1968 Golden Fleece Cup
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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. 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.
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
end of season cup competition played in September and October of the 1968 VFL Premiership Season
1968 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1968.-Premiership season:In 1968, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...
. Run as a knock-out tournament, it was contested by the eight VFL teams that failed to make the 1968 VFL finals series. Games were played at the Lake Oval
Lake Oval
The Lake Oval was an Australian rules football and cricket stadium located in Albert Park, Victoria. It was the home of the South Melbourne Football Club from 1878 until their relocation to Sydney in 1982 , and also of the South Melbourne Cricket Club...
, Albert Park
Albert Park, Victoria
Albert Park is an inner city suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3 km south from Melbourne's central business district. Its Local Government Area is the City of Port Phillip. At the 2006 Census, Albert Park had a population of 5827....
, then the home ground of South Melbourne
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
, as it was the only ground equipped to host night games. Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
won its first night series cup defeating North Melbourne
North Melbourne Football Club
The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...
in the final by 61 points.