1966 Hawthorn Football Club season

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Hawthorn Football Club
1966 season
PresidentDr. A.S. Ferguson
CoachPeter O'Donohue
Captain(s)Graham Arthur
Home groundGlenferrie Oval
VFL season5–13 (9th)
Finals SeriesDid not qualify
Best and FairestRay Wilson
Leading goalkickerJohn Peck (32)
Highest home attendance21,520 (Round 17 vs. Essendon)
Lowest home attendance8,429 (Round 16 vs. Footscray)
Average home attendance14,679
← 1965 1967 →

The 1966 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 42nd season in the Victorian Football League and 65th overall. Following the season John Kennedy Sr. returned as coach.

Fixture[edit]

Premiership season[edit]

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Record
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 23 April (2:20 pm) Collingwood 17.13 (115) 9.8 (62) Lost by 53 points Victoria Park (A) 32,741 0–1
2 Saturday, 30 April (2:20 pm) Melbourne 7.14 (56) 3.11 (29) Won by 27 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 12,054 1–1
3 Saturday, 7 May (2:20 pm) South Melbourne 14.22 (106) 7.15 (57) Lost by 49 points Lake Oval (A) 16,894 1–2
4 Saturday, 14 May (2:20 pm) North Melbourne 9.13 (67) 14.15 (99) Lost by 32 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 10,816 1–3
5 Saturday, 21 May (2:20 pm) Footscray 10.10 (70) 4.10 (34) Lost by 36 points Western Oval (A) 12,424 1–4
6 Saturday, 28 May (2:20 pm) Essendon 15.15 (105) 12.9 (81) Lost by 24 points Windy Hill (A) 15,329 1–5
7 Saturday, 4 June (2:20 pm) St Kilda 11.12 (78) 15.12 (102) Lost by 24 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 17,755 1–6
8 Monday, 13 June (2:20 pm) Fitzroy 8.13 (61) 11.14 (80) Won by 19 points Brunswick Street Oval (A) 13,057 2–6
9 Saturday, 18 June (2:20 pm) Carlton 9.13 (67) 9.9 (63) Won by 4 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 19,504 3–6
10 Saturday, 25 June (2:20 pm) Geelong 17.15 (117) 8.9 (57) Lost by 60 points Kardinia Park (A) 13,941 3–7
11 Saturday, 9 July (2:20 pm) Richmond 6.13 (49) 11.13 (79) Lost by 30 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 15,880 3–8
12 Saturday, 16 July (2:20 pm) Collingwood 5.7 (37) 16.14 (110) Lost by 73 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 13,880 3–9
13 Saturday, 23 July (2:20 pm) Melbourne 23.13 (151) 9.5 (59) Lost by 92 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 18,254 3–10
14 Saturday, 30 July (2:20 pm) South Melbourne 10.16 (76) 14.17 (101) Lost by 25 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 12,277 3–11
15 Saturday, 6 August (2:20 pm) North Melbourne 11.16 (82) 12.11 (83) Won by 1 point Arden Street Oval (A) 5,835 4–11
16 Saturday, 13 August (2:20 pm) Footscray 18.11 (119) 9.13 (67) Won by 52 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 8,429 5–11
17 Saturday, 20 August (2:20 pm) Essendon 11.13 (79) 15.10 (100) Lost by 21 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 21,520 5–12
18 Saturday, 27 August (2:20 pm) St Kilda 14.9 (93) 13.5 (83) Lost by 10 points Moorabbin Oval (A) 23,860 5–13
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Ladder[edit]

(P) Premiers
Qualified for finals
# Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 Collingwood 18 15 3 0 1687 1073 157.2 60
2 St Kilda (P) 18 14 4 0 1641 1149 142.8 56
3 Geelong 18 14 4 0 1599 1162 137.6 56
4 Essendon 18 14 4 0 1457 1204 121.0 56
5 Richmond 18 13 4 1 1626 1320 123.2 54
6 Carlton 18 10 8 0 1233 1143 107.9 40
7 North Melbourne 18 7 10 1 1294 1381 93.7 30
8 South Melbourne 18 7 11 0 1486 1505 98.7 28
9 Hawthorn 18 5 13 0 1224 1650 74.2 20
10 Footscray 18 4 14 0 1004 1458 68.9 16
11 Melbourne 18 3 15 0 1235 1580 78.2 12
12 Fitzroy 18 1 17 0 1004 1865 53.8 4

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 76.3
Source: AFL Tables

References[edit]

  1. ^ "AFL Tables - 1966 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.


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