1968 Golden Fleece Cup

1968 Golden Fleece Cup
VFL Night Series Cup
Season 1968
Teams 8
Winners Hawthorn (1st title)
Runner up North Melbourne
Matches played 7
Attendance 89,439 (average 12,777 per match)

The 1968 VFL Golden Fleece Night Premiership was the Victorian Football League end of season cup competition played in September and October of the 1968 VFL Premiership Season. Run as a knock-out tournament, it was contested by the eight VFL teams that failed to make the 1968 VFL finals series. It was the 13th 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. Hawthorn won its first night series cup defeating North Melbourne in the final by 61 points.[1]

Games

Round 1

Winning team Winning team score Losing team Losing team score Ground Crowd Date
Collingwood 16.10 (106) Fitzroy 10.22 (82) Lake Oval 14,285 Thursday, 5 September
Hawthorn 11.14 (80) Melbourne 11.9 (75) Lake Oval 12,059 Tuesday, 10 September
North Melbourne 18.19 (127) Sydney 18.7 (115) Lake Oval 10,020 Thursday, 12 September
Richmond 15.15 (105) Footscray 16.8 (104) Lake Oval 15,037 Tuesday, 17 September

Semi Finals

Winning team Winning team score Losing team Losing team score Ground Crowd Date
Hawthorn 19.14 (128) Collingwood 14.10 (94) Lake Oval 15,336 Thursday, 19 September
North Melbourne 18.11 (119) Richmond 12.17 (89) Lake Oval 7,052 Tuesday, 24 September

Final

Winning team Winning team score Losing team Losing team score Ground Crowd Date
Hawthorn 16.15 (111) North Melbourne 6.14 (50) Lake Oval 15,650 Wednesday, 2 October[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hobbs, Greg (3 October 1968). "Hawks heading for night flag". The Age.
  2. ↑ Lovett, Michael (ed.). AFL Record Season Guide to 2010. p. 900. ISBN 978-0-9806274-5-9.
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