1994 season | |||
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President | Geoff Lord | ||
Coach | Peter Knights | ||
Captain(s) | Chris Langford | ||
Home ground | Waverley Park | ||
AFL season | 13–9 (6th) | ||
Finals series | Qualifying Final (Lost to North Melbourne 91–114 (ET)) | ||
Best and Fairest | John Platten | ||
Leading goalkicker | Jason Dunstall (101) | ||
Highest home attendance | 35,267 (Round 15 vs. Geelong) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 12,233 (Round 8 vs. Brisbane Bears) | ||
Average home attendance | 24,884 | ||
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The 1994 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 70th season in the Australian Football League and 93rd overall.
Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Record | ||
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Home | Away | Result | ||||||
1 | Saturday, 26 March (2:00 pm) | St Kilda | 15.7 (97) | 23.15 (153) | Won by 56 points | Waverley Park (A) | 29,592 | 1–0 |
2 | Saturday, 2 April (2:08 pm) | Melbourne | 8.16 (64) | 17.16 (118) | Lost by 54 points | Waverley Park (H) | 29,581 | 1–1 |
3 | Friday, 8 April (8:08 pm) | North Melbourne | 25.23 (173) | 6.10 (46) | Lost by 127 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 36,726 | 1–2 |
4 | Saturday, 16 April (2:00 pm) | Carlton | 11.7 (73) | 24.16 (160) | Lost by 87 points | Waverley Park (H) | 30,944 | 1–3 |
5 | Sunday, 24 April (4:15 pm) | West Coast | 8.10 (58) | 19.15 (129) | Won by 71 points | Subiaco Oval (A) | 27,357 | 2–3 |
6 | Bye | |||||||
7 | Saturday, 7 May (2:00 pm) | Essendon | 12.16 (88) | 11.9 (75) | Won by 13 points | Waverley Park (H) | 33,927 | 3–3 |
8 | Saturday, 14 May (2:00 pm) | Brisbane Bears | 25.16 (166) | 10.7 (67) | Won by 99 points | Waverley Park (H) | 12,233 | 4–3 |
9 | Sunday, 22 May (2:15 pm) | Hawthorn | 7.6 (48) | 22.13 (145) | Won by 97 points | Football Park (A) | 44,403 | 5–3 |
10 | Saturday, 28 May (2:00 pm) | Collingwood | 16.14 (110) | 10.14 (74) | Lost by 36 points | Victoria Park (A) | 26,718 | 5–4 |
11 | Sunday, 5 June (2:00 pm) | Footscray | 20.5 (125) | 8.13 (61) | Won by 64 points | Waverley Park (H) | 22,895 | 6–4 |
12 | Sunday, 12 June (1:15 pm) | Sydney | 13.5 (83) | 21.15 (141) | Won by 58 points | Sydney Cricket Ground (A) | 12,251 | 7–4 |
13 | Saturday, 18 June (2:00 pm) | Fitzroy | 7.11 (53) | 10.6 (66) | Lost by 13 points | Waverley Park (H) | 17,599 | 7–5 |
14 | Bye | |||||||
15 | Saturday, 2 July (2:00 pm) | Geelong | 16.19 (115) | 11.13 (79) | Won by 36 points | Waverley Park (H) | 35,267 | 8–5 |
16 | Saturday, 9 July (2:00 pm) | St Kilda | 21.16 (142) | 11.12 (78) | Won by 64 points | Waverley Park (H) | 25,037 | 9–5 |
17 | Saturday, 16 July (2:00 pm) | Melbourne | 17.10 (112) | 11.8 (74) | Lost by 38 points | Optus Oval (A) | 14,096 | 9–6 |
18 | Saturday, 23 July (2:08 pm) | North Melbourne | 9.5 (59) | 15.9 (99) | Lost by 40 points | Waverley Park (H) | 26,936 | 9–7 |
19 | Saturday, 30 July (2:08 pm) | Carlton | 15.14 (104) | 9.18 (72) | Lost by 32 points | Optus Oval (A) | 25,265 | 9–8 |
20 | Saturday, 6 August (2:08 pm) | West Coast | 15.10 (100) | 7.12 (54) | Won by 46 points | Waverley Park (H) | 16,328 | 10–8 |
21 | Sunday, 14 August (2:00 pm) | Richmond | 11.23 (89) | 18.9 (117) | Won by 28 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 52,562 | 11–8 |
22 | Sunday, 21 August (2:00 pm) | Essendon | 20.16 (136) | 12.12 (84) | Lost by 52 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 49,354 | 11–9 |
23 | Sunday, 28 August (2:15 pm) | Brisbane Bears | 13.13 (91) | 15.12 (102) | Won by 11 points | The Gabba (A) | 13,718 | 12–9 |
24 | Saturday, 3 September (2:08 pm) | Adelaide | 9.12 (66) | 6.11 (47) | Won by 19 points | Waverley Park (H) | 22,973 | 13–9 |
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Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | ||
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Home | Away | Result | |||||
Qualifying Final | Saturday, 10 September (2:30 pm) | North Melbourne | 15.24 (114) | 13.13 (91) | Lost by 23 points (extra time) | Waverley Park (A) | 38,223 |
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | |
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1 | West Coast (P) | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2078 | 1572 | 132.2 | 64 | Finals |
2 | Carlton | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2351 | 1774 | 132.5 | 60 | |
3 | North Melbourne | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2383 | 1848 | 129.0 | 52 | |
4 | Geelong | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2403 | 2104 | 114.2 | 52 | |
5 | Footscray | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2106 | 1905 | 110.6 | 52 | |
6 | Hawthorn | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2188 | 2005 | 109.1 | 52 | |
7 | Melbourne | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2190 | 1879 | 116.6 | 48 | |
8 | Collingwood | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2017 | 2019 | 99.9 | 48 | |
9 | Richmond | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2033 | 2167 | 93.8 | 48 | |
10 | Essendon | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2075 | 2119 | 97.9 | 44 | |
11 | Adelaide | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1876 | 2159 | 86.9 | 38 | |
12 | Brisbane Bears | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1940 | 2195 | 88.4 | 36 | |
13 | St Kilda | 22 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 1809 | 2415 | 74.9 | 30 | |
14 | Fitzroy | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1726 | 2456 | 70.3 | 20 | |
15 | Sydney | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1987 | 2545 | 78.1 | 16 |
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