1975 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club
1975 season
President Phil J. Ryan
Coach John Kennedy, Sr.
Captain(s) Peter Crimmins
Home ground Princes Park
VFL season 1st
Finals Series Runner-up
Best and Fairest Peter Knights
Leading goalkicker Leigh Matthews (68)
Highest home attendance 110,551 (Grand Final vs. North Melbourne)
Main article: 1975 VFL season

The 1975 Hawthorn Football Club season was the clubs 51st season in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

Fixture

Premiership season

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Ladder
position
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 5 April (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 15.15 (105) 11.10 (76) Won by 29 points Princes Park (H) 14,978 4th
2 Saturday, 12 April (2:10 pm) St Kilda 11.15 (81) 17.19 (121) Won by 40 points Moorabbin Oval (A) 18,465 3rd
3 Saturday, 19 April (2:10 pm) Richmond 12.15 (87) 17.14 (116) Won by 29 points VFL Park (A) 39,496 3rd
4 Saturday, 26 April (2:10 pm) South Melbourne 9.15 (69) 13.21 (99) Won by 30 points Lake Oval (A) 12,708 1st
5 Saturday, 3 May (2:10 pm) Melbourne 19.22 (136) 11.15 (81) Won by 55 points Princes Park (H) 11,198 1st
6 Saturday, 10 May (2:10 pm) Carlton 16.15 (111) 12.13 (85) Lost by 26 points Princes Park (A) 28,532 2nd
7 Saturday, 17 May (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 19.16 (130) 13.12 (90) Won by 40 points Princes Park (H) 10,940 2nd
8 Saturday, 24 May (2:10 pm) Geelong 5.10 (40) 17.11 (113) Won by 73 points VFL Park (A) 23,466 2nd
9 Saturday, 31 May (2:10 pm) Footscray 8.10 (58) 20.14 (134) Won by 76 points Western Oval (A) 15,933 1st
10 Saturday, 7 June (2:10 pm) Collingwood 19.24 (138) 13.11 (89) Won by 49 points Princes Park (H) 24,061 1st
11 Monday, 16 June (2:10 pm) Essendon 13.12 (90) 21.20 (146) Won by 56 points Windy Hill (A) 23,244 1st
12 Saturday, 21 June (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 13.17 (95) 18.12 (120) Won by 25 points Arden Street Oval (A) 15,478 1st
13 Saturday, 28 June (2:10 pm) St Kilda 11.19 (85) 7.19 (61) Won by 24 points Princes Park (H) 15,533 1st
14 Saturday, 5 July (2:10 pm) South Melbourne 9.10 (64) 5.9 (39) Won by 25 points VFL Park (H) 14,008 1st
15 Saturday, 12 July (2:10 pm) Richmond 14.10 (94) 2.20 (32) Won by 62 points Princes Park (H) 17,276 1st
16 Saturday, 19 July (2:10 pm) Melbourne 15.17 (107) 17.17 (119) Won by 12 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 18,829 1st
17 Saturday, 26 July (2:10 pm) Carlton 15.15 (105) 15.11 (101) Won by 4 points Princes Park (H) 31,253 1st
18 Saturday, 2 August (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 15.23 (113) 10.19 (79) Lost by 34 points Junction Oval (A) 9,139 1st
19 Saturday, 9 August (2:10 pm) Geelong 25.23 (173) 8.7 (55) Won by 118 points Princes Park (H) 8,417 1st
20 Saturday, 16 August (2:10 pm) Footscray 13.13 (91) 14.9 (93) Lost by 2 points VFL Park (H) 15,601 1st
21 Saturday, 23 August (2:10 pm) Collingwood 7.15 (57) 3.9 (27) Lost by 30 points Victoria Park (A) 26,303 1st
22 Saturday, 30 August (2:10 pm) Essendon 14.19 (103) 17.8 (110) Lost by 7 points Princes Park (H) 12,236 1st
[1]

Finals Series

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance
Home Away Result
First semi-final Saturday, 13 September (2:30 pm) North Melbourne 12.10 (82) 10.11 (71) Won by 11 points VFL Park (H) 52,076
Grand Final Saturday, 27 September (2:50 pm) North Melbourne 9.13 (67) 19.8 (122) Lost by 55 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 110,551
[1]

Ladder

1975 VFL Ladder
TEAM P W L D PF PA % PTS
1 Hawthorn 22 17 5 0 2383 1735 137.35 68
2 Carlton 22 16 6 0 2360 1827 129.17 64
3 North Melbourne (P) 22 14 8 0 2096 1821 115.10 56
4 Richmond 22 13 9 0 2269 1999 113.51 52
5 Collingwood 22 13 9 0 1983 2112 93.89 52
6 St Kilda 22 11 11 0 1982 1954 101.43 44
7 Footscray 22 11 11 0 1968 2076 94.80 44
8 Essendon 22 10 12 0 2222 2451 90.66 40
9 Fitzroy 22 9 13 0 2079 2142 97.06 36
10 Melbourne 22 9 13 0 2092 2234 93.64 36
11 Geelong 22 7 15 0 1735 2218 78.22 28
12 South Melbourne 22 2 20 0 1798 2398 74.98 8
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against

References

  1. 1 2 "AFL Tables - 1975 Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 11/30/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.