# 1955 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1955 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 31st season in the Victorian Football League and 54th 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, 16 April (2:15 pm) | Fitzroy | 13.15 (93) | 7.16 (58) | Lost by 35 points | Brunswick Street Oval (A) | 16,000 | 0–1 |
| 2 | Saturday, 23 April (2:15 pm) | Carlton | 12.15 (87) | 9.6 (60) | Won by 27 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 19,000 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Saturday, 30 April (2:15 pm) | South Melbourne | 7.14 (56) | 15.8 (98) | Won by 42 points | Lake Oval (A) | 18,000 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Saturday, 7 May (2:15 pm) | Collingwood | 12.12 (84) | 12.3 (75) | Won by 9 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 26,000 | 3–1 |
| 5 | Saturday, 14 May (2:15 pm) | North Melbourne | 14.7 (91) | 13.15 (93) | Lost by 2 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 15,000 | 3–2 |
| 6 | Saturday, 21 May (2:15 pm) | Melbourne | 11.5 (71) | 6.8 (44) | Lost by 27 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 28,333 | 3–3 |
| 7 | Saturday, 28 May (2:15 pm) | Essendon | 9.11 (65) | 10.10 (70) | Won by 5 points | Windy Hill (A) | 20,000 | 4–3 |
| 8 | Saturday, 4 June (2:15 pm) | Richmond | 9.8 (62) | 8.12 (60) | Won by 2 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 19,600 | 5–3 |
| 9 | Saturday, 11 June (2:15 pm) | Footscray | 17.12 (114) | 8.11 (59) | Lost by 55 points | Western Oval (A) | 28,807 | 5–4 |
| 10 | Saturday, 25 June (2:15 pm) | St Kilda | 12.9 (81) | 6.7 (43) | Won by 38 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 10,500 | 6–4 |
| 11 | Saturday, 2 July (2:15 pm) | Geelong | 16.13 (109) | 7.8 (50) | Lost by 59 points | Kardinia Park (A) | 17,238 | 6–5 |
| 12 | Saturday, 9 July (2:15 pm) | Fitzroy | 18.12 (120) | 9.5 (59) | Won by 61 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 10,500 | 7–5 |
| 13 | Saturday, 16 July (2:15 pm) | Carlton | 10.19 (79) | 9.9 (63) | Lost by 16 points | Princes Park (A) | 15,763 | 7–6 |
| 14 | Saturday, 23 July (2:15 pm) | South Melbourne | 10.11 (71) | 6.15 (51) | Won by 20 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 12,100 | 8–6 |
| 15 | Saturday, 30 July (2:15 pm) | Collingwood | 10.11 (71) | 5.6 (36) | Lost by 35 points | Victoria Park (A) | 16,000 | 8–7 |
| 16 | Saturday, 6 August (2:15 pm) | North Melbourne | 8.12 (60) | 8.5 (53) | Lost by 7 points | Arden Street Oval (A) | 9,000 | 8–8 |
| 17 | Saturday, 13 August (2:15 pm) | Melbourne | 12.13 (85) | 13.13 (91) | Lost by 6 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 16,000 | 8–9 |
| 18 | Saturday, 20 August (2:15 pm) | Essendon | 7.8 (50) | 13.14 (92) | Lost by 42 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 24,500 | 8–10 |

## Ladder

| (P) | Premiers |
| | Qualified for finals |
| # | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
| 1 | Melbourne (P) | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1559 | 1036 | 150.5 | 60 |
| 2 | Collingwood | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1526 | 1197 | 127.5 | 56 |
| 3 | Geelong | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1524 | 1241 | 122.8 | 56 |
| 4 | Essendon | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1435 | 1099 | 130.6 | 48 |
| 5 | Footscray | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1323 | 1018 | 130.0 | 48 |
| 6 | Richmond | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1471 | 1387 | 106.1 | 36 |
| 7 | Carlton | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1384 | 1403 | 98.6 | 36 |
| 8 | Hawthorn | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1262 | 1342 | 94.0 | 32 |
| 9 | Fitzroy | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1258 | 1421 | 88.5 | 24 |
| 10 | South Melbourne | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1276 | 1454 | 87.8 | 20 |
| 11 | North Melbourne | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1233 | 1617 | 76.3 | 12 |
| 12 | St Kilda | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 861 | 1897 | 45.4 | 4 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for Average score: 74.6 Source: AFL Tables