# 1970 Hawthorn Football Club season

The 1970 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 46th season in the Victorian Football League and 69th 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, 4 April (2:10 pm) | Geelong | 19.12 (126) | 21.9 (135) | Lost by 9 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 20,509 | 0–1 |
| 2 | Saturday, 11 April (2:10 pm) | Melbourne | 14.12 (96) | 11.19 (85) | Lost by 11 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 25,575 | 0–2 |
| 3 | Saturday, 18 April (2:10 pm) | Collingwood | 14.24 (108) | 15.11 (101) | Lost by 7 points | Victoria Park (A) | 24,352 | 0–3 |
| 4 | Saturday, 25 April (2:10 pm) | Essendon | 10.10 (70) | 16.14 (110) | Lost by 40 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 19,017 | 0–4 |
| 5 | Saturday, 2 May (2:05 pm) | Footscray | 11.13 (79) | 10.10 (76) | Lost by 3 points | Western Oval (A) | 19,610 | 0–5 |
| 6 | Saturday, 9 May (2:10 pm) | Richmond | 20.10 (130) | 21.11 (137) | Lost by 7 points | VFL Park (H) | 26,068 | 0–6 |
| 7 | Saturday, 16 May (2:10 pm) | St Kilda | 10.21 (81) | 8.8 (56) | Lost by 25 points | Moorabbin Oval (A) | 17,618 | 0–7 |
| 8 | Saturday, 23 May (2:10 pm) | South Melbourne | 21.20 (146) | 12.12 (84) | Won by 62 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 17,070 | 1–7 |
| 9 | Saturday, 30 May (2:10 pm) | Carlton | 10.14 (74) | 15.16 (106) | Won by 32 points | Princes Park (A) | 21,216 | 2–7 |
| 10 | Saturday, 6 June (2:10 pm) | North Melbourne | 9.8 (62) | 11.9 (75) | Won by 13 points | VFL Park (A) | 13,662 | 3–7 |
| 11 | Monday, 15 June (2:10 pm) | Fitzroy | 18.12 (120) | 12.8 (80) | Won by 40 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 14,495 | 4–7 |
| 12 | Saturday, 20 June (2:10 pm) | Geelong | 14.15 (99) | 10.11 (71) | Lost by 28 points | Kardinia Park (A) | 19,698 | 4–8 |
| 13 | Saturday, 27 June (2:10 pm) | Melbourne | 16.17 (113) | 11.8 (74) | Won by 39 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 13,196 | 5–8 |
| 14 | Saturday, 4 July (2:10 pm) | Collingwood | 18.7 (115) | 13.13 (91) | Won by 24 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 19,600 | 6–8 |
| 15 | Saturday, 11 July (2:10 pm) | Essendon | 9.8 (62) | 21.4 (130) | Won by 68 points | Windy Hill (A) | 13,054 | 7–8 |
| 16 | Saturday, 18 July (2:10 pm) | Footscray | 23.9 (147) | 6.12 (48) | Won by 99 points | VFL Park (H) | 14,169 | 8–8 |
| 17 | Saturday, 25 July (2:10 pm) | Richmond | 15.15 (105) | 11.17 (83) | Lost by 22 points | Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) | 55,740 | 8–9 |
| 18 | Saturday, 1 August (2:10 pm) | St Kilda | 11.11 (77) | 14.18 (102) | Lost by 25 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 16,698 | 8–10 |
| 19 | Saturday, 8 August (2:10 pm) | South Melbourne | 16.7 (103) | 13.8 (86) | Lost by 17 points | Lake Oval (A) | 17,439 | 8–11 |
| 20 | Saturday, 15 August (2:10 pm) | Carlton | 13.9 (87) | 18.9 (117) | Lost by 30 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 20,845 | 8–12 |
| 21 | Saturday, 22 August (2:10 pm) | North Melbourne | 21.14 (140) | 9.20 (74) | Won by 66 points | Glenferrie Oval (H) | 8,061 | 9–12 |
| 22 | Saturday, 29 August (2:10 pm) | Fitzroy | 9.11 (65) | 18.16 (124) | Won by 59 points | Junction Oval (A) | 11,626 | 10–12 |

## Ladder

| (P) | Premiers |
| | Qualified for finals |
| # | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts |
| 1 | Collingwood | 22 | 18 | 4 | 0 | 2333 | 1709 | 136.5 | 72 |
| 2 | Carlton (P) | 22 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 2146 | 1911 | 112.3 | 64 |
| 3 | St Kilda | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1926 | 1532 | 125.7 | 56 |
| 4 | South Melbourne | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 1914 | 1828 | 104.7 | 56 |
| 5 | Geelong | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 1949 | 1903 | 102.4 | 48 |
| 6 | Richmond | 22 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2029 | 1998 | 101.6 | 48 |
| 7 | Footscray | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1728 | 1894 | 91.2 | 44 |
| 8 | Hawthorn | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 2264 | 1986 | 114.0 | 40 |
| 9 | Fitzroy | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1774 | 2155 | 82.3 | 36 |
| 10 | Melbourne | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1705 | 2043 | 83.5 | 24 |
| 11 | Essendon | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1734 | 2128 | 81.5 | 24 |
| 12 | North Melbourne | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1574 | 1989 | 79.1 | 16 |
Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for Average score: 87.4 Source: AFL Tables