1960 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1960 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 36th season in the Victorian Football League and 59th overall.

Hawthorn Football Club
1960 season
PresidentDr. A.S. Ferguson
CoachJohn Kennedy Sr.
Captain(s)Graham Arthur
Home groundGlenferrie Oval
Night seriesRunner-up
VFL season11–7 (5th)
Finals seriesDid not qualify
Best and fairestBrendan Edwards
Leading goalkickerGarry Young (36)
Highest home attendance30,000 (Round 2 vs. Collingwood)
Lowest home attendance12,000 (Round 8 vs. Richmond)
Average home attendance17,500

Fixture

Night Series

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance
Home Away Result
1 Thursday, 1 September North Melbourne 17.21 (123) 9.7 (61) Won by 62 points Lake Oval 9,800
Semi-final Thursday, 15 September Geelong 14.20 (104) 6.8 (44) Won by 60 points Lake Oval 14,500
Final Tuesday, 27 September South Melbourne 10.12 (72) 8.11 (59) Lost by 13 points Lake Oval 20,000

Premiership Season

Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Record
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 16 April (2:20 pm) Essendon 12.21 (93) 9.12 (66) Lost by 27 points Windy Hill (A) 23,000 0–1
2 Saturday, 30 April (2:20 pm) Collingwood 6.16 (52) 7.13 (55) Lost by 3 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 30,000 0–2
3 Saturday, 7 May (2:20 pm) Footscray 6.9 (45) 6.17 (53) Lost by 8 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 16,000 0–3
4 Saturday, 14 May (2:20 pm) Carlton 5.18 (48) 5.7 (37) Lost by 11 points Princes Park (A) 11,066 0–4
5 Saturday, 21 May (2:20 pm) Melbourne 5.7 (37) 7.15 (57) Lost by 20 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 12,500 0–5
6 Saturday, 28 May (2:20 pm) North Melbourne 7.6 (48) 9.8 (62) Won by 14 points Arden Street Oval (A) 8,600 1–5
7 Saturday, 4 June (2:20 pm) Geelong 14.15 (99) 14.13 (97) Won by 2 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 16,500 2–5
8 Saturday, 11 June (2:20 pm) Richmond 13.18 (96) 11.15 (81) Won by 15 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 12,000 3–5
9 Saturday, 18 June (2:20 pm) St Kilda 7.13 (55) 8.19 (67) Won by 12 points Junction Oval (A) 23,900 4–5
10 Saturday, 25 June (2:20 pm) South Melbourne 11.7 (73) 13.6 (84) Won by 11 points Lake Oval (A) 22,300 5–5
11 Saturday, 9 July (2:20 pm) Fitzroy 10.9 (69) 12.14 (86) Lost by 17 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 18,000 5–6
12 Saturday, 16 July (2:20 pm) Essendon 10.13 (73) 16.11 (107) Lost by 34 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 23,500 5–7
13 Saturday, 23 July (2:20 pm) Collingwood 7.15 (57) 7.16 (58) Won by 1 point Victoria Park (A) 18,637 6–7
14 Saturday, 30 July (2:20 pm) Footscray 5.9 (39) 9.21 (75) Won by 36 points Western Oval (A) 16,794 7–7
15 Saturday, 6 August (2:20 pm) Carlton 13.10 (88) 9.7 (61) Won by 27 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 16,000 8–7
16 Saturday, 13 August (2:20 pm) Melbourne 9.13 (67) 11.10 (76) Won by 9 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 24,646 9–7
17 Saturday, 20 August (2:20 pm) North Melbourne 9.17 (71) 8.4 (52) Won by 19 points Glenferrie Oval (H) 13,000 10–7
18 Saturday, 27 August (2:20 pm) Geelong 9.9 (63) 14.12 (96) Won by 33 points Kardinia Park (A) 14,587 11–7
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Ladder

1960 VFL ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Melbourne (P) 18 14 4 0 1455 1017 143.1 56 Finals
2 Fitzroy 18 14 4 0 1332 1184 112.5 56
3 Essendon 18 13 5 0 1506 1204 125.1 52
4 Collingwood 18 11 7 0 1314 1150 114.3 44
5 Hawthorn 18 11 7 0 1251 1192 104.9 44
6 St Kilda 18 9 9 0 1159 1140 101.7 36
7 Carlton 18 8 9 1 1300 1313 99.0 34
8 South Melbourne 18 7 11 0 1304 1413 92.3 28
9 Geelong 18 6 11 1 1311 1373 95.5 26
10 Footscray 18 6 12 0 1065 1178 90.4 24
11 North Melbourne 18 5 13 0 1183 1474 80.3 20
12 Richmond 18 2 14 2 1086 1628 66.7 12
Source: VFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
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References

  1. "AFL Tables - 1960 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.


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