1980 Escort Championships

The 1980 Escort Championships was an Australian rules football knock out tournament held between March and July 1980. The tournament was organised by Australian Football Championships, and was contested by teams from the Victorian Football League, South Australian National Football League and West Australian Football League, and the representative teams from New South Wales, Tasmania, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory. The tournament was won by North Melbourne, who defeated Collingwood in the Grand Final.

Background

The 1980 Escort Championships was the fourth season of the national night premiership competition. The size of the competition consisted 34 teams. The competing teams were all VFL, SANFL and WAFL teams, and the representative teams from New South Wales, Tasmania, Queensland and the Australian Capital Territory.[1]

The format for the competition was a simple knock-out tournament. Round one featured the VFL teams that finished 7th to 12th in 1979; the SANFL teams that finished 3rd to 10th in 1979; the WAFL teams that finished 3rd to 8th in 1979; plus a playoff between the four minor states.

Round two involved the teams that survived round one.

In round three, the winners of round two were joined by the VFL's top six of 1979, the SANFL's top two of 1979, and the WAFL's top two of 1979.

Matches in Rounds 1 and 2 were played in various venues across Australia. With the exception of one Round 3 match, all matches from Round 3 onwards were played at VFL Park on Tuesday nights. Matches were televised directly to Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth.[1] The tournament was mostly played concurrently with the premiership season, although some matches in the first three rounds were played during the pre-season.

Games

Round 1

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
West Perth 11.15 (81) Hawthorn 18.13 (121) Perth Oval Sunday, 2 March
Claremont 22.10 (142) East Perth 4.16 (40) Leederville Oval, Perth Monday, 3 March
Subiaco 15.9 (99) Perth 11.14 (80) Perth Oval Monday, 3 March
Melbourne 22.16 (148) Swan Districts 8.18 (66) VFL Park 3,040 Tuesday, 4 March
St Kilda 19.6 (120) Sturt 8.11 (59) VFL Park 6,436 Saturday, 8 March
South Melbourne 10.16 (76) West Adelaide 7.18 (60) Richmond Oval, Adelaide Saturday, 8 March
West Torrens 12.3 (75) Footscray 17.10 (112) VFL Park 2,108 Tuesday, 11 March
North Adelaide 14.11 (95) Norwood 13.13 (91) Football Park Tuesday, 11 March
Glenelg 11.13 (79) Central District 6.8 (44) Football Park Friday, 14 March
Richmond 20.17 (137) Woodville 9.3 (57) VFL Park 5,031 Saturday, 15 March
Tasmania 9.15 (69) Queensland 15.17 (107) Ulverstone, Tasmania Sunday, 16 March
New South Wales 17.10 (112) Australian Capital Territory 10.11 (71) Robertson Oval Wagga Wagga Sunday, 16 March

Round 2

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Claremont 16.20 (116) Subiaco 12.9 (81) Leederville Oval, Perth Saturday, 15 March
Hawthorn 17.17 (119) Melbourne 14.4 (88) VFL Park 6,005 Tuesday, 18 March
North Adelaide 13.12 (90) Glenelg 22.11 (143) Adelaide Friday, 21 March
St Kilda 17.15 (117) South Melbourne 10.6 (66) VFL Park 10,308 Saturday, 22 March
Footscray 18.14 (122) Queensland 10.8 (68) Mayne Oval, Queensland Sunday, 23 March
Richmond 17.19 (121) New South Wales 14.16 (100) Sydney Cricket Ground Sunday, 23 March

Round 3

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Port Adelaide 12.14 (86) Essendon 18.10 (118) VFL Park 5,261 Friday, 14 March
South Fremantle 23.19 (157) Carlton 9.12 (66) East Fremantle Oval, Perth 6,000 Sunday, 16 March
Claremont 10.13 (73) Geelong 9.14 (68) VFL Park 3,783 Tuesday, 25 March
Hawthorn 20.20 (140) East Fremantle 4.11 (35) VFL Park 2,919 Tuesday, 1 April
Glenelg 9.11 (65) North Melbourne 9.16 (70) VFL Park 4,419 Tuesday, 15 April
St Kilda 16.11 (107) South Adelaide 13.11 (89) VFL Park 3,594 Tuesday, 29 April
Footscray 11.9 (75) Collingwood 18.13 (121) VFL Park 9,995 Tuesday, 6 May
Richmond 16.13 (109) Fitzroy 13.12 (90) VFL Park 10,626 Tuesday, 13 May

Quarter-Finals

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Claremont 12.12 (84) Hawthorn 7.10 (52) VFL Park 5,326 Tuesday, 20 May
North Melbourne 18.11 (119) St Kilda 13.11 (89) VFL Park 6,223 Tuesday, 27 May
Collingwood 10.14 (74) Richmond 5.13 (43) VFL Park 17,950 Tuesday, 3 June
Essendon 12.14 (86) South Fremantle 6.11 (47) VFL Park 4,060 Tuesday, 10 June

Semi-Finals

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
North Melbourne 15.10 (100) Claremont 9.9 (63) VFL Park 4,299 Tuesday, 24 June
Collingwood 15.10 (100) Essendon 12.9 (81) VFL Park 16,527 Tuesday, 1 July

Grand Final

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date
Collingwood 7.12 (54) North Melbourne 8.9 (57) VFL Park 50,478[1] Tuesday, 15 July

Notable events

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Main, Jim (1981), "A national series - at last", Hutton's 1981 Footy Book, Melbourne, VIC: The Market Place Marketing Group, pp. 1, 2, 3
  2. Trevor Grant (14 August 1980). "Beepers". The Age (Melbourne, VIC). p. 26.
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