# 1929 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1929 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 5th season in the Victorian Football League and 28th 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, 27 April (2:45 pm) | St Kilda | 12.10 (82) | 8.10 (58) | Lost by 24 points | Junction Oval (A) | 13,000 | 0–1 |
| 2 | Saturday, 4 May (2:45 ) | Collingwood | 11.7 (73) | 18.18 (126) | Lost by 53 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 12,000 | 0–2 |
| 3 | Saturday, 11 May (2:45 pm) | Carlton | 13.28 (106) | 9.14 (68) | Lost by 38 points | Princes Park (A) | 17,000 | 0–3 |
| 4 | Saturday, 18 May (2:45 pm) | Essendon | 10.10 (70) | 10.15 (75) | Lost by 5 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 12,000 | 0–4 |
| 5 | Saturday, 25 May (2:45 pm) | Richmond | 16.22 (118) | 12.5 (77) | Lost by 41 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 14,000 | 0–5 |
| 6 | Monday, 3 June (2:45 pm) | Footscray | 16.24 (120) | 7.15 (57) | Lost by 63 points | Western Oval (A) | 14,000 | 0–6 |
| 7 | Saturday, 15 June (2:45 pm) | South Melbourne | 15.8 (98) | 11.13 (79) | Won by 19 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 10,000 | 1–6 |
| 8 | Saturday, 22 June (2:45 pm) | Geelong | 8.8 (56) | 2.13 (25) | Lost by 31 points | Corio Oval (A) | 4,000 | 1–7 |
| 9 | Saturday, 29 June (2:45 pm) | Fitzroy | 13.15 (93) | 8.10 (58) | Won by 35 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 10,000 | 2–7 |
| 10 | Saturday, 6 July (2:45 pm) | North Melbourne | 8.6 (54) | 8.18 (66) | Won by 12 points | Arden Street Oval (A) | 4,500 | 3–7 |
| 11 | Saturday, 13 July (2:45 pm) | Melbourne | 5.13 (43) | 7.11 (53) | Lost by 10 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 8,000 | 3–8 |
| 12 | Saturday, 20 July (2:45 pm) | St Kilda | 7.9 (51) | 15.12 (102) | Lost by 51 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 12,000 | 3–9 |
| 13 | Saturday, 27 July (2:45 pm) | Collingwood | 22.10 (142) | 7.14 (56) | Lost by 86 points | Victoria Park (A) | 7,000 | 3–10 |
| 14 | Saturday, 3 August (2:45 pm) | Carlton | 5.7 (37) | 7.8 (50) | Lost by 13 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 6,000 | 3–11 |
| 15 | Saturday, 10 August (2:45 pm) | Essendon | 15.10 (100) | 13.14 (92) | Lost by 8 points | Windy Hill (A) | 11,000 | 3–12 |
| 16 | Saturday, 17 August (2:45 pm) | Richmond | 8.10 (58) | 11.14 (80) | Lost by 22 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 12,500 | 3–13 |
| 17 | Saturday, 24 August (2:45 pm) | Footscray | 10.17 (77) | 5.3 (33) | Won by 44 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 4,000 | 4–13 |
| 18 | Saturday, 31 August (2:45 pm) | South Melbourne | 13.10 (88) | 11.5 (71) | Lost by 17 points | Lake Oval (A) | 8,000 | 4–14 |

## Ladder

| (P) | Premiers |
| | Qualified for finals |
| # | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
| 1 | Collingwood (P) | 18 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 1918 | 1117 | 171.7 | 72 |
| 2 | Carlton | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1589 | 1161 | 136.9 | 60 |
| 3 | Richmond | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1703 | 1399 | 121.7 | 50 |
| 4 | St Kilda | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1493 | 1146 | 130.3 | 48 |
| 5 | Melbourne | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1228 | 1164 | 105.5 | 46 |
| 6 | Essendon | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1349 | 1405 | 96.0 | 38 |
| 7 | Geelong | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1175 | 1082 | 108.6 | 32 |
| 8 | South Melbourne | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1338 | 1578 | 84.8 | 28 |
| 9 | Footscray | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1268 | 1464 | 86.6 | 26 |
| 10 | Hawthorn | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1170 | 1522 | 76.9 | 16 |
| 11 | Fitzroy | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1340 | 1827 | 73.3 | 12 |
| 12 | North Melbourne | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1070 | 1776 | 60.2 | 4 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for Average score: 77.0 Source: AFL Tables