| Club: | Hawthorn Football Club |
| Season: | 1942 |
| President: | Dr. Jacob Jona |
| Coach: | Roy Cazaly |
| Captain: | Jack Carmody |
| Home Ground: | Glenferrie Oval |
| Regularseason Comp: | VFL Season |
| Regularseason Result: | 1–14 (11th) |
| Finals Series: | Finals Series |
| Finals Result: | Did not qualify |
| Club B&Amp;F: | Best and Fairest |
| Best And Fairest: | Jack Barker |
| Leading Goalscorer: | Alec Albiston (32) |
| Highest Attendance: | 6,000 (Round 11 vs. |
| Lowest Attendance: | 2,500 (Round 15 vs. |
| Average Attendance: | 4,143 |
| Prevseason: | 1941 |
| Nextseason: | 1943 |
The 1942 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 18th season in the Victorian Football League and 41st overall.
See also: 1942 VFL season. With World War II happening at the time, weren't able to compete in the 1942 season due to wartime travel restrictions, whilst and struggled to field a team. Hawthorn and Collingwood also withdrew their teams from the reserves competition.
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Record | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | Away | Result | |||||||
| 1 | Saturday, 9 May (2:45 pm) | 13.15 (93) | 18.19 (117) | Lost by 34 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 5,000 | 0–1 | ||
| 2 | Saturday, 16 May (2:45 pm) | 16.13 (109) | 9.17 (71) | Lost by 38 points | Toorak Park (A) | 5,500 | 0–2 | ||
| 3 | Saturday, 23 May (2:45 pm) | 5.11 (41) | 17.15 (117) | Lost by 76 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 5,000 | 0–3 | ||
| 4 | Saturday, 30 May (2:45 pm) | 16.15 (111) | 8.17 (65) | Lost by 46 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 3,500 | 0–4 | ||
| 5 | Saturday, 6 June (2:45 pm) | 13.10 (88) | 10.20 (80) | Won by 8 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 4,000 | 1–4 | ||
| 6 | Bye | ||||||||
| 7 | Saturday, 20 June (2:45 pm) | 16.14 (110) | 14.10 (94) | Lost by 16 points | Brunswick Street Oval (A) | 5,000 | 1–5 | ||
| 8 | Saturday, 27 June (2:45 pm) | 22.12 (144) | 5.8 (38) | Lost by 106 points | Windy Hill (A) | 6,000 | 1–6 | ||
| 9 | Saturday, 4 July (2:45 pm) | 8.10 (58) | 12.14 (86) | Lost by 28 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 3,000 | 1–7 | ||
| 10 | Saturday, 11 July (2:30 pm) | 12.19 (91) | 13.10 (88) | Lost by 3 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 6,000 | 1–8 | ||
| 11 | Saturday, 18 July (2:45 pm) | 13.17 (95) | 19.13 (127) | Lost by 32 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 6,000 | 1–9 | ||
| 12 | Saturday, 25 July (2:30 pm) | 9.10 (64) | 6.16 (52) | Lost by 12 points | Arden Street Oval (A) | 3,000 | 1–10 | ||
| 13 | Saturday, 1 August (2:45 pm) | 8.9 (57) | 10.15 (75) | Lost by 18 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 3,500 | 1–11 | ||
| 14 | Saturday, 8 August (2:45 pm) | 20.17 (137) | 9.4 (58) | Lost by 79 points | Yarraville Oval (A) | 2,500 | 1–12 | ||
| 15 | Saturday, 15 August (2:45 pm) | 7.15 (57) | 16.22 (118) | Lost by 61 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 2,500 | 1–13 | ||
| 16 | Saturday, 22 August (2:45 pm) | 16.21 (117) | 15.13 (103) | Lost by 14 points | Victoria Park (A) | 2,000 | 1–14 | ||
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