1998 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club

1998 season
President	Ian Dicker
Coach	Ken Judge
Captain(s)	Jason Dunstall
Home ground	Waverley Park
AFL season	13th
Finals series	Did not qualify
Best and Fairest	Shane Crawford
Leading goalkicker	Jason Dunstall (54)
Highest home attendance	42,780 (Round 10 vs. Essendon)
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The 1998 Hawthorn Football Club season was the clubs 74th season in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Fixture

Premiership season

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance	Ladder position
			Home	Away	Result
1	Saturday, 28 March (3:40 pm)	Collingwood	18.15 (123)	12.12 (84)	Lost by 39 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	47,628	15th
2	Saturday, 4 April (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	10.7 (67)	17.10 (112)	Lost by 45 points	Waverley Park (H)	18,698	16th
3	Saturday, 11 April (3:40 pm)	Richmond	15.13 (103)	15.7 (97)	Lost by 6 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	39,954	15th
4	Saturday, 18 April (3:40 pm)	St Kilda	18.13 (121)	20.9 (129)	Lost by 8 points	Waverley Park (H)	36,117	15th
5	Saturday, 25 April (2:10 pm)	Brisbane Lions	18.16 (124)	12.11 (83)	Won by 41 points	Waverley Park (H)	22,366	13th
6	Saturday, 2 May (2:10 pm)	Geelong	13.12 (90)	10.13 (73)	Lost by 17 points	Kardinia Park (A)	23,267	14th
7	Friday, 8 May (6:40 pm)	Fremantle	8.9 (57)	15.9 (99)	Won by 42 points	WACA (A)	22,037	14th
8	Sunday, 17 May (2:10 pm)	Western Bulldogs	14.12 (96)	21.10 (136)	Lost by 40 points	Waverley Park (H)	34,541	14th
9	Sunday, 24 May (2:40 pm)	Sydney	17.15 (117)	11.14 (80)	Lost by 37 points	Sydney Cricket Ground (A)	31,420	14th
10	Saturday, 30 May (3:40 pm)	Essendon	13.9 (87)	13.15 (93)	Lost by 6 points	Waverley Park (H)	41,780	14th
11	Saturday, 6 June (2:10 pm)	Melbourne	10.10 (70)	18.9 (117)	Lost by 47 points	Waverley Park (H)	31,365	14th
12	Friday, 12 June (8:40 pm)	West Coast	19.9 (123)	17.6 (108)	Lost by 15 points	WACA (A)	27,112	16th
13	Saturday, 20 June (2:10 pm)	North Melbourne	17.12 (114)	17.10 (112)	Won by 2 points	Waverley Park (H)	23,845	15th
14	Saturday, 27 June (2:10 pm)	Carlton	13.14 (92)	11.10 (76)	Lost by 16 points	Optus Oval (A)	25,529	16th
15	Sunday, 5 July (2:40 pm)	Adelaide	9.14 (68)	4.11 (35)	Lost by 33 points	Football Park (A)	38,430	16th
16	Saturday, 18 July (7:40 pm)	Collingwood	4.14 (38)	19.10 (124)	Lost by 86 points	Waverley Park (H)	39,325	16th
17	Saturday, 25 July (8:40 pm)	Port Adelaide	18.11 (119)	15.8 (98)	Lost by 21 points	Football Park (A)	30,104	16th
18	Sunday, 2 August (2:10 pm)	Richmond	10.10 (70)	4.10 (34)	Won by 36 points	Waverley Park (H)	37,297	16th
19	Saturday, 8 August (2:10 pm)	St Kilda	10.9 (69)	19.14 (128)	Won by 59 points	Waverley Park (A)	32,286	15th
20	Saturday, 15 August (7:40 pm)	Brisbane Lions	7.17 (59)	13.16 (94)	Won by 35 points	The Gabba (H)	14,738	15th
21	Sunday, 23 August (2:10 pm)	Geelong	11.18 (84)	8.15 (63)	Won by 21 points	Waverley Park (H)	28,833	13th
22	Saturday, 29 August (2:10 pm)	Fremantle	22.17 (149)	9.6 (60)	Won by 89 points	Waverley Park (H)	39,735	13th
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Ladder

1998 AFL Ladder
	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	North Melbourne	22	16	6	0	2486	2117	117.43	64
2	Western Bulldogs	22	15	7	0	2353	2019	116.54	60
3	Sydney	22	14	8	0	2283	2143	106.53	56
4	Melbourne	22	14	8	0	2009	1956	102.71	56
5	Adelaide (P)	22	13	9	0	2172	1763	123.20	52
6	St Kilda	22	13	9	0	2148	2104	102.09	52
7	West Coast	22	12	10	0	1940	1773	109.42	48
8	Essendon	22	12	10	0	2250	2071	108.64	48
9	Richmond	22	12	10	0	2018	1926	104.78	48
10	Port Adelaide	22	9	12	1	1928	2017	95.59	38
11	Carlton	22	9	13	0	2018	2109	95.69	36
12	Geelong	22	9	13	0	1777	1963	90.52	36
13	Hawthorn	22	8	14	0	1992	2083	95.63	32
14	Collingwood	22	7	15	0	1968	2167	90.82	28
15	Fremantle	22	7	15	0	1739	2277	76.37	28
16	Brisbane Lions	22	5	16	1	1860	2453	75.83	22
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against

References

1. "AFL Tables - 1998 Scores". afltables.com. Retrieved 19 September 2016.