1959 Night Series Cup

Australian football competition

1959 Night Series Cup

VFL Night Series Cup
Season| 1959
Teams| 8
Winners| Fitzroy (1st title)
Runner up| Hawthorn
Matches played| 7
Attendance| 76,200 (average 10,886 per match)

The 1959 VFL Night Premiership Cup was the Victorian Football League end of season cup competition played in September of the 1959 VFL Premiership Season. This was the fourth season of the VFL Night Series. Run as a knock-out tournament, it was contested by the eight VFL teams that failed to make the 1959 VFL finals series. Games were played at the South Melbourne Cricket Ground, Albert Park, then the home ground of South Melbourne, as it was the only ground equipped to host night games. Fitzroy went on to win the night series cup, defeating Hawthorn in the final by 30 points.

## Games

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### Round 1

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Winning team | Winning team score | Losing team | Losing team score | Ground | Crowd | Date

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South Melbourne | 17.10 (112) | North Melbourne | 13.14 (92)  | Lake Oval | 15,800  | Thursday, 3 September
Hawthorn | 11.17 (83) | St Kilda | 4.7 (31)  | Lake Oval | 12,400  | Monday, 7 September
Geelong | 9.16 (70) | Footscray | 9.11 (65)  | Lake Oval | 12,000  | Thursday, 10 September
Fitzroy | 19.18 (132) | Richmond | 6.11 (47)  | Lake Oval | 2,600  | Monday, 14 September

### Semifinals

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Winning team | Winning team score | Losing team | Losing team score | Ground | Crowd | Date

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Hawthorn | 13.14 (92) | South Melbourne | 13.10 (88)  | Lake Oval | 16,100  | Thursday, 17 September
Fitzroy | 10.16 (76) | Geelong | 6.14 (50)  | Lake Oval | 8,100  | Tuesday, 22 September

### Final

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Winning team | Winning team score | Losing team | Losing team score | Ground | Crowd | Date

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Fitzroy | 10.10 (70) | Hawthorn | 4.16 (40)  | Lake Oval | 9,200  | Monday, 28 September

## See also

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* List of VFL/AFL pre-season and night series premiers
* 1959 VFL season

## External links

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* 1959 VFL Night Premiership – detailed review including quarter-by-quarter scores, best players and goalkickers for each match

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