1977 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club
1977 season
President Phil J. Ryan
Coach David Parkin
Captain(s) Don Scott
Home ground Princes Park
VFL season 2nd
Finals series Preliminary Final
Best and Fairest Leigh Matthews
Leading goalkicker Peter Hudson (110)
Highest home attendance 64,048 (semi-final vs. North Melbourne)
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Main article: 1977 VFL season

The 1977 Hawthorn Football Club season was the clubs 53rd season in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Hawthorn entered the season as the defending VFL Premiers.

Fixture

Premiership season

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

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

1977 VFL Ladder
TEAM P W L D PF PA % PTS
1 Collingwood 22 18 4 0 2560 1959 130.68 72
2 Hawthorn 22 17 5 0 2618 1959 133.64 68
3 North Melbourne (P) 22 15 7 0 2124 1803 117.80 60
4 Richmond 22 14 7 1 2370 2085 113.67 58
5 South Melbourne 22 13 8 1 2148 1942 110.61 54
6 Carlton 22 13 9 0 2081 1859 111.94 52
7 Footscray 22 10 11 1 2170 2141 101.35 42
8 Geelong 22 8 14 0 1930 2333 82.73 32
9 Essendon 22 7 14 1 2085 2518 82.80 30
10 Fitzroy 22 6 16 0 2072 2474 83.75 24
11 Melbourne 22 5 17 0 2117 2492 84.95 20
12 St Kilda 22 3 17 2 1966 2676 73.47 16
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against

References

  1. 1 2 "AFL Tables - 1977 Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 14 September 2016.
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