1963 Night Series Cup

1963 VFL Night Series Cup
Teams 8
Winners Footscray (1st title)
Runner up Richmond
Matches played   7
Attendance 99,380  (average 14,197 per match)

The 1963 VFL Night Premiership Cup was the Victorian Football League end of season cup competition played in September and October of the 1963 VFL Premiership Season. Run as a knock-out tournament, it was contested by the eight VFL teams that failed to make the 1963 VFL finals series. 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. Footscray won its first night series cup defeating Richmond in the final by 6 points.

Contents

Games

Round 1

Winning team Winning team score Losing team Losing team score Ground Crowd Date
Collingwood 14.13 (97) South Melbourne 9.11 (65) Lake Oval 7,550 Tuesday, 10th September
Richmond 7.13 (55) Essendon 6.11 (47) Lake Oval 11,100 Friday, 13th September
Carlton 10.15 (75) Fitzroy 6.8 (44) Lake Oval 7,100 Monday, 16th September
Footscray 8.11 (59) North Melbourne 7.11 (53) Lake Oval 15,500 Friday, 20th September

Semi Finals

Winning team Winning team score Losing team Losing team score Ground Crowd Date
Richmond 11.6 (72) Collingwood 6.10 (46) Lake Oval 17,480 Monday, 23rd September
Footscray 11.7 (73) Carlton 4.6 (30) Lake Oval 15,380 Wednesday, 25th September

Final

Winning team Winning team score Losing team Losing team score Ground Crowd Date
Footscray 10.9 (69) Richmond 9.9 (63) Lake Oval 25,270 Monday, 2nd October

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