1967 Golden Fleece Cup

1967 Golden Fleece Cup
VFL Night Series Cup
Season 1967
Teams 8
Winners Footscray (3rd title)
Runner up South Melbourne
Matches played 7
Attendance 93,444 (average 13,349 per match)

The 1967 VFL Golden Fleece Night Premiership was the Victorian Football League end of season cup competition played in August and September of the 1967 VFL Premiership Season. Run as a knock-out tournament, it was contested by the eight VFL teams that failed to make the 1967 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 third night series cup defeating South Melbourne in the final by 45 points.

Games

Round 1

Winning team Winning team score Losing team Losing team score Ground Crowd Date
South Melbourne 10.21 (81) Fitzroy 8.19 (67) Lake Oval 10,453 Thursday, 31 August
Essendon 15.11 (101) Hawthorn 7.9 (51) Lake Oval 9,429 Tuesday, 5 September
Footscray 9.10 (64) St Kilda 8.15 (63) Lake Oval 15,000 Thursday, 7 September
North Melbourne 13.15 (93) Melbourne 13.10 (88) Lake Oval 9,404 Tuesday, 12 September

Semi Finals

Winning team Winning team score Losing team Losing team score Ground Crowd Date
South Melbourne 12.4 (76) Essendon 7.9 (51) Lake Oval 13,145 Thursday, 14 September
Footscray 13.15 (93) North Melbourne 8.15 (63) Lake Oval 9,282 Tuesday, 19 September

Final

Winning team Winning team score Losing team Losing team score Ground Crowd Date
Footscray 15.11 (101) South Melbourne 8.8 (56) Lake Oval 26,731 Monday, 25 September

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