1959 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club
1959 season
President Dr. A.S. Ferguson
Coach Jack Hale
Captain(s) John Kennedy Sr.
Home ground Glenferrie Oval
Night series Runner-up
VFL season 7th
Finals series Did not qualify
Best and fairest Allan Woodley
Leading goalkicker Garry Young (35)
Highest home attendance 28,000 (round 6 vs. Carlton)
Main article: 1959 VFL season

The 1959 Hawthorn Football Club season was the clubs 35th season in the Victorian Football League.

Fixture

Night Series

Rd Date Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance
Home Away Result
1 Monday, 7 September St Kilda 11.17 (83) 4.7 (31) Won by 52 points Lake Oval 12,400
Semi Final Thursday, 17 September South Melbourne 13.14 (92) 13.10 (88) Won by 4 points Lake Oval 16,100
Final Monday, 28 September Fitzroy 10.10 (70) 4.16 (40) Lost by 30 points Lake Oval 9,200

Premiership Season

See also: 1959 VFL season
Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Ladder
position
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 18 April (2:30 pm) Fitzroy 19.17 (131) 17.18 (120) Lost by 11 points Brunswick Street Oval (A) 20,000 7th
2 Saturday, 2 May (2:30 pm) Geelong 18.15 (123) 12.12 (84) Won by 39 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 14,000 5th
3 Saturday, 9 May (2:30 pm) Footscray 8.10 (58) 15.12 (102) Won by 44 points Western Oval (A) 17,417 4th
4 Saaturday, 16 May (2:30 pm) South Melbourne 19.14 (128) 13.19 (87) Won by 31 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 25,000 4th
5 Saturday, 23 May (2:30 pm) St Kilda 10.21 (81) 11.11 (77) Lost by 4 points Junction Oval (A) 21,500 4th
6 Saturday, 30 May (2:30 pm) Carlton 11.9 (75) 12.11 (83) Lost by 8 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 28,000 5th
7 Saturday, 6 June (2:20 pm) Richmond 14.9 (93) 8.15 (63) Won by 30 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 14,500 5th
8 Saturday, 13 June (2:20 pm) North Melbourne 12.12 (84) 8.6 (54) Lost by 30 points Arden Street Oval (A) 12,500 5th
9 Saturday, 27 June (2:20 pm) Melbourne 6.16 (52) 11.11 (77) Lost by 25 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 17,000 6th
10 Saturday, 4 July (2:20 pm) Essendon 14.13 (97) 12.20 (92) Won by 5 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 15,500 6th
11 Saturday, 11 July (2:20 pm) Collingwood 10.15 (75) 10.14 (74) Lost by 1 point Victoria Park (A) 24,502 6th
12 Saturday, 18 July (2:20 pm) Fitzroy 8.13 (61) 8.19 (67) Lost by 6 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 15,500 9th
13 Saturday, 25 July (2:20 pm) Geelong 14.16 (100) 13.13 (91) Lost by 9 points Kardinia Park (A) 10,072 9th
14 Saturday, 1 August (2:20 pm) Footscray 14.15 (99) 7.10 (52) Won by 47 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 10,000 9th
15 Saturday, 8 August (2:20 pm) South Melbourne 8.14 (62) 10.3 (63) Won by 1 point Lake Oval (A) 13,000 8th
16 Saturday, 15 August (2:20 pm) St Kilda 10.11 (71) 5.5 (35) Won by 36 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 12,000 7th
17 Saturday, 22 August (2:20 pm) Carlton 13.20 (98) 14.12 (96) Lost by 2 points Princes Park (A) 18,720 8th
18 Saturday, 29 August (2:20 pm) Richmond 10.13 (73) 17.14 (116) Won by 43 points Punt Road Oval (A) 12,000 7th
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Ladder

1959 VFL Ladder
TEAM P W L D PF PA % PTS
1 Melbourne (P) 18 13 4 1 1731 1213 142.70 54
2 Carlton 18 13 5 0 1534 1404 109.26 52
3 Collingwood 18 12 6 0 1477 1215 121.56 48
4 Essendon 18 11 7 0 1598 1422 112.38 44
5 Fitzroy 18 10 7 1 1533 1351 113.47 42
6 North Melbourne 18 10 8 0 1331 1490 89.33 40
7 Hawthorn 18 9 9 0 1592 1412 112.75 36
8 St Kilda 18 9 9 0 1428 1515 94.26 36
9 South Melbourne 18 8 10 0 1515 1465 103.41 32
10 Geelong 18 5 13 0 1320 1681 78.52 20
11 Richmond 18 4 14 0 1309 1771 73.91 16
12 Footscray 18 3 15 0 1178 1607 73.30 12
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against

References

  1. "AFL Tables - 1959 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
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