1991 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club

1991 season
President	Trevor Coote
Coach	Alan Joyce
Captain(s)	Michael Tuck
Home ground	Princes Park Waverley Park
AFL season	16–6 (2nd)
Finals series	Premiers (Defeated West Coast 139–86)
Best and Fairest	Ben Allan
Leading goalkicker	Jason Dunstall (82)
Highest home attendance	75,230 (Grand Final vs. West Coast)
Lowest home attendance	5,741 (Round 13 vs. Brisbane Bears)
Average home attendance	28,551
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The 1991 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 67th season in the Australian Football League and 90th overall.

Fixture

Premiership season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Record
			Home	Away	Result
1	Friday, 22 March (7:40 pm)	Adelaide	24.11 (155)	9.15 (69)	Lost by 86 points	Football Park (A)	44,902	0–1
2	Monday, 1 April (2:10 pm)	Sydney	25.16 (166)	10.15 (75)	Won by 91 points	Princes Park (H)	13,815	1–1
3	Saturday, 6 April (2:10 pm)	Richmond	20.16 (136)	11.13 (79)	Won by 57 points	Waverley Park (H)	25,960	2–1
4	Bye
5	Saturday, 20 April (2:10 pm)	Footscray	17.16 (118)	16.11 (107)	Lost by 11 points	Waverley Park (A)	21,448	2–2
6	Sunday, 28 April (2:10 pm)	Fitzroy	11.8 (74)	36.15 (231)	Won by 157 points	North Hobart Oval (A)	13,335	3–2
7	Saturday, 4 May (2:10 pm)	West Coast	8.14 (62)	21.18 (144)	Lost by 82 points	Princes Park (H)	18,585	3–3
8	Saturday, 11 May (2:10 pm)	Carlton	18.14 (122)	11.12 (78)	Won by 44 points	Waverley Park (H)	29,727	4–3
9	Saturday, 18 May (2:10 pm)	Essendon	15.13 (103)	13.9 (87)	Won by 16 points	Waverley Park (H)	40,537	5–3
10	Saturday, 25 May (2:10 pm)	Collingwood	16.12 (108)	23.13 (151)	Won by 43 points	Waverley Park (A)	45,595	6–3
11	Saturday, 1 June (2:10 pm)	St Kilda	10.17 (77)	15.13 (103)	Lost by 26 points	Princes Park (H)	20,832	6–4
12	Monday, 10 June (2:10 pm)	Geelong	13.18 (96)	20.16 (136)	Lost by 40 points	Princes Park (H)	23,123	6–5
13	Saturday, 15 June (2:10 pm)	Brisbane Bears	22.17 (149)	9.8 (62)	Won by 87 points	Princes Park (H)	5,741	7–5
14	Saturday, 22 June (2:10 pm)	Melbourne	11.11 (77)	19.13 (127)	Won by 50 points	Waverley Park (A)	30,664	8–5
15	Friday, 28 June (7:40 pm)	North Melbourne	18.7 (115)	27.17 (179)	Won by 64 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	25,819	9–5
16	Saturday, 6 July (2:10 pm)	Adelaide	23.20 (158)	14.11 (95)	Won by 63 points	Waverley Park (H)	21,715	10–5
17	Sunday, 14 July (2:10 pm)	Sydney	14.19 (103)	15.24 (114)	Won by 11 points	Sydney Cricket Ground (A)	12,143	11–5
18	Saturday, 20 July (2:10 pm)	Richmond	13.10 (88)	13.16 (94)	Won by 6 points	Waverley Park (A)	24,731	12–5
19	Bye
20	Saturday, 3 August (2:10 pm)	Footscray	12.11 (83)	10.9 (69)	Won by 14 points	Waverley Park (H)	20,670	13–5
21	Saturday, 10 August (2:10 pm)	Fitzroy	28.27 (195)	10.9 (69)	Won by 126 points	Princes Park (H)	11,500	14–5
22	Sunday, 18 August (2:10 pm)	West Coast	15.9 (99)	11.9 (75)	Lost by 24 points	Subiaco Oval (A)	35,001	14–6
23	Saturday, 24 August (2:10 pm)	Carlton	8.10 (58)	23.18 (156)	Won by 98 points	Princes Park (A)	18,521	15–6
24	Saturday, 31 August (2:10 pm)	Essendon	9.9 (63)	21.17 (143)	Won by 80 points	Waverley Park (A)	48,311	16–6
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Finals series

See also: First McIntyre "Final Six" system

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance
			Home	Away	Result
Qualifying final	Sunday, 8 September (2:30 pm)	West Coast	15.11 (101)	18.16 (124)	Won by 23 points	Subiaco Oval (A)	44,142
2nd semi-final	Saturday, 14 September (2:30 pm)	Geelong	13.17 (95)	13.15 (93)	Won by 2 points	Waverley Park (H)	63,733
Grand Final	Saturday, 28 September (2:50 pm)	West Coast	20.19 (139)	13.8 (86)	Won by 53 points	Waverley Park (H)	75,230
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Ladder

(P)	Premiers
	Qualified for finals

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	West Coast	22	19	3	0	2485	1532	162.2	76
2	Hawthorn (P)	22	16	6	0	2793	2055	135.9	64
3	Geelong	22	16	6	0	2660	2021	131.6	64
4	St Kilda	22	14	7	1	2512	2087	120.4	58
5	Melbourne	22	13	9	0	2355	2123	110.9	52
6	Essendon	22	13	9	0	2203	2017	109.2	52
7	Collingwood	22	12	9	1	2349	2033	115.5	50
8	North Melbourne	22	12	10	0	2456	2693	91.2	48
9	Adelaide	22	10	12	0	2041	2282	89.4	40
10	Footscray	22	9	12	1	1815	2064	87.9	38
11	Carlton	22	8	14	0	1878	2113	88.9	32
12	Sydney	22	7	14	1	2360	2778	85.0	30
13	Richmond	22	7	15	0	2141	2450	87.4	28
14	Fitzroy	22	4	18	0	1837	2771	66.3	16
15	Brisbane Bears	22	3	19	0	1976	2842	69.5	12

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 102.6
Source: AFL Tables

References

1. "AFL Tables - 1991 Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 18 September 2016.