1966 Golden Fleece Cup

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.

1966 Golden Fleece Cup
VFL Night Series Cup
Season1966
Teams8
WinnersNorth Melbourne (2nd title)
Runner upHawthorn
Matches played7
Attendance95,900 (average 13,700 per match)

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

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. "Rule changes 1858-2013". Australian Football League. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.


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