1966 Golden Fleece Cup
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| 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]
- A free kick was awarded against a player if the ball was kicked out of bounds on the full. Adopted in 1969.[2]
- A 50yd square was drawn in the centre of the ground, and no more than four players from each team were allowed within the square during a centre bounce; this was to reduce congestion at centre bounces. Adopted in a modified form in 1973.[2]
- The number of boundary umpires was increased from two to four. Adopted in 2008.[2]
Games
[edit]Round 1
[edit]
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
[edit]
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
[edit]
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
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "New rules in night series". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne, VIC. 18 August 1966. p. 46.
- ^ a b c "Rule changes 1858-2013". Australian Football League. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.
External links
[edit]| VFL Night Series | |
|---|---|
| AFC Night Series | |
| VFL/AFL pre-season competition | |
| AFL pre-season series | |
| AFLX competitions | |
| VFL/AFL Lightning Premierships | |
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