1928 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club

1928 season
President	J.W. Kennon
Coach	Bert Sutton
Captain(s)	Bert Sutton
Home ground	Glenferrie Oval
VFL Season	0–18 (12th)
Finals Series	Did not qualify
Best and Fairest	Miles Sellers
Leading goalkicker	Bert Hyde (62)
Highest home attendance	15,000 (Round 1 vs. St Kilda)
Lowest home attendance	3,000 (Round 13 vs. North Melbourne)
Average home attendance	8,167
← 1927 1929 →

The 1928 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 4th season in the Victorian Football League and 27th overall.

Fixture

Premiership Season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Record
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday, 21 April (2:45 pm)	St Kilda	9.13 (67)	10.10 (70)	Lost by 3 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	15,000	0–1
2	Saturday, 28 April (2:45 pm)	North Melbourne	10.16 (76)	8.13 (61)	Lost by 15 points	Arden Street Oval (A)	6,000	0–2
3	Saturday, 5 May (2:45 pm)	Carlton	7.17 (59)	14.9 (93)	Lost by 34 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	14,000	0–3
4	Saturday, 12 May (2:45 pm)	Collingwood	15.22 (112)	5.9 (39)	Lost by 73 points	Victoria Park (A)	8,000	0–4
5	Saturday, 19 May (2:45 pm)	Melbourne	14.17 (101)	16.14 (110)	Lost by 9 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	8,000	0–5
6	Saturday, 26 May (2:45 pm)	Footscray	17.19 (121)	7.3 (45)	Lost by 76 points	Western Oval (A)	14,000	0–6
7	Saturday, 2 June (2:45 pm)	Essendon	7.15 (57)	13.20 (98)	Lost by 41 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	6,000	0–7
8	Monday, 4 June (2:45 pm)	Geelong	15.21 (111)	3.9 (27)	Lost by 84 points	Corio Oval (A)	9,500	0–8
9	Saturday, 9 June (2:45 pm)	Fitzroy	10.12 (72)	15.16 (106)	Lost by 34 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	8,000	0–9
10	Saturday, 23 June (2:45 pm)	Richmond	13.24 (102)	11.10 (76)	Lost by 26 points	Punt Road Oval (A)	16,000	0–10
11	Saturday, 30 June (2:45 pm)	South Melbourne	14.11 (95)	15.10 (100)	Lost by 5 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	6,000	0–11
12	Saturday, 7 July (2:45 pm)	St Kilda	20.14 (134)	12.13 (85)	Lost by 49 points	Junction Oval (A)	19,000	0–12
13	Saturday, 14 July (2:45 pm)	North Melbourne	8.17 (65)	10.9 (69)	Lost by 4 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	3,000	0–13
14	Saturday, 28 July (2:45 pm)	Carlton	22.17 (149)	11.13 (79)	Lost by 70 points	Princes Park (A)	10,000	0–14
15	Saturday, 4 August (2:45 pm)	Collingwood	9.9 (63)	17.18 (120)	Lost by 57 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	5,000	0–15
16	Saturday, 11 August (2:45 pm)	Melbourne	12.16 (88)	9.10 (64)	Lost by 24 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	6,547	0–16
17	Saturday, 18 August (2:45 pm)	Footscray	8.8 (56)	19.9 (123)	Lost by 67 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	8,500	0–17
18	Saturday, 1 September (2:45 pm)	Essendon	16.22 (118)	9.6 (60)	Lost by 58 points	Windy Hill (A)	10,000	0–18

Ladder

(P)	Premiers
	Qualified for finals

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	Collingwood (P)	18	15	3	0	1540	1144	134.6	60
2	Richmond	18	14	4	0	1640	1228	133.6	56
3	Melbourne	18	14	4	0	1507	1233	122.2	56
4	Carlton	18	11	7	0	1598	1316	121.4	44
5	Essendon	18	11	7	0	1441	1275	113.0	44
6	St Kilda	18	11	7	0	1499	1470	102.0	44
7	Footscray	18	9	9	0	1465	1340	109.3	36
8	Fitzroy	18	7	11	0	1480	1675	88.4	28
9	Geelong	18	6	12	0	1336	1343	99.5	24
10	South Melbourne	18	5	13	0	1461	1709	85.5	20
11	North Melbourne	18	5	13	0	1058	1563	67.7	20
12	Hawthorn	18	0	18	0	1171	1900	61.6	0

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 79.6
Source: AFL Tables