1972 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club
1972 season
PresidentPhil J. Ryan
CoachJohn Kennedy, Sr.
Captain(s)David Parkin
Home groundGlenferrie Oval
VFL season13–9 (6th)
Finals seriesDid not qualify
Best and FairestLeigh Matthews
Leading goalkickerPeter Knights (46)
Highest home attendance38,861 (Round 20 vs. Essendon)
Lowest home attendance8,206 (Round 13 vs. North Melbourne)
Average home attendance19,797
← 1971 1973 →

The 1972 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 48th season in the Victorian Football League and 71st overall. 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 Record
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 1 April (2:10 pm) Melbourne 15.14 (104) 10.15 (75) Won by 29 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 21,513 1–0
2 Saturday, 8 April (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 11.10 (76) 19.24 (138) Won by 62 points Arden Street Oval (A) 10,200 2–0
3 Saturday, 15 April (2:10 pm) Geelong 9.11 (65) 15.17 (107) Won by 42 points VFL Park (A) 16,431 3–0
4 Saturday, 22 April (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 11.17 (83) 9.10 (64) Lost by 19 points Junction Oval (A) 16,397 3–1
5 Saturday, 29 April (2:10 pm) Footscray 14.20 (104) 11.10 (76) Won by 28 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 15,440 4–1
6 Saturday, 6 May (2:10 pm) Collingwood 14.12 (96) 15.11 (101) Won by 5 points Victoria Park (A) 29,885 5–1
7 Saturday, 13 May (2:10 pm) South Melbourne 13.14 (92) 9.20 (74) Won by 18 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 13,727 6–1
8 Saturday, 20 May (2:10 pm) Richmond 11.25 (91) 13.6 (84) Lost by 7 points VFL Park (A) 25,661 6–2
9 Saturday, 27 May (2:10 pm) Essendon 15.17 (107) 14.21 (105) Lost by 2 points Windy Hill (A) 28,187 6–3
10 Saturday, 3 June (2:10 pm) Carlton 11.22 (88) 13.7 (85) Won by 3 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 26,585 7–3
11 Saturday, 10 June (2:10 pm) St Kilda 17.8 (110) 7.14 (56) Lost by 54 points Moorabbin Oval (A) 27,313 7–4
12 Saturday, 17 June (2:10 pm) Melbourne 11.10 (76) 11.9 (75) Lost by 1 point Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 31,314 7–5
13 Saturday, 1 July (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 21.14 (140) 10.16 (76) Won by 64 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 8,206 8–5
14 Saturday, 8 July (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 19.19 (133) 12.8 (80) Won by 53 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 12,375 9–5
15 Saturday, 15 July (2:10 pm) Geelong 19.14 (128) 15.8 (98) Won by 30 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 16,844 10–5
16 Saturday, 22 July (2:10 pm) Footscray 13.11 (89) 19.16 (130) Won by 41 points Western Oval (A) 18,400 11–5
17 Saturday, 29 July (2:10 pm) Collingwood 11.16 (82) 19.13 (127) Lost by 45 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 24,132 11–6
18 Saturday, 5 August (2:10 pm) South Melbourne 13.11 (89) 23.10 (148) Won by 59 points Lake Oval (A) 9,207 12–6
19 Saturday, 12 August (2:10 pm) Richmond 15.12 (102) 17.11 (113) Lost by 11 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 18,834 12–7
20 Saturday, 19 August (2:10 pm) Essendon 15.16 (106) 12.15 (87) Won by 19 points VFL Park (H) 36,861 13–7
21 Saturday, 26 August (2:10 pm) Carlton 24.12 (156) 11.22 (88) Lost by 68 points Princes Park (A) 32,048 13–8
22 Saturday, 2 September (2:10 pm) St Kilda 15.12 (102) 18.13 (121) Lost by 19 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 22,923 13–9
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Ladder

(P) Premiers
Qualified for finals
# Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 Carlton (P) 22 18 3 1 2237 1666 134.3 74
2 Richmond 22 18 4 0 2469 2098 117.7 72
3 Collingwood 22 14 7 1 2338 1747 133.8 58
4 St Kilda 22 14 8 0 1989 1721 115.6 56
5 Essendon 22 14 8 0 2317 2140 108.3 56
6 Hawthorn 22 13 9 0 2277 2050 111.1 52
7 Footscray 22 11 11 0 1930 2038 94.7 44
8 Melbourne 22 10 12 0 2043 1929 105.9 40
9 Fitzroy 22 9 13 0 1997 2062 96.8 36
10 Geelong 22 7 15 0 1994 2369 84.2 28
11 South Melbourne 22 2 20 0 1513 2323 65.1 8
12 North Melbourne 22 1 21 0 1628 2589 62.9 4

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 93.7
Source: AFL Tables

References

  1. ^ "AFL Tables - 1972 Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.


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