# 1956 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1956 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 32nd season in the Victorian Football League and 55th overall.

## Fixture
### Night Series Cup

The night series cup was a knockout tournament contested by the teams who didn't qualify for the finals.
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance |
| 1 | Thursday, 30 August | Richmond | 12.10 (82) | 9.19 (73) | Lost by 9 points | Lake Oval (A) | 15,200 |

### Premiership Season

| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Record |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Record |
| 1 | Saturday, 14 April (2:15 pm) | Collingwood | 8.17 (65) | 14.13 (97) | Lost by 32 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 24,000 | 0–1 |
| 2 | Saturday, 21 April (2:15 pm) | Richmond | 12.13 (85) | 16.10 (106) | Won by 21 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 16,000 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Saturday, 28 April (2:15 pm) | Geelong | 15.10 (100) | 16.16 (112) | Lost by 12 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 20,000 | 1–2 |
| 4 | Saturday, 5 May (2:15 pm) | South Melbourne | 6.17 (53) | 8.11 (59) | Won by 6 points | Lake Oval (A) | 18,500 | 2–2 |
| 5 | Saturday, 12 May (2:15 pm) | St Kilda | 3.9 (27) | 6.12 (48) | Won by 21 points | Junction Oval (A) | 12,250 | 3–2 |
| 6 | Saturday, 19 May (2:15 pm) | Footscray | 10.14 (74) | 10.11 (71) | Won by 3 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 22,000 | 4–2 |
| 7 | Saturday, 26 May (2:15 pm) | Fitzroy | 8.10 (58) | 9.13 (67) | Lost by 9 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 18,000 | 4–3 |
| 8 | Saturday, 2 June (2:15 pm) | Carlton | 10.13 (73) | 5.9 (39) | Lost by 34 points | Princes Park (A) | 33,557 | 4–4 |
| 9 | Saturday, 9 June (2:15 pm) | North Melbourne | 7.13 (55) | 3.12 (30) | Won by 25 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 11,000 | 5–4 |
| 10 | Saturday, 23 June (2:15 pm) | Essendon | 12.20 (92) | 10.11 (71) | Lost by 21 points | Windy Hill (A) | 17,000 | 5–5 |
| 11 | Saturday, 30 June (2:15 pm) | Melbourne | 5.12 (42) | 11.14 (80) | Lost by 38 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 15,500 | 5–6 |
| 12 | Saturday, 7 July (2:15 pm) | Collingwood | 11.18 (84) | 8.10 (58) | Lost by 26 points | Victoria Park (A) | 17,150 | 5–7 |
| 13 | Saturday, 14 July (2:15 pm) | Richmond | 3.13 (31) | 8.6 (54) | Lost by 23 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 13,000 | 5–8 |
| 14 | Saturday, 21 July (2:15 pm) | Geelong | 12.13 (85) | 10.14 (74) | Lost by 11 points | Kardinia Park (A) | 13,373 | 5–9 |
| 15 | Saturday, 28 July (2:15 pm) | South Melbourne | 10.18 (78) | 12.6 (78) | Draw | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 12,500 | 5–9–1 |
| 16 | Saturday, 4 August (2:15 pm) | St Kilda | 15.8 (98) | 12.9 (81) | Won by 17 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 15,000 | 6–9–1 |
| 17 | Saturday, 11 August (2:15 pm) | Footscray | 15.13 (103) | 9.6 (60) | Lost by 43 points | Western Oval (A) | 16,492 | 6–10–1 |
| 18 | Saturday, 18 August (2:15 pm) | Fitzroy | 9.16 (70) | 10.17 (77) | Won by 7 points | Brunswick Street Oval (A) | 7,500 | 7–10–1 |

## Ladder

| (P) | Premiers |
| | Qualified for finals |
| # | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
| 1 | Melbourne (P) | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1429 | 979 | 146.0 | 64 |
| 2 | Collingwood | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1420 | 1128 | 125.9 | 52 |
| 3 | Geelong | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1427 | 1171 | 121.9 | 52 |
| 4 | Footscray | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1323 | 1159 | 114.2 | 44 |
| 5 | Carlton | 18 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1304 | 1147 | 113.7 | 42 |
| 6 | Essendon | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1308 | 1365 | 95.8 | 40 |
| 7 | Hawthorn | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1193 | 1342 | 88.9 | 30 |
| 8 | Fitzroy | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1190 | 1332 | 89.3 | 28 |
| 9 | South Melbourne | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1210 | 1374 | 88.1 | 26 |
| 10 | Richmond | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1277 | 1471 | 86.8 | 24 |
| 11 | St Kilda | 18 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1170 | 1330 | 88.0 | 18 |
| 12 | North Melbourne | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1038 | 1491 | 69.6 | 12 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for Average score: 70.8 Source: AFL Tables