1980 Hawthorn Football Club season

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Hawthorn Football Club
1980 season
PresidentRon Cook
Coach David Parkin
Captain(s) Don Scott
Home ground Princes Park
VFL season 10–12 (8th)
Finals seriesDid not qualify
Best and Fairest Leigh Matthews
Leading goalkicker Michael Moncrieff (86)
Highest home attendance34,224 (Round 15 vs. Geelong)
Lowest home attendance8,209 (Round 14 vs. Fitzroy)
Average home attendance18,479

The 1980 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 56th season in the Victorian Football League and 79th overall.

Contents

Fixture

Premiership season

RdDate and local timeOpponentScores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)VenueAttendanceRecord
HomeAwayResult
1Saturday, 29 March (2:10 pm) Richmond 15.16 (106)16.15 (111)Lost by 5 points Princes Park (H)20,7750–1
2Saturday, 5 April (2:10 pm) St Kilda 11.17 (83)15.26 (116)Won by 33 points Moorabbin Oval (A)22,2651–1
3Saturday, 12 April (2:10 pm) Collingwood 19.16 (130)16.23 (119)Won by 11 points Princes Park (H)28,2322–1
4Saturday, 19 April (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 12.10 (82)11.19 (85)Won by 3 points VFL Park (A)26,1043–1
5Friday, 25 April (2:10 pm) Geelong 14.10 (94)13.11 (89)Lost by 5 points Kardinia Park (A)34,4983–2
6Saturday, 3 May (2:10 pm) Footscray 19.16 (130)18.5 (113)Won by 17 points Princes Park (H)11,7584–2
7Saturday, 10 May (2:10 pm) Carlton 14.27 (111)16.17 (113)Won by 2 points Princes Park (A)28,7885–2
8Saturday, 17 May (2:10 pm) Melbourne 17.16 (118)15.18 (108)Won by 10 points Princes Park (H)10,5016–2
9Saturday, 24 May (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 14.9 (93)13.10 (88)Lost by 5 points VFL Park (A)34,3846–3
10Saturday, 31 May (2:10 pm) South Melbourne 28.15 (183)14.15 (99)Lost by 84 points Lake Oval (A)17,4206–4
11Saturday, 7 June (2:10 pm) Essendon 9.17 (71)13.11 (89)Lost by 18 points Princes Park (H)21,2216–5
12Monday, 16 June (2:10 pm) Richmond 16.12 (108)11.22 (88)Lost by 20 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)57,5726–6
13Saturday, 21 June (2:10 pm) St Kilda 21.17 (143)16.13 (109)Won by 34 points Princes Park (H)11,6867–6
14Saturday, 28 June (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 21.17 (143)8.7 (55)Won by 88 points Princes Park (H)8,2098–6
15Saturday, 12 July (2:10 pm) Geelong 4.13 (37)17.15 (117)Lost by 80 points VFL Park (H)34,2248–7
16Saturday, 19 July (2:10 pm) Collingwood 22.17 (149)19.8 (122)Lost by 27 points Victoria Park (A)25,0908–8
17Saturday, 26 July (2:10 pm) Footscray 25.10 (160)15.17 (107)Lost by 53 points Western Oval (A)12,3628–9
18Saturday, 2 August (2:10 pm) Carlton 9.15 (69)16.17 (113)Lost by 44 points Princes Park (H)15,0468–10
19Saturday, 9 August (2:10 pm) Melbourne 9.10 (64)19.27 (141)Won by 77 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)15,4579–10
20Saturday, 16 August (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 11.13 (79)20.15 (135)Lost by 56 points VFL Park (H)21,7399–11
21Saturday, 23 August (2:10 pm) South Melbourne 16.17 (113)12.11 (83)Won by 30 points VFL Park (H)19,88210–11
22Saturday, 30 August (2:10 pm) Essendon 15.12 (102)8.14 (62)Lost by 40 points Windy Hill (A)17,74410–12
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Ladder

1980 VFL ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Geelong 22175023621888125.168 Finals
2 Carlton 22175025762128121.168
3 Richmond (P)22165127541990138.466
4 North Melbourne 22147123451894123.858
5 Collingwood 22147124912178114.458
6 South Melbourne 22139022112174101.752
7 Essendon 221012022682151105.440
8 Hawthorn 22101202249238194.540
9 Melbourne 2251702140270979.020
10 Footscray 2251702056273775.120
11 St Kilda 2241621872270469.220
12 Fitzroy 2241712398278886.018
Source: VFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

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References

  1. "AFL Tables - 1980 Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 15 September 2016.