The most significant Hawthorn moment at the Gabba came in 1994, when Jason Dunstall kicked his 1000^th career goal.

Dunstall went into the Round 23 1994 game on 999 career goals and, after just three minutes, he marked and goaled to bring up the milestone. In doing so, he became just the third player to reach 1000 VFL-AFL goals, following Gordon Coventry and Doug Wade, while Tony Lockett and Gary Ablett Snr. did so subsequently.

Hawthorn survived a Brisbane Bears fightback to win the game 15.12.102 to 13.13.91, Dunstall finishing with six goals.

This Saturday night, Hawthorn will be hoping to improve on a poor record at the Gabba, which has seen just six wins from 18 games against Brisbane, plus a loss to Essendon there in 1981.

Part of the explanation for the poor Gabba record is that Hawthorn was not fixtured to play an away game against the Lions in the seven seasons from 2009 to 2015 when the Hawks were the stronger team. However, Hawthorn had played there in 16 consecutive seasons from 1993 to 2008, a span which included Brisbane’s dominant period.

Hawthorn’s most recent win at the Gabba was in Round 10 2016 when a nine-goal final term clinched a 48-point win – 21.9.135 to 13.9.87. Jordan Lewis, Cyril Rioli and Josh Gibson were among the best.

In total, Hawthorn and Brisbane have met 48 times, with the Hawks having a 30-18 winning record. The Hawks won eight games in a row against the Lions between 2010 and 2017, before losing both encounters last season.

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Last Saturday, Hawthorn kept an opponent scoreless in the first quarter of a game for just the second time in the last 25 years. The Hawks kept Carlton scoreless in the opening term at Docklands last season, but prior to that the most recent previous occasion was against Adelaide at Football Park in 1994.

It was the second time Hawthorn had kept Port Adelaide scoreless in any quarter of a game, the other being the last quarter of Round 21 2011 at the MCG, when the Power stayed on 5.2.32, enabling the Hawks to produce a record winning margin of 165 points.

One of the most significant figures in Hawthorn history, Brian Kann, died last week.

As a player, Kann made 57 appearances for the Hawks from 1954 to 1959, including being a member of the historic first Finals appearance in 1957. He also captained the club’s first Premierships at any level, leading the Seconds to the Flag in 1958 and then repeating the performance in 1959.

Kann’s contribution to the club off-the-field continued for many decades, as a long-standing member of the Club Committee, and holder of numerous other roles. He will be greatly missed.

The remarkable homogeneity of Hawthorn’s scores and margins in 2019 has continued.

Hawthorn’s score of 80 against Port Adelaide kept all the scores in the 34-point range between 59 and 93. It is just the sixth time in Hawthorn’s 95 VFL-AFL seasons when all scores have been between 50 and 99 in the first 10 rounds, and the first instance since 1961.

The biggest margin in any Hawthorn game this season is 36 points, which was recorded in the Round 9 loss against Richmond. The last season with all margins as small as this after 10 rounds was 2007 when it was 35 points. Further back in time, 1960, had a highest margin of 27 points after 10 rounds, and had 36 as the biggest margin for the whole 18-game season.

Apart from a defeat in 2017, Hawthorn has a good recent record in Round 11, winning every game from 2008 to 2016 (with byes in 2013 and 2015), and again last season. Despite the recent results, overall Round 11 remains one of Hawthorn’s worst rounds, with the club winning just 38 and drawing two of the 92 games.

10 years ago, in Round 11 2009, an MCG crowd of 44,464 saw Hawthorn grind out an 11-point win against Sydney – 12.14.86 to 11.9.75.

20 years ago, in Round 11 1999, Hawthorn played a 76-all draw against the Western Bulldogs at Princes Park. It was the second draw between the clubs in the 1990s. following one at the Western Oval three seasons earlier. Shane Crawford got two Brownlow votes for his 31-dsposal game.

50 years ago, in Round 11 1969, Hawthorn led South Melbourne by just four points at half-time, before powering away to win by 58 points – 25.13.163 to 14.21.105. Peter Hudson (13 goals), Lance Morton and Peter Crimmins were among the best.

70 years ago, in Round 11 1949, Hawthorn staged one of the greatest comebacks in its history to defeat St Kilda at the Junction Oval. St Kilda led by 39 points at half-time, but the Hawks recovered to win by eight points – 14.13.97 to 13.11.89. Albert ‘Butch’ Prior kicked six goals and Gordon Anderson booted three.

Round 11 in years ending in 9 has also seen some narrow defeats, with losses by one point (1959 and 1979), two points (1939), 10 points (1929) and 15 points (1989). Add in the draw and the wins by eight points and 11 points, and it means that eight of the nine games have been decided by 15 points or fewer.

Jason Dunstall holds the club individual goal-kicking record against Brisbane, with 11 goals in the first ever match between the two clubs at Carrara in 1987. The Round 11 individual goal-kicking record is held by Peter Hudson with his 13 goals against South Melbourne at Glenferrie in 1969.