# 1954 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1954 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 30th season in the Victorian Football League and the 53rd 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 | Monday, 19 April (2:15 pm) | Essendon | 8.13 (61) | 14.11 (95) | Lost by 34 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 23,000 | 0–1 |
| 2 | Saturday, 24 April (2:15 pm) | St Kilda | 5.9 (39) | 10.10 (70) | Won by 31 points | Junction Oval (A) | 14,000 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Saturday, 1 May (2:15 pm) | Melbourne | 11.9 (75) | 9.10 (64) | Won by 11 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 17,000 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Saturday, 8 May (2:15 pm) | North Melbourne | 11.10 (76) | 10.13 (73) | Lost by 3 points | Arden Street Oval (A) | 16,000 | 2–2 |
| 5 | Saturday, 15 May (2:15 pm) | Geelong | 14.13 (97) | 13.14 (92) | Won by 5 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 18,000 | 3–2 |
| 6 | Saturday, 22 May (2:15 pm) | Richmond | 10.12 (72) | 11.12 (78) | Won by 6 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 23,000 | 4–2 |
| 7 | Saturday, 29 May (2:15 pm) | Footscray | 10.9 (69) | 11.12 (78) | Lost by 9 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 26,000 | 4–3 |
| 8 | Saturday, 5 June (2:15 pm) | South Melbourne | 6.13 (49) | 8.10 (58) | Won by 9 points | Lake Oval (A) | 22,000 | 5–3 |
| 9 | Monday, 14 June (2:15 pm) | Carlton | 5.11 (41) | 4.12 (36) | Lost by 5 points | Princes Park (A) | 34,000 | 5–4 |
| 10 | Saturday, 26 June (2:15 pm) | Collingwood | 11.5 (71) | 10.15 (75) | Lost by 4 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 25,000 | 5–5 |
| 11 | Saturday, 3 July (2:15 pm) | Fitzroy | 11.15 (81) | 11.10 (76) | Won by 5 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 12,000 | 6–5 |
| 12 | Saturday, 10 July (2:15 pm) | Essendon | 13.16 (94) | 9.9 (63) | Lost by 31 points | Windy Hill (A) | 20,000 | 6–6 |
| 13 | Saturday, 17 July (2:15 pm) | St Kilda | 14.17 (101) | 5.10 (40) | Won by 61 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 11,000 | 7–6 |
| 14 | Saturday, 31 July (2:15 pm) | Melbourne | 16.14 (110) | 5.3 (33) | Lost by 77 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 26,708 | 7–7 |
| 15 | Saturday, 7 August (2:15 pm) | North Melbourne | 9.5 (59) | 10.22 (82) | Lost by 23 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 7,000 | 7–8 |
| 16 | Saturday, 14 August (2:15 pm) | Geelong | 13.12 (90) | 7.6 (48) | Lost by 42 points | Kardinia Park (A) | 16,870 | 7–9 |
| 17 | Saturday, 21 August (2:15 pm) | Richmond | 10.10 (70) | 6.11 (47) | Won by 23 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 14,000 | 8–9 |
| 18 | Saturday, 28 August (2:15 pm) | Footscray | 17.15 (117) | 5.4 (34) | Lost by 83 points | Western Oval (A) | 22,896 | 8–10 |

## Ladder

| (P) | Premiers |
| | Qualified for finals |
| # | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
| 1 | Geelong | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1630 | 1225 | 133.1 | 52 |
| 2 | Footscray (P) | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1423 | 1095 | 130.0 | 46 |
| 3 | North Melbourne | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1355 | 1361 | 99.6 | 46 |
| 4 | Melbourne | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1504 | 1239 | 121.4 | 44 |
| 5 | Richmond | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1503 | 1310 | 114.7 | 40 |
| 6 | Essendon | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1471 | 1364 | 107.8 | 40 |
| 7 | Collingwood | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1312 | 1301 | 100.8 | 40 |
| 8 | Carlton | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1382 | 1391 | 99.4 | 32 |
| 9 | Hawthorn | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1177 | 1337 | 88.0 | 32 |
| 10 | South Melbourne | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1209 | 1482 | 81.6 | 24 |
| 11 | Fitzroy | 18 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1174 | 1604 | 73.2 | 18 |
| 12 | St Kilda | 18 | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1149 | 1580 | 72.7 | 18 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for Average score: 75.4 Source: AFL Tables