# 1939 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1939 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 15th season in the Victorian Football League and 38th overall.

## Fixture
### 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, 22 April (2:45 pm) | St Kilda | 18.20 (128) | 9.13 (67) | Lost by 61 points | Junction Oval (A) | 15,500 | 0–1 |
| 2 | Saturday, 29 April (2:45 pm) | North Melbourne | 17.13 (115) | 11.11 (77) | Won by 38 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 11,000 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Saturday, 6 May (2:45 pm) | Geelong | 17.14 (116) | 8.18 (66) | Won by 50 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 12,000 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Saturday, 13 May (2:45 pm) | Fitzroy | 10.17 (77) | 11.11 (77) | Draw | Brunswick Street Oval (A) | 12,000 | 2–1–1 |
| 5 | Saturday, 20 May (2:45 pm) | Carlton | 13.8 (86) | 11.17 (83) | Won by 3 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 20,000 | 3–1–1 |
| 6 | Saturday, 27 May (2:45 pm) | Collingwood | 14.14 (98) | 12.7 (79) | Lost by 19 points | Victoria Park (A) | 15,000 | 3–2–1 |
| 7 | Saturday, 3 June (2:30 pm) | Footscray | 12.15 (87) | 7.23 (65) | Won by 22 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 12,500 | 4–2–1 |
| 8 | Saturday, 10 June (2:45 pm) | Richmond | 7.13 (55) | 12.21 (93) | Lost by 38 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 21,000 | 4–3–1 |
| 9 | Saturday, 17 June (2:45 pm) | South Melbourne | 15.18 (108) | 12.14 (86) | Lost by 22 points | Lake Oval (A) | 9,000 | 4–4–1 |
| 10 | Saturday, 24 June (2:45 pm) | Essendon | 19.11 (125) | 16.19 (115) | Lost by 10 points | Windy Hill (A) | 11,000 | 4–5–1 |
| 11 | Saturday, 1 July (2:45 pm) | Melbourne | 8.4 (52) | 7.12 (54) | Lost by 2 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 8,000 | 4–6–1 |
| 12 | Saturday, 8 July (2:45 pm) | St Kilda | 11.18 (84) | 15.17 (107) | Lost by 23 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 18,000 | 4–7–1 |
| 13 | Saturday, 15 July (2:45 pm) | North Melbourne | 18.11 (119) | 11.16 (82) | Lost by 37 points | Arden Street Oval (A) | 8,000 | 4–8–1 |
| 14 | Saturday, 22 July (2:45 pm) | Geelong | 15.22 (112) | 13.12 (90) | Lost by 22 points | Corio Oval (A) | 5,000 | 4–9–1 |
| 15 | Saturday, 5 August (2:45 pm) | Fitzroy | 10.20 (80) | 12.7 (79) | Won by 1 point | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 6,000 | 5–9–1 |
| 16 | Saturday, 12 August (2:45 pm) | Carlton | 18.16 (124) | 7.20 (62) | Lost by 62 points | Princes Park (A) | 11,000 | 5–10–1 |
| 17 | Saturday, 19 August (2:45 pm) | Collingwood | 6.15 (51) | 7.17 (59) | Lost by 8 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 7,500 | 5–11–1 |
| 18 | Saturday, 2 September (2:45 pm) | Footscray | 11.17 (83) | 6.7 (43) | Lost by 40 points | Western Oval (A) | 3,500 | 5–12–1 |

## Ladder

| (P) | Premiers |
| | Qualified for finals |
| # | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
| 1 | Melbourne (P) | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1928 | 1502 | 128.4 | 60 |
| 2 | Collingwood | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1872 | 1535 | 122.0 | 60 |
| 3 | Richmond | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1734 | 1469 | 118.0 | 52 |
| 4 | St Kilda | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1806 | 1550 | 116.5 | 52 |
| 5 | Carlton | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1796 | 1459 | 123.1 | 48 |
| 6 | Essendon | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1696 | 1749 | 97.0 | 32 |
| 7 | Geelong | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1582 | 1713 | 92.4 | 28 |
| 8 | Fitzroy | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1482 | 1661 | 89.2 | 26 |
| 9 | North Melbourne | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1561 | 1709 | 91.3 | 24 |
| 10 | Hawthorn | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1427 | 1657 | 86.1 | 22 |
| 11 | Footscray | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1494 | 1809 | 82.6 | 16 |
| 12 | South Melbourne | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1367 | 1932 | 70.8 | 12 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for Average score: 91.4 Source: AFL Tables