1990 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club

1990 season
President	Trevor Coote
Coach	Allan Jeans
Captain(s)	Michael Tuck
Home ground	Princes Park Waverley Park
AFL season	14–8 (5th)
Finals series	Elimination final (Lost to Melbourne 64–73)
Best and Fairest	Andrew Collins
Leading goalkicker	Jason Dunstall (83)
Highest home attendance	53,982 (round 20 vs. Collingwood)
Lowest home attendance	8,649 (Round 4 vs. Brisbane Bears)
Average home attendance	24,327
← 1989 (VFL) 1991 →

The 1990 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 66th season in the newly named Australian Football League and 89th overall. Hawthorn entered the season as the two-time defending Premiers, having won back-to-back premierships.

Fixture

Premiership season

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)	Geelong	11.11 (77)	28.24 (192)	Won by 115 points	Waverley Park (A)	41,694	1–0
2	Saturday, 8 April (2:10 pm)	Essendon	24.15 (159)	14.13 (97)	Lost by 62 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	55,311	1–1
3	Saturday, 14 April (2:10 pm)	Richmond	15.21 (111)	10.21 (81)	Won by 30 points	Princes Park (H)	11,698	2–1
4	Saturday, 21 April (2:10 pm)	Brisbane Bears	18.12 (120)	5.8 (38)	Won by 82 points	Princess Park (H)	8,649	3–1
5	Saturday, 28 April (2:10 pm)	North Melbourne	16.12 (108)	10.18 (78)	Won by 30 points	Princess Park (H)	13,144	4–1
6	Saturday, 5 May (2:10 pm)	St Kilda	15.14 (104)	14.17 (101)	Lost by 3 points	Moorabbin Oval (A)	30,895	4–2
7	Saturday, 12 May (2:10 pm)	Collingwood	13.14 (92)	13.16 (94)	Won by 2 points	Waverley Park (A)	48,099	5–2
8	Saturday, 19 May (2:10 pm)	Carlton	18.18 (126)	9.5 (59)	Lost by 67 points	Waverley Park (A)	36,370	5–3
9	Saturday, 26 May (2:10 pm)	Melbourne	14.8 (92)	7.6 (48)	Won by 44 points	Waverley Park (H)	39,701	6–3
10	Saturday, 2 June (2:10 pm)	Fitzroy	15.13 (103)	13.11 (89)	Lost by 14 points	Princes Park (A)	11,329	6–4
11	Saturday, 9 June (2:10 pm)	Sydney	19.18 (132)	11.17 (83)	Won by 49 points	Princes Park (H)	11,848	7–4
12	Friday, 15 June (7:40 pm)	West Coast	16.9 (105)	12.10 (82)	Lost by 23 points	WACA (A)	28,094	7–5
13	Saturday, 30 June (2:10 pm)	Footscray	10.13 (73)	14.7 (91)	Lost by 18 points	Waverley Park (H)	22,388	7–6
14	Saturday, 7 July (2:10 pm)	Geelong	18.10 (118)	7.8 (50)	Won by 68 points	Waverley Park (H)	30,211	8–6
15	Saturday, 14 July (2:10 pm)	Essendon	10.7 (67)	21.16 (142)	Lost by 75 points	Princes Park (H)	25,159	8–7
16	Saturday, 21 July (2:10 pm)	Richmond	10.8 (68)	25.9 (159)	Won by 91 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	25,532	9–7
17	Sunday, 29 July (2:10 pm)	Brisbane Bears	14.11 (95)	16.14 (110)	Won by 15 points	Carrara Stadium (A)	8,768	10–7
18	Friday, 3 August (7:40 pm)	North Melbourne	14.14 (98)	15.18 (108)	Won by 10 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	44,627	11–7
19	Saturday, 11 August (2:10 pm)	St Kilda	17.17 (119)	13.5 (83)	Won by 36 points	Waverley Park (H)	27,612	12–7
20	Saturday, 18 August (2:10 pm)	Collingwood	26.7 (163)	12.8 (80)	Won by 83 points	Waverley Park (H)	53,982	13–7
21	Saturday, 25 August (2:10 pm)	Carlton	17.14 (116)	12.13 (85)	Won by 31 points	Princes Park (H)	23,200	14–7
22	Saturday, 1 September (2:10 pm)	Melbourne	17.14 (116)	15.14 (104)	Lost by 12 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	57,247	14–8

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
Elimination final	Sunday, 9 September (2:30 pm)	Melbourne	10.13 (73)	8.16 (64)	Lost by 9 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	74,954