1968 Hawthorn Football Club season

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Hawthorn Football Club
1968 season
PresidentPhil J. Ryan
CoachJohn Kennedy, Sr.
Captain(s)Graham Arthur
Home groundGlenferrie Oval
VFL season9–10–1 (6th)
Finals seriesDid not qualify
Best and FairestPeter Hudson
Leading goalkickerPeter Hudson (125)
Highest home attendance25,928 (Round 16 vs. Collingwood)
Lowest home attendance10,468 (Round 6 vs. Geelong)
Average home attendance16,153
← 1967 1969 →

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
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[]

1968 VFL ladder
Pos Team
 Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Essendon 20 16 3 1 1860 1428 130.3 66 Finals
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
Source: VFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

References[]

  1. ^ "AFL Tables - 1968 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.


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