1975 VFL Season: Hawthorn

Season Team Details

Season: 1975 VFL Season
Team: Hawthorn
Home Ground: Princes Park

Team Results

Ladder Position: 1st (W-D-L: 17-0-5, P%: 137.3%)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up
Players: 34
Brownlow Leader(s): John Hendrie (18)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Leigh Matthews (67)
Peter Crimmins Medal Recipient(s): Peter Knights

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Peter Crimmins

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Ablett, Geoff #2 22 R01-R17, R19-R20, R22, SF, GF 14
Bevan, Wayne #37 1 R14 0
Bremner, Ian #20 21 R01-R15, R19-R22, SF, GF 1
Cooke, Michael #48 2 SF, GF 4
Crimmins, Peter #5 7 R01-R07 7
De Wolde, Alle #27 13 R01-R12, R21 9
DiPierdomenico, Robert #38 1 R18 0
Douge, Brian #11 7 R13-R15, R17-R18, R20, R22 1
Goad, Alan #19 9 R01-R02, R07, R09, R16-R17, R19-R21 3
Harrison, Glenn #41 8 R02-R09 1
Heath, Kevin #8 6 R01-R04, R07, R21 0
Hendrie, John #25 24 R01-R22, SF, GF 33
Jaworskyj, Bohdan #1 24 R01-R22, SF, GF 2
Jones, Bernie #31 20 R05-R22, SF, GF 17
Knights, Peter #24 23 R01-R13, R15-R22, SF, GF 3
Lynn, Gerry #29 1 R20 0
Martello, Alan #14 24 R01-R22, SF, GF 18
Matthews, Kelvin #4 24 R01-R22, SF, GF 19
Matthews, Leigh #3 23 R01-R13, R15-R22, SF, GF 68
McCarthy, Gerald #21 17 R05-R06, R08, R10-R22, SF 0
Meagher, Des #30 3 R01, SF, GF 1
Moncrieff, Michael #6 23 R01-R06, R08-R22, SF, GF 57
Moore, Kelvin #15 24 R01-R22, SF, GF 0
Murphy, Shane #32 3 R22, SF, GF 5
Petch, Len #34 7 R01-R04, R14, R16, R22 0
Polkinghorne, David #10 6 R11, R14, R16-R19 0
Rice, Leon #13 13 R01-R03, R09-R16, R22, GF 3
Rowlings, Barry #22 19 R04, R07-R22, SF, GF 29
Scott, Don #23 22 R01-R13, R15, R17-R22, SF, GF 15
Scrimshaw, Ian #16 15 R03-R06, R08, R10, R12, R14-R21 17
Steel, Kelvin #33 2 R13, R18 0
Trott, Stuart #28 19 R05-R19, R21-R22, SF, GF 12
Tuck, Michael #17 24 R01-R22, SF, GF 20
Welsh, Peter #12 23 R01-R21, SF, GF 0

Team Line-Up

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This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Kennedy, John 24 18 -0- 6 R01-R22, SF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
05/04/1975 Round 1 North Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 29 John Kennedy Peter Crimmins
12/04/1975 Round 2 St Kilda AWAY WIN HAW by 40 John Kennedy Peter Crimmins
19/04/1975 Round 3 Richmond AWAY WIN HAW by 29 John Kennedy Peter Crimmins
26/04/1975 Round 4 South Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 30 John Kennedy Peter Crimmins
03/05/1975 Round 5 Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 55 John Kennedy Peter Crimmins
10/05/1975 Round 6 Carlton AWAY LOSS CAR by 26 John Kennedy Peter Crimmins
17/05/1975 Round 7 Fitzroy HOME WIN HAW by 40 John Kennedy Peter Crimmins
24/05/1975 Round 8 Geelong AWAY WIN HAW by 73 John Kennedy Don Scott
31/05/1975 Round 9 Footscray AWAY WIN HAW by 76 John Kennedy Don Scott
07/06/1975 Round 10 Collingwood HOME WIN HAW by 49 John Kennedy Don Scott
16/06/1975 Round 11 Essendon AWAY WIN HAW by 56 John Kennedy Don Scott
21/06/1975 Round 12 North Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 25 John Kennedy Don Scott
28/06/1975 Round 13 St Kilda HOME WIN HAW by 24 John Kennedy Don Scott
05/07/1975 Round 14 South Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 25 John Kennedy unknown
12/07/1975 Round 15 Richmond HOME WIN HAW by 62 John Kennedy Don Scott
19/07/1975 Round 16 Melbourne AWAY WIN HAW by 12 John Kennedy unknown
26/07/1975 Round 17 Carlton HOME WIN HAW by 4 John Kennedy Don Scott
02/08/1975 Round 18 Fitzroy AWAY LOSS FIT by 34 John Kennedy Don Scott
09/08/1975 Round 19 Geelong HOME WIN HAW by 118 John Kennedy Don Scott
16/08/1975 Round 20 Footscray HOME LOSS FOO by 2 John Kennedy Don Scott
23/08/1975 Round 21 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 30 John Kennedy Don Scott
30/08/1975 Round 22 Essendon HOME LOSS ESS by 7 John Kennedy Don Scott
13/09/1975 Semi Final North Melbourne HOME WIN HAW by 11 John Kennedy Don Scott
27/09/1975 Grand Final North Melbourne HOME LOSS NOR by 55 John Kennedy Don Scott