1937 season | |||
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President | Dr. Jacob Jona | ||
Coach | Ivan McAlpine | ||
Captain(s) | Ivan McAlpine | ||
Home ground | Glenferrie Oval | ||
VFL Season | 7–11 (8th) | ||
Finals Series | Did not qualify | ||
Best and Fairest | Leo Murphy | ||
Leading goalkicker | Norm Hillard (31) | ||
Highest home attendance | 18,000 (Round 8 vs. Melbourne) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 5,000 (Round 12 vs. North Melbourne) | ||
Average home attendance | 9,556 | ||
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The 1937 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 13th season in the Victorian Football League and 36th overall.
Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Record | ||
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Home | Away | Result | ||||||
1 | Saturday, 24 April (2:45 pm) | North Melbourne | 9.22 (76) | 11.12 (78) | Won by 2 points | Arden Street Oval (A) | 11,000 | 1–0 |
2 | Saturday, 1 May (2:45 pm) | St Kilda | 14.15 (99) | 15.22 (112) | Lost by 13 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 16,000 | 1–1 |
3 | Saturday, 8 May (2:45 pm) | Fitzroy | 15.15 (105) | 9.15 (69) | Lost by 36 points | Brunswick Street Oval (A) | 9,000 | 1–2 |
4 | Saturday, 15 May (2:45 pm) | Essendon | 11.15 (81) | 16.13 (109) | Lost by 28 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 10,000 | 1–3 |
5 | Saturday, 22 May (2:45 pm) | Geelong | 21.23 (149) | 7.11 (53) | Lost by 96 points | Corio Oval (A) | 7,300 | 1–4 |
6 | Saturday, 29 May (2:45 pm) | South Melbourne | 15.11 (101) | 13.20 (98) | Lost by 3 points | Lake Oval (A) | 10,000 | 1–5 |
7 | Saturday, 5 June (2:30 pm) | Richmond | 9.6 (60) | 8.10 (58) | Won by 2 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 10,000 | 2–5 |
8 | Saturday, 14 June (2:30 pm) | Melbourne | 12.10 (82) | 15.15 (105) | Lost by 23 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 18,000 | 2–6 |
9 | Saturday, 19 June (2:30 pm) | Carlton | 15.24 (114) | 8.11 (59) | Lost by 55 points | Princes Park (A) | 11,000 | 2–7 |
10 | Saturday, 26 June (2:30 pm) | Footscray | 15.16 (106) | 14.15 (99) | Won by 7 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 7,500 | 3–7 |
11 | Saturday, 3 July (2:30 pm) | Collingwood | 13.23 (101) | 6.13 (49) | Lost by 52 points | Victoria Park (A) | 5,800 | 3–8 |
12 | Saturday, 10 July (2:30 pm) | North Melbourne | 9.15 (69) | 6.15 (51) | Won by 18 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 5,000 | 4–8 |
13 | Saturday, 17 July (2:30 pm) | St Kilda | 11.15 (81) | 9.8 (62) | Lost by 19 points | Junction Oval (A) | 9,000 | 4–9 |
14 | Saturday, 24 July (2:30 pm) | Fitzroy | 10.11 (71) | 6.13 (49) | Won by 22 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 7,500 | 5–9 |
15 | Saturday, 31 July (2:30 pm) | Essendon | 11.13 (79) | 13.14 (92) | Won by 13 points | Windy Hill (A) | 6,000 | 6–9 |
16 | Saturday, 14 August (2:45 pm) | Geelong | 13.13 (91) | 17.12 (114) | Lost by 23 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 6,000 | 6–10 |
17 | Saturday, 21 August (2:45 pm) | South Melbourne | 15.12 (102) | 10.15 (75) | Won by 27 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 6,000 | 7–10 |
18 | Saturday, 28 August (2:45 pm) | Richmond | 14.13 (97) | 13.14 (92) | Lost by 5 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 18,000 | 7–11 |
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(P) | Premiers |
Qualified for finals |
# | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
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1 | Geelong (P) | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1824 | 1348 | 135.3 | 60 |
2 | Melbourne | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1945 | 1482 | 131.2 | 60 |
3 | Collingwood | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1908 | 1479 | 129.0 | 52 |
4 | Richmond | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1647 | 1525 | 108.0 | 46 |
5 | Carlton | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1624 | 1464 | 110.9 | 44 |
6 | St Kilda | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1600 | 1580 | 101.3 | 40 |
7 | Fitzroy | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1386 | 1488 | 93.1 | 28 |
8 | Hawthorn | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1413 | 1675 | 84.4 | 28 |
9 | South Melbourne | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1527 | 1698 | 89.9 | 26 |
10 | Essendon | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1530 | 1689 | 90.6 | 20 |
11 | Footscray | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1409 | 1722 | 81.8 | 16 |
12 | North Melbourne | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1188 | 1851 | 64.2 | 12 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 88.0
Source: AFL Tables
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