlpine
Captain(s)	Ivan McAlpine
Home ground	Glenferrie Oval
VFL Season	6–12 (9th)
Finals Series	Did not qualify
Best and Fairest	Leo Murphy
Leading goalkicker	Norm Hillard (26)
Highest home attendance	18,000 (Round 3 vs. Carlton
Lowest home attendance	6,000 (Round 6 vs. Geelong, Round 11 vs. North Melbourne)
Average home attendance	10,333
← 1935 1937 →

The 1936 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 12th season in the Victorian Football League and 35th overall.

Fixture

Premiership Season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Record
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday, 2 May (2:45 pm)	Collingwood	12.11 (83)	15.14 (104)	Lost by 21 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	14,000	0–1
2	Saturday, 9 May (2:45 pm)	Footscray	8.20 (68)	11.7 (73)	Won by 5 points	Western Oval (A)	10,000	1–1
3	Saturday, 16 May (2:45 pm)	Carlton	14.13 (97)	16.11 (107)	Lost by 10 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	18,000	1–2
4	Saturday, 23 May (2:45 pm)	Melbourne	16.20 (116)	11.11 (77)	Lost by 39 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	10,152	1–3
5	Saturday, 30 May (2:45 pm)	Richmond	16.21 (117)	10.12 (72)	Lost by 45 points	Punt Road Oval (A)	9,000	1–4
6	Saturday, 6 June (2:45 pm)	South Melbourne	9.11 (65)	18.20 (128)	Lost by 63 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	12,000	1–5
7	Saturday, 13 June (2:45 pm)	Geelong	12.19 (91)	7.6 (48)	Won by 43 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	6,000	2–5
8	Saturday, 20 June (2:45 pm)	Essendon	12.19 (91)	8.18 (66)	Lost by 25 points	Windy Hill (A)	11,000	2–6
9	Saturday, 27 June (2:45 pm)	Fitzroy	11.9 (75)	9.9 (63)	Won by 12 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	8,000	3–6
10	Saturday, 11 July (2:45 pm)	St Kilda	16.9 (105)	12.16 (88)	Lost by 17 points	Junction Oval (A)	9,000	3–7
11	Saturday, 18 July (2:45 pm)	North Melbourne	8.19 (67)	7.11 (53)	Won by 14 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	6,000	4–7
12	Saturday, 25 July (2:45 pm)	Collingwood	14.18 (102)	6.12 (48)	Lost by 54 points	Victoria Park (A)	7,000	4–8
13	Saturday, 1 August (2:45 pm)	Footscray	13.13 (91)	8.21 (69)	Won by 22 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	10,000	5–8
14	Saturday, 8 August (2:45 pm)	Carlton	11.17 (83)	8.16 (64)	Lost by 19 points	Princes Park (A)	9,000	5–9
15	Saturday, 15 August (2:45 pm)	Melbourne	9.8 (62)	17.10 (112)	Lost by 50 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	10,000	5–10
16	Saturday, 22 August (2:45 pm)	Richmond	15.12 (102)	14.16 (100)	Won by 2 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	9,000	6–10
17	Saturday, 29 August (2:45 pm)	South Melbourne	16.10 (106)	15.11 (101)	Lost by 5 points	Lake Oval (A)	12,000	6–11
18	Saturday, 5 September (2:45 pm)	Geelong	21.22 (148)	9.15 (69)	Lost by 79 points	Corio Oval (A)	6,000	6–12
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Ladder

(P)	Premiers
	Qualified for finals

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	South Melbourne	18	16	2	0	1806	1524	118.5	64
2	Collingwood (P)	18	15	3	0	1854	1367	135.6	60
3	Carlton	18	12	6	0	1877	1504	124.8	48
4	Melbourne	18	12	6	0	1755	1477	118.8	48
5	Geelong	18	11	7	0	1884	1498	125.8	44
6	Richmond	18	10	8	0	1673	1550	107.9	40
7	St Kilda	18	9	9	0	1845	1919	96.1	36
8	Essendon	18	6	12	0	1565	1840	85.1	24
9	Hawthorn	18	6	12	0	1391	1720	80.9	24
10	Footscray	18	5	13	0	1462	1690	86.5	20
11	North Melbourne	18	4	14	0	1274	1679	75.9	16
12	Fitzroy	18	2	16	0	1367	1985	68.9	8

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 91.4
Source: AFL Tables

References

1. "AFL Tables - 1936 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.