1981 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club
1981 season
President Ron Cook
Coach Allan Jeans
Captain(s) Leigh Matthews
Home ground Princes Park
VFL season 6th
Finals series Did not qualify
Best and Fairest Terry Wallace
Leading goalkicker Leigh Matthews (48)
Highest home attendance 92,935 (round 11 vs. Collingwood)
Main article: 1981 VFL season

The 1981 Hawthorn Football Club season was the clubs 57th season in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

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, 28 March (2:10 pm) Melbourne 16.16 (112) 23.15 (153) Won by 41 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 32,202 4th
2 Saturday, 4 March (2:10 pm) Carlton 16.11 (107) 17.21 (123) Lost by 16 points Princes Park (H) 30,159 6th
3 Saturday, 11 April (2:10 pm) South Melbourne 21.13 (139) 18.9 (117) Lost by 22 points VFL Park (A) 21,977 7th
4 Monday, 20 April (2:10 pm) Essendon 11.13 (79) 13.16 (94) Won by 15 points Windy Hill (A) 29,597 7th
5 Saturday, 25 April (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 17.16 (118) 11.17 (83) Won by 35 points Princes Park (H) 16,116 5th
6 Saturday, 2 May (2:10 pm) Richmond 10.19 (79) 23.16 (154) Won by 75 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 45,750 3rd
7 Saturday, 9 May (2:10 pm) Geelong 8.8 (56) 7.17 (59) Lost by 3 points Princes Park Football Ground (H) 13,273 3rd
8 Saturday, 16 May (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 21.18 (144) 16.19 (115) Won by 29 points Princes Park (H) 17,459 4th
9 Saturday, 23 May (2:10 pm) Footscray 10.14 (74) 11.18 (84) Won by 10 points Western Oval (A) 13,789 3rd
10 Saturday, 30 May (2:10 pm) St Kilda 13.17 (95) 11.14 (80) Won by 15 points Princes Park (H) 14,961 3rd
11 Monday, 8 June (2:10 pm) Collingwood 18.19 (127) 12.9 (81) Won by 46 points VFL Park (H) 92,935 3rd
12 Saturday, 13 June (2:10 pm) Carlton 21.13 (139) 14.16 (100) Lost by 39 points Princes Park (A) 26,990 4th
13 Saturday, 20 June (2:10 pm) South Melbourne 20.18 (138) 15.16 (106) Won by 32 points Princes Park (H) 11,656 4th
14 Sunday, 28 June (2:10 pm) Essendon 20.13 (133) 22.19 (151) Lost by 18 points The Gabba (H) 20,351 5th
15 Saturday, 4 July (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 7.13 (55) 16.19 (115) Won by 60 points Arden Street Oval (A) 8,160 4th
16 Saturday, 18 July (2:10 pm) Richmond 12.14 (86) 20.11 (131) Lost by 45 points Princes Park (H) 19,617 5th
17 Saturday, 25 July (2:10 pm) Geelong 10.11 (71) 8.9 (57) Lost by 14 points Kardinia Park (A) 24,753 5th
18 Saturday, 1 August (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 10.13 (73) 7.19 (61) Lost by 12 points Junction Oval (A) 16,013 7th
19 Saturday, 8 August (2:10 pm) Footscray 15.21 (111) 13.12 (90) Won by 21 points Princes Park (H) 8,058 6th
20 Saturday, 15 August (2:10 pm) St Kilda 9.14 (68) 10.17 (77) Won by 9 points VFL Park (A) 20,863 5th
21 Saturday, 22 August (2:10 pm) Collingwood 22.17 (149) 11.10 (76) Lost by 73 points Victoria Park (A) 26,680 7th
22 Saturday, 29 August (2:10 pm) Melbourne 15.20 (110) 8.9 (57) Won by 53 points Princes Park (H) 7,922 6th
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Ladder

1981 VFL Ladder
TEAM P W L D PF PA % PTS
1 Carlton (P) 22 17 5 0 2303 1768 130.26 68
2 Collingwood 22 17 5 0 2399 1957 122.59 68
3 Geelong 22 16 6 0 2224 1714 129.75 64
4 Essendon 22 16 6 0 2323 1821 127.57 64
5 Fitzroy 22 14 8 0 2413 2152 112.13 56
6 Hawthorn 22 13 9 0 2313 2114 109.41 52
7 Richmond 22 13 9 0 2323 2207 105.26 52
8 North Melbourne 22 10 12 0 2386 2293 104.06 40
9 South Melbourne 22 8 14 0 2165 2522 85.84 32
10 St Kilda 22 5 17 0 1930 2266 85.17 20
11 Footscray 22 2 20 0 1764 2680 65.82 8
12 Melbourne 22 1 21 0 1824 2873 63.49 4
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against

References

  1. "AFL Tables - 1981 Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
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