# 1927 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1927 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 3rd season in the Victorian Football League and 26th 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, 30 April (2:45 pm) | St Kilda | 12.16 (88) | 11.2 (68) | Lost by 20 points | Junction Oval (A) | 12,000 | 0–1 |
| 2 | Saturday, 7 May (2:45 pm) | Collingwood | 7.9 (51) | 11.11 (77) | Lost by 26 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 9,000 | 0–2 |
| 3 | Saturday, 14 May (2:45 pm) | Footscray | 10.18 (78) | 7.10 (52) | Lost by 26 points | Western Oval (A) | 11,000 | 0–3 |
| 4 | Saturday, 21 May (2:45 pm) | North Melbourne | 8.8 (56) | 20.13 (133) | Lost by 77 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 8,000 | 0–4 |
| 5 | Saturday, 28 May (2:45 pm) | Carlton | 14.12 (96) | 6.16 (52) | Lost by 44 points | Princes Park (A) | 10,000 | 0–5 |
| 6 | Saturday, 4 June (2:45 pm) | Melbourne | 12.8 (80) | 17.10 (112) | Lost by 32 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 10,000 | 0–6 |
| 7 | Saturday, 11 June (2:45 pm) | Fitzroy | 11.11 (77) | 15.13 (103) | Lost by 26 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 7,000 | 0–7 |
| 8 | Saturday, 18 June (2:45 pm) | Geelong | 22.23 (155) | 8.8 (56) | Lost by 99 points | Corio Oval (A) | 8,500 | 0–8 |
| 9 | Saturday, 25 June (2:45 pm) | Richmond | 9.6 (60) | 9.20 (74) | Lost by 14 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 10,000 | 0–9 |
| 10 | Saturday, 2 July (2:45 pm) | South Melbourne | 13.19 (97) | 5.11 (41) | Lost by 56 points | Lake Oval (A) | 5,000 | 0–10 |
| 11 | Saturday, 9 July (2:45 pm) | Essendon | 9.17 (71) | 11.12 (78) | Lost by 7 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 6,000 | 0–11 |
| 12 | Saturday, 16 July (2:45 pm) | St Kilda | 7.12 (54) | 8.11 (59) | Lost by 5 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 5,000 | 0–12 |
| 13 | Saturday, 23 July (2:45 pm) | Collingwood | 18.13 (121) | 6.11 (47) | Lost by 74 points | Victoria Park (A) | 7,000 | 0–13 |
| 14 | Saturday, 30 July (2:45 pm) | Footscray | 8.19 (67) | 11.19 (85) | Lost by 18 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 5,000 | 0–14 |
| 15 | Saturday, 6 August (2:45 pm) | North Melbourne | 11.10 (76) | 15.9 (99) | Won by 23 points | Arden Street Oval (A) | 4,000 | 1–14 |
| 16 | Saturday, 27 August (2:45 pm) | Carlton | 10.10 (70) | 14.14 (98) | Lost by 28 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 8,000 | 1–15 |
| 17 | Saturday, 3 September (2:45 pm) | Melbourne | 10.13 (73) | 3.15 (33) | Lost by 40 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 5,268 | 1–16 |
| 18 | Saturday, 10 September (2:45 pm) | Richmond | 16.23 (119) | 6.17 (53) | Lost by 66 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 11,000 | 1–17 |

## Ladder

| (P) | Premiers |
| | Qualified for finals |
| # | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
| 1 | Collingwood (P) | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1559 | 1035 | 150.6 | 60 |
| 2 | Richmond | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1483 | 1102 | 134.6 | 56 |
| 3 | Geelong | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1594 | 1208 | 132.0 | 56 |
| 4 | Carlton | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1434 | 1178 | 121.7 | 52 |
| 5 | Melbourne | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1548 | 1169 | 132.4 | 48 |
| 6 | South Melbourne | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1373 | 1431 | 95.9 | 36 |
| 7 | St Kilda | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1178 | 1564 | 75.3 | 32 |
| 8 | Essendon | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1198 | 1237 | 96.8 | 26 |
| 9 | Fitzroy | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 1335 | 1558 | 85.7 | 26 |
| 10 | Footscray | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1131 | 1325 | 85.4 | 24 |
| 11 | North Melbourne | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1085 | 1476 | 73.5 | 12 |
| 12 | Hawthorn | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1087 | 1722 | 63.1 | 4 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for Average score: 74.1 Source: AFL Tables