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. 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.

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

References

Victorian/Australian Football League pre-season and night competitions

VFL Post-Season Consolation series	1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971

AFC Night Series	1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987

VFL/AFL Pre-season Competition	1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013

AFL Challenge	2014 2015 2016

VFL/AFL Lightning Premierships	1940 1941 1943 1951 1952 1953 1996

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