1966 Golden Fleece Cup

1966 Golden Fleece Cup
VFL Night Series Cup
Season 1966
Teams 8
Winners North Melbourne (2nd title)
Runner up Hawthorn
Matches played 7
Attendance 95,900 (average 13,700 per match)

The 1966 VFL Golden Fleece Night Premiership was the Victorian Football League end of season cup competition played in September of the 1966 VFL Premiership Season. Run as a knock-out tournament, it was contested by the eight VFL teams that failed to make the 1966 VFL finals series. It was the eleventh VFL Night Series competition. Games were played at the Lake Oval, Albert Park, then the home ground of South Melbourne, as it was the only ground equipped to host night games. North Melbourne won its second night series cup in a row defeating Hawthorn in the final by 53 points.

Three rule changes, all of which were eventually permanently adopted in the VFL, were trialled during this series:,[1]

Games

Round 1

Winning team Winning team score Losing team Losing team score Ground Crowd Date
South Melbourne 14.12 (96) Footscray 11.20 (86) Lake Oval 15,700 Thursday, 1 September
North Melbourne 14.12 (96) Fitzroy 11.10 (76) Lake Oval 10,200 Tuesday, 6 September
Melbourne 10.13 (73) Richmond 9.16 (70) Lake Oval 13,800 Thursday, 8 September
Hawthorn 9.14 (68) Carlton 9.5 (59) Lake Oval 9,100 Thursday, 15 September

Semi Finals

Winning team Winning team score Losing team Losing team score Ground Crowd Date
North Melbourne 13.12 (90) South Melbourne 12.15 (87) Lake Oval 14,200 Monday, 19 September
Hawthorn 13.10 (88) Melbourne 8.12 (60) Lake Oval 10,100 Wednesday, 21 September

Final

Winning team Winning team score Losing team Losing team score Ground Crowd Date
North Melbourne 20.12 (132) Hawthorn 12.7 (79) Lake Oval 22,800 Monday, 26 September

See also

References

  1. "New rules in night series". The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne, VIC). 18 August 1966. p. 46.
  2. 1 2 3 "Rule changes 1858-2013". Australian Football League. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
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