51st season in the Victorian Football League
Australian rules football club season
The 1975 season was the Hawthorn Football Club 's 51st season in the Victorian Football League and 74th overall. Hawthorn finished as minor premiers for the fourth time and the first time since 1971 , This was the first time Hawthorn qualified for finals in consecutive seasons. Hawthorn qualified for their fourth Grand Final and their first since 1971 . Hawthorn were defeated by North Melbourne in the Grand Final 67–122. This was their first Grand Final defeat since 1963 .
Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Record Home Away Result 1 Saturday, 5 April (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 15.15 (105) 11.10 (76) Won by 29 points Princes Park (H) 14,978 1–0 2 Saturday, 12 April (2:10 pm) St Kilda 11.15 (81) 17.19 (121) Won by 40 points Moorabbin Oval (A) 18,465 2–0 3 Saturday, 19 April (2:10 pm) Richmond 12.15 (87) 17.14 (116) Won by 29 points VFL Park (A) 39,496 3–0 4 Saturday, 26 April (2:10 pm) South Melbourne 9.15 (69) 13.21 (99) Won by 30 points Lake Oval (A) 12,708 4–0 5 Saturday, 3 May (2:10 pm) Melbourne 19.22 (136) 11.15 (81) Won by 55 points Princes Park (H) 11,198 5–0 6 Saturday, 10 May (2:10 pm) Carlton 16.15 (111) 12.13 (85) Lost by 26 points Princes Park (A) 28,532 5–1 7 Saturday, 17 May (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 19.16 (130) 13.12 (90) Won by 40 points Princes Park (H) 10,940 6–1 8 Saturday, 24 May (2:10 pm) Geelong 5.10 (40) 17.11 (113) Won by 73 points VFL Park (A) 23,466 7–1 9 Saturday, 31 May (2:10 pm) Footscray 8.10 (58) 20.14 (134) Won by 76 points Western Oval (A) 15,933 8–1 10 Saturday, 7 June (2:10 pm) Collingwood 19.24 (138) 13.11 (89) Won by 49 points Princes Park (H) 24,061 9–1 11 Monday, 16 June (2:10 pm) Essendon 13.12 (90) 21.20 (146) Won by 56 points Windy Hill (A) 23,244 10–1 12 Saturday, 21 June (2:10 pm) North Melbourne 13.17 (95) 18.12 (120) Won by 25 points Arden Street Oval (A) 15,478 11–1 13 Saturday, 28 June (2:10 pm) St Kilda 11.19 (85) 7.19 (61) Won by 24 points Princes Park (H) 15,533 12–1 14 Saturday, 5 July (2:10 pm) South Melbourne 9.10 (64) 5.9 (39) Won by 25 points VFL Park (H) 14,008 13–1 15 Saturday, 12 July (2:10 pm) Richmond 14.10 (94) 2.20 (32) Won by 62 points Princes Park (H) 17,276 14–1 16 Saturday, 19 July (2:10 pm) Melbourne 15.17 (107) 17.17 (119) Won by 12 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 18,829 15–1 17 Saturday, 26 July (2:10 pm) Carlton 15.15 (105) 15.11 (101) Won by 4 points Princes Park (H) 31,253 16–1 18 Saturday, 2 August (2:10 pm) Fitzroy 15.23 (113) 10.19 (79) Lost by 34 points Junction Oval (A) 9,139 16–2 19 Saturday, 9 August (2:10 pm) Geelong 25.23 (173) 8.7 (55) Won by 118 points Princes Park (H) 8,417 17–2 20 Saturday, 16 August (2:10 pm) Footscray 13.13 (91) 14.9 (93) Lost by 2 points VFL Park (H) 15,601 17–3 21 Saturday, 23 August (2:10 pm) Collingwood 7.15 (57) 3.9 (27) Lost by 30 points Victoria Park (A) 26,303 17–4 22 Saturday, 30 August (2:10 pm) Essendon 14.19 (103) 17.8 (110) Lost by 7 points Princes Park (H) 12,236 17–5 [ 1]
(P) Premiers Qualified for finals
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for Average score: 94.6 Source: AFL Tables
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