# 1933 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1933 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 9th season in the Victorian Football League and 32nd overall. Arthur Rademacher stepped in as coach after appointed coach Fred Phillips died on the eve of the season. Rademacher coached the first four games before Hawthorn appointed Bill Twomey, Sr. as coach for the rest of the season.

## 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, 29 April (2:45 pm) | St Kilda | 10.17 (77) | 11.13 (79) | Won by 2 points | Junction Oval (A) | 14,000 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Saturday, 6 May (2:45 pm) | Carlton | 10.12 (72) | 11.14 (80) | Lost by 8 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 16,000 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Saturday, 13 May (2:45 pm) | North Melbourne | 10.15 (75) | 10.7 (67) | Lost by 8 points | Arden Street Oval (A) | 5,000 | 1–2 |
| 4 | Saturday, 20 May (2:45 pm) | Footscray | 7.15 (57) | 14.10 (94) | Lost by 37 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 12,000 | 1–3 |
| 5 | Saturday, 27 May (2:45 pm) | Richmond | 7.14 (56) | 9.9 (63) | Lost by 7 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 12,000 | 1–4 |
| 6 | Saturday, 3 June (2:45 pm) | South Melbourne | 10.13 (73) | 9.6 (60) | Lost by 13 points | Lake Oval (A) | 13,000 | 1–5 |
| 7 | Saturday, 10 June (2:45 pm) | Essendon | 15.6 (96) | 16.9 (105) | Won by 9 points | Windy Hill (A) | 9,000 | 2–5 |
| 8 | Saturday, 17 June (2:45 pm) | Fitzroy | 9.14 (68) | 11.13 (79) | Lost by 11 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 13,000 | 2–6 |
| 9 | Saturday, 24 June (2:45 pm) | Geelong | 18.25 (133) | 3.6 (24) | Lost by 109 points | Corio Oval (A) | 6,000 | 2–7 |
| 10 | Saturday, 1 July (2:45 pm) | Collingwood | 5.14 (44) | 15.6 (96) | Lost by 52 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 10,000 | 2–8 |
| 11 | Saturday, 8 July (2:45 pm) | Melbourne | 21.10 (136) | 15.8 (98) | Lost by 38 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 6,877 | 2–9 |
| 12 | Saturday, 15 July (2:45 pm) | St Kilda | 7.9 (51) | 8.15 (63) | Lost by 12 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 10,000 | 2–10 |
| 13 | Saturday, 22 July (2:45 pm) | Carlton | 13.20 (98) | 10.14 (74) | Lost by 24 points | Princes Park (A) | 12,000 | 2–11 |
| 14 | Saturday, 29 July (2:45 pm) | North Melbourne | 9.8 (62) | 10.14 (74) | Lost by 12 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 4,000 | 2–12 |
| 15 | Saturday, 5 August (2:45 pm) | Footscray | 16.14 (110) | 9.18 (72) | Lost by 38 points | Western Oval (A) | 8,000 | 2–13 |
| 16 | Saturday, 19 August (2:45 pm) | Richmond | 11.17 (83) | 9.6 (60) | Lost by 23 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 9,000 | 2–14 |
| 17 | Saturday, 26 August (2:45 pm) | South Melbourne | 8.12 (60) | 17.11 (113) | Lost by 53 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 12,500 | 2–15 |
| 18 | Saturday, 2 September (2:45 pm) | Essendon | 10.9 (69) | 8.16 (64) | Won by 5 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 4,000 | 3–15 |

## Ladder

| (P) | Premiers |
| | Qualified for finals |
| # | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
| 1 | Richmond | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1746 | 1237 | 141.1 | 60 |
| 2 | South Melbourne (P) | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1764 | 1383 | 127.5 | 52 |
| 3 | Carlton | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1702 | 1488 | 114.4 | 52 |
| 4 | Geelong | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1730 | 1327 | 130.4 | 48 |
| 5 | Fitzroy | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1534 | 1453 | 105.6 | 46 |
| 6 | Collingwood | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1760 | 1559 | 112.9 | 44 |
| 7 | Footscray | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1520 | 1555 | 97.7 | 44 |
| 8 | North Melbourne | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1463 | 1717 | 85.2 | 30 |
| 9 | St Kilda | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1380 | 1706 | 80.9 | 24 |
| 10 | Melbourne | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1511 | 1842 | 82.0 | 12 |
| 11 | Hawthorn | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1178 | 1607 | 73.3 | 12 |
| 12 | Essendon | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1392 | 1806 | 77.1 | 8 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for Average score: 86.5 Source: AFL Tables