# 1942 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1942 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 18th season in the Victorian Football League and 41st overall.

## Fixture
### Premiership Season

With World War II happening at the time, Geelong weren't able to compete in the 1942 season due to wartime travel restrictions, whilst Melbourne and Collingwood struggled to field a team. Hawthorn and Collingwood also withdrew their teams from the reserves competition.
| 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, 9 May (2:45 pm) | North Melbourne | 13.15 (93) | 18.19 (117) | Lost by 34 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 5,000 | 0–1 |
| 2 | Saturday, 16 May (2:45 pm) | St Kilda | 16.13 (109) | 9.17 (71) | Lost by 38 points | Toorak Park (A) | 5,500 | 0–2 |
| 3 | Saturday, 23 May (2:45 pm) | Footscray | 5.11 (41) | 17.15 (117) | Lost by 76 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 5,000 | 0–3 |
| 4 | Saturday, 30 May (2:45 pm) | Melbourne | 16.15 (111) | 8.17 (65) | Lost by 46 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 3,500 | 0–4 |
| 5 | Saturday, 6 June (2:45 pm) | Collingwood | 13.10 (88) | 10.20 (80) | Won by 8 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 4,000 | 1–4 |
| 6 | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye | Bye |
| 7 | Saturday, 20 June (2:45 pm) | Fitzroy | 16.14 (110) | 14.10 (94) | Lost by 16 points | Brunswick Street Oval (A) | 5,000 | 1–5 |
| 8 | Saturday, 27 June (2:45 pm) | Essendon | 22.12 (144) | 5.8 (38) | Lost by 106 points | Windy Hill (A) | 6,000 | 1–6 |
| 9 | Saturday, 4 July (2:45 pm) | Carlton | 8.10 (58) | 12.14 (86) | Lost by 28 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 3,000 | 1–7 |
| 10 | Saturday, 11 July (2:30 pm) | South Melbourne | 12.19 (91) | 13.10 (88) | Lost by 3 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 6,000 | 1–8 |
| 11 | Saturday, 18 July (2:45 pm) | Richmond | 13.17 (95) | 19.13 (127) | Lost by 32 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 6,000 | 1–9 |
| 12 | Saturday, 25 July (2:30 pm) | North Melbourne | 9.10 (64) | 6.16 (52) | Lost by 12 points | Arden Street Oval (A) | 3,000 | 1–10 |
| 13 | Saturday, 1 August (2:45 pm) | St Kilda | 8.9 (57) | 10.15 (75) | Lost by 18 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 3,500 | 1–11 |
| 14 | Saturday, 8 August (2:45 pm) | Footscray | 20.17 (137) | 9.4 (58) | Lost by 79 points | Yarraville Oval (A) | 2,500 | 1–12 |
| 15 | Saturday, 15 August (2:45 pm) | Melbourne | 7.15 (57) | 16.22 (118) | Lost by 61 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 2,500 | 1–13 |
| 16 | Saturday, 22 August (2:45 pm) | Collingwood | 16.21 (117) | 15.13 (103) | Lost by 14 points | Victoria Park (A) | 2,000 | 1–14 |

## Ladder

Teams were awarded four premiership points for each bye, with five teams receiving two byes as the result of an uneven fixture.
| (P) | Premiers |
| | Qualified for finals |
| # | Team | P | W | L | D | B | PF | PA | % | Pts |
| 1 | Essendon (P) | 15 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1426 | 1122 | 127.1 | 52 |
| 2 | Richmond | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1778 | 1322 | 134.5 | 48 |
| 3 | South Melbourne | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1513 | 1173 | 129.0 | 48 |
| 4 | Footscray | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1460 | 1159 | 126.0 | 48 |
| 5 | Carlton | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1361 | 1132 | 120.2 | 48 |
| 6 | Fitzroy | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1405 | 1340 | 104.9 | 36 |
| 7 | St Kilda | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1076 | 1314 | 81.9 | 32 |
| 8 | Melbourne | 15 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1384 | 1624 | 85.2 | 24 |
| 9 | North Melbourne | 14 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 1105 | 1413 | 78.2 | 24 |
| 10 | Collingwood | 14 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 1120 | 1474 | 76.0 | 16 |
| 11 | Hawthorn | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1058 | 1613 | 65.6 | 8 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for Average score: 91.8 Source: AFL Tables