1998 Hawthorn Football Club season

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Hawthorn Football Club
1998 season
PresidentIan Dicker
Coach Ken Judge
Captain(s) Jason Dunstall
Home ground Waverley Park
AFL season 8–14 (13th)
Finals seriesDid not qualify
Best and Fairest Shane Crawford
Leading goalkicker Jason Dunstall (54)
Highest home attendance42,780 (Round 10 vs. Essendon)
Lowest home attendance18,698 (Round 2 vs. Port Adelaide)
Average home attendance32,173

The 1998 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 74th season in the Australian Football League and 97th overall.

Contents

Fixture

Premiership season

RdDate and local timeOpponentScores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)VenueAttendanceRecord
HomeAwayResult
1Saturday, 28 March (3:40 pm) Collingwood 18.15 (123)12.12 (84)Lost by 39 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)47,6280–1
2Saturday, 4 April (2:10 pm) Port Adelaide 10.7 (67)17.10 (112)Lost by 45 points Waverley Park (H)18,6980–2
3Saturday, 11 April (3:40 pm) Richmond 15.13 (103)15.7 (97)Lost by 6 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)39,9540–3
4Saturday, 18 April (3:40 pm) St Kilda 18.13 (121)20.9 (129)Lost by 8 points Waverley Park (H)36,1170–4
5Saturday, 25 April (2:10 pm) Brisbane Lions 18.16 (124)12.11 (83)Won by 41 points Waverley Park (H)22,3661–4
6Saturday, 2 May (2:10 pm) Geelong 13.12 (90)10.13 (73)Lost by 17 points Kardinia Park (A)23,2671–5
7Friday, 8 May (6:40 pm) Fremantle 8.9 (57)15.9 (99)Won by 42 points WACA (A)22,0372–5
8Sunday, 17 May (2:10 pm) Western Bulldogs 14.12 (96)21.10 (136)Lost by 40 points Waverley Park (H)34,5412–6
9Sunday, 24 May (2:40 pm) Sydney 17.15 (117)11.14 (80)Lost by 37 points Sydney Cricket Ground (A)31,4202–7
10Saturday, 30 May (3:40 pm) Essendon 13.9 (87)13.15 (93)Lost by 6 points Waverley Park (H)41,7802–8
11Saturday, 6 June (2:10 pm) Melbourne 10.10 (70)18.9 (117)Lost by 47 points Waverley Park (H)31,3652–9
12Friday, 12 June (8:40 pm) West Coast 19.9 (123)17.6 (108)Lost by 15 points WACA (A)27,1122–10
13Saturday, 20 June (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 17.12 (114)17.10 (112)Won by 2 points Waverley Park (H)23,8453–10
14Saturday, 27 June (2:10 pm) Carlton 13.14 (92)11.10 (76)Lost by 16 points Optus Oval (A)25,5293–11
15Sunday, 5 July (2:40 pm) Adelaide 9.14 (68)4.11 (35)Lost by 33 points Football Park (A)38,4303–12
16Saturday, 18 July (7:40 pm) Collingwood 4.14 (38)19.10 (124)Lost by 86 points Waverley Park (H)39,3253–13
17Saturday, 25 July (8:40 pm) Port Adelaide 18.11 (119)15.8 (98)Lost by 21 points Football Park (A)30,1043–14
18Sunday, 2 August (2:10 pm) Richmond 10.10 (70)4.10 (34)Won by 36 points Waverley Park (H)37,2974–14
19Saturday, 8 August (2:10 pm) St Kilda 10.9 (69)19.14 (128)Won by 59 points Waverley Park (A)32,2865–14
20Saturday, 15 August (7:40 pm) Brisbane Lions 7.17 (59)13.16 (94)Won by 35 points The Gabba (A)14,7386–14
21Sunday, 23 August (2:10 pm) Geelong 11.18 (84)8.15 (63)Won by 21 points Waverley Park (H)28,8337–14
22Saturday, 29 August (2:10 pm) Fremantle 22.17 (149)9.6 (60)Won by 89 points Waverley Park (H)39,7358–14
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Ladder

1998 AFL ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 North Melbourne 22166024862117117.464 Finals series
2 Western Bulldogs 22157023532019116.560
3 Sydney 22148022832143106.556
4 Melbourne 22148020091956102.756
5 Adelaide (P)22139021721763123.252
6 St Kilda 22139021482104102.152
7 West Coast 221210019401773109.448
8 Essendon 221210022502071108.648
9 Richmond 221210020181926104.848
10 Port Adelaide 2291211928201795.638
11 Carlton 2291302018210995.736
12 Geelong 2291301777196390.536
13 Hawthorn 2281401992208395.632
14 Collingwood 2271501968216790.828
15 Fremantle 2271501739227776.428
16 Brisbane Lions 2251611860245375.822
Source: AFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

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References

  1. "AFL Tables - 1998 Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 19 September 2016.