1968 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1968 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 44th season in the Victorian Football League and the 67th overall.

Hawthorn Football Club

1968 season
President	Phil J. Ryan
Coach	John Kennedy, Sr.
Captain(s)	Graham Arthur
Home ground	Glenferrie Oval
VFL season	9–10–1 (6th)
Finals series	Did not qualify
Best and Fairest	Peter Hudson
Leading goalkicker	Peter Hudson (125)
Highest home attendance	25,928 (Round 16 vs. Collingwood)
Lowest home attendance	10,468 (Round 6 vs. Geelong)
Average home attendance	16,153
← 1967 1969 →

Fixture

Premiership season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Record
			Home	Away	Result
1	Monday, 15 April (2:20 pm)	Essendon	26.16 (172)	15.9 (99)	Lost by 73 points	Windy Hill (A)	16,940	0–1
2	Saturday, 20 April (2:20 pm)	South Melbourne	17.24 (126)	19.12 (126)	Draw	Glenferrie Oval (H)	13,847	0–1–1
3	Saturday, 27 April (2:20 pm)	Footscray	14.10 (94)	16.9 (105)	Won by 11 points	Western Oval (A)	14,054	1–1–1
4	Saturday, 4 May (2:20 pm)	Carlton	11.11 (77)	15.10 (100)	Lost by 23 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	17,128	1–2–1
5	Saturday, 11 May (2:20 pm)	Collingwood	17.11 (113)	11.16 (82)	Lost by 31 points	Victoria Park (A)	20,688	1–3–1
6	Saturday, 18 May (2:20 pm)	Geelong	10.11 (71)	12.10 (82)	Lost by 11 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	10,468	1–4–1
7	Saturday, 25 May (2:20 pm)	Melbourne	11.14 (80)	11.10 (76)	Lost by 4 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	17,263	1–5–1
8	Monday, 10 June (2:20 pm)	Richmond	11.15 (81)	11.14 (80)	Lost by 1 point	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	31,325	1–6–1
9	Saturday, 15 June (2:20 pm)	Fitzroy	21.14 (140)	16.14 (110)	Won by 30 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	11,039	2–6–1
10	Saturday, 22 June (2:20 pm)	North Melbourne	8.14 (62)	15.16 (106)	Won by 44 points	Arden Street Oval (A)	7,884	3–6–1
11	Saturday, 29 June (2:20 pm)	St Kilda	15.11 (101)	17.9 (111)	Lost by 10 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	19,269	3–7–1
12	Saturday, 6 July (2:20 pm)	Essendon	11.17 (83)	17.10 (112)	Lost by 29 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	13,909	3–8–1
13	Saturday, 13 July (2:20 pm)	South Melbourne	12.10 (82)	15.11 (101)	Won by 19 points	Lake Oval (A)	11,181	4–8–1
14	Saturday, 20 July (2:20 pm)	Footscray	24.8 (152)	10.10 (70)	Won by 82 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	13,810	5–8–1
15	Saturday, 27 July (2:20 pm)	Carlton	9.14 (68)	11.15 (81)	Won by 13 points	Princes Park (A)	18,842	6–8–1
16	Saturday, 3 August (2:20 pm)	Collingwood	15.11 (101)	10.16 (76)	Won by 25 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	25,928	7–8–1
17	Saturday, 10 August (2:20 pm)	Geelong	10.7 (67)	7.9 (51)	Lost by 16 points	Kardinia Park (A)	20,822	7–9–1
18	Saturday, 17 August (2:20 pm)	Melbourne	14.13 (97)	8.11 (59)	Won by 38 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	14,359	8–9–1
19	Saturday, 24 August (2:20 pm)	Richmond	11.13 (79)	11.22 (88)	Lost by 9 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	21,772	8–10–1
20	Saturday, 31 August (2:20 pm)	Fitzroy	17.14 (116)	18.18 (126)	Won by 10 points	Princes Park (A)	10,968	9–10–1

Ladder

(P)	Premiers
	Qualified for finals

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	Essendon	20	16	3	1	1860	1428	130.3	66
2	Carlton (P)	20	15	5	0	1751	1343	130.4	60
3	Geelong	20	15	5	0	1528	1431	106.8	60
4	St Kilda	20	14	5	1	1718	1263	136.0	58
5	Richmond	20	14	6	0	1889	1536	123.0	56
6	Hawthorn	20	9	10	1	1934	1869	103.5	38
7	Collingwood	20	9	11	0	1623	1717	94.5	36
8	Melbourne	20	8	12	0	1434	1709	83.9	32
9	South Melbourne	20	6	13	1	1639	1954	83.9	26
10	Footscray	20	5	15	0	1413	1710	82.6	20
11	Fitzroy	20	4	16	0	1643	2035	80.7	16
12	North Melbourne	20	3	17	0	1266	1703	74.3	12

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 82.1
Source: AFL Tables