1957 Hawthorn Football Club season
1957 season | |||
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President | Dr. A.S. Ferguson | ||
Coach | Jack Hale John Kennedy Sr. (round 11) | ||
Captain(s) | John Kennedy Sr. | ||
Home ground | Glenferrie Oval | ||
Night series | 1st round | ||
VFL season | 11–7 (3rd) | ||
Finals series | Preliminary final (lost to Melbourne 76–144) | ||
Best and fairest | Alf Hughes | ||
Leading goalkicker | Terry Ingersoll (33) | ||
Highest home attendance | 69,455 (Semi-final vs. Carlton) | ||
Lowest home attendance | 12,000 (Round 14 vs. North Melbourne | ||
Average home attendance | 27,046 | ||
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The
Victorian Football League and 56th overall. This was the first time since 1923 Hawthorn qualified for finals, and the first time since joining the VFL in 1925
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Fixture
Night Series
Due to the popularity of the night series cup every team competed in the 1957 night series.
Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | ||
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Home | Away | Result | |||||
1 | Thursday, 12 September | Footscray | 11.10 (76) | 7.15 (57) | Lost by 19 points | Lake Oval
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14,000 |
Premiership Season
Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Record | ||
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Home | Away | Result | ||||||
1 | Saturday, 20 April (2:15 pm) | Carlton | 10.6 (66) | 15.12 (102) | Won by 36 points | Princes Park Football Ground (A)
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24,321 | 1–0 |
2 | Saturday, 27 April (2:15 pm) | Richmond | 9.22 (76) | 8.9 (57) | Won by 19 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 21,000 | 2–0 |
3 | Saturday, 4 May (2:15 pm) | North Melbourne | 13.9 (87) | 11.12 (78) | Lost by 9 points | Arden Street Oval (A) | 11,000 | 2–1 |
4 | Saturday, 11 May (2:15 pm) | Melbourne | 6.15 (51) | 4.9 (33) | Won by 18 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 20,000 | 3–1 |
5 | Saturday, 18 May (2:15 pm) | Geelong | 9.10 (64) | 3.19 (37) | Lost by 27 points | Kardinia Park (A) | 18,000 | 3–2 |
6 | Saturday, 25 May (2:15 pm) | Essendon | 9.12 (66) | 11.8 (74) | Won by 8 points | Windy Hill (A) | 22,000 | 4–2 |
7 | Saturday, 1 June (2:15 pm) | Footscray | 11.11 (77) | 7.8 (50) | Won by 27 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 26,000 | 5–2 |
8 | Saturday, 8 June (2:15 pm) | South Melbourne | 9.14 (68) | 13.11 (89) | Won by 21 points | Lake Oval (A)
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18,200 | 6–2 |
9 | Monday, 17 June (2:15 pm) | Fitzroy | 15.14 (104) | 7.14 (56) | Won by 48 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 25,500 | 7–2 |
10 | Saturday, 22 June (2:15 pm) | St Kilda | 10.15 (75) | 8.11 (59) | Lost by 16 points | Junction Oval (A) | 21,000 | 7–3 |
11 | Saturday, 29 June (2:15 pm) | Collingwood | 10.14 (74) | 13.15 (93) | Lost by 19 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 27,000 | 7–4 |
12 | Saturday, 6 July (2:15 pm) | Carlton | 7.10 (52) | 8.13 (61) | Lost by 9 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 26,000 | 7–5 |
13 | Saturday, 13 July (2:15 pm) | Richmond | 11.12 (78) | 10.15 (75) | Lost by 3 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 22,000 | 7–6 |
14 | Saturday, 27 July (2:15 pm) | North Melbourne | 7.13 (55) | 5.4 (34) | Won by 21 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 12,000 | 8–6 |
15 | Saturday, 3 August (2:15 pm) | Melbourne | 8.18 (66) | 10.13 (73) | Won by 7 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 32,163 | 9–6 |
16 | Saturday, 10 August (2:15 pm) | Geelong | 14.19 (103) | 8.7 (55) | Won by 48 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 12,500 | 10–6 |
17 | Saturday, 17 August (2:15 pm) | Essendon | 13.7 (85) | 9.10 (64) | Won by 21 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 31,000 | 11–6 |
18 | Saturday, 24 August (2:15 pm) | Footscray | 8.11 (59) | 7.15 (57) | Lost by 2 points | Western Oval (A)
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25,436 | 11–7 |
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Finals Series
Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | ||
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Home | Away | Result | |||||
First Semi-final | Saturday, 31 August (2:30 pm) | Carlton | 10.11 (71) | 6.12 (48) | Won by 23 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 69,455 |
Preliminary final | Saturday, 14 September (2:30 pm) | Melbourne | 22.12 (144) | 11.10 (76) | Lost by 68 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 74,090 |
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Ladder
(P) | Premiers |
Qualified for finals |
# | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
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1 | Melbourne (P) | 18 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 1567 | 1129 | 138.8 | 50 |
2 | Essendon | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1447 | 1223 | 118.3 | 44 |
3 | Hawthorn | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1321 | 1132 | 116.7 | 44 |
4 | Carlton | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1341 | 1348 | 99.5 | 44 |
5 | Collingwood | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1390 | 1366 | 101.8 | 38 |
6 | Footscray | 18 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1263 | 1275 | 99.1 | 38 |
7 | Richmond | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1506 | 1604 | 93.9 | 36 |
8 | North Melbourne | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1404 | 1477 | 95.1 | 32 |
9 | St Kilda | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1318 | 1394 | 94.5 | 32 |
10 | South Melbourne | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1349 | 1519 | 88.8 | 28 |
11 | Fitzroy | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1355 | 1611 | 84.1 | 24 |
12 | Geelong | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1368 | 1551 | 88.2 | 22 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 77.0
Source: AFL Tables
References
- ^ a b "AFL Tables - 1957 Season Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 13 September 2016.