1964 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club

1964 season
President	Dr. A.S. Ferguson
Coach	Graham Arthur
Captain(s)	Graham Arthur
Home ground	Glenferrie Oval
Night series	Semi-final
VFL season	13–5 (5th)
Finals series	Did not qualify
Best and fairest	Ian Law
Leading goalkicker	John Peck (68)
Highest home attendance	28,000 (Round 2 vs. Carlton)
Lowest home attendance	9,100 (Round 15 vs. North Melbourne)
Average home attendance	18,578
← 1963 1965 →

The 1964 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 40th season in the Victorian Football League and 63rd overall.

Fixture

Premiership season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Record
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday, 18 April (2:20 pm)	South Melbourne	10.13 (73)	14.13 (97)	Won by 24 points	Lake Oval (A)	20,260	1–0
2	Saturday, 25 April (2:20 pm)	Carlton	9.20 (74)	8.5 (53)	Won by 21 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	28,000	2–0
3	Saturday, 2 May (2:20 pm)	St Kilda	12.15 (87)	9.11 (65)	Won by 22 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	25,000	3–0
4	Saturday, 9 May (2:20 pm)	North Melbourne	14.15 (99)	9.14 (68)	Lost by 31 points	Arden Street Oval (A)	17,431	3–1
5	Saturday, 16 May (2:20 pm)	Fitzroy	16.18 (114)	8.19 (67)	Won by 47 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	13,100	4–1
6	Saturday, 23 May (2:20 pm)	Melbourne	10.13 (73)	10.8 (68)	Lost by 5 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	53,798	4–2
7	Saturday, 30 May (2:20 pm)	Richmond	13.11 (89)	7.16 (58)	Won by 31 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	22,000	5–2
8	Saturday, 6 June (2:20 pm)	Essendon	9.8 (62)	6.12 (48)	Won by 14 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	26,000	6–2
9	Monday, 15 June (2:20 pm)	Geelong	10.15 (75)	3.8 (26)	Lost by 49 points	Kardinia Park (A)	30,911	6–3
10	Saturday, 27 June (2:20 pm)	Collingwood	13.11 (89)	15.8 (98)	Won by 9 points	Victoria Park (A)	31,133	7–3
11	Saturday, 4 July (2:20 pm)	Footscray	12.9 (81)	3.3 (21)	Won by 60 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	13,000	8–3
12	Saturday, 11 July (2:20 pm)	South Melbourne	15.13 (103)	6.15 (51)	Won by 52 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	11,000	9–3
13	Saturday, 18 July (2:20 pm)	Carlton	5.12 (42)	8.10 (58)	Won by 16 points	Princes Park (A)	18,423	10–3
14	Saturday, 25 July (2:20 pm)	St Kilda	11.15 (81)	7.9 (51)	Lost by 30 points	Junction Oval (A)	18,600	10–4
15	Saturday, 1 August (2:20 pm)	North Melbourne	7.7 (49)	5.8 (38)	Won by 11 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	9,100	11–4
16	Saturday, 8 August (2:20 pm)	Fitzroy	9.10 (64)	10.13 (73)	Won by 9 points	Brunswick Street Oval (A)	7,322	12–4
17	Saturday, 15 August (2:20 pm)	Melbourne	10.9 (69)	10.13 (73)	Lost by 4 points	Glenferrie Oval (H)	20,000	12–5
18	Saturday, 22 August (2:20 pm)	Richmond	9.18 (72)	16.19 (115)	Won by 43 points	Punt Road Oval (A)	15,500	13–5

Night series cup

See also: 1964 Night Series Cup

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance
			Home	Away	Result
1	Tuesday, 8 September	North Melbourne	10.13 (73)	7.13 (55)	Won by 18 points	Lake Oval	15,250
Semi Final	Thursday, 10 September	Footscray	8.12 (60)	4.10 (34)	Lost by 26 points	Lake Oval	18,720

Ladder

(P)	Premiers
	Qualified for finals

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	Melbourne (P)	18	14	4	0	1532	1109	138.1	56
2	Collingwood	18	13	4	1	1470	1104	133.2	54
3	Essendon	18	13	4	1	1499	1151	130.2	54
4	Geelong	18	13	4	1	1328	1042	127.4	54
5	Hawthorn	18	13	5	0	1382	1142	121.0	52
6	St Kilda	18	10	8	0	1408	1189	118.4	40
7	Footscray	18	9	9	0	1146	1301	88.1	36
8	North Melbourne	18	8	10	0	1231	1411	87.2	32
9	Richmond	18	6	12	0	1143	1346	84.9	24
10	Carlton	18	5	12	1	1190	1318	90.3	22
11	South Melbourne	18	2	16	0	1125	1654	68.0	8
12	Fitzroy	18	0	18	0	1019	1706	59.7	0

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 71.6
Source: AFL Tables