1966 Hawthorn Football Club season

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Hawthorn Football Club
1966 season
PresidentDr. A.S. Ferguson
Coach Peter O'Donohue
Captain(s) Graham Arthur
Home ground Glenferrie Oval
VFL season 5–13 (9th)
Finals SeriesDid not qualify
Best and Fairest Ray Wilson
Leading goalkicker John Peck (32)
Highest home attendance21,520 (Round 17 vs. Essendon)
Lowest home attendance8,429 (Round 16 vs. Footscray)
Average home attendance14,679
← 1965 1967 →

The 1966 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 42nd season in the Victorian Football League and 65th overall. Following the season John Kennedy Sr. returned as coach.

Contents

Fixture

Premiership season

RdDate and local timeOpponentScores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)VenueAttendanceRecord
HomeAwayResult
1Saturday, 23 April (2:20 pm) Collingwood 17.13 (115)9.8 (62)Lost by 53 points Victoria Park (A)32,7410–1
2Saturday, 30 April (2:20 pm) Melbourne 7.14 (56)3.11 (29)Won by 27 points Glenferrie Oval (H)12,0541–1
3Saturday, 7 May (2:20 pm) South Melbourne 14.22 (106)7.15 (57)Lost by 49 points Lake Oval (A)16,8941–2
4Saturday, 14 May (2:20 pm) North Melbourne 9.13 (67)14.15 (99)Lost by 32 points Glenferrie Oval (H)10,8161–3
5Saturday, 21 May (2:20 pm) Footscray 10.10 (70)4.10 (34)Lost by 36 points Western Oval (A)12,4241–4
6Saturday, 28 May (2:20 pm) Essendon 15.15 (105)12.9 (81)Lost by 24 points Windy Hill (A)15,3291–5
7Saturday, 4 June (2:20 pm) St Kilda 11.12 (78)15.12 (102)Lost by 24 points Glenferrie Oval (H)17,7551–6
8Monday, 13 June (2:20 pm) Fitzroy 8.13 (61)11.14 (80)Won by 19 points Brunswick Street Oval (A)13,0572–6
9Saturday, 18 June (2:20 pm) Carlton 9.13 (67)9.9 (63)Won by 4 points Glenferrie Oval (H)19,5043–6
10Saturday, 25 June (2:20 pm) Geelong 17.15 (117)8.9 (57)Lost by 60 points Kardinia Park (A)13,9413–7
11Saturday, 9 July (2:20 pm) Richmond 6.13 (49)11.13 (79)Lost by 30 points Glenferrie Oval (H)15,8803–8
12Saturday, 16 July (2:20 pm) Collingwood 5.7 (37)16.14 (110)Lost by 73 points Glenferrie Oval (H)13,8803–9
13Saturday, 23 July (2:20 pm) Melbourne 23.13 (151)9.5 (59)Lost by 92 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)18,2543–10
14Saturday, 30 July (2:20 pm) South Melbourne 10.16 (76)14.17 (101)Lost by 25 points Glenferrie Oval (H)12,2773–11
15Saturday, 6 August (2:20 pm) North Melbourne 11.16 (82)12.11 (83)Won by 1 point Arden Street Oval (A)5,8354–11
16Saturday, 13 August (2:20 pm) Footscray 18.11 (119)9.13 (67)Won by 52 points Glenferrie Oval (H)8,4295–11
17Saturday, 20 August (2:20 pm) Essendon 11.13 (79)15.10 (100)Lost by 21 points Glenferrie Oval (H)21,5205–12
18Saturday, 27 August (2:20 pm) St Kilda 14.9 (93)13.5 (83)Lost by 10 points Moorabbin Oval (A)23,8605–13
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Ladder

(P)Premiers
Qualified for finals
#TeamPWLDPFPA %Pts
1 Collingwood 18153016871073157.260
2 St Kilda (P)18144016411149142.856
3 Geelong 18144015991162137.656
4 Essendon 18144014571204121.056
5 Richmond 18134116261320123.254
6 Carlton 18108012331143107.940
7 North Melbourne 1871011294138193.730
8 South Melbourne 1871101486150598.728
9 Hawthorn 1851301224165074.220
10 Footscray 1841401004145868.916
11 Melbourne 1831501235158078.212
12 Fitzroy 1811701004186553.84

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 76.3
Source: AFL Tables

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References

  1. ↑ "AFL Tables - 1966 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.


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