# 1936 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1936 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 12th season in the Victorian Football League and 35th 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, 2 May (2:45 pm) | Collingwood | 12.11 (83) | 15.14 (104) | Lost by 21 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 14,000 | 0–1 |
| 2 | Saturday, 9 May (2:45 pm) | Footscray | 8.20 (68) | 11.7 (73) | Won by 5 points | Western Oval (A) | 10,000 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Saturday, 16 May (2:45 pm) | Carlton | 14.13 (97) | 16.11 (107) | Lost by 10 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 18,000 | 1–2 |
| 4 | Saturday, 23 May (2:45 pm) | Melbourne | 16.20 (116) | 11.11 (77) | Lost by 39 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 10,152 | 1–3 |
| 5 | Saturday, 30 May (2:45 pm) | Richmond | 16.21 (117) | 10.12 (72) | Lost by 45 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 9,000 | 1–4 |
| 6 | Saturday, 6 June (2:45 pm) | South Melbourne | 9.11 (65) | 18.20 (128) | Lost by 63 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 12,000 | 1–5 |
| 7 | Saturday, 13 June (2:45 pm) | Geelong | 12.19 (91) | 7.6 (48) | Won by 43 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 6,000 | 2–5 |
| 8 | Saturday, 20 June (2:45 pm) | Essendon | 12.19 (91) | 8.18 (66) | Lost by 25 points | Windy Hill (A) | 11,000 | 2–6 |
| 9 | Saturday, 27 June (2:45 pm) | Fitzroy | 11.9 (75) | 9.9 (63) | Won by 12 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 8,000 | 3–6 |
| 10 | Saturday, 11 July (2:45 pm) | St Kilda | 16.9 (105) | 12.16 (88) | Lost by 17 points | Junction Oval (A) | 9,000 | 3–7 |
| 11 | Saturday, 18 July (2:45 pm) | North Melbourne | 8.19 (67) | 7.11 (53) | Won by 14 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 6,000 | 4–7 |
| 12 | Saturday, 25 July (2:45 pm) | Collingwood | 14.18 (102) | 6.12 (48) | Lost by 54 points | Victoria Park (A) | 7,000 | 4–8 |
| 13 | Saturday, 1 August (2:45 pm) | Footscray | 13.13 (91) | 8.21 (69) | Won by 22 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 10,000 | 5–8 |
| 14 | Saturday, 8 August (2:45 pm) | Carlton | 11.17 (83) | 8.16 (64) | Lost by 19 points | Princes Park (A) | 9,000 | 5–9 |
| 15 | Saturday, 15 August (2:45 pm) | Melbourne | 9.8 (62) | 17.10 (112) | Lost by 50 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 10,000 | 5–10 |
| 16 | Saturday, 22 August (2:45 pm) | Richmond | 15.12 (102) | 14.16 (100) | Won by 2 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 9,000 | 6–10 |
| 17 | Saturday, 29 August (2:45 pm) | South Melbourne | 16.10 (106) | 15.11 (101) | Lost by 5 points | Lake Oval (A) | 12,000 | 6–11 |
| 18 | Saturday, 5 September (2:45 pm) | Geelong | 21.22 (148) | 9.15 (69) | Lost by 79 points | Corio Oval (A) | 6,000 | 6–12 |

## Ladder

| (P) | Premiers |
| | Qualified for finals |
| # | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
| 1 | South Melbourne | 18 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 1806 | 1524 | 118.5 | 64 |
| 2 | Collingwood (P) | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1854 | 1367 | 135.6 | 60 |
| 3 | Carlton | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1877 | 1504 | 124.8 | 48 |
| 4 | Melbourne | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1755 | 1477 | 118.8 | 48 |
| 5 | Geelong | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1884 | 1498 | 125.8 | 44 |
| 6 | Richmond | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1673 | 1550 | 107.9 | 40 |
| 7 | St Kilda | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1845 | 1919 | 96.1 | 36 |
| 8 | Essendon | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1565 | 1840 | 85.1 | 24 |
| 9 | Hawthorn | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1391 | 1720 | 80.9 | 24 |
| 10 | Footscray | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1462 | 1690 | 86.5 | 20 |
| 11 | North Melbourne | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1274 | 1679 | 75.9 | 16 |
| 12 | Fitzroy | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1367 | 1985 | 68.9 | 8 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for Average score: 91.4 Source: AFL Tables