1966 Golden Fleece Cup

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1966 Golden Fleece Cup

VFL Night Series Cup
Season| 1966
Teams| 8
Winners| North Melbourne (2nd title)
Runner up| Hawthorn
Matches played| 7
Attendance| 95,900 (average 13,700 per match)

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.

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

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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 | 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

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

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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

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

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North Melbourne | 20.12 (132) | Hawthorn | 12.7 (79)  | Lake Oval | 22,800  | Monday, 26 September

## See also

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* List of Australian Football League night premiers
* 1966 VFL season

## References

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1. ^ "New rules in night series". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne, VIC. 18 August 1966. p. 46.
2. ^ a b c "Rule changes 1858-2013". Australian Football League. Archived from the original on 23 February 2014. Retrieved 8 February 2014.

## External links

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* 1966 VFL Night Premiership - detailed review including quarter-by-quarter scores, best players and goalkickers for each match

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