1984 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club

1984 season
President	Ron Cook
Coach	Allan Jeans
Captain(s)	Leigh Matthews
Home ground	Princes Park
VFL season	2nd
Finals series	Runner-up
Best and Fairest	Russell Greene
Leading goalkicker	Leigh Matthews (77)
Highest home attendance	92,685 (Grand Final vs. Essendon)
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Main article: 1984 VFL season

The 1984 Hawthorn Football Club season was the clubs 60th season in the Victorian Football League (VFL). Hawthorn entered the season as the defending VFL Premiers.

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, 31 March (2:10 pm)	Sydney	17.22 (124)	13.11 (89)	Won by 35 points	Princes Park (H)	14,369	4th
2	Saturday, 7 April (2:10 pm)	Essendon	16.14 (110)	17.14 (116)	Won by 6 points	Windy Hill (A)	22,841	4th
3	Saturday, 14 April (2:10 pm)	Melbourne	20.12 (132)	20.18 (138)	Won by 6 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	25,557	2nd
4	Monday, 23 April (2:10 pm)	St Kilda	23.21 (159)	14.15 (99)	Won by 60 points	Princes Park (H)	14,125	1st
5	Saturday, 28 April (2:10 pm)	Footscray	13.16 (94)	22.9 (141)	Won by 47 points	Western Oval (A)	19,988	1st
6	Saturday, 5 May (2:10 pm)	Richmond	11.15 (81)	17.18 (120)	Lost by 39 points	VFL Park (H)	31,259	2nd
7	Saturday, 12 May (2:10 pm)	Fitzroy	20.15 (135)	16.8 (104)	Won by 31 points	Princes Park (H)	14,134	1st
8	Saturday, 19 May (2:10 pm)	Carlton	12.11 (83)	23.13 (151)	Won by 68 points	Princes Park (A)	31,944	1st
9	Saturday, 26 May (2:10 pm)	North Melbourne	21.17 (143)	13.8 (86)	Won by 57 points	Princes Park (H)	12,975	1st
10	Saturday, 2 June (2:10 pm)	Geelong	17.11 (113)	11.19 (85)	Lost by 28 points	Kardinia Park (A)	14,290	2nd
11	Monday, 11 June (2:10 pm)	Collingwood	14.8 (92)	18.16 (124)	Won by 32 points	VFL Park (A)	62,339	2nd
12	Saturday, 16 July (2:10 pm)	Essendon	12.21 (93)	6.10 (46)	Won by 47 points	Princes Park (H)	25,726	1st
13	Saturday, 23 June (2:10 pm)	Melbourne	13.12 (90)	15.17 (107)	Lost by 17 points	Princes Park (H)	20,422	2nd
14	Saturday, 30 June (2:10 pm)	St Kilda	4.6 (30)	19.20 (134)	Won by 104 points	Moorabbin Oval (A)	12,523	1st
15	Saturday, 7 July (2:10 pm)	Footscray	16.14 (110)	10.16 (76)	Won by 34 points	Princes Park (H)	11,178	1st
16	Saturday, 14 July (2:10 pm)	Richmond	14.13 (97)	28.17 (185)	Won by 88 points	VFL Park (A)	27,274	1st
17	Saturday, 28 July (2:10 pm)	Fitzroy	11.11 (77)	10.7 (67)	Lost by 10 points	Junction Oval (A)	6,920	2nd
18	Saturday, 4 August (2:10 pm)	Carlton	21.14 (140)	16.12 (108)	Won by 32 points	Princes Park (H)	23,368	2nd
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	2nd
20	Sunday, 19 August (2:10 pm)	Sydney	11.19 (85)	25.24 (174)	Won by 89 points	Sydney Cricket Ground (A)	8,276	2nd
21	Saturday, 25 August (2:10 pm)	Collingwood	16.23 (119)	15.14 (104)	Won by 15 points	Princes Park (H)	22,173	2nd
22	Saturday, 1 September (2:10 pm)	Geelong	25.14 (164)	14.11 (95)	Won by 69 points	VFL Park (H)	31,609	2nd

Finals series

See also: McIntyre "Final Five" system

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	92,685