1963 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club
1963 season
President Dr. A.S. Ferguson
Coach John Kennedy, Sr.
Captain(s) Graham Arthur
Home ground Glenferrie Oval
VFL season 1st
Finals series Runner-up
Best and fairest Ian Law
Leading goalkicker John Peck (75)
Highest home attendance 91,471
(Semi-final vs. Geelong)
← 1962 1964 →

The 1963 Hawthorn Football Club season was the clubs 39th season in the Victorian Football League.

Fixture

Premiership season

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Ladder
position
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 20 April (2:20 pm) Essendon 8.12 (60) 13.7 (85) Lost by 25 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 30,000 9th
2 Thursday, 25 April (2:20 pm) Melbourne 14.16 (100) 13.18 (96) Lost by 4 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 55,293 10th
3 Saturday, 4 May (2:20 pm) Collingwood 8.16 (54) 13.22 (100) Won by 36 points Victoria Park (A) 27,419 6th
4 Saturday, 11 May (2:20 pm) South Melbourne 21.25 (151) 11.14 (80) Won by 71 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 15,000 6th
5 Saturday, 18 May (2:20 pm) Footscray 8.9 (57) 11.10 (76) Won by 19 points Western Oval (A) 22,251 4th
6 Saturday, 25 May (2:20 pm) North Melbourne 11.17 (83) 9.7 (61) Won by 22 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 14,837 4th
7 Saturday, 1 June (2:20 pm) Geelong 9.12 (66) 9.12 (66) Draw Kardinia Park (A) 29,374 5th
8 Saturday, 8 June (2:20 pm) St Kilda 8.13 (61) 9.11 (65) Won by 4 points Junction Oval (A) 34,900 3rd
9 Saturday, 22 June (2:20 pm) Carlton 9.6 (60) 7.12 (54) Won by 6 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 25,300 2nd
10 Saturday, 6 July (2:20 pm) Richmond 4.10 (34) 11.14 (80) Won by 46 points Punt Road Oval (A) 20,200 2nd
11 Saturday, 20 July (2:20 pm) Fitzroy 9.17 (71) 6.2 (38) Won by 33 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 10,500 2nd
12 Saturday, 27 July (2:20 pm) Essendon 11.17 (83) 7.10 (52) Lost by 31 points Windy Hill (A) 25,500 2nd
13 Saturday, 3 August (2:20 pm) Melbourne 13.6 (84) 8.14 (62) Won by 22 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 24,000 2nd
14 Saturday, 10 August (2:20 pm) Collingwood 15.9 (99) 8.9 (57) Won by 42 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 19,458 1st
15 Saturday, 17 August (2:20 pm) South Melbourne 6.9 (45) 15.15 (105) Won by 60 points Lake Oval (A) 14,100 1st
16 Saturday, 24 August (2:20 pm) Footscray 13.21 (99) 8.7 (55) Won by 44 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 17,000 1st
17 Saturday, 31 August (2:20 pm) North Melbourne 6.9 (45) 12.14 (86) Won by 41 points Arden Street Oval (A) 12,963 1st
18 Saturday, 7 September (2:20 pm) Geelong 6.16 (52) 13.12 (90) Lost by 38 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 35,500 1st
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Finals series

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance
Home Away Result
Second Semi-Final Saturday, 21 September (2:30 pm) Geelong 11.16 (82) 14.17 (101) Lost by 19 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 91,471
Preliminary Final Saturday, 28 September (2:30 pm) Melbourne 11.11 (77) 10.8 (68) Won by 9 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 86,546
Grand Final Saturday, 5 October (2:30 pm) Geelong 15.19 (109) 8.12 (60) Lost by 49 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 101,209
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Ladder

1963 VFL Ladder
TEAM P W L D PF PA % PTS
1 Hawthorn 18 13 4 1 1485 1137 130.61 54
2 Geelong (P) 18 13 4 1 1354 1056 128.22 54
3 Melbourne 18 13 5 0 1680 1136 147.89 52
4 St Kilda 18 13 5 0 1501 1071 140.15 52
5 Essendon 18 13 5 0 1470 1069 137.51 52
6 Carlton 18 10 8 0 1275 1234 103.32 40
7 North Melbourne 18 8 10 0 1059 1244 85.13 32
8 Collingwood 18 7 11 0 1365 1427 95.66 28
9 Footscray 18 7 11 0 1126 1283 87.76 28
10 Richmond 18 5 13 0 1279 1687 75.82 20
11 South Melbourne 18 4 14 0 1202 1722 69.80 16
12 Fitzroy 18 1 17 0 986 1716 57.46 4
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against

References

  1. 1 2 "AFL Tables - 1963 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.
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