1967 Golden Fleece Cup

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1967 Golden Fleece Cup
VFL Night Series Cup
Season1967
Teams8
Winners Footscray (3rd title)
Runner up South Melbourne
Matches played7
Attendance93,444 (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. It was the twelfth 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. Footscray won its third night series cup defeating South Melbourne in the final by 45 points.

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Games

Round 1

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

Semi-finals

Winning teamWinning team scoreLosing teamLosing team scoreGroundCrowdDate
South Melbourne 12.4 (76) Essendon 7.9 (51) Lake Oval 13,145Thursday, 14 September
Footscray 13.15 (93) North Melbourne 8.15 (63) Lake Oval 9,282Tuesday, 19 September

Final

Winning teamWinning team scoreLosing teamLosing team scoreGroundCrowdDate
Footscray 15.11 (101) South Melbourne 8.8 (56) Lake Oval 26,731Monday, 25 September

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