1972 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club
1972 season
President Phil J. Ryan
Coach John Kennedy, Sr.
Captain(s) David Parkin
Home ground Glenferrie Oval
VFL season 6th
Finals series Did not qualify
Best and Fairest Leigh Matthews
Leading goalkicker Peter Knights (46)
Highest home attendance 38,861 (round 20 vs. Essendon)
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Main article: 1972 VFL season

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

1972 VFL Ladder
TEAM P W L D PF PA % PTS
1 Carlton (P) 22 18 3 1 2237 1666 134.27 74
2 Richmond 22 18 4 0 2469 2098 117.68 72
3 Collingwood 22 14 7 1 2338 1747 133.83 58
4 St Kilda 22 14 8 0 1989 1721 115.57 56
5 Essendon 22 14 8 0 2317 2140 108.27 56
6 Hawthorn 22 13 9 0 2277 2050 111.07 52
7 Footscray 22 11 11 0 1930 2038 94.70 44
8 Melbourne 22 10 12 0 2043 1929 105.91 40
9 Fitzroy 22 9 13 0 1997 2062 96.85 36
10 Geelong 22 7 15 0 1994 2369 84.17 28
11 South Melbourne 22 2 20 0 1513 2323 65.13 8
12 North Melbourne 22 1 21 0 1628 2589 62.88 4
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against

References

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