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60th season in the Victorian Football League
The 1984 season was the Hawthorn Football Club 's 60th season in the Victorian Football League and 83rd overall. Hawthorn entered the season as the defending VFL Premiers . Hawthorn qualified for their third consecutive finals series. Hawthorn qualified for their second consecutive Grand Final . It was the second time they advanced to the Grand Final in two consecutive seasons since 1976 . They faced Essendon in a rematch of last years Grand Final with a chance to repeat as premiers. Hawthorn led 68–45 at 3-quarter time but Essendon kicked 9 goals to 2 in the fourth quarter to run over the top and win 105–81. This was their first Grand Final loss since 1975 .
Fixture [ edit ] Premiership season [ edit ]
Rd
Date and local time
Opponent
Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold )
Venue
Attendance
Record
Home
Away
Result
1
Saturday, 31 March (2:10 pm)
Sydney
17.22 (124)
13.11 (89)
Won by 35 points
Princes Park (H)
14,369
1–0
2
Saturday, 7 April (2:10 pm)
Essendon
16.14 (110)
17.14 (116)
Won by 6 points
Windy Hill (A)
22,841
2–0
3
Saturday, 14 April (2:10 pm)
Melbourne
20.12 (132)
20.18 (138)
Won by 6 points
Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)
25,557
3–0
4
Monday, 23 April (2:10 pm)
St Kilda
23.21 (159)
14.15 (99)
Won by 60 points
Princes Park (H)
14,125
4–0
5
Saturday, 28 April (2:10 pm)
Footscray
13.16 (94)
22.9 (141)
Won by 47 points
Western Oval (A)
19,988
5–0
6
Saturday, 5 May (2:10 pm)
Richmond
11.15 (81)
17.18 (120)
Lost by 39 points
VFL Park (H)
31,259
5–1
7
Saturday, 12 May (2:10 pm)
Fitzroy
20.15 (135)
16.8 (104)
Won by 31 points
Princes Park (H)
14,134
6–1
8
Saturday, 19 May (2:10 pm)
Carlton
12.11 (83)
23.13 (151)
Won by 68 points
Princes Park (A)
31,944
7–1
9
Saturday, 26 May (2:10 pm)
North Melbourne
21.17 (143)
13.8 (86)
Won by 57 points
Princes Park (H)
12,975
8–1
10
Saturday, 2 June (2:10 pm)
Geelong
17.11 (113)
11.19 (85)
Lost by 28 points
Kardinia Park (A)
14,290
8–2
11
Monday, 11 June (2:10 pm)
Collingwood
14.8 (92)
18.16 (124)
Won by 32 points
VFL Park (A)
62,339
9–2
12
Saturday, 16 July (2:10 pm)
Essendon
12.21 (93)
6.10 (46)
Won by 47 points
Princes Park (H)
25,726
10–2
13
Saturday, 23 June (2:10 pm)
Melbourne
13.12 (90)
15.17 (107)
Lost by 17 points
Princes Park (H)
20,422
10–3
14
Saturday, 30 June (2:10 pm)
St Kilda
4.6 (30)
19.20 (134)
Won by 104 points
Moorabbin Oval (A)
12,523
11–3
15
Saturday, 7 July (2:10 pm)
Footscray
16.14 (110)
10.16 (76)
Won by 34 points
Princes Park (H)
11,178
12–3
16
Saturday, 14 July (2:10 pm)
Richmond
14.13 (97)
28.17 (185)
Won by 88 points
VFL Park (A)
27,274
13–3
17
Saturday, 28 July (2:10 pm)
Fitzroy
11.11 (77)
10.7 (67)
Lost by 10 points
Junction Oval (A)
6,920
13–4
18
Saturday, 4 August (2:10 pm)
Carlton
21.14 (140)
16.12 (108)
Won by 32 points
Princes Park (H)
23,368
14–4
19
Saturday, 11 August (2:10 pm)
North Melbourne
17.20 (122)
7.9 (51)
Lost by 71 points
Arden Street Oval (A)
8,274
14–5
20
Sunday, 19 August (2:10 pm)
Sydney
11.19 (85)
25.24 (174)
Won by 89 points
Sydney Cricket Ground (A)
8,276
15–5
21
Saturday, 25 August (2:10 pm)
Collingwood
16.23 (119)
15.14 (104)
Won by 15 points
Princes Park (H)
22,173
16–5
22
Saturday, 1 September (2:10 pm)
Geelong
25.14 (164)
14.11 (95)
Won by 69 points
VFL Park (H)
31,609
17–5
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Finals series [ edit ]
Rd
Date and local time
Opponent
Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold )
Venue
Attendance
Home
Away
Result
Qualifying final
Saturday, 8 September (2:30 pm)
Carlton
18.14 (122)
13.14 (92)
Won by 30 points
VFL Park (H)
55,947
2nd semi-final
Sunday, 16 September (2:30 pm)
Essendon
15.15 (105)
16.17 (113)
Won by 8 points
Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)
76,514
Grand Final
Saturday, 29 September (2:50 pm)
Essendon
12.9 (81)
14.21 (105)
Lost by 24 points
Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)
92,685
[1]
(P) Premiers
Qualified for finals
#
Team
P
W
L
D
PF
PA
%
Pts
1
Essendon (P) 22
18
4
0
2556
1994
128.2
72
2
Hawthorn 22
17
5
0
2724
2069
131.7
68
3
Carlton 22
13
9
0
2332
2014
115.8
52
4
Collingwood 22
13
9
0
2260
2072
109.1
52
5
Fitzroy 22
11
11
0
2405
2345
102.6
44
6
Geelong 22
11
11
0
2112
2239
94.3
44
7
Footscray 22
11
11
0
1992
2123
93.8
44
8
Richmond 22
10
12
0
2157
2373
90.9
40
9
Melbourne 22
9
13
0
2328
2233
104.3
36
10
Sydney 22
9
13
0
2223
2522
88.1
36
11
North Melbourne 22
5
17
0
2174
2661
81.7
20
12
St Kilda 22
5
17
0
1904
2522
75.5
20
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points forAFL Tables
References [ edit ]
VFL/AFL home grounds VFL/AFL premierships (13) Runner-up (6) VFA/VFL/AFL Seasons (107) AFLW home grounds AFLW seasons (3) Related articles VFA in recess from 1916–1917, Hawthorn did not participate in the 1918 VFA season due to World War I (indicated in grey)
