1998 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1998 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 74th season in the Australian Football League and 97th overall.

Hawthorn Football Club

1998 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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Fixture

Premiership season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Record
			Home	Away	Result
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

Ladder

(P)	Premiers
	Qualified for finals

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
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