1934 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club

1934 season
President	Dr. Jacob Jona
Coach	Bill Twomey, Sr.
Captain(s)	Bert Mills
Home ground	Glenferrie Oval
VFL Season	3–15 (11th)
Finals Series	Did not qualify
Best and Fairest	Ernie Loveless
Leading goalkicker	Jack Green (80)
Highest home attendance	17,000 (Round 1 vs. Carlton
Lowest home attendance	4,000 (Round 18 vs. Richmond)
Average home attendance	8,000
← 1933 1935 →

The 1934 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 10th season in the Victorian Football League and 33rd 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, 5 May (2:45 pm)	Carlton	12.8 (80)	17.26 (128)	Lost by 48 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	17,000	0–1
2	Saturday, 12 May (2:45 pm)	Melbourne	20.13 (133)	6.8 (44)	Lost by 89 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	9,842	0–2
3	Saturday, 19 May (2:45 pm)	Collingwood	9.8 (62)	19.15 (129)	Lost by 67 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	8,000	0–3
4	Saturday, 26 May (2:45 pm)	Essendon	15.13 (103)	13.11 (89)	Lost by 14 points	Windy Hill (A)	10,000	0–4
5	Saturday, 2 June (2:45 pm)	South Melbourne	13.14 (92)	22.12 (144)	Lost by 52 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	12,000	0–5
6	Saturday, 9 June (2:45 pm)	Footscray	11.11 (77)	10.11 (71)	Won by 6 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	8,000	1–5
7	Saturday, 23 June (2:45 pm)	Richmond	16.14 (110)	11.15 (81)	Lost by 29 points	Punt Road Oval (A)	10,000	1–6
8	Saturday, 30 June (2:45 pm)	Geelong	11.12 (78)	17.17 (119)	Lost by 41 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	6,000	1–7
9	Saturday, 7 July (2:45 pm)	Fitzroy	13.21 (99)	11.13 (79)	Lost by 20 points	Brunswick Street Oval (A)	9,000	1–8
10	Saturday, 14 July (2:45 pm)	North Melbourne	6.17 (53)	6.12 (48)	Won by 5 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	6,000	2–8
11	Saturday, 21 July (2:45 pm)	St Kilda	13.10 (88)	10.12 (72)	Lost by 16 points	Junction Oval (A)	10,000	2–9
12	Saturday, 28 July (2:45 pm)	Carlton	22.13 (145)	10.6 (66)	Lost by 79 points	Princes Park (A)	12,000	2–10
13	Saturday, 4 August (2:45 pm)	Melbourne	11.7 (73)	10.16 (76)	Lost by 3 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	6,000	2–11
14	Saturday, 18 August (2:45 pm)	Collingwood	23.22 (160)	10.13 (73)	Lost by 87 points	Victoria Park (A)	5,000	2–12
15	Saturday, 25 August (2:45 pm)	Essendon	11.15 (81)	11.13 (79)	Won by 2 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	5,000	3–12
16	Saturday, 1 September (2:45 pm)	South Melbourne	15.11 (101)	10.10 (70)	Lost by 31 points	Lake Oval (A)	13,000	3–13
17	Saturday, 8 September (2:45 pm)	Footscray	14.18 (102)	12.7 (79)	Lost by 23 points	Western Oval (A)	5,000	3–14
18	Saturday, 15 September (2:45 pm)	Richmond	7.9 (51)	11.16 (82)	Lost by 31 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	4,000	3–15

Ladder

(P)	Premiers
	Qualified for finals

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	Richmond (P)	18	15	3	0	1618	1334	121.3	60
2	Geelong	18	14	3	1	1834	1355	135.4	58
3	South Melbourne	18	14	4	0	2187	1560	140.2	56
4	Collingwood	18	13	4	1	1915	1571	121.9	54
5	Carlton	18	12	6	0	1986	1707	116.3	48
6	Melbourne	18	9	9	0	1623	1670	97.2	36
7	St Kilda	18	9	9	0	1592	1661	95.8	36
8	Fitzroy	18	7	11	0	1589	1660	95.7	28
9	Footscray	18	6	12	0	1444	1699	85.0	24
10	Essendon	18	5	13	0	1635	1958	83.5	20
11	Hawthorn	18	3	15	0	1300	1917	67.8	12
12	North Melbourne	18	0	18	0	1245	1876	66.4	0

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 92.4
Source: AFL Tables