1977 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club
1977 season
PresidentPhil J. Ryan
CoachDavid Parkin
Captain(s)Don Scott
Home groundPrinces Park
VFL season17–5 (2nd)
Finals seriesPreliminary Final
(lost to North Melbourne 45–112)
Best and FairestLeigh Matthews
Leading goalkickerPeter 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.

Fixture

Premiership season

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Record
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 2 April (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 13.14 (92) 23.14 (152) Lost by 60 points Princes Park (H) 20,943 0–1
2 Monday, 11 April (2:10 pm) Richmond 19.6 (120) 17.17 (119) Lost by 1 point Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 42,192 0–2
3 Saturday, 16 April (2:10 pm) Geelong 6.14 (50) 15.15 (105) Won by 55 points Kardinia Park (A) 19,548 1–2
4 Saturday, 23 April (2:10 pm) Carlton 13.18 (96) 12.11 (83) Won by 13 points Princes Park (H) 30,505 2–2
5 Saturday, 30 April (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 12.14 (86) 21.16 (142) Won by 56 points Junction Oval (A) 10,428 3–2
6 Saturday, 7 May (2:10 pm) St Kilda 25.41 (191) 16.7 (103) Won by 88 points Princes Park (H) 12,698 4–2
7 Saturday, 14 May (2:10 pm) Footscray 8.13 (61) 20.11 (131) Won by 70 points Western Oval (A) 17,935 5–2
8 Saturday, 21 May (2:10 pm) South Melbourne 7.13 (55) 18.7 (115) Won by 60 points Lake Oval (A) 11,443 6–2
9 Saturday, 28 May (2:10 pm) Collingwood 16.12 (108) 22.10 (142) Lost by 34 points Princes Park (H) 35,042 6–3
10 Saturday, 4 June (2:10 pm) Melbourne 16.19 (115) 19.13 (127) Won by 12 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 21,586 7–3
11 Monday, 13 June (2:10 pm) Essendon 23.25 (163) 8.9 (57) Won by 106 points Princes Park (H) 26,770 8–3
12 Saturday, 18 June (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 6.11 (47) 6.12 (48) Won by 1 point Arden Street Oval (A) 9,027 9–3
13 Saturday, 25 June (2:10 pm) Richmond 9.12 (66) 7.10 (52) Won by 14 points VFL Park (H) 34,820 10–3
14 Saturday, 2 July (2:10 pm) Carlton 9.8 (62) 7.6 (48) Lost by 14 points Princes Park (A) 26,363 10–4
15 Saturday, 9 July (2:10 pm) Geelong 28.23 (191) 13.6 (84) Won by 107 points Princes Park (H) 10,016 11–4
16 Saturday, 16 July (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 20.14 (134) 11.12 (78) Won by 56 points Princes Park (H) 8,234 12–4
17 Saturday, 23 July (2:10 pm) St Kilda 11.11 (77) 24.19 (163) Won by 86 points VFL Park (A) 20,469 13–4
18 Saturday, 30 July (2:10 pm) Footscray 18.10 (118) 15.14 (104) Won by 14 points Princess Park (H) 10,348 14–4
19 Saturday, 6 August (2:10 pm) South Melbourne 10.18 (78) 16.7 (103) Lost by 25 points VFL Park (H) 30,253 14–5
20 Saturday, 13 August (2:10 pm) Collingwood 13.21 (99) 15.15 (105) Won by 6 points Victoria Park (A) 33,558 15–5
21 Saturday, 20 August (2:10 pm) Melbourne 16.14 (110) 14.15 (99) Won by 11 points Princes Park (H) 8,880 16–5
22 Saturday, 27 August (2:10 pm) Essendon 19.16 (130) 25.18 (168) Won by 38 points Windy Hill (A) 14,325 17–5
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Finals Series

See also: McIntyre "Final Five" system
Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance
Home Away Result
Qualifying final Saturday, 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-final Saturday, 10 September (2:30 pm) Collingwood 17.10 (112) 16.14 (110) Lost by 2 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 87,421
Preliminary final Saturday, 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
# Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 Collingwood 22 18 4 0 2560 1959 130.7 72
2 Hawthorn 22 17 5 0 2618 1959 133.6 68
3 North Melbourne (P) 22 15 7 0 2124 1803 117.8 60
4 Richmond 22 14 7 1 2370 2085 113.7 58
5 South Melbourne 22 13 8 1 2148 1942 110.6 54
6 Carlton 22 13 9 0 2081 1859 111.9 52
7 Footscray 22 10 11 1 2170 2141 101.4 42
8 Geelong 22 8 14 0 1930 2333 82.7 32
9 Essendon 22 7 14 1 2085 2518 82.8 30
10 Fitzroy 22 6 16 0 2072 2474 83.8 24
11 Melbourne 22 5 17 0 2117 2492 85.0 20
12 St Kilda 22 3 17 2 1966 2676 73.5 16

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

References

  1. ^ a b "AFL Tables - 1977 Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 14 September 2016.


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