1976 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club
1976 season
PresidentPhil J. Ryan
CoachJohn Kennedy, Sr.
Captain(s)Don Scott
Home groundPrinces Park
VFL season16–6 (2nd)
Finals SeriesPremiers
(Defeated North Melbourne 100–70)
Best and FairestLeigh Matthews
Leading goalkickerMichael Moncrieff (97)
Highest home attendance110,143 (Grand Final vs. North Melbourne)
Lowest home attendance7,567 (Round 18 vs. Melbourne)
Average home attendance28,559
← 1975 1977 →

The 1976 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 52nd season in the Victorian Football League and 75th overall. Hawthorn qualified for finals for the third consecutive season. Hawthorn qualified for the Grand Final for the second consecutive season. In the Grand Final, Hawthorn faced North Melbourne for the second consecutive season. Hawthorn won their third VFL premiership defeating North Melbourne 100–70. This was their first premiership since 1971.

Fixture

Premiership season

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Record
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 3 April (2:10 pm) St Kilda 13.11 (89) 16.15 (111) Won by 22 points Moorabbin Oval (A) 22,879 1–0
2 Saturday, 10 April (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 20.11 (131) 16.13 (109) Won by 22 points Princes Park (H) 15,479 2–0
3 Saturday, 17 April (2:10 pm) Collingwood 25.22 (172) 12.12 (84) Won by 88 points Princes Park (H) 23,965 3–0
4 Saturday, 24 April (2:10 pm) Footscray 14.20 (104) 14.8 (92) Won by 12 points VFL Park (H) 27,040 4–0
5 Saturday, 1 May (2:10 pm) Essendon 10.15 (75) 14.10 (94) Won by 19 points Windy Hill (A) 14,389 5–0
6 Saturday, 8 May (2:10 pm) Carlton 7.20 (62) 15.12 (102) Lost by 40 points Princes Park (H) 27,889 5–1
7 Saturday, 15 May (2:10 pm) Melbourne 14.13 (97) 21.19 (145) Won by 48 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 25,876 6–1
8 Saturday, 22 May (2:10 pm) South Melbourne 20.16 (136) 11.10 (76) Won by 60 points Princes Park (H) 7,827 7–1
9 Saturday, 29 May (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 18.15 (123) 14.12 (96) Won by 27 points Princes Park (H) 8,971 8–1
10 Saturday, 5 June (2:10 pm) Richmond 13.10 (88) 15.10 (100) Won by 20 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 29,608 9–1
11 Monday, 14 June (2:10 pm) Geelong 11.22 (88) 11.10 (76) Won by 12 points Princes Park (H) 33,692 10–1
12 Saturday, 19 June (2:10 pm) St Kilda 13.19 (97) 18.14 (122) Lost by 25 points Princes Park (H) 14,294 10–2
13 Saturday, 26 June (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 9.13 (67) 10.15 (75) Won by 8 points Arden Street Oval (A) 16,230 11–2
14 Saturday, 3 July (2:10 pm) Footscray 5.7 (37) 17.15 (117) Won by 80 points Western Oval (A) 13,307 12–2
15 Saturday, 10 July (2:10 pm) Collingwood 16.11 (107) 18.11 (119) Won by 12 points VFL Park (A) 27,353 13–2
16 Saturday, 17 July (2:10 pm) Essendon 15.17 (107) 18.15 (123) Lost by 16 points Princes Park (H) 16,579 13–3
17 Saturday, 24 July (2:10 pm) Carlton 17.14 (116) 11.19 (85) Lost by 31 points Princes Park (A) 26,378 13–4
18 Saturday, 31 July (2:10 pm) Melbourne 16.17 (113) 14.11 (95) Won by 18 points Princes Park (H) 7,567 14–4
19 Saturday, 7 August (2:10 pm) South Melbourne 12.11 (83) 13.19 (97) Won by 14 points VFL Park (A) 18,640 15–4
20 Saturday, 14 August (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 12.19 (91) 14.10 (94) Won by 3 points Junction Oval (A) 10,417 16–4
21 Saturday, 21 August (2:10 pm) Richmond 11.16 (82) 17.12 (114) Lost by 32 points Princes Park (H) 13,674 16–5
22 Saturday, 28 August (2:10 pm) Geelong 13.18 (96) 10.11 (71) Lost by 25 points Kardinia Park (A) 22,916 16–6
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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, 4 September (2:30 pm) North Melbourne 14.19 (103) 12.11 (83) Won by 20 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 64,148
Semi-final Saturday, 11 September (2:30 pm) Carlton 9.16 (70) 12.15 (87) Won by 17 points VFL Park (A) 60,105
Grand Final Saturday, 25 September (2:50 pm) North Melbourne 13.22 (100) 10.10 (70) Won by 30 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 110,143
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Ladder

(P) Premiers
Qualified for finals
# Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 Carlton 22 16 5 1 2245 1690 132.8 66
2 Hawthorn (P) 22 16 6 0 2323 2035 114.2 64
3 North Melbourne 22 15 7 0 2041 1748 116.8 60
4 Geelong 22 12 10 0 2251 2166 103.9 48
5 Footscray 22 11 10 1 1958 2023 96.8 46
6 Melbourne 22 11 11 0 2319 2333 99.4 44
7 Richmond 22 10 12 0 2192 2224 98.6 40
8 South Melbourne 22 9 13 0 2223 2364 94.0 36
9 St Kilda 22 9 13 0 2056 2282 90.1 36
10 Essendon 22 9 13 0 1987 2253 88.2 36
11 Fitzroy 22 7 15 0 2005 2161 92.8 28
12 Collingwood 22 6 16 0 2033 2354 86.4 24

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 97.1
Source: AFL Tables

References

  1. ^ a b "AFL Tables - 1976 Scores". afltables.com.


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