1998 Hawthorn Football Club season

74th season in the Australian Football League

Australian rules football club season

Hawthorn Football Club1998 season

President| Ian Dicker
Coach| Ken Judge
Captain(s)| Jason Dunstall
Home ground| Waverley Park
AFL season| 8–14 (13th)
Finals series| Did not qualify
Best and Fairest| Shane Crawford
Leading goalkicker| Jason Dunstall (54)
Highest home attendance| 42,780 (Round 10 vs. Essendon)
Lowest home attendance| 18,698 (Round 2 vs. Port Adelaide)
Average home attendance| 32,173

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1999 ->

The 1998 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 74th season in the Australian Football League and 97th 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 (3:40 pm)  | Collingwood | 18.15 (123)  | 12.12 (84) | Lost by 39 points  | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)  | 47,628  | 0–1
2  | Saturday, 4 April (2:10 pm)  | Port Adelaide | 10.7 (67) | 17.10 (112)  | Lost by 45 points  | Waverley Park (H)  | 18,698  | 0–2
3  | Saturday, 11 April (3:40 pm)  | Richmond | 15.13 (103)  | 15.7 (97) | Lost by 6 points  | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)  | 39,954  | 0–3
4  | Saturday, 18 April (3:40 pm)  | St Kilda | 18.13 (121) | 20.9 (129)  | Lost by 8 points  | Waverley Park (H)  | 36,117  | 0–4
5  | Saturday, 25 April (2:10 pm)  | Brisbane Lions | 18.16 (124) | 12.11 (83)  | Won by 41 points  | Waverley Park (H)  | 22,366  | 1–4
6  | Saturday, 2 May (2:10 pm)  | Geelong | 13.12 (90)  | 10.13 (73) | Lost by 17 points  | Kardinia Park (A)  | 23,267  | 1–5
7  | Friday, 8 May (6:40 pm)  | Fremantle | 8.9 (57)  | 15.9 (99) | Won by 42 points  | WACA (A)  | 22,037  | 2–5
8  | Sunday, 17 May (2:10 pm)  | Western Bulldogs | 14.12 (96) | 21.10 (136)  | Lost by 40 points  | Waverley Park (H)  | 34,541  | 2–6
9  | Sunday, 24 May (2:40 pm)  | Sydney | 17.15 (117)  | 11.14 (80) | Lost by 37 points  | Sydney Cricket Ground (A)  | 31,420  | 2–7
10  | Saturday, 30 May (3:40 pm)  | Essendon | 13.9 (87) | 13.15 (93)  | Lost by 6 points  | Waverley Park (H)  | 41,780  | 2–8
11  | Saturday, 6 June (2:10 pm)  | Melbourne | 10.10 (70) | 18.9 (117)  | Lost by 47 points  | Waverley Park (H)  | 31,365  | 2–9
12  | Friday, 12 June (8:40 pm)  | West Coast | 19.9 (123)  | 17.6 (108) | Lost by 15 points  | WACA (A)  | 27,112  | 2–10
13  | Saturday, 20 June (2:10 pm)  | North Melbourne | 17.12 (114) | 17.10 (112)  | Won by 2 points  | Waverley Park (H)  | 23,845  | 3–10
14  | Saturday, 27 June (2:10 pm)  | Carlton | 13.14 (92)  | 11.10 (76) | Lost by 16 points  | Optus Oval (A)  | 25,529  | 3–11
15  | Sunday, 5 July (2:40 pm)  | Adelaide | 9.14 (68)  | 4.11 (35) | Lost by 33 points  | Football Park (A)  | 38,430  | 3–12
16  | Saturday, 18 July (7:40 pm)  | Collingwood | 4.14 (38) | 19.10 (124)  | Lost by 86 points  | Waverley Park (H)  | 39,325  | 3–13
17  | Saturday, 25 July (8:40 pm)  | Port Adelaide | 18.11 (119)  | 15.8 (98) | Lost by 21 points  | Football Park (A)  | 30,104  | 3–14
18  | Sunday, 2 August (2:10 pm)  | Richmond | 10.10 (70) | 4.10 (34)  | Won by 36 points  | Waverley Park (H)  | 37,297  | 4–14
19  | Saturday, 8 August (2:10 pm)  | St Kilda | 10.9 (69)  | 19.14 (128) | Won by 59 points  | Waverley Park (A)  | 32,286  | 5–14
20  | Saturday, 15 August (7:40 pm)  | Brisbane Lions | 7.17 (59)  | 13.16 (94) | Won by 35 points  | The Gabba (A)  | 14,738  | 6–14
21  | Sunday, 23 August (2:10 pm)  | Geelong | 11.18 (84) | 8.15 (63)  | Won by 21 points  | Waverley Park (H)  | 28,833  | 7–14
22  | Saturday, 29 August (2:10 pm)  | Fremantle | 22.17 (149) | 9.6 (60)  | Won by 89 points  | Waverley Park (H)  | 39,735  | 8–14
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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 | North Melbourne | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2486 | 2117 | 117.4 | 64
2 | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 2353 | 2019 | 116.5 | 60
3 | Sydney | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2283 | 2143 | 106.5 | 56
4 | Melbourne | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2009 | 1956 | 102.7 | 56
5 | Adelaide (P) | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2172 | 1763 | 123.2 | 52
6 | St Kilda | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2148 | 2104 | 102.1 | 52
7 | West Coast | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1940 | 1773 | 109.4 | 48
8 | Essendon | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2250 | 2071 | 108.6 | 48
9 | Richmond | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2018 | 1926 | 104.8 | 48
10 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1928 | 2017 | 95.6 | 38
11 | Carlton | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2018 | 2109 | 95.7 | 36
12 | Geelong | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1777 | 1963 | 90.5 | 36
13 | Hawthorn | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1992 | 2083 | 95.6 | 32
14 | Collingwood | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1968 | 2167 | 90.8 | 28
15 | Fremantle | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1739 | 2277 | 76.4 | 28
16 | Brisbane Lions | 22 | 5 | 16 | 1 | 1860 | 2453 | 75.8 | 22

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 93.6
Source: AFL Tables

## References

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1. ^ "AFL Tables - 1998 Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 19 September 2016.

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1998 AFL season

Events|

* Ansett Australia Cup
* Premiership season
* Finals series
* Grand Final
* International Rules Series

Awards|

* AFL Players Association awards
* All-Australian team
* Brownlow Medal
* Coleman Medal
* Goal of the Year
* Leigh Matthews Trophy
* Mark of the Year
* Michael Tuck Medal
* Norm Smith Medal
* Rising Star

Club overviews|

* Adelaide
* Brisbane Lions
* Carlton
* Collingwood
* Essendon
* Fremantle
* Geelong
* Hawthorn
* Melbourne
* North Melbourne
* Port Adelaide
* Richmond
* St Kilda
* Sydney
* West Coast
* Western Bulldogs

Player changes|

* Trades
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* AFL captain: James Sicily

* AFLW coach: Daniel Webster
* AFLW captain: Emily Bates

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* Glenferrie Oval (1906–1973)
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Related articles|

* Beyond Blue Cup
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* Kennett curse
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