1980 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club
1980 season
PresidentRon Cook
CoachDavid Parkin
Captain(s)Don Scott
Home groundPrinces Park
VFL season10–12 (8th)
Finals seriesDid not qualify
Best and FairestLeigh Matthews
Leading goalkickerMichael Moncrieff (86)
Highest home attendance34,224 (Round 15 vs. Geelong)
Lowest home attendance8,209 (Round 14 vs. Fitzroy)
Average home attendance18,479

The 1980 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 56th season in the Victorian Football League and 79th overall.

Fixture

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Premiership season

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Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Record
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 29 March (2:10 pm) Richmond 15.16 (106) 16.15 (111) Lost by 5 points Princes Park (H) 20,775 0–1
2 Saturday, 5 April (2:10 pm) St Kilda 11.17 (83) 15.26 (116) Won by 33 points Moorabbin Oval (A) 22,265 1–1
3 Saturday, 12 April (2:10 pm) Collingwood 19.16 (130) 16.23 (119) Won by 11 points Princes Park (H) 28,232 2–1
4 Saturday, 19 April (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 12.10 (82) 11.19 (85) Won by 3 points VFL Park (A) 26,104 3–1
5 Friday, 25 April (2:10 pm) Geelong 14.10 (94) 13.11 (89) Lost by 5 points Kardinia Park (A) 34,498 3–2
6 Saturday, 3 May (2:10 pm) Footscray 19.16 (130) 18.5 (113) Won by 17 points Princes Park (H) 11,758 4–2
7 Saturday, 10 May (2:10 pm) Carlton 14.27 (111) 16.17 (113) Won by 2 points Princes Park (A) 28,788 5–2
8 Saturday, 17 May (2:10 pm) Melbourne 17.16 (118) 15.18 (108) Won by 10 points Princes Park (H) 10,501 6–2
9 Saturday, 24 May (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 14.9 (93) 13.10 (88) Lost by 5 points VFL Park (A) 34,384 6–3
10 Saturday, 31 May (2:10 pm) South Melbourne 28.15 (183) 14.15 (99) Lost by 84 points Lake Oval (A) 17,420 6–4
11 Saturday, 7 June (2:10 pm) Essendon 9.17 (71) 13.11 (89) Lost by 18 points Princes Park (H) 21,221 6–5
12 Monday, 16 June (2:10 pm) Richmond 16.12 (108) 11.22 (88) Lost by 20 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 57,572 6–6
13 Saturday, 21 June (2:10 pm) St Kilda 21.17 (143) 16.13 (109) Won by 34 points Princes Park (H) 11,686 7–6
14 Saturday, 28 June (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 21.17 (143) 8.7 (55) Won by 88 points Princes Park (H) 8,209 8–6
15 Saturday, 12 July (2:10 pm) Geelong 4.13 (37) 17.15 (117) Lost by 80 points VFL Park (H) 34,224 8–7
16 Saturday, 19 July (2:10 pm) Collingwood 22.17 (149) 19.8 (122) Lost by 27 points Victoria Park (A) 25,090 8–8
17 Saturday, 26 July (2:10 pm) Footscray 25.10 (160) 15.17 (107) Lost by 53 points Western Oval (A) 12,362 8–9
18 Saturday, 2 August (2:10 pm) Carlton 9.15 (69) 16.17 (113) Lost by 44 points Princes Park (H) 15,046 8–10
19 Saturday, 9 August (2:10 pm) Melbourne 9.10 (64) 19.27 (141) Won by 77 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 15,457 9–10
20 Saturday, 16 August (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 11.13 (79) 20.15 (135) Lost by 56 points VFL Park (H) 21,739 9–11
21 Saturday, 23 August (2:10 pm) South Melbourne 16.17 (113) 12.11 (83) Won by 30 points VFL Park (H) 19,882 10–11
22 Saturday, 30 August (2:10 pm) Essendon 15.12 (102) 8.14 (62) Lost by 40 points Windy Hill (A) 17,744 10–12
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Ladder

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(P) Premiers
Qualified for finals
# Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 Geelong 22 17 5 0 2362 1888 125.1 68
2 Carlton 22 17 5 0 2576 2128 121.1 68
3 Richmond (P) 22 16 5 1 2754 1990 138.4 66
4 North Melbourne 22 14 7 1 2345 1894 123.8 58
5 Collingwood 22 14 7 1 2491 2178 114.4 58
6 South Melbourne 22 13 9 0 2211 2174 101.7 52
7 Essendon 22 10 12 0 2268 2151 105.4 40
8 Hawthorn 22 10 12 0 2249 2381 94.5 40
9 Melbourne 22 5 17 0 2140 2709 79.0 20
10 Footscray 22 5 17 0 2056 2737 75.1 20
11 St Kilda 22 4 16 2 1872 2704 69.2 20
12 Fitzroy 22 4 17 1 2398 2788 86.0 18

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 105.0
Source: AFL Tables

References

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  1. ^ "AFL Tables - 1980 Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 15 September 2016.