1969 Golden Fleece Cup

The 1969 VFL Golden Fleece Night Premiership was the Victorian Football League end of season cup competition played in September of the 1969 VFL Premiership Season. Run as a knock-out tournament, it was contested by the eight VFL teams that failed to make the 1969 VFL finals series. It was the 14th 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. Hawthorn won its second night series cup in a row, defeating Melbourne in the final by 5 points.

1969 Golden Fleece Cup
VFL Night Series Cup
Season1969
Teams8
WinnersHawthorn (1st title)
Runner upNorth Melbourne
Matches played7
Attendance79,622 (average 11,375 per match)

Games

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Round 1

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Winning team Winning team score Losing team Losing team score Ground Crowd Date
Footscray 13.13 (91) South Melbourne 12.9 (81) Lake Oval 13,917 Thursday, 4 September
Melbourne 11.16 (82) St Kilda 8.21 (69) Lake Oval 9,050 Tuesday, 9 September
Fitzroy 15.11 (101) Essendon 14.11 (95) Lake Oval 5,432 Friday, 12 September
Hawthorn 16.21 (117) North Melbourne 11.21 (87) Lake Oval 10,287 Tuesday, 16 September

Semi-finals

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Winning team Winning team score Losing team Losing team score Ground Crowd Date
Melbourne 7.14 (56) Footscray 6.15 (51) Lake Oval 12,516 Thursday, 18 September
Hawthorn 18.12 (120) Fitzroy 18.10 (118) Lake Oval 7,353 Wednesday, 24 September

Final

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Winning team Winning team score Losing team Losing team score Ground Crowd Date
Hawthorn 10.17 (77) Melbourne 9.18 (72) Lake Oval 21,067 Monday, 29 September

See also

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