1981 Hawthorn Football Club season

57th season in the Victorian Football League

Australian rules football club season

Hawthorn Football Club1981 season

President| Ron Cook
Coach| Allan Jeans
Captain(s)| Leigh Matthews
Home ground| Princes Park
VFL season| 13–9 (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)
Lowest home attendance| 7,992 (Round 22 vs. Melbourne)
Average home attendance| 22,955

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The 1981 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 57th season in the Victorian Football League and 80th 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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1  | Saturday, 28 March (2:10 pm)  | Melbourne | 16.16 (112)  | 23.15 (153) | Won by 41 points  | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)  | 32,202  | 1–0
2  | Saturday, 4 March (2:10 pm)  | Carlton | 16.11 (107) | 17.21 (123)  | Lost by 16 points  | Princes Park (H)  | 30,159  | 1–1
3  | Saturday, 11 April (2:10 pm)  | South Melbourne | 21.13 (139)  | 18.9 (117) | Lost by 22 points  | VFL Park (A)  | 21,977  | 1–2
4  | Monday, 20 April (2:10 pm)  | Essendon | 11.13 (79)  | 13.16 (94) | Won by 15 points  | Windy Hill (A)  | 29,597  | 2–2
5  | Saturday, 25 April (2:10 pm)  | North Melbourne | 17.16 (118) | 11.17 (83)  | Won by 35 points  | Princes Park (H)  | 16,116  | 3–2
6  | Saturday, 2 May (2:10 pm)  | Richmond | 10.19 (79)  | 23.16 (154) | Won by 75 points  | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)  | 45,750  | 4–2
7  | Saturday, 9 May (2:10 pm)  | Geelong | 8.8 (56) | 7.17 (59)  | Lost by 3 points  | Princes Park (H)  | 13,273  | 4–3
8  | Saturday, 16 May (2:10 pm)  | Fitzroy | 21.18 (144) | 16.19 (115)  | Won by 29 points  | Princes Park (H)  | 17,459  | 5–3
9  | Saturday, 23 May (2:10 pm)  | Footscray | 10.14 (74)  | 11.18 (84) | Won by 10 points  | Western Oval (A)  | 13,789  | 6–3
10  | Saturday, 30 May (2:10 pm)  | St Kilda | 13.17 (95) | 11.14 (80)  | Won by 15 points  | Princes Park (H)  | 14,961  | 7–3
11  | Monday, 8 June (2:10 pm)  | Collingwood | 18.19 (127) | 12.9 (81)  | Won by 46 points  | VFL Park (H)  | 92,935  | 8–3
12  | Saturday, 13 June (2:10 pm)  | Carlton | 21.13 (139)  | 14.16 (100) | Lost by 39 points  | Princes Park (A)  | 26,990  | 8–4
13  | Saturday, 20 June (2:10 pm)  | South Melbourne | 20.18 (138) | 15.16 (106)  | Won by 32 points  | Princes Park (H)  | 11,656  | 9–4
14  | Sunday, 28 June (2:10 pm)  | Essendon | 20.13 (133) | 22.19 (151)  | Lost by 18 points  | The Gabba (H)  | 20,351  | 9–5
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  | 10–5
16  | Saturday, 18 July (2:10 pm)  | Richmond | 12.14 (86) | 20.11 (131)  | Lost by 45 points  | Princes Park (H)  | 19,617  | 10–6
17  | Saturday, 25 July (2:10 pm)  | Geelong | 10.11 (71)  | 8.9 (57) | Lost by 14 points  | Kardinia Park (A)  | 24,753  | 10–7
18  | Saturday, 1 August (2:10 pm)  | Fitzroy | 10.13 (73)  | 7.19 (61) | Lost by 12 points  | Junction Oval (A)  | 16,013  | 10–8
19  | Saturday, 8 August (2:10 pm)  | Footscray | 15.21 (111) | 13.12 (90)  | Won by 21 points  | Princes Park (H)  | 8,058  | 11–8
20  | Saturday, 15 August (2:10 pm)  | St Kilda | 9.14 (68)  | 10.17 (77) | Won by 9 points  | VFL Park (A)  | 20,863  | 12–8
21  | Saturday, 22 August (2:10 pm)  | Collingwood | 22.17 (149)  | 11.10 (76) | Lost by 73 points  | Victoria Park (A)  | 26,680  | 12–9
22  | Saturday, 29 August (2:10 pm)  | Melbourne | 15.20 (110) | 8.9 (57)  | Won by 53 points  | Princes Park (H)  | 7,922  | 13–9
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## Ladder

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(P) | Premiers

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

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1 | Carlton (P) | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2303 | 1768 | 130.3 | 68
2 | Collingwood | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2399 | 1957 | 122.6 | 68
3 | Geelong | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2224 | 1714 | 129.8 | 64
4 | Essendon | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2323 | 1821 | 127.6 | 64
5 | Fitzroy | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2413 | 2152 | 112.1 | 56
6 | Hawthorn | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2313 | 2114 | 109.4 | 52
7 | Richmond | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2323 | 2207 | 105.3 | 52
8 | North Melbourne | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2386 | 2293 | 104.1 | 40
9 | South Melbourne | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 2165 | 2522 | 85.8 | 32
10 | St Kilda | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1930 | 2266 | 85.2 | 20
11 | Footscray | 22 | 2 | 20 | 0 | 1764 | 2680 | 65.8 | 8
12 | Melbourne | 22 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 1824 | 2873 | 63.5 | 4

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 99.9
Source: AFL Tables

## References

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

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