1968 Hawthorn Football Club season
44th season in the Victorian Football League
1968 season | |||
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President | Phil J. Ryan | ||
Coach | John Kennedy, Sr. | ||
Captain(s) | Graham Arthur | ||
Home ground | Glenferrie Oval | ||
VFL season | 9–10–1 (6th) | ||
Finals series | Did not qualify | ||
Best and Fairest | Peter Hudson | ||
Leading goalkicker | Peter Hudson (125) | ||
Highest home attendance | 25,928 (Round 16 vs. Collingwood) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 10,468 (Round 6 vs. Geelong) | ||
Average home attendance | 16,153 | ||
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The 1968 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 44th season in the Victorian Football League and the 67th overall.
Fixture
Premiership season
Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Record | ||
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Home | Away | Result | ||||||
1 | Monday, 15 April (2:20 pm) | Essendon | 26.16 (172) | 15.9 (99) | Lost by 73 points | Windy Hill (A) | 16,940 | 0–1 |
2 | Saturday, 20 April (2:20 pm) | South Melbourne | 17.24 (126) | 19.12 (126) | Draw | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 13,847 | 0–1–1 |
3 | Saturday, 27 April (2:20 pm) | Footscray | 14.10 (94) | 16.9 (105) | Won by 11 points | Western Oval (A) | 14,054 | 1–1–1 |
4 | Saturday, 4 May (2:20 pm) | Carlton | 11.11 (77) | 15.10 (100) | Lost by 23 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 17,128 | 1–2–1 |
5 | Saturday, 11 May (2:20 pm) | Collingwood | 17.11 (113) | 11.16 (82) | Lost by 31 points | Victoria Park (A) | 20,688 | 1–3–1 |
6 | Saturday, 18 May (2:20 pm) | Geelong | 10.11 (71) | 12.10 (82) | Lost by 11 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 10,468 | 1–4–1 |
7 | Saturday, 25 May (2:20 pm) | Melbourne | 11.14 (80) | 11.10 (76) | Lost by 4 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 17,263 | 1–5–1 |
8 | Monday, 10 June (2:20 pm) | Richmond | 11.15 (81) | 11.14 (80) | Lost by 1 point | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 31,325 | 1–6–1 |
9 | Saturday, 15 June (2:20 pm) | Fitzroy | 21.14 (140) | 16.14 (110) | Won by 30 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 11,039 | 2–6–1 |
10 | Saturday, 22 June (2:20 pm) | North Melbourne | 8.14 (62) | 15.16 (106) | Won by 44 points | Arden Street Oval (A) | 7,884 | 3–6–1 |
11 | Saturday, 29 June (2:20 pm) | St Kilda | 15.11 (101) | 17.9 (111) | Lost by 10 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 19,269 | 3–7–1 |
12 | Saturday, 6 July (2:20 pm) | Essendon | 11.17 (83) | 17.10 (112) | Lost by 29 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 13,909 | 3–8–1 |
13 | Saturday, 13 July (2:20 pm) | South Melbourne | 12.10 (82) | 15.11 (101) | Won by 19 points | Lake Oval (A) | 11,181 | 4–8–1 |
14 | Saturday, 20 July (2:20 pm) | Footscray | 24.8 (152) | 10.10 (70) | Won by 82 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 13,810 | 5–8–1 |
15 | Saturday, 27 July (2:20 pm) | Carlton | 9.14 (68) | 11.15 (81) | Won by 13 points | Princes Park (A) | 18,842 | 6–8–1 |
16 | Saturday, 3 August (2:20 pm) | Collingwood | 15.11 (101) | 10.16 (76) | Won by 25 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 25,928 | 7–8–1 |
17 | Saturday, 10 August (2:20 pm) | Geelong | 10.7 (67) | 7.9 (51) | Lost by 16 points | Kardinia Park (A) | 20,822 | 7–9–1 |
18 | Saturday, 17 August (2:20 pm) | Melbourne | 14.13 (97) | 8.11 (59) | Won by 38 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 14,359 | 8–9–1 |
19 | Saturday, 24 August (2:20 pm) | Richmond | 11.13 (79) | 11.22 (88) | Lost by 9 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 21,772 | 8–10–1 |
20 | Saturday, 31 August (2:20 pm) | Fitzroy | 17.14 (116) | 18.18 (126) | Won by 10 points | Princes Park (A) | 10,968 | 9–10–1 |
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Ladder
(P) | Premiers |
Qualified for finals |
# | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
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1 | Essendon | 20 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1860 | 1428 | 130.3 | 66 |
2 | Carlton (P) | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1751 | 1343 | 130.4 | 60 |
3 | Geelong | 20 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 1528 | 1431 | 106.8 | 60 |
4 | St Kilda | 20 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 1718 | 1263 | 136.0 | 58 |
5 | Richmond | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1889 | 1536 | 123.0 | 56 |
6 | Hawthorn | 20 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 1934 | 1869 | 103.5 | 38 |
7 | Collingwood | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 1623 | 1717 | 94.5 | 36 |
8 | Melbourne | 20 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 1434 | 1709 | 83.9 | 32 |
9 | South Melbourne | 20 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1639 | 1954 | 83.9 | 26 |
10 | Footscray | 20 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 1413 | 1710 | 82.6 | 20 |
11 | Fitzroy | 20 | 4 | 16 | 0 | 1643 | 2035 | 80.7 | 16 |
12 | North Melbourne | 20 | 3 | 17 | 0 | 1266 | 1703 | 74.3 | 12 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 82.1
Source: AFL Tables
References
- ^ "AFL Tables - 1968 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
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