1973 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club

1973 season
President	Phil J. Ryan
Coach	John Kennedy, Sr. Roy Simmonds (acting)
Captain(s)	David Parkin
Home ground	Glenferrie Oval
VFL season	11–11 (7th)
Finals series	Did not qualify
Best and Fairest	Don Scott
Leading goalkicker	Leigh Matthews (51)
Highest home attendance	32,101 (Round 3 vs. Essendon)
Lowest home attendance	9,932 (Round 22 vs. South Melbourne)
Average home attendance	16,308
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The 1973 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 49th season in the Victorian Football League and 72nd overall.

Fixture

Premiership season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Record
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday, 7 April (2:10 pm)	North Melbourne	14.14 (98)	9.16 (70)	Lost by 28 points	Arden Street Oval (A)	15,934	0–1
2	Saturday, 14 April (2:10 pm)	Melbourne	14.14 (98)	13.22 (100)	Lost by 2 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	13,336	0–2
3	Monday, 23 April (2:10 pm)	Essendon	27.8 (170)	15.12 (102)	Won by 68 points	VFL Park (H)	32,101	1–2
4	Saturday, 28 April (2:10 pm)	Carlton	14.11 (95)	12.11 (83)	Lost by 12 points	Princes Park Football Ground (A)	28,872	1–3
5	Saturday, 5 May (2:10 pm)	Footscray	18.16 (124)	16.12 (108)	Won by 16 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	11,492	2–3
6	Saturday, 12 May (2:10 pm)	Fitzroy	15.17 (107)	12.13 (85)	Lost by 22 points	Junction Oval (A)	10,706	2–4
7	Saturday, 19 May (2:10 pm)	Geelong	19.15 (129)	9.14 (68)	Won by 61 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	11,701	3–4
8	Saturday, 26 May (2:10 pm)	Richmond	10.22 (82)	16.23 (119)	Won by 37 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	32,613	4–4
9	Monday, 4 June (2:10 pm)	St Kilda	11.12 (78)	8.16 (64)	Lost by 14 points	Moorabbin Oval (A)	22,521	4–5
10	Saturday, 9 June (2:10 pm)	Collingwood	14.11 (95)	15.18 (108)	Lost by 13 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	20,053	4–6
11	Saturday, 16 June (2:10 pm)	South Melbourne	11.10 (76)	17.17 (119)	Won by 43 points	VFL Park (A)	9,413	5–6
12	Saturday, 23 June (2:10 pm)	North Melbourne	12.13 (85)	10.10 (70)	Won by 15 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	12,470	6–6
13	Saturday, 30 June (2:10 pm)	Melbourne	15.15 (105)	15.22 (112)	Won by 7 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	25,787	7–6
14	Saturday, 7 July (2:10 pm)	Carlton	14.24 (108)	12.14 (86)	Won by 22 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	18,406	8–6
15	Saturday, 14 July (2:10 pm)	Essendon	23.13 (151)	18.8 (116)	Lost by 35 points	Windy Hill (A)	22,437	8–7
16	Saturday, 21 July (2:10 pm)	Footscray	6.9 (45)	9.11 (65)	Won by 20 points	Western Oval (A)	10,987	9–7
17	Saturday, 28 July (2:10 pm)	Fitzroy	15.10 (100)	9.9 (63)	Won by 37 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	12,477	10–7
18	Saturday, 4 August (2:10 pm)	Geelong	14.11 (95)	14.10 (94)	Lost by 1 point	Kardinia Park (A)	13,546	10–8
19	Saturday, 11 August (2:10 pm)	Richmond	11.11 (77)	12.10 (82)	Lost by 5 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	20,376	10–9
20	Saturday, 18 August (2:10 pm)	St Kilda	11.11 (77)	15.8 (98)	Lost by 21 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	17,042	10–10
21	Saturday, 25 August (2:10 pm)	Collingwood	16.10 (106)	13.10 (88)	Lost by 18 points	VFL Park (A)	48,312	10–11
22	Saturday, 1 September (2:10 pm)	South Melbourne	16.20 (116)	11.13 (79)	Won by 37 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	9,932	11–11
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Ladder

(P)	Premiers
	Qualified for finals

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	Collingwood	22	19	3	0	2356	1878	125.5	76
2	Richmond (P)	22	17	5	0	2301	1957	117.6	68
3	Carlton	22	15	7	0	2342	1850	126.6	60
4	Essendon	22	13	9	0	2443	2341	104.4	52
5	St Kilda	22	12	10	0	2024	1922	105.3	48
6	North Melbourne	22	11	10	1	1938	1986	97.6	46
7	Hawthorn	22	11	11	0	2194	2002	109.6	44
8	Fitzroy	22	9	13	0	1990	2194	90.7	36
9	Footscray	22	7	14	1	1860	2109	88.2	30
10	Melbourne	22	7	15	0	1938	2111	91.8	28
11	Geelong	22	6	16	0	1903	2426	78.4	24
12	South Melbourne	22	4	18	0	1932	2445	79.0	16

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 95.5
Source: AFL Tables

References

1. "AFL Tables - 1973 Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.