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1958 Hawthorn Football Club season

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34th season in the Victorian Football League

Australian rules football club season
Hawthorn Football Club
1958 season
PresidentDr. A.S. Ferguson
CoachJack Hale
Captain(s)John Kennedy Sr.
Home groundGlenferrie Oval
Night seriesSemi final
VFL season9–9 (6th)
Finals seriesDid not qualify
Best and fairestGraham Arthur
Leading goalkickerJohn Peck (27)
Highest home attendance22,500 (Round 13 vs. Collingwood)
Lowest home attendance13,500 (Round 5 vs. North Melbourne)
Average home attendance18,222
← 1957 1959 →

The 1958 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 34th season in the Victorian Football League and 57th overall.

Fixture

Night Series Cup

See also: 1958 Night Series Cup

The night series went back to the format with only the teams that didn't qualify for finals competing in the series.

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance
Home Away Result
1 Tuesday, 9 September South Melbourne 9.19 (73) 4.20 (44) Won by 29 points Lake Oval 17,850
Semi Final Tuesday, 16 September St Kilda 13.13 (91) 6.10 (46) Lost by 45 points Lake Oval 15,500

Premiership Season

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Record
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 12 April (2:15 pm) St Kilda 11.14 (80) 11.13 (79) Won by 1 point Glenferrie Oval (H) 21,000 1–0
2 Saturday, 19 April (2:15 pm) Collingwood 11.9 (75) 10.8 (68) Lost by 7 points Victoria Park (A) 28,769 1–1
3 Saturday, 26 April (2:15 pm) Essendon 10.14 (74) 7.6 (48) Won by 26 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 21,000 2–1
4 Saturday, 3 May (2:15 pm) Melbourne 11.10 (76) 9.14 (68) Lost by 8 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 38,906 2–2
5 Saturday, 10 May (2:15 pm) North Melbourne 17.18 (120) 9.4 (58) Won by 62 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 13,500 3–2
6 Saturday, 17 May (2:15 pm) South Melbourne 11.15 (81) 8.16 (64) Won by 17 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 18,500 4–2
7 Saturday, 24 May (2:15 pm) Fitzroy 12.15 (87) 8.15 (63) Lost by 24 points Brunswick Street Oval (A) 21,000 4–3
8 Saturday, 31 May (2:15 pm) Carlton 9.14 (68) 9.6 (60) Lost by 8 points Princes Park (A) 16,500 4–4
9 Saturday, 7 June (2:15 pm) Footscray 11.14 (80) 8.10 (58) Won by 22 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 19,000 5–4
10 Monday, 16 June (2:15 pm) Geelong 14.19 (103) 8.6 (54) Won by 49 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 16,000 6–4
11 Saturday, 21 June (2:15 pm) Richmond 15.11 (101) 13.9 (87) Lost by 14 points Punt Road Oval (A) 16,000 6–5
12 Saturday, 28 June (2:15 pm) St Kilda 11.14 (80) 14.14 (98) Won by 18 points Junction Oval (A) 20,400 7–5
13 Saturday, 19 July (2:15 pm) Collingwood 12.14 (86) 14.9 (93) Lost by 7 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 22,500 7–6
14 Saturday, 26 July (2:15 pm) Essendon 11.15 (81) 7.7 (49) Lost by 32 points Windy Hill (A) 17,500 7–7
15 Saturday, 2 August (2:15 pm) Melbourne 12.15 (87) 14.11 (95) Lost by 8 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 17,500 7–8
16 Saturday, 9 August (2:15 pm) North Melbourne 7.18 (60) 13.14 (92) Won by 32 points Arden Street Oval (A) 11,500 8–8
17 Saturday, 16 August (2:15 pm) South Melbourne 6.14 (50) 6.12 (48) Lost by 2 points Lake Oval (A) 17,500 8–9
18 Saturday, 23 August (2:15 pm) Fitzroy 11.9 (75) 10.11 (71) Won by 4 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 15,000 9–9

Ladder

(P) Premiers
Qualified for finals
# Team P W L D PF PA % Pts
1 Melbourne 18 15 3 0 1608 1300 123.7 60
2 Collingwood (P) 18 12 6 0 1528 1235 123.7 48
3 Fitzroy 18 12 6 0 1551 1283 120.9 48
4 North Melbourne 18 11 7 0 1228 1324 92.7 44
5 Essendon 18 10 8 0 1519 1365 111.3 40
6 Hawthorn 18 9 9 0 1419 1298 109.3 36
7 Carlton 18 8 10 0 1158 1260 91.9 32
8 St Kilda 18 7 11 0 1340 1454 92.2 28
9 South Melbourne 18 7 11 0 1450 1634 88.7 28
10 Richmond 18 7 11 0 1425 1611 88.5 28
11 Footscray 18 6 12 0 1401 1440 97.3 24
12 Geelong 18 4 14 0 1192 1615 73.8 16

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 77.9
Source: AFL Tables

References

  1. "AFL Tables - 1958 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
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