1977 Hawthorn Football Club season

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Hawthorn Football Club
1977 season
President Phil J. Ryan
Coach David Parkin
Captain(s) Don Scott
Home ground Princes Park
VFL season 17–5 (2nd)
Finals seriesPreliminary Final
(Lost to North Melbourne 45–112)
Best and Fairest Leigh Matthews
Leading goalkicker Peter Hudson (110)
Highest home attendance64,048 (Semi-final vs. North Melbourne)
Lowest home attendance8,234 (Round 16 vs. Fitzroy)
Average home attendance27,217
← 1976 1978 →

The 1977 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 53rd season in the Victorian Football League and 76th overall. Hawthorn entered the season as the defending VFL Premiers. Hawthorn qualified for finals for the fourth consecutive season. Hawthorn were eliminated by North Melbourne in the Preliminary final 45–112.

Contents

Fixture

Premiership season

RdDate and local timeOpponentScores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)VenueAttendanceRecord
HomeAwayResult
1Saturday, 2 April (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 13.14 (92)23.14 (152)Lost by 60 points Princes Park (H)20,9430–1
2Monday, 11 April (2:10 pm) Richmond 19.6 (120)17.17 (119)Lost by 1 point Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)42,1920–2
3Saturday, 16 April (2:10 pm) Geelong 6.14 (50)15.15 (105)Won by 55 points Kardinia Park (A)19,5481–2
4Saturday, 23 April (2:10 pm) Carlton 13.18 (96)12.11 (83)Won by 13 points Princes Park (H)30,5052–2
5Saturday, 30 April (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 12.14 (86)21.16 (142)Won by 56 points Junction Oval (A)10,4283–2
6Saturday, 7 May (2:10 pm) St Kilda 25.41 (191)16.7 (103)Won by 88 points Princes Park (H)12,6984–2
7Saturday, 14 May (2:10 pm) Footscray 8.13 (61)20.11 (131)Won by 70 points Western Oval (A)17,9355–2
8Saturday, 21 May (2:10 pm) South Melbourne 7.13 (55)18.7 (115)Won by 60 points Lake Oval (A)11,4436–2
9Saturday, 28 May (2:10 pm) Collingwood 16.12 (108)22.10 (142)Lost by 34 points Princes Park (H)35,0426–3
10Saturday, 4 June (2:10 pm) Melbourne 16.19 (115)19.13 (127)Won by 12 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)21,5867–3
11Monday, 13 June (2:10 pm) Essendon 23.25 (163)8.9 (57)Won by 106 points Princes Park (H)26,7708–3
12Saturday, 18 June (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 6.11 (47)6.12 (48)Won by 1 point Arden Street Oval (A)9,0279–3
13Saturday, 25 June (2:10 pm) Richmond 9.12 (66)7.10 (52)Won by 14 points VFL Park (H)34,82010–3
14Saturday, 2 July (2:10 pm) Carlton 9.8 (62)7.6 (48)Lost by 14 points Princes Park (A)26,36310–4
15Saturday, 9 July (2:10 pm) Geelong 28.23 (191)13.6 (84)Won by 107 points Princes Park (H)10,01611–4
16Saturday, 16 July (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 20.14 (134)11.12 (78)Won by 56 points Princes Park (H)8,23412–4
17Saturday, 23 July (2:10 pm) St Kilda 11.11 (77)24.19 (163)Won by 86 points VFL Park (A)20,46913–4
18Saturday, 30 July (2:10 pm) Footscray 18.10 (118)15.14 (104)Won by 14 points Princess Park (H)10,34814–4
19Saturday, 6 August (2:10 pm) South Melbourne 10.18 (78)16.7 (103)Lost by 25 points VFL Park (H)30,25314–5
20Saturday, 13 August (2:10 pm) Collingwood 13.21 (99)15.15 (105)Won by 6 points Victoria Park (A)33,55815–5
21Saturday, 20 August (2:10 pm) Melbourne 16.14 (110)14.15 (99)Won by 11 points Princes Park (H)8,88016–5
22Saturday, 27 August (2:10 pm) Essendon 19.16 (130)25.18 (168)Won by 38 points Windy Hill (A)14,32517–5
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Finals Series

RdDate and local timeOpponentScores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)VenueAttendance
HomeAwayResult
Qualifying finalSaturday, 3 September (2:30 pm) North Melbourne 19.11 (125)12.15 (87)Won by 38 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)64,068
Second semi-finalSaturday, 10 September (2:30 pm) Collingwood 17.10 (112)16.14 (110)Lost by 2 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)87,421
Preliminary finalSaturday, 17 September (2:30 pm) North Melbourne 5.15 (45)16.16 (112)Lost by 67 points VFL Park (H)61,242
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Ladder

(P)Premiers
Qualified for finals
#TeamPWLDPFPA %Pts
1 Collingwood 22184025601959130.772
2 Hawthorn 22175026181959133.668
3 North Melbourne (P)22157021241803117.860
4 Richmond 22147123702085113.758
5 South Melbourne 22138121481942110.654
6 Carlton 22139020811859111.952
7 Footscray 221011121702141101.442
8 Geelong 2281401930233382.732
9 Essendon 2271412085251882.830
10 Fitzroy 2261602072247483.824
11 Melbourne 2251702117249285.020
12 St Kilda 2231721966267673.516

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 99.4
Source: AFL Tables

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References

  1. 1 2 "AFL Tables - 1977 Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 14 September 2016.


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