1960 Hawthorn Football Club season

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Hawthorn Football Club
1960 season
PresidentDr. A.S. Ferguson
Coach John Kennedy Sr.
Captain(s) Graham Arthur
Home ground Glenferrie Oval
Night series Runner-up
VFL season 11–7 (5th)
Finals seriesDid not qualify
Best and fairest Brendan Edwards
Leading goalkicker Garry Young (36)
Highest home attendance30,000 (Round 2 vs. Collingwood)
Lowest home attendance12,000 (Round 8 vs. Richmond)
Average home attendance17,500

The 1960 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 36th season in the Victorian Football League and 59th overall.

Contents

Fixture

Night Series

RdDate and local timeOpponentScores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)VenueAttendance
HomeAwayResult
1Thursday, 1 September North Melbourne 17.21 (123)9.7 (61)Won by 62 points Lake Oval 9,800
Semi-finalThursday, 15 September Geelong 14.20 (104)6.8 (44)Won by 60 points Lake Oval 14,500
FinalTuesday, 27 September South Melbourne 10.12 (72)8.11 (59)Lost by 13 points Lake Oval 20,000

Premiership Season

RdDate and local timeOpponentScores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)VenueAttendanceRecord
HomeAwayResult
1Saturday, 16 April (2:20 pm) Essendon 12.21 (93)9.12 (66)Lost by 27 points Windy Hill (A)23,0000–1
2Saturday, 30 April (2:20 pm) Collingwood 6.16 (52)7.13 (55)Lost by 3 points Glenferrie Oval (H)30,0000–2
3Saturday, 7 May (2:20 pm) Footscray 6.9 (45)6.17 (53)Lost by 8 points Glenferrie Oval (H)16,0000–3
4Saturday, 14 May (2:20 pm) Carlton 5.18 (48)5.7 (37)Lost by 11 points Princes Park (A)11,0660–4
5Saturday, 21 May (2:20 pm) Melbourne 5.7 (37)7.15 (57)Lost by 20 points Glenferrie Oval (H)12,5000–5
6Saturday, 28 May (2:20 pm) North Melbourne 7.6 (48)9.8 (62)Won by 14 points Arden Street Oval (A)8,6001–5
7Saturday, 4 June (2:20 pm) Geelong 14.15 (99)14.13 (97)Won by 2 points Glenferrie Oval (H)16,5002–5
8Saturday, 11 June (2:20 pm) Richmond 13.18 (96)11.15 (81)Won by 15 points Glenferrie Oval (H)12,0003–5
9Saturday, 18 June (2:20 pm) St Kilda 7.13 (55)8.19 (67)Won by 12 points Junction Oval (A)23,9004–5
10Saturday, 25 June (2:20 pm) South Melbourne 11.7 (73)13.6 (84)Won by 11 points Lake Oval (A)22,3005–5
11Saturday, 9 July (2:20 pm) Fitzroy 10.9 (69)12.14 (86)Lost by 17 points Glenferrie Oval (H)18,0005–6
12Saturday, 16 July (2:20 pm) Essendon 10.13 (73)16.11 (107)Lost by 34 points Glenferrie Oval (H)23,5005–7
13Saturday, 23 July (2:20 pm) Collingwood 7.15 (57)7.16 (58)Won by 1 point Victoria Park (A)18,6376–7
14Saturday, 30 July (2:20 pm) Footscray 5.9 (39)9.21 (75)Won by 36 points Western Oval (A)16,7947–7
15Saturday, 6 August (2:20 pm) Carlton 13.10 (88)9.7 (61)Won by 27 points Glenferrie Oval (H)16,0008–7
16Saturday, 13 August (2:20 pm) Melbourne 9.13 (67)11.10 (76)Won by 9 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)24,6469–7
17Saturday, 20 August (2:20 pm) North Melbourne 9.17 (71)8.4 (52)Won by 19 points Glenferrie Oval (H)13,00010–7
18Saturday, 27 August (2:20 pm) Geelong 9.9 (63)14.12 (96)Won by 33 points Kardinia Park (A)14,58711–7
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Ladder

(P)Premiers
Qualified for finals
#TeamPWLDPFPA %Pts
1 Melbourne (P)18144014551017143.156
2 Fitzroy 18144013321184112.556
3 Essendon 18135015061204125.152
4 Collingwood 18117013141150114.344
5 Hawthorn 18117012511192104.944
6 St Kilda 1899011591140101.736
7 Carlton 188911300131399.034
8 South Melbourne 1871101304141392.328
9 Geelong 1861111311137395.526
10 Footscray 1861201065117890.424
11 North Melbourne 1851301183147480.320
12 Richmond 1821421086162866.712

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 70.7
Source: AFL Tables

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References

  1. "AFL Tables - 1960 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.