# 1940 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1940 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 16th season in the Victorian Football League and 39th overall.

## Fixture
### Patriotic Premiership

The VFL between Rounds 14 and 15 played a one-day lightning carnival, Known as the Patriotic Premiership, at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to raise money for the Patriotic Fund. The matches played were twenty minutes long with no time-on.
| 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 |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance |
| 1 | Saturday, 3 August | St Kilda | 2.2 (14) | 3.2 (20) | Lost by 6 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | |

### 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) | North Melbourne | 25.11 (161) | 13.11 (89) | Won by 72 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 14,000 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Saturday, 4 May (2:45 pm) | St Kilda | 12.25 (97) | 7.13 (55) | Lost by 42 points | Junction Oval (A) | 17,000 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Saturday, 11 May (2:45 pm) | Richmond | 15.12 (102) | 19.15 (129) | Lost by 27 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 16,000 | 1–2 |
| 4 | Saturday, 18 May (2:45 pm) | South Melbourne | 22.13 (145) | 16.10 (106) | Lost by 39 points | Lake Oval (A) | 9,000 | 1–3 |
| 5 | Saturday, 25 May (2:45 pm) | Essendon | 12.18 (90) | 9.19 (73) | Lost by 17 points | Windy Hill (A) | 12,000 | 1–4 |
| 6 | Saturday, 1 June (2:30 pm) | Melbourne | 12.15 (87) | 11.15 (81) | Won by 6 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 8,000 | 2–4 |
| 7 | Saturday, 8 June (2:30 pm) | Fitzroy | 17.11 (113) | 12.14 (86) | Lost by 27 points | Brunswick Street Oval (A) | 7,000 | 2–5 |
| 8 | Saturday, 15 June (2:30 pm) | Footscray | 8.17 (65) | 15.20 (110) | Lost by 45 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 10,000 | 2–6 |
| 9 | Saturday, 22 June (2:30 pm) | Geelong | 12.18 (90) | 6.10 (46) | Lost by 44 points | Corio Oval (A) | 4,000 | 2–7 |
| 10 | Saturday, 29 June (2:30 pm) | Carlton | 13.11 (89) | 13.18 (96) | Won by 7 points | Princes Park (A) | 10,000 | 3–7 |
| 11 | Saturday, 6 July (2:30 pm) | Collingwood | 10.17 (77) | 14.17 (101) | Lost by 24 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 10,000 | 3–8 |
| 12 | Saturday, 13 July (2:30 pm) | North Melbourne | 11.11 (77) | 9.16 (70) | Lost by 7 points | Arden Street Oval (A) | 3,000 | 3–9 |
| 13 | Saturday, 20 July (2:30 pm) | St Kilda | 17.17 (119) | 8.15 (63) | Won by 56 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 8,000 | 4–9 |
| 14 | Saturday, 27 July (2:30 pm) | Richmond | 11.13 (79) | 12.15 (87) | Won by 8 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 9,000 | 5–9 |
| 15 | Saturday, 10 August (2:45 pm) | South Melbourne | 10.19 (79) | 10.13 (73) | Won by 6 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 8,000 | 6–9 |
| 16 | Saturday, 17 August (2:45 pm) | Essendon | 11.8 (84) | 18.12 (120) | Lost by 36 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 9,000 | 6–10 |
| 17 | Saturday, 24 August (2:45 pm) | Melbourne | 26.20 (176) | 8.14 (62) | Lost by 114 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 8,722 | 6–11 |
| 18 | Saturday, 31 August (2:45 pm) | Fitzroy | 13.16 (94) | 5.8 (38) | Won by 56 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 5,500 | 7–11 |

## Ladder

| (P) | Premiers |
| | Qualified for finals |
| # | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
| 1 | Melbourne (P) | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2110 | 1677 | 125.8 | 56 |
| 2 | Richmond | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1787 | 1489 | 120.0 | 48 |
| 3 | Essendon | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1611 | 1489 | 108.2 | 48 |
| 4 | Geelong | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1645 | 1599 | 102.9 | 44 |
| 5 | Carlton | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1730 | 1555 | 111.3 | 40 |
| 6 | Footscray | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1696 | 1558 | 108.9 | 36 |
| 7 | Fitzroy | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1443 | 1563 | 92.3 | 36 |
| 8 | Collingwood | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1621 | 1611 | 100.6 | 32 |
| 9 | Hawthorn | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1549 | 1760 | 88.0 | 28 |
| 10 | South Melbourne | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1480 | 1696 | 87.3 | 28 |
| 11 | St Kilda | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1418 | 1634 | 86.8 | 20 |
| 12 | North Melbourne | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1381 | 1840 | 75.1 | 16 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for Average score: 90.1 Source: AFL Tables