1993 Hawthorn Football Club season

Hawthorn Football Club

1993 season
President	Trevor Coote Geoff Lord
Coach	Alan Joyce
Captain(s)	Gary Ayres
Home ground	Waverley Park
AFL season	13–7 (4th)
Finals series	Elimination Final (lost to Adelaide 95–110)
Best and Fairest	Jason Dunstall
Leading goalkicker	Jason Dunstall (123)
Highest home attendance	55,287 (Elimination Final vs. Adelaide)
Lowest home attendance	13,397 (Round 17 vs. Sydney)
Average home attendance	29,597
← 1992 1994 →

The 1993 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 69th season in the Australian Football League and 92nd 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, 27 March (2:00 pm)	Melbourne	13.15 (93)	11.4 (70)	Won by 23 points	Waverley Park (H)	25,098	1–0
2	Sunday, 4 April (2:15 pm)	Sydney	12.20 (92)	22.17 (149)	Won by 57 points	Sydney Cricket Ground (A)	10,144	2–0
3	Monday, 12 April (2:00 pm)	Carlton	16.16 (112)	16.14 (110)	Lost by 2 points	Princes Park (A)	33,274	2–1
4	Saturday, 17 April (2:00 pm)	Geelong	11.13 (79)	18.17 (125)	Lost by 46 points	Waverley Park (H)	31,492	2–2
5	Bye
6	Friday, 30 April (8:38 pm)	Adelaide	12.16 (88)	16.9 (105)	Won by 17 points	Football Park (A)	46,689	3–2
7	Saturday, 8 May (2:00 pm)	Brisbane Bears	16.17 (113)	10.10 (70)	Won by 43 points	Waverley Park (H)	14,375	4–2
8	Saturday, 15 May (2:08 pm)	Collingwood	14.10 (94)	10.16 (76)	Lost by 18 points	Victoria Park (A)	29,880	4–3
9	Saturday, 22 May (2:00 pm)	Richmond	20.11 (131)	19.7 (121)	Won by 10 points	Waverley Park (H)	20,316	5–3
10	Saturday, 29 May (2:00 pm)	Footscray	9.8 (62)	20.12 (132)	Won by 70 points	Whitten Oval (A)	19,397	6–3
11	Monday, 14 June (2:08 pm)	Essendon	12.14 (86)	17.14 (116)	Lost by 30 points	Waverley Park (H)	47,295	6–4
12	Saturday, 19 June (2:00 pm)	St Kilda	23.14 (152)	11.8 (74)	Won by 78 points	Waverley Park (H)	28,975	7–4
13	Friday, 25 June (8:08 pm)	North Melbourne	11.14 (80)	12.11 (83)	Won by 3 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	47,705	8–4
14	Bye
15	Saturday, 10 July (2:00 pm)	Fitzroy	15.20 (110)	9.10 (64)	Won by 46 points	Waverley Park (H)	21,744	9–4
16	Saturday, 17 July (2:08 pm)	Melbourne	12.18 (90)	16.10 (106)	Won by 16 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (A)	44,303	10–4
17	Sunday, 25 July (2:00 pm)	Sydney	24.15 (159)	9.13 (67)	Won by 92 points	Waverley Park (H)	13,397	11–4
18	Saturday, 31 July (2:08 pm)	Carlton	13.13 (91)	17.20 (122)	Lost by 31 points	Waverley Park (H)	40,850	11–5
19	Saturday, 7 August (2:08 pm)	Geelong	22.18 (150)	10.8 (68)	Lost by 82 points	Kardinia Park (A)	25,817	11–6
20	Sunday, 15 August (2:00 pm)	West Coast	10.7 (67)	6.9 (45)	Lost by 22 points	Subiaco Oval (A)	41,988	11–7
21	Saturday, 21 August (2:08 pm)	Adelaide	17.13 (115)	13.10 (88)	Won by 27 points	Waverley Park (H)	26,540	12–7
22	Sunday, 29 August (1:15 pm)	Brisbane Bears	15.16 (106)	24.19 (163)	Won by 57 points	The Gabba (A)	11,544	13–7

Finals series

Rd	Date and local time	Opponent	Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold)			Venue	Attendance
			Home	Away	Result
Elimination Final	Sunday, 5 September (2:30 pm)	Adelaide	13.17 (95)	16.14 (110)	Lost by 15 points	Melbourne Cricket Ground (H)	55,287

Ladder

(P)	Premiers
	Qualified for finals

#	Team	P	W	L	D	PF	PA	%	Pts
1	Essendon (P)	20	13	6	1	2333	1959	119.1	54
2	Carlton	20	13	6	1	2315	1968	117.6	54
3	North Melbourne	20	13	7	0	2597	2150	120.8	52
4	Hawthorn	20	13	7	0	2166	1858	116.6	52
5	Adelaide	20	12	8	0	2168	1840	117.8	48
6	West Coast	20	12	8	0	1912	1651	115.8	48
7	Geelong	20	12	8	0	2354	2109	111.6	48
8	Collingwood	20	11	9	0	2086	2060	101.3	44
9	Footscray	20	11	9	0	1978	1997	99.0	44
10	Melbourne	20	10	10	0	2101	1873	112.2	40
11	Fitzroy	20	10	10	0	2001	2011	99.5	40
12	St Kilda	20	10	10	0	2040	2166	94.2	40
13	Brisbane Bears	20	4	16	0	1886	2504	75.3	16
14	Richmond	20	4	16	0	1753	2480	70.7	16
15	Sydney	20	1	19	0	1837	2901	63.3	4

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for
Average score: 105.1
Source: AFL Tables