2003 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club

2003 season
President	Ian Dicker
Coach	Peter Schwab
Captain(s)	Shane Crawford
Home ground	Melbourne Cricket Ground York Park
AFL season	12–10 (9th)
Finals series	Did not qualify
Best and Fairest	Shane Crawford
Leading goalkicker	Nathan Thompson (38)
Highest home attendance	48,006 (Round 8 vs. Essendon)
Lowest home attendance	16,217 (Round 2 vs. West Coast)
Average home attendance	29,677
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The 2003 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 79th season in the Australian Football League and its 102nd season overall.

Fixture

Premiership season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Record
			Home	Away	Result
1	Sunday, 30 March (2:10 pm)	Melbourne	16.10 (106)	15.10 (100)	Lost by 6 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	41,888	0–1
2	Sunday, 6 April (2:10 pm)	West Coast	13.13 (91)	14.5 (89)	Won by 2 points	York Park (H)	16,217	1–1
3	Saturday, 12 April (7:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	19.14 (128)	11.5 (71)	Lost by 57 points	AAMI Stadium (A)	24,902	1–2
4	Saturday, 19 April (7:10 pm)	Sydney	17.8 (110)	10.8 (68)	Won by 42 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	26,359	2–2
5	Saturday, 26 April (2:10 pm)	Richmond	14.11 (95)	18.7 (115)	Lost by 20 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	45,140	2–3
6	Saturday, 3 May (2:10 pm)	Carlton	9.9 (63)	11.8 (74)	Won by 11 points	Optus Oval (A)	27,725	3–3
7	Friday, 9 May (7:40 pm)	Kangaroos	13.11 (89)	18.8 (117)	Lost by 28 points	Telstra Dome (H)	32,435	3–4
8	Friday, 16 May (7:40 pm)	Essendon	8.5 (53)	15.16 (106)	Lost by 53 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	48,006	3–5
9	Sunday, 25 May (2:10 pm)	Geelong	16.13 (109)	11.9 (75)	Lost by 34 points	Telstra Dome (A)	28,001	3–6
10	Sunday, 1 June (2:10 pm)	St Kilda	17.16 (118)	14.6 (90)	Lost by 28 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	25,745	3–7
11	Saturday, 7 June (2:10 pm)	Adelaide	11.9 (75)	10.10 (70)	Won by 5 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	25,841	4–7
12	Sunday, 15 June (2:10 pm)	Collingwood	6.15 (51)	12.12 (84)	Won by 33 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	47,365	5–7
13	Sunday, 29 June (1:10 pm)	Fremantle	15.8 (98)	10.8 (68)	Won by 30 points	York Park (H)	17,212	6–7
14	Saturday, 5 July (2:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs	23.16 (154)	12.11 (83)	Won by 71 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	31,390	7–7
15	Sunday, 13 July (1:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions	14.9 (93)	11.15 (81)	Lost by 12 points	The Gabba (A)	29,684	7–8
16	Saturday, 19 July (2:10 pm)	Melbourne	17.11 (113)	15.16 (106)	Won by 7 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	32,029	8–8
17	Friday, 25 July (6:40 pm)	West Coast	14.14 (98)	5.12 (42)	Lost by 56 points	Subiaco Oval (A)	40,127	8–9
18	Sunday, 3 August (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	11.14 (80)	12.12 (84)	Lost by 4 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	21,415	8–10
19	Saturday, 9 August (7:10 pm)	Sydney	14.9 (93)	17.8 (110)	Won by 17 points	Sydney Cricket Ground (A)	33,473	9–10
20	Saturday, 16 August (7:10 pm)	Kangaroos	14.12 (96)	16.14 (110)	Won by 14 points	Telstra Dome (A)	29,234	10–10
21	Friday, 22 August (7:40 pm)	Carlton	20.18 (138)	10.4 (64)	Won by 74 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	30,406	11–10
22	Sunday, 31 August (2:10 pm)	Richmond	11.8 (74)	11.12 (78)	Won by 4 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	31,389	12–10
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Ladder

2003 AFL ladder

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Port Adelaide	22	18	4	0	2229	1752	127.2	72	Finals series
2	Collingwood	22	15	7	0	2259	1858	121.6	60
3	Brisbane Lions (P)	22	14	7	1	2295	1882	121.9	58
4	Sydney	22	14	8	0	2142	1862	115.0	56
5	Fremantle	22	14	8	0	2143	2078	103.1	56
6	Adelaide	22	13	9	0	2114	1754	120.5	52
7	West Coast	22	12	8	2	2326	1982	117.4	52
8	Essendon	22	13	9	0	2190	1960	111.7	52
9	Hawthorn	22	12	10	0	2011	1999	100.6	48
10	Kangaroos	22	11	10	1	2185	2223	98.3	46
11	St Kilda	22	11	11	0	2095	2187	95.8	44
12	Geelong	22	7	14	1	1819	2025	89.8	30
13	Richmond	22	7	15	0	1846	2078	88.8	28
14	Melbourne	22	5	17	0	1899	2344	81.0	20
15	Carlton	22	4	18	0	1784	2674	66.7	16
16	Western Bulldogs	22	3	18	1	2014	2693	74.8	14

Source: AFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

References

1. "AFL Tables - 2003 Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 21 September 2016.