1959 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1959 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 35th season in the Victorian Football League and 58th overall.

Hawthorn Football Club
1959 season
PresidentDr. A.S. Ferguson
CoachJack Hale
Captain(s)John Kennedy Sr.
Home groundGlenferrie Oval
Night seriesRunner-up
VFL season9–9 (7th)
Finals seriesDid not qualify
Best and fairestAllan Woodley
Leading goalkickerGarry Young (35)
Highest home attendance28,000 (Round 6 vs. Carlton)
Lowest home attendance10,000 (Round 14 vs. Footscray)
Average home attendance16,833

Fixture

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Night Series

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Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance
Home Away Result
1 Monday, 7 September St Kilda 11.17 (83) 4.7 (31) Won by 52 points Lake Oval 12,400
Semi-final Thursday, 17 September South Melbourne 13.14 (92) 13.10 (88) Won by 4 points Lake Oval 16,100
Final Monday, 28 September Fitzroy 10.10 (70) 4.16 (40) Lost by 30 points Lake Oval 9,200

Premiership Season

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Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Record
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 18 April (2:30 pm) Fitzroy 19.17 (131) 17.18 (120) Lost by 11 points Brunswick Street Oval (A) 20,000 0–1
2 Saturday, 2 May (2:30 pm) Geelong 18.15 (123) 12.12 (84) Won by 39 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 14,000 1–1
3 Saturday, 9 May (2:30 pm) Footscray 8.10 (58) 15.12 (102) Won by 44 points Western Oval (A) 17,417 2–1
4 Saturday, 16 May (2:30 pm) South Melbourne 19.14 (128) 13.19 (87) Won by 31 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 25,000 3–1
5 Saturday, 23 May (2:30 pm) St Kilda 10.21 (81) 11.11 (77) Lost by 4 points Junction Oval (A) 21,500 3–2
6 Saturday, 30 May (2:30 pm) Carlton 11.9 (75) 12.11 (83) Lost by 8 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 28,000 3–3
7 Saturday, 6 June (2:20 pm) Richmond 14.9 (93) 8.15 (63) Won by 30 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 14,500 4–3
8 Saturday, 13 June (2:20 pm) North Melbourne 12.12 (84) 8.6 (54) Lost by 30 points Arden Street Oval (A) 12,500 4–4
9 Saturday, 27 June (2:20 pm) Melbourne 6.16 (52) 11.11 (77) Lost by 25 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 17,000 4–5
10 Saturday, 4 July (2:20 pm) Essendon 14.13 (97) 12.20 (92) Won by 5 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 15,500 5–5
11 Saturday, 11 July (2:20 pm) Collingwood 10.15 (75) 10.14 (74) Lost by 1 point Victoria Park (A) 24,502 5–6
12 Saturday, 18 July (2:20 pm) Fitzroy 8.13 (61) 8.19 (67) Lost by 6 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 15,500 5–7
13 Saturday, 25 July (2:20 pm) Geelong 14.16 (100) 13.13 (91) Lost by 9 points Kardinia Park (A) 10,072 5–8
14 Saturday, 1 August (2:20 pm) Footscray 14.15 (99) 7.10 (52) Won by 47 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 10,000 6–8
15 Saturday, 8 August (2:20 pm) South Melbourne 8.14 (62) 10.3 (63) Won by 1 point Lake Oval (A) 13,000 7–8
16 Saturday, 15 August (2:20 pm) St Kilda 10.11 (71) 5.5 (35) Won by 36 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 12,000 8–8
17 Saturday, 22 August (2:20 pm) Carlton 13.20 (98) 14.12 (96) Lost by 2 points Princes Park (A) 18,720 8–9
18 Saturday, 29 August (2:20 pm) Richmond 10.13 (73) 17.14 (116) Won by 43 points Punt Road Oval (A) 12,000 9–9
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Ladder

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(P) Premiers
Qualified for finals
# Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 Melbourne (P) 18 13 4 1 1731 1213 142.7 54
2 Carlton 18 13 5 0 1534 1404 109.3 52
3 Collingwood 18 12 6 0 1477 1215 121.6 48
4 Essendon 18 11 7 0 1598 1422 112.4 44
5 Fitzroy 18 10 7 1 1533 1351 113.5 42
6 North Melbourne 18 10 8 0 1331 1490 89.3 40
7 Hawthorn 18 9 9 0 1592 1412 112.7 36
8 St Kilda 18 9 9 0 1428 1515 94.3 36
9 South Melbourne 18 8 10 0 1515 1465 103.4 32
10 Geelong 18 5 13 0 1320 1681 78.5 20
11 Richmond 18 4 14 0 1309 1771 73.9 16
12 Footscray 18 3 15 0 1178 1607 73.3 12

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 81.2
Source: AFL Tables

References

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  1. ^ "AFL Tables – 1959 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.