The 1974 season was the Hawthorn Football Club's 50th season in the Victorian Football League and 73rd overall. Hawthorn qualified for finals for the first time since 1971, where they were defeated by in the Preliminary final 51–56.
Fixture
Premiership season Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Record Home Away Result 1 Saturday, 6 April (2:10 pm) 12.16 (88) 15.14 (104) Won by 16 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 38,734 1–0 2 Saturday, 13 April (2:10 pm) 6.12 (48) 10.11 (71) Lost by 23 points Princes Park (H) 30,216 1–1 3 Saturday, 20 April (2:10 pm) 8.18 (66) 20.15 (135) Won by 69 points Lake Oval (A) 11,828 2–1 4 Saturday, 27 April (2:10 pm) 9.15 (69) 5.13 (43) Won by 26 points Princes Park (H) 17,598 3–1 5 Saturday, 4 May (2:10 pm) 8.14 (62) 11.19 (85) Lost by 23 points VFL Park (H) 20,275 3–2 6 Saturday, 11 May (2:10 pm) 18.16 (124) 13.16 (94) Lost by 30 points Junction Oval (A) 10,588 3–3 7 Saturday, 18 May (2:10 pm) 13.22 (100) 8.12 (60) Won by 40 points Princes Park (H) 21,266 4–3 8 Saturday, 25 May (2:10 pm) 6.15 (51) 13.21 (99) Won by 48 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 18,030 5–3 9 Saturday, 1 June (2:10 pm) 18.15 (123) 10.16 (76) Won by 47 points Princes Park Football Ground (H) 12,631 6–3 10 Saturday, 8 June (2:10 pm) 14.13 (97) 10.6 (66) Won by 31 points VFL Park (H) 18,562 7–3 11 Monday, 17 June (2:10 pm) 14.11 (95) 9.21 (75) Lost by 20 points Arden Street Oval (A) 17,368 7–4 12 Saturday, 22 June (2:10 pm) 19.17 (131) 15.18 (108) Won by 23 points Princes Park (H) 15,648 8–4 13 Saturday, 29 June (2:10 pm) 13.18 (96) 13.12 (90) Lost by 6 points Victoria Park (A) 26,028 8–5 14 Saturday, 6 July (2:10 pm) 11.9 (75) 23.17 (155) Won by 80 points Windy Hill (A) 16,493 9–5 15 Saturday, 13 July (2:10 pm) 16.14 (110) 4.7 (31) Won by 79 points Princes Park (H) 7,367 10–5 16 Saturday, 20 July (2:10 pm) 8.12 (60) 12.9 (81) Won by 21 points Western Oval (A) 15,299 11–5 17 Saturday, 27 July (2:10 pm) 13.28 (106) 8.10 (58) Won by 48 points Princes Park (H) 6,418 12–5 18 Saturday, 3 August (2:10 pm) 14.12 (96) 18.12 (120) Won by 24 points Princes Park (A) 23,365 13–5 19 Saturday, 10 August (2:10 pm) 17.20 (122) 14.13 (97) Won by 25 points Princes Park (H) 8,754 14–5 20 Saturday, 17 August (2:10 pm) 11.9 (75) 16.12 (108) Won by 33 points VFL Park (A) 21,555 15–5 21 Saturday, 24 August (2:10 pm) 15.12 (102) 9.8 (62) Lost by 40 points Kardinia Park (A) 17,834 15–6 22 Saturday, 31 August (2:10 pm) 10.17 (77) 16.10 (106) Lost by 29 points Princes Park (H) 28,110 15–7
Finals Series Rd Date and local time Opponent Scores (Hawthorn's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Home Away Result Qualifying final Saturday, 7 September (2:30 pm) 15.13 (103) 8.17 (65) Lost by 38 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 77,519 First semi-final Saturday, 14 September (2:30 pm) 21.12 (138) 13.10 (88) Won by 50 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (H) 84,846 Preliminary final Saturday, 21 September (2:30 pm) 8.8 (56) 7.9 (51) Lost by 5 points Melbourne Cricket Ground (A) 88,262
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