1964 Hawthorn Football Club season
# 1964 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1964 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 40th season in the Victorian Football League and 63rd overall.

## Fixture

### Premiership season

| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Record |
| 1 | Saturday, 18 April (2:20 pm) | South Melbourne | 10.13 (73) | 14.13 (97) | Won by 24 points | Lake Oval (A) | 20,260 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Saturday, 25 April (2:20 pm) | Carlton | 9.20 (74) | 8.5 (53) | Won by 21 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 28,000 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Saturday, 2 May (2:20 pm) | St Kilda | 12.15 (87) | 9.11 (65) | Won by 22 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 25,000 | 3–0 |
| 4 | Saturday, 9 May (2:20 pm) | North Melbourne | 14.15 (99) | 9.14 (68) | Lost by 31 points | Arden Street Oval (A) | 17,431 | 3–1 |
| 5 | Saturday, 16 May (2:20 pm) | Fitzroy | 16.18 (114) | 8.19 (67) | Won by 47 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 13,100 | 4–1 |
| 6 | Saturday, 23 May (2:20 pm) | Melbourne | 10.13 (73) | 10.8 (68) | Lost by 5 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 53,798 | 4–2 |
| 7 | Saturday, 30 May (2:20 pm) | Richmond | 13.11 (89) | 7.16 (58) | Won by 31 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 22,000 | 5–2 |
| 8 | Saturday, 6 June (2:20 pm) | Essendon | 9.8 (62) | 6.12 (48) | Won by 14 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 26,000 | 6–2 |
| 9 | Monday, 15 June (2:20 pm) | Geelong | 10.15 (75) | 3.8 (26) | Lost by 49 points | Kardinia Park (A) | 30,911 | 6–3 |
| 10 | Saturday, 27 June (2:20 pm) | Collingwood | 13.11 (89) | 15.8 (98) | Won by 9 points | Victoria Park (A) | 31,133 | 7–3 |
| 11 | Saturday, 4 July (2:20 pm) | Footscray | 12.9 (81) | 3.3 (21) | Won by 60 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 13,000 | 8–3 |
| 12 | Saturday, 11 July (2:20 pm) | South Melbourne | 15.13 (103) | 6.15 (51) | Won by 52 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 11,000 | 9–3 |
| 13 | Saturday, 18 July (2:20 pm) | Carlton | 5.12 (42) | 8.10 (58) | Won by 16 points | Princes Park (A) | 18,423 | 10–3 |
| 14 | Saturday, 25 July (2:20 pm) | St Kilda | 11.15 (81) | 7.9 (51) | Lost by 30 points | Junction Oval (A) | 18,600 | 10–4 |
| 15 | Saturday, 1 August (2:20 pm) | North Melbourne | 7.7 (49) | 5.8 (38) | Won by 11 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 9,100 | 11–4 |
| 16 | Saturday, 8 August (2:20 pm) | Fitzroy | 9.10 (64) | 10.13 (73) | Won by 9 points | Brunswick Street Oval (A) | 7,322 | 12–4 |
| 17 | Saturday, 15 August (2:20 pm) | Melbourne | 10.9 (69) | 10.13 (73) | Lost by 4 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 20,000 | 12–5 |
| 18 | Saturday, 22 August (2:20 pm) | Richmond | 9.18 (72) | 16.19 (115) | Won by 43 points | Punt Road Oval (A) | 15,500 | 13–5 |

### Night series cup

| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rd | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance |
| 1 | Tuesday, 8 September | North Melbourne | 10.13 (73) | 7.13 (55) | Won by 18 points | Lake Oval | 15,250 |
| Semi Final | Thursday, 10 September | Footscray | 8.12 (60) | 4.10 (34) | Lost by 26 points | Lake Oval | 18,720 |

## Ladder

| (P) | Premiers |
| - | - |
| | Qualified for finals |
| # | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
| 1 | Melbourne (P) | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1532 | 1109 | 138.1 | 56 |
| 2 | Collingwood | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1470 | 1104 | 133.2 | 54 |
| 3 | Essendon | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1499 | 1151 | 130.2 | 54 |
| 4 | Geelong | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1328 | 1042 | 127.4 | 54 |
| 5 | Hawthorn | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1382 | 1142 | 121.0 | 52 |
| 6 | St Kilda | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1408 | 1189 | 118.4 | 40 |
| 7 | Footscray | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1146 | 1301 | 88.1 | 36 |
| 8 | North Melbourne | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1231 | 1411 | 87.2 | 32 |
| 9 | Richmond | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | 1143 | 1346 | 84.9 | 24 |
| 10 | Carlton | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1190 | 1318 | 90.3 | 22 |
| 11 | South Melbourne | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 1125 | 1654 | 68.0 | 8 |
| 12 | Fitzroy | 18 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 1019 | 1706 | 59.7 | 0 |

Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for Average score: 71.6 Source: AFL Tables

