# 1946 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1946 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 22nd season in the Victorian Football League and 45th 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, 22 April (2:45 pm) | Collingwood | 7.19 (61) | 18.16 (124) | Lost by 63 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 19,000 | 0–1 |
| 2 | Saturday, 27 April (2:45 pm) | Geelong | 15.14 (104) | 9.19 (73) | Lost by 31 points | Kardinia Park (A) | 7,500 | 0–2 |
| 3 | Saturday, 4 May (2:45 pm) | Carlton | 15.11 (101) | 19.17 (131) | Lost by 30 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 16,000 | 0–3 |
| 4 | Saturday, 11 May (2:45 pm) | Essendon | 8.6 (54) | 24.13 (157) | Lost by 103 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 10,000 | 0–4 |
| 5 | Saturday, 18 May (2:45 pm) | South Melbourne | 11.21 (87) | 6.17 (53) | Lost by 34 points | Junction Oval (A) | 10,000 | 0–5 |
| 6 | Saturday, 25 May (2:45 pm) | Melbourne | 16.10 (106) | 13.13 (91) | Won by 15 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 8,000 | 1–5 |
| 7 | Saturday, 1 June (2:30 pm) | Footscray | 13.12 (90) | 14.15 (99) | Lost by 9 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 13,000 | 1–6 |
| 8 | Saturday, 8 June (2:30 pm) | Fitzroy | 14.14 (98) | 9.10 (64) | Lost by 34 points | Brunswick Street Oval (A) | 12,000 | 1–7 |
| 9 | Monday, 17 June (2:30 pm) | North Melbourne | 17.20 (122) | 14.13 (97) | Won by 25 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 14,000 | 2–7 |
| 10 | Saturday, 22 June (2:30 pm) | St Kilda | 10.24 (84) | 9.12 (66) | Lost by 18 points | Junction Oval (A) | 8,000 | 2–8 |
| 11 | Saturday, 6 July (2:30 pm) | Richmond | 9.6 (60) | 14.14 (98) | Lost by 38 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 11,000 | 2–9 |
| 12 | Saturday, 13 July (2:30 pm) | Collingwood | 15.23 (113) | 11.14 (80) | Lost by 33 points | Victoria Park (A) | 11,000 | 2–10 |
| 13 | Saturday, 20 July (2:30 pm) | Geelong | 15.22 (112) | 11.15 (81) | Won by 31 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 5,000 | 3–10 |
| 14 | Saturday, 27 July (2:30 pm) | Carlton | 15.18 (108) | 10.11 (71) | Lost by 37 points | Princes Park (A) | 17,000 | 3–11 |
| 15 | Saturday, 3 August (2:45 pm) | Essendon | 21.18 (144) | 12.7 (79) | Lost by 65 points | Windy Hill (A) | 12,000 | 3–12 |
| 16 | Saturday, 10 August (2:45 pm) | South Melbourne | 12.15 (87) | 16.14 (110) | Lost by 23 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 13,000 | 3–13 |
| 17 | Saturday, 17 August (2:45 pm) | Melbourne | 18.15 (123) | 13.8 (86) | Lost by 37 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 15,601 | 3–14 |
| 18 | Saturday, 24 August (2:45 pm) | Footscray | 23.27 (165) | 8.5 (53) | Lost by 112 points | Western Oval (A) | 12,000 | 3–15 |
| 19 | Saturday, 31 August (2:45 pm) | Fitzroy | 9.15 (69) | 12.22 (94) | Lost by 25 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 6,000 | 3–16 |

## Ladder

| (P) | Premiers |
| | Qualified for finals |
| # | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
| 1 | Essendon (P) | 19 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 1980 | 1407 | 140.7 | 60 |
| 2 | Collingwood | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1849 | 1477 | 125.2 | 52 |
| 3 | Footscray | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1917 | 1628 | 117.8 | 52 |
| 4 | Melbourne | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1700 | 1622 | 104.8 | 52 |
| 5 | Richmond | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1921 | 1659 | 115.8 | 44 |
| 6 | Carlton | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1724 | 1688 | 102.1 | 44 |
| 7 | South Melbourne | 19 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1627 | 1528 | 106.5 | 40 |
| 8 | Fitzroy | 19 | 9 | 10 | 0 | 1589 | 1339 | 118.7 | 36 |
| 9 | North Melbourne | 19 | 8 | 11 | 0 | 1536 | 1685 | 91.2 | 32 |
| 10 | Geelong | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1505 | 2124 | 70.9 | 16 |
| 11 | St Kilda | 19 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 1332 | 1902 | 70.0 | 16 |
| 12 | Hawthorn | 19 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1487 | 2108 | 70.5 | 12 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for Average score: 88.5 Source: AFL Tables