1952 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club
1952 season
PresidentDave Prentice
CoachJack Hale
Captain(s)Peter O'Donohue
Home groundGlenferrie Oval
Lightning Premiership1st Round
VFL Season5–14 (11th)
Finals SeriesDid not qualify
Best and fairestJohn Kennedy Sr.
Leading goalkickerJack MacDonald (25)
Highest home attendance15,000 (Round 4 vs. South Melbourne)
Lowest home attendance6,000 (Round 19 vs. North Melbourne)
Average home attendance11,056
← 1951 1953 →

The 1952 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 28th season in the Victorian Football League and 51st overall.

Fixture

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Lightning Premiership

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See also: 1952 VFL Lightning Premiership

The lightning premiership was played between rounds 5 and 6.

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 24 May Collingwood 4.3 (27) 0.4 (4) Lost by 23 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)

Premiership Season

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Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Record
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 19 April (2:15 pm) Collingwood 2.8 (20) 15.16 (106) Lost by 86 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 14,000 0–1
2 Saturday, 26 April (2:15 pm) Richmond 12.10 (82) 8.14 (62) Lost by 20 points Punt Road Oval (A) 13,000 0–2
3 Saturday, 3 May (2:15 pm) Melbourne 8.12 (60) 10.14 (74) Won by 14 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 13,529 1–2
4 Saturday, 10 May (2:15 pm) South Melbourne 11.3 (69) 8.12 (60) Won by 9 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 15,000 2–2
5 Saturday, 17 May (2:15 pm) Fitzroy 6.6 (42) 5.11 (41) Lost by 1 point Brunswick Street Oval (A) 9,500 2–3
6 Saturday, 31 May (2:15 pm) Essendon 5.14 (44) 15.8 (98) Lost by 54 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 14,000 2–4
7 Saturday, 7 June (2:15 pm) North Melbourne 12.8 (80) 7.8 (50) Lost by 30 points Arden Street Oval (A) 11,000 2–5
8 Saturday, 14 June (2:15 pm) Carlton 17.15 (117) 11.14 (80) Lost by 37 points Euroa Oval (A) 7,500 2–6
9 Saturday, 21 June (2:15 pm) St Kilda 5.11 (41) 7.6 (48) Won by 7 points Junction Oval (A) 7,500 3–6
10 Saturday, 28 June (2:15 pm) Geelong 6.8 (44) 10.10 (70) Lost by 26 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 7,500 3–7
11 Saturday, 5 July (2:15 pm) Carlton 5.11 (41) 9.24 (78) Lost by 37 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 11,000 3–8
12 Saturday, 12 July (2:15 pm) Footscray 4.11 (35) 9.4 (58) Won by 23 points Western Oval (A) 12,218 4–8
13 Saturday, 19 July (2:15 pm) Collingwood 12.15 (87) 4.4 (28) Lost by 59 points Victoria Park (A) 12,643 4–9
14 Saturday, 26 July (2:15 pm) Richmond 8.14 (62) 14.7 (91) Lost by 29 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 11,000 4–10
15 Saturday, 2 August (2:15 pm) Melbourne 9.3 (57) 12.13 (85) Lost by 28 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 9,000 4–11
16 Saturday, 9 August (2:15 pm) South Melbourne 6.14 (50) 9.14 (68) Won by 18 points Lake Oval (A) 12,000 5–11
17 Saturday, 16 August (2:15 pm) Fitzroy 7.6 (48) 12.12 (84) Lost by 36 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 12,000 5–12
18 Saturday, 23 August (2:15 pm) Essendon 20.12 (132) 11.11 (77) Lost by 55 points Windy Hill (A) 12,000 5–13
19 Saturday, 30 August (2:15 pm) North Melbourne 8.11 (59) 12.10 (82) Lost by 23 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 6,000 5–14
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Ladder

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(P) Premiers
Qualified for finals
# Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 Geelong (P) 19 16 2 1 1594 1183 134.7 66
2 Collingwood 19 14 5 0 1528 1058 144.4 56
3 Fitzroy 19 13 6 0 1233 1170 105.4 52
4 Carlton 19 11 6 2 1473 1310 112.4 48
5 South Melbourne 19 11 7 1 1411 1337 105.5 46
6 Melbourne 19 9 9 1 1420 1379 103.0 38
7 North Melbourne 19 9 10 0 1352 1396 96.8 36
8 Essendon 19 8 10 1 1579 1390 113.6 34
9 Richmond 19 8 11 0 1281 1384 92.6 32
10 Footscray 19 5 14 0 1052 1364 77.1 20
11 Hawthorn 19 5 14 0 1030 1480 69.6 20
12 St Kilda 19 2 17 0 1071 1573 68.1 8

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 70.3
Source: AFL Tables

References

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  1. ^ "AFL Tables - 1952 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.


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