1968 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club
1968 season
President Phil J. Ryan
Coach John Kennedy, Sr.
Captain(s) Graham Arthur
Home ground Glenferrie Oval
VFL season 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)
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Main article: 1968 VFL season

The 1968 Hawthorn Football Club season was the clubs 44th season in the Victorian Football League.

Fixture

Premiership season

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Ladder
position
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 11th
2 Saturday, 20 April (2:20 pm) South Melbourne 17.24 (126) 19.12 (126) Draw Glenferrie Oval (H) 13,847 10th
3 Saturday, 27 April (2:20 pm) Footscray 14.10 (94) 16.9 (105) Won by 11 points Western Oval (A) 14,054 8th
4 Saturday, 4 May (2:20 pm) Carlton 11.11 (77) 15.10 (100) Lost by 23 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 17,128 10th
5 Saturday, 11 May (2:20 pm) Collingwood 17.11 (113) 11.16 (82) Lost by 31 points Victoria Park (A) 20,688 10th
6 Saturday, 18 May (2:20 pm) Geelong 10.11 (71) 12.10 (82) Lost by 11 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 10,468 11th
7 Saturday, 25 May (2:20 pm) Melbourne 11.14 (80) 11.10 (76) Lost by 4 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 17,263 11th
8 Monday, 10 June (2:20 pm) Richmond 11.15 (81) 11.14 (80) Lost by 1 point Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 31,325 11th
9 Saturday, 15 June (2:20 pm) Fitzroy 21.14 (140) 16.14 (110) Won by 30 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 11,039 8th
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 8th
11 Saturday, 29 June (2:20 pm) St Kilda 15.11 (101) 17.9 (111) Lost by 10 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 19,269 9th
12 Saturday, 6 July (2:20 pm) Essendon 11.17 (83) 17.10 (112) Lost by 29 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 13,909 9th
13 Saturday, 13 July (2:20 pm) South Melbourne 12.10 (82) 15.11 (101) Won by 19 points Lake Oval (A) 11,181 9th
14 Saturday, 20 July (2:20 pm) Footscray 24.8 (152) 10.10 (70) Won by 82 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 13,810 9th
15 Saturday, 27 July (2:20 pm) Carlton 9.14 (68) 11.15 (81) Won by 13 points Princes Park (A) 18,842 8th
16 Saturday, 3 August (2:20 pm) Collingwood 15.11 (101) 10.16 (76) Won by 25 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 25,928 6th
17 Saturday, 10 August (2:20 pm) Geelong 10.7 (67) 7.9 (51) Lost by 16 points Kardinia Park (A) 20,822 7th
18 Saturday, 17 August (2:20 pm) Melbourne 14.13 (97) 8.11 (59) Won by 38 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 14,359 6th
19 Saturday, 24 August (2:20 pm) Richmond 11.13 (79) 11.22 (88) Lost by 9 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 21,772 6th
20 Saturday, 31 August (2:20 pm) Fitzroy 17.14 (116) 18.18 (126) Won by 10 points Princes Park (A) 10,968 6th
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Ladder

1968 VFL Ladder
TEAM P W L D PF PA % PTS
1 Essendon 20 16 3 1 1860 1428 130.25 66
2 Carlton (P) 20 15 5 0 1751 1343 130.38 60
3 Geelong 20 15 5 0 1528 1431 106.78 60
4 St Kilda 20 14 5 1 1718 1263 136.03 58
5 Richmond 20 14 6 0 1889 1536 122.98 56
6 Hawthorn 20 9 10 1 1934 1869 103.48 38
7 Collingwood 20 9 11 0 1623 1717 94.53 36
8 Melbourne 20 8 12 0 1434 1709 83.91 32
9 South Melbourne 20 6 13 1 1639 1954 83.88 26
10 Footscray 20 5 15 0 1413 1710 82.63 20
11 Fitzroy 20 4 16 0 1643 2035 80.74 16
12 North Melbourne 20 3 17 0 1266 1703 74.34 12
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against

References

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