1964 Hawthorn Football Club season

40th season in the Victorian Football League

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Australian rules football club season

Hawthorn Football Club1964 season

President| Dr. A.S. Ferguson
Coach| Graham Arthur
Captain(s)| Graham Arthur
Home ground| Glenferrie Oval
Night series| Semi-final
VFL season| 13–5 (5th)
Finals series| Did not qualify
Best and fairest| Ian Law
Leading goalkicker| John Peck (68)
Highest home attendance| 28,000 (Round 2 vs. Carlton)
Lowest home attendance| 9,100 (Round 15 vs. North Melbourne)
Average home attendance| 18,578

← 1963

1965 →

The 1964 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 40th season in the Victorian Football League and 63rd 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

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Home  | Away  | Result
1  | Saturday, 18 April (2:20 pm)  | South Melbourne | 10.13 (73)  | 14.13 (97) | Won by 24 points  | Lake Oval (A)  | 20,260  | 1–0
2  | Saturday, 25 April (2:20 pm)  | Carlton | 9.20 (74) | 8.5 (53)  | Won by 21 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 28,000  | 2–0
3  | Saturday, 2 May (2:20 pm)  | St Kilda | 12.15 (87) | 9.11 (65)  | Won by 22 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 25,000  | 3–0
4  | Saturday, 9 May (2:20 pm)  | North Melbourne | 14.15 (99)  | 9.14 (68) | Lost by 31 points  | Arden Street Oval (A)  | 17,431  | 3–1
5  | Saturday, 16 May (2:20 pm)  | Fitzroy | 16.18 (114) | 8.19 (67)  | Won by 47 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 13,100  | 4–1
6  | Saturday, 23 May (2:20 pm)  | Melbourne | 10.13 (73)  | 10.8 (68) | Lost by 5 points  | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)  | 53,798  | 4–2
7  | Saturday, 30 May (2:20 pm)  | Richmond | 13.11 (89) | 7.16 (58)  | Won by 31 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 22,000  | 5–2
8  | Saturday, 6 June (2:20 pm)  | Essendon | 9.8 (62) | 6.12 (48)  | Won by 14 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 26,000  | 6–2
9  | Monday, 15 June (2:20 pm)  | Geelong | 10.15 (75)  | 3.8 (26) | Lost by 49 points  | Kardinia Park (A)  | 30,911  | 6–3
10  | Saturday, 27 June (2:20 pm)  | Collingwood | 13.11 (89)  | 15.8 (98) | Won by 9 points  | Victoria Park (A)  | 31,133  | 7–3
11  | Saturday, 4 July (2:20 pm)  | Footscray | 12.9 (81) | 3.3 (21)  | Won by 60 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 13,000  | 8–3
12  | Saturday, 11 July (2:20 pm)  | South Melbourne | 15.13 (103) | 6.15 (51)  | Won by 52 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 11,000  | 9–3
13  | Saturday, 18 July (2:20 pm)  | Carlton | 5.12 (42)  | 8.10 (58) | Won by 16 points  | Princes Park (A)  | 18,423  | 10–3
14  | Saturday, 25 July (2:20 pm)  | St Kilda | 11.15 (81)  | 7.9 (51) | Lost by 30 points  | Junction Oval (A)  | 18,600  | 10–4
15  | Saturday, 1 August (2:20 pm)  | North Melbourne | 7.7 (49) | 5.8 (38)  | Won by 11 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 9,100  | 11–4
16  | Saturday, 8 August (2:20 pm)  | Fitzroy | 9.10 (64)  | 10.13 (73) | Won by 9 points  | Brunswick Street Oval (A)  | 7,322  | 12–4
17  | Saturday, 15 August (2:20 pm)  | Melbourne | 10.9 (69) | 10.13 (73)  | Lost by 4 points  | Glenferrie Oval (H)  | 20,000  | 12–5
18  | Saturday, 22 August (2:20 pm)  | Richmond | 9.18 (72)  | 16.19 (115) | Won by 43 points  | Punt Road Oval (A)  | 15,500  | 13–5
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### Night series cup

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See also: 1964 Night Series Cup

Rd  | Date and local time  | Opponent  | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue  | Attendance

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Home  | Away  | Result
1  | Tuesday, 8 September  | North Melbourne | 10.13 (73) | 7.13 (55)  | Won by 18 points  | Lake Oval | 15,250
Semi Final  | Thursday, 10 September  | Footscray | 8.12 (60)  | 4.10 (34) | Lost by 26 points  | Lake Oval | 18,720

## Ladder

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(P) | Premiers

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#  | Team  | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | %  | Pts

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1 | Melbourne (P) | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1532 | 1109 | 138.1 | 56
2 | Collingwood | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1470 | 1104 | 133.2 | 54
3 | Essendon | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1499 | 1151 | 130.2 | 54
4 | Geelong | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1328 | 1042 | 127.4 | 54
5 | Hawthorn | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1382 | 1142 | 121.0 | 52
6 | St Kilda | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1408 | 1189 | 118.4 | 40
7 | Footscray | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1146 | 1301 | 88.1 | 36
8 | North Melbourne | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1231 | 1411 | 87.2 | 32
9 | Richmond | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1143 | 1346 | 84.9 | 24
10 | Carlton | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1190 | 1318 | 90.3 | 22
11 | South Melbourne | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1125 | 1654 | 68.0 | 8
12 | Fitzroy | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1019 | 1706 | 59.7 | 0

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 71.6
Source: AFL Tables

## References

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1. ^ "AFL Tables - 1964 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.

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