1964 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1964 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 40th season in the Victorian Football League and 63rd overall.

Hawthorn Football Club
1964 season
PresidentDr. A.S. Ferguson
CoachGraham Arthur
Captain(s)Graham Arthur
Home groundGlenferrie Oval
Night seriesSemi-final
VFL season13–5 (5th)
Finals seriesDid not qualify
Best and fairestIan Law
Leading goalkickerJohn Peck (68)
Highest home attendance28,000 (Round 2 vs. Carlton)
Lowest home attendance9,100 (Round 15 vs. North Melbourne)
Average home attendance18,578

Fixture

Premiership season

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Record
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 18 April (2:20 pm) South Melbourne 10.13 (73) 14.13 (97) Won by 24 points Lake Oval (A) 20,260 1–0
2 Saturday, 25 April (2:20 pm) Carlton 9.20 (74) 8.5 (53) Won by 21 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 28,000 2–0
3 Saturday, 2 May (2:20 pm) St Kilda 12.15 (87) 9.11 (65) Won by 22 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 25,000 3–0
4 Saturday, 9 May (2:20 pm) North Melbourne 14.15 (99) 9.14 (68) Lost by 31 points Arden Street Oval (A) 17,431 3–1
5 Saturday, 16 May (2:20 pm) Fitzroy 16.18 (114) 8.19 (67) Won by 47 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 13,100 4–1
6 Saturday, 23 May (2:20 pm) Melbourne 10.13 (73) 10.8 (68) Lost by 5 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 53,798 4–2
7 Saturday, 30 May (2:20 pm) Richmond 13.11 (89) 7.16 (58) Won by 31 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 22,000 5–2
8 Saturday, 6 June (2:20 pm) Essendon 9.8 (62) 6.12 (48) Won by 14 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 26,000 6–2
9 Monday, 15 June (2:20 pm) Geelong 10.15 (75) 3.8 (26) Lost by 49 points Kardinia Park (A) 30,911 6–3
10 Saturday, 27 June (2:20 pm) Collingwood 13.11 (89) 15.8 (98) Won by 9 points Victoria Park (A) 31,133 7–3
11 Saturday, 4 July (2:20 pm) Footscray 12.9 (81) 3.3 (21) Won by 60 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 13,000 8–3
12 Saturday, 11 July (2:20 pm) South Melbourne 15.13 (103) 6.15 (51) Won by 52 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 11,000 9–3
13 Saturday, 18 July (2:20 pm) Carlton 5.12 (42) 8.10 (58) Won by 16 points Princes Park (A) 18,423 10–3
14 Saturday, 25 July (2:20 pm) St Kilda 11.15 (81) 7.9 (51) Lost by 30 points Junction Oval (A) 18,600 10–4
15 Saturday, 1 August (2:20 pm) North Melbourne 7.7 (49) 5.8 (38) Won by 11 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 9,100 11–4
16 Saturday, 8 August (2:20 pm) Fitzroy 9.10 (64) 10.13 (73) Won by 9 points Brunswick Street Oval (A) 7,322 12–4
17 Saturday, 15 August (2:20 pm) Melbourne 10.9 (69) 10.13 (73) Lost by 4 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 20,000 12–5
18 Saturday, 22 August (2:20 pm) Richmond 9.18 (72) 16.19 (115) Won by 43 points Punt Road Oval (A) 15,500 13–5
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Night series cup

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance
Home Away Result
1 Tuesday, 8 September North Melbourne 10.13 (73) 7.13 (55) Won by 18 points Lake Oval 15,250
Semi Final Thursday, 10 September Footscray 8.12 (60) 4.10 (34) Lost by 26 points Lake Oval 18,720

Ladder

1964 VFL ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Melbourne (P) 18 14 4 0 1532 1109 138.1 56 Finals
2 Collingwood 18 13 4 1 1470 1104 133.2 54
3 Essendon 18 13 4 1 1499 1151 130.2 54
4 Geelong 18 13 4 1 1328 1042 127.4 54
5 Hawthorn 18 13 5 0 1382 1142 121.0 52
6 St Kilda 18 10 8 0 1408 1189 118.4 40
7 Footscray 18 9 9 0 1146 1301 88.1 36
8 North Melbourne 18 8 10 0 1231 1411 87.2 32
9 Richmond 18 6 12 0 1143 1346 84.9 24
10 Carlton 18 5 12 1 1190 1318 90.3 22
11 South Melbourne 18 2 16 0 1125 1654 68.0 8
12 Fitzroy 18 0 18 0 1019 1706 59.7 0
Source: VFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers.

References

  1. "AFL Tables - 1964 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
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