# 1989 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1989 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 65th season in the Victorian Football League and 88th overall. 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) | 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, 1 April (2:10 pm) | Collingwood | 13.15 (93) | 11.17 (83) | Lost by 10 points | VFL Park (A) | 50,287 | 0–1 |
| 2 | Saturday, 8 April (2:10 pm) | North Melbourne | 11.6 (72) | 21.15 (141) | Won by 69 points | VFL Park (A) | 18,939 | 1–1 |
| 3 | Saturday, 15 April (2:10 pm) | Essendon | 20.15 (135) | 13.13 (91) | Won by 44 points | Princes Park (H) | 23,922 | 2–1 |
| 4 | Tuesday, 25 April (2:10 pm) | Richmond | 9.12 (66) | 15.20 (110) | Won by 44 points | VFL Park (A) | 41,347 | 3–1 |
| 5 | Saturday, 29 April (2:10 pm) | Carlton | 18.17 (125) | 10.11 (71) | Won by 54 points | VFL Park (H) | 31,827 | 4–1 |
| 6 | Saturday, 6 May (2:10 pm) | Geelong | 26.15 (171) | 25.13 (163) | Won by 8 points | Princes Park (H) | 17,430 | 5–1 |
| 7 | Saturday, 13 May (2:10 pm) | Fitzroy | 25.15 (165) | 13.6 (84) | Won by 81 points | Princes Park (H) | 16,316 | 6–1 |
| 8 | Saturday, 20 May (2:10 pm) | Sydney | 22.25 (157) | 12.11 (83) | Won by 74 points | Princes Park (H) | 13,148 | 7–1 |
| 9 | Sunday, 28 May (2:10 pm) | Footscray | 10.13 (73) | 17.15 (117) | Won by 44 points | Western Oval (A) | 16,437 | 8–1 |
| 10 | Sunday, 4 June (2:10 pm) | West Coast | 15.15 (105) | 16.14 (110) | Won by 5 points | Subiaco Oval (A) | 20,219 | 9–1 |
| 11 | Monday, 12 June (2:10 pm) | Melbourne | 8.6 (54) | 10.9 (69) | Lost by 15 points | Princes Park (H) | 21,396 | 9–2 |
| 12 | Saturday, 17 June (2:10 pm) | St Kilda | 8.6 (54) | 10.12 (72) | Won by 18 points | Moorabbin Oval (A) | 18,124 | 10–2 |
| 13 | Friday, 23 June (7:40 pm) | Brisbane Bears | 15.16 (106) | 4.11 (35) | Won by 71 points | VFL Park (H) | 6,292 | 11–2 |
| 14 | Saturday, 8 July (2:10 pm) | West Coast | 19.27 (141) | 6.14 (50) | Won by 91 points | Princes Park (H) | 7,894 | 12–2 |
| 15 | Sunday, 16 July (2:10 pm) | Richmond | 15.14 (104) | 22.10 (142) | Won by 38 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 17,894 | 13–2 |
| 16 | Saturday, 22 July (2:10 pm) | Collingwood | 21.11 (137) | 11.11 (77) | Won by 60 points | Princes Park (H) | 21,487 | 14–2 |
| 17 | Saturday, 29 July (2:10 pm) | North Melbourne | 9.24 (78) | 23.16 (154) | Won by 76 points | VFL Park (A) | 15,523 | 15–2 |
| 18 | Saturday, 5 August (2:10 pm) | Carlton | 14.6 (90) | 14.11 (95) | Won by 5 points | VFL Park (A) | 33,615 | 16–2 |
| 19 | Saturday, 12 August (2:10 pm) | Melbourne | 9.9 (63) | 12.15 (87) | Won by 24 points | VFL Park (A) | 28,117 | 17–2 |
| 20 | Sunday, 20 August (2:10 pm) | Brisbane Bears | 12.5 (77) | 9.7 (61) | Lost by 16 points | Carrara Stadium (A) | 9,093 | 17–3 |
| 21 | Saturday, 26 August (2:10 pm) | Footscray | 19.20 (134) | 8.11 (59) | Won by 75 points | Princes Park (H) | 10,022 | 18–3 |
| 22 | Saturday, 2 September (2:10 pm) | St Kilda | 28.13 (181) | 13.13 (91) | Won by 90 points | VFL Park (H) | 25,532 | 19–3 |

### Finals series

| 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 |
| 2nd semi-final | Saturday, 16 September (2:30 pm) | Essendon | 16.16 (112) | 11.10 (76) | Won by 36 points | VFL Park (H) | 66,003 |
| Grand Final | Saturday, 30 September (2:50 pm) | Geelong | 21.18 (144) | 21.12 (138) | Won by 6 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) | 94,796 |

## Ladder

| (P) | Premiers |
| | Qualified for finals |
| # | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
| 1 | Hawthorn (P) | 22 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 2678 | 1748 | 153.2 | 76 |
| 2 | Essendon | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2240 | 1705 | 131.4 | 68 |
| 3 | Geelong | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2916 | 1987 | 146.8 | 64 |
| 4 | Melbourne | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1876 | 1944 | 96.5 | 56 |
| 5 | Collingwood | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2216 | 1964 | 112.8 | 52 |
| 6 | Fitzroy | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2069 | 2125 | 97.4 | 48 |
| 7 | Sydney | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1959 | 1958 | 100.1 | 44 |
| 8 | Carlton | 22 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 1921 | 2079 | 92.4 | 38 |
| 9 | North Melbourne | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 2061 | 2301 | 89.6 | 36 |
| 10 | Brisbane Bears | 22 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 1792 | 2274 | 78.8 | 32 |
| 11 | West Coast | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1948 | 2247 | 86.7 | 28 |
| 12 | St Kilda | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 2108 | 2502 | 84.3 | 28 |
| 13 | Footscray | 22 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 1614 | 1855 | 87.0 | 26 |
| 14 | Richmond | 22 | 5 | 17 | 0 | 1725 | 2434 | 70.9 | 20 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for Average score: 94.6 Source: AFL Tables