1989 Hawthorn Football Club season

65th season in the Victorian Football League

Australian rules football club season

Hawthorn Football Club1989 season

President| Trevor Coote
Coach| Allan Jeans
Captain(s)| Michael Tuck
Home ground| Princes Park
VFL season| 19–3 (1st)
Finals series| Premiers
(Defeated Geelong 144–138)
Best and Fairest| Jason Dunstall
Leading goalkicker| Jason Dunstall (138)
Highest home attendance| 94,796 (Grand Final vs. Geelong)
Lowest home attendance| 6,292 (Round 13 vs. Brisbane Bears)
Average home attendance| 27,390

← 1988

1990 (AFL) →

The 1989 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 65th season in the Victorian Football League and 88th overall. Hawthorn entered the season as the defending VFL Premiers

## 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, 1 April (2:10 pm)  | Collingwood | 13.15 (93)  | 11.17 (83) | Lost by 10 points  | VFL Park (A)  | 50,287  | 0–1
2  | Saturday, 8 April (2:10 pm)  | North Melbourne | 11.6 (72)  | 21.15 (141) | Won by 69 points  | VFL Park (A)  | 18,939  | 1–1
3  | Saturday, 15 April (2:10 pm)  | Essendon | 20.15 (135) | 13.13 (91)  | Won by 44 points  | Princes Park (H)  | 23,922  | 2–1
4  | Tuesday, 25 April (2:10 pm)  | Richmond | 9.12 (66)  | 15.20 (110) | Won by 44 points  | VFL Park (A)  | 41,347  | 3–1
5  | Saturday, 29 April (2:10 pm)  | Carlton | 18.17 (125) | 10.11 (71)  | Won by 54 points  | VFL Park (H)  | 31,827  | 4–1
6  | Saturday, 6 May (2:10 pm)  | Geelong | 26.15 (171) | 25.13 (163)  | Won by 8 points  | Princes Park (H)  | 17,430  | 5–1
7  | Saturday, 13 May (2:10 pm)  | Fitzroy | 25.15 (165) | 13.6 (84)  | Won by 81 points  | Princes Park (H)  | 16,316  | 6–1
8  | Saturday, 20 May (2:10 pm)  | Sydney | 22.25 (157) | 12.11 (83)  | Won by 74 points  | Princes Park (H)  | 13,148  | 7–1
9  | Sunday, 28 May (2:10 pm)  | Footscray | 10.13 (73)  | 17.15 (117) | Won by 44 points  | Western Oval (A)  | 16,437  | 8–1
10  | Sunday, 4 June (2:10 pm)  | West Coast | 15.15 (105)  | 16.14 (110) | Won by 5 points  | Subiaco Oval (A)  | 20,219  | 9–1
11  | Monday, 12 June (2:10 pm)  | Melbourne | 8.6 (54) | 10.9 (69)  | Lost by 15 points  | Princes Park (H)  | 21,396  | 9–2
12  | Saturday, 17 June (2:10 pm)  | St Kilda | 8.6 (54)  | 10.12 (72) | Won by 18 points  | Moorabbin Oval (A)  | 18,124  | 10–2
13  | Friday, 23 June (7:40 pm)  | Brisbane Bears | 15.16 (106) | 4.11 (35)  | Won by 71 points  | VFL Park (H)  | 6,292  | 11–2
14  | Saturday, 8 July (2:10 pm)  | West Coast | 19.27 (141) | 6.14 (50)  | Won by 91 points  | Princes Park (H)  | 7,894  | 12–2
15  | Sunday, 16 July (2:10 pm)  | Richmond | 15.14 (104)  | 22.10 (142) | Won by 38 points  | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)  | 17,894  | 13–2
16  | Saturday, 22 July (2:10 pm)  | Collingwood | 21.11 (137) | 11.11 (77)  | Won by 60 points  | Princes Park (H)  | 21,487  | 14–2
17  | Saturday, 29 July (2:10 pm)  | North Melbourne | 9.24 (78)  | 23.16 (154) | Won by 76 points  | VFL Park (A)  | 15,523  | 15–2
18  | Saturday, 5 August (2:10 pm)  | Carlton | 14.6 (90)  | 14.11 (95) | Won by 5 points  | VFL Park (A)  | 33,615  | 16–2
19  | Saturday, 12 August (2:10 pm)  | Melbourne | 9.9 (63)  | 12.15 (87) | Won by 24 points  | VFL Park (A)  | 28,117  | 17–2
20  | Sunday, 20 August (2:10 pm)  | Brisbane Bears | 12.5 (77)  | 9.7 (61) | Lost by 16 points  | Carrara Stadium (A)  | 9,093  | 17–3
21  | Saturday, 26 August (2:10 pm)  | Footscray | 19.20 (134) | 8.11 (59)  | Won by 75 points  | Princes Park (H)  | 10,022  | 18–3
22  | Saturday, 2 September (2:10 pm)  | St Kilda | 28.13 (181) | 13.13 (91)  | Won by 90 points  | VFL Park (H)  | 25,532  | 19–3
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### Finals series

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

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Home  | Away  | Result
2nd semi-final  | Saturday, 16 September (2:30 pm)  | Essendon | 16.16 (112) | 11.10 (76)  | Won by 36 points  | VFL Park (H)  | 66,003
Grand Final | Saturday, 30 September (2:50 pm)  | Geelong | 21.18 (144) | 21.12 (138)  | Won by 6 points  | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)  | 94,796
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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 | Hawthorn (P) | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2678 | 1748 | 153.2 | 76
2 | Essendon | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2240 | 1705 | 131.4 | 68
3 | Geelong | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2916 | 1987 | 146.8 | 64
4 | Melbourne | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1876 | 1944 | 96.5 | 56
5 | Collingwood | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2216 | 1964 | 112.8 | 52
6 | Fitzroy | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2069 | 2125 | 97.4 | 48
7 | Sydney | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1959 | 1958 | 100.1 | 44
8 | Carlton | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1921 | 2079 | 92.4 | 38
9 | North Melbourne | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2061 | 2301 | 89.6 | 36
10 | Brisbane Bears | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1792 | 2274 | 78.8 | 32
11 | West Coast | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1948 | 2247 | 86.7 | 28
12 | St Kilda | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 2108 | 2502 | 84.3 | 28
13 | Footscray | 22 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 1614 | 1855 | 87.0 | 26
14 | Richmond | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1725 | 2434 | 70.9 | 20

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 94.6
Source: AFL Tables

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## References

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1. ^ a b "AFL Tables - 1989 Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 18 September 2016.

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Hawthorn Football Club 1989 VFL premiers

Hawthorn 21.18 (144) defeated Geelong 21.12 (138), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground

* 2\. Mew
* 3\. Condon
* 4\. Collins
* 7\. Ayres
* 8\. Anderson
* 9\. DiPierdomenico
* 10\. Wittman
* 11\. Buckenara
* 14\. Dear
* 17\. Tuck (c)
* 18\. Pritchard
* 19\. Dunstall
* 20\. Maginness
* 23\. Brereton
* 24\. Langford
* 25\. Curran
* 31\. Madigan
* 34\. Kennedy
* 35\. Morrissey
* 44\. Platten

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