NON-PREMIERSHIP MATCHES
1960 VFL NIGHT PREMIERSHIP
SUMMARY OF RESULTS
Date |
Teams |
1/4 |
1/2 |
3/4 |
Final |
Margin |
Venue |
Day/Time |
Crowd |
ROUND
1 |
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Sep-01 |
South Melbourne (8) |
0.3 (3) |
2.5 (17) |
5.7 (37) |
7.13 (55) |
3 |
Lake Oval, |
Thu |
15,800 |
Footscray (10) |
0.5 (5) |
5.7 (37) |
7.9 (51) |
7.10 (52) |
South Melbourne |
(8:00pm) |
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Sep-06 |
Carlton (7) |
0.0 (0) |
2.3 (15) |
4.7 (31) |
6.10 (46) |
5 |
Lake Oval, |
Tue |
10,600 |
Richmond (12) |
3.2 (20) |
5.4 (34) |
7.7 (49) |
7.9 (51) |
South Melbourne |
(8:00pm) |
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Sep-08 |
St Kilda (6) |
1.1 (7) |
3.4 (22) |
5.5 (35) |
6.5 (41) |
18 |
Lake Oval, |
Thu |
5,600 |
Geelong (9) |
2.1 (13) |
5.7 (37) |
7.10 (52) |
8.11 (59) |
South Melbourne |
(8:00pm) |
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Sep-13 |
Hawthorn (5) |
3.6 (24) |
7.9 (51) |
12.15 (87) |
17.21 (123) |
62 |
Lake Oval, |
Tue |
9,800 |
North Melbourne (11) |
2.4 (16) |
6.5 (41) |
9.5 (59) |
9.7 (61) |
South Melbourne |
(8:00pm) |
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SEMI
FINALS |
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Sep-15 |
South Melbourne (8) |
3.2 (20) |
5.7 (37) |
8.13 (61) |
11.14 (80) |
29 |
Lake Oval, |
Thu |
16,800 |
Richmond (12) |
0.3 (3) |
1.7 (13) |
2.10 (22) |
6.15 (51) |
South Melbourne |
(8:00pm) |
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Sep-20 |
Geelong (9) |
2.3 (15) |
3.4 (22) |
4.4 (28) |
6.8 (44) |
60 |
Lake Oval, |
Tue |
14,500 |
Hawthorn (5) |
3.5 (23) |
8.10 (58) |
10.13 (73) |
14.20 (104) |
South Melbourne |
(8:00pm) |
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GRAND
FINAL |
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Sep-26 |
South Melbourne vs Hawthorn moved to Sept.27
due to torrential rain |
Mon |
- |
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Sep-27 |
South Melbourne (8) |
2.3 (15) |
4.7 (31) |
9.11 (65) |
10.12 (72) |
13 |
Lake Oval, |
Tue |
20,000 |
Hawthorn (5) |
1.2 (8) |
2.6 (18) |
6.8 (44) |
8.11 (59) |
South Melbourne |
(8:00pm) |
ABOUT THE 1960 SERIES
In contrast, South finished the home and away season four wins behind the Hawks (and a healthy dose of percentage) and were lucky to even make the night final, having come from 13 points down at three-quarter-time of their opening match to steal a three-point win.
Hawthorn entered the final as unbackable favourites only to succumb to a much more determined opponent seeking their third night premiership title. The Age match report notes that the prizemoney of £500 for the winning team seemed to inspire the Swans to their best performance of the season by far.
*Dividend sharing - the formula was tweaked... again! In 1959 only the eight competing clubs had received a share of gate receipts from the Night Series, with the clubs playing the most games receiving the most revenue.
A new dividend-sharing scheme was introduced in 1960 that saw all 12 clubs receive a share of Night Series gate receipts: 80% going to the eight competing clubs (10% each) and 20% to the four non-competing clubs (5% each). This was similar to the system usually in place for the VFL finals series. [Football Record 1-9-1960] The system proved a success and remained in place until this era of the Night Series ended in 1971.
PARTICIPATING TEAMS
5th - Hawthorn
6th - St Kilda 7th - Carlton 8th - South Melbourne 9th - Geelong 10th - Footscray 11th - North Melbourne 12th - Richmond |
SERIES FORMAT
NOTABLE EVENTS
*Skilton raises the trophy - South Melbourne's captain Ron Clegg missed the night final due to injury. In his absence Bob Skilton led the Swans to the flag.
MATCH REPORTS
Match 1 - Thursday, September 1 |
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SOUTH MELBOURNE |
0.3 (3) |
2.5 (17) |
5.7 (37)* |
7.13 (55) |
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FOOTSCRAY |
0.5 (5) |
5.7 (37) |
7.9 (51) |
7.10 (52) |
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BEST PLAYERS: |
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South Melbourne |
Skilton, McGowan, Oaten, Gunstone, Power,
Stockman |
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Footscray |
Evans, McDonald, Schultz, Jillard,
Howard, Whitten |
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GOALKICKERS: |
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South Melbourne |
Skilton 3, McGowan, McCormack, Oaten, Gunstone |
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Footscray |
Ion 3, McDonald 2, Whitten, Quarrell |
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REPLACEMENTS: |
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South Melbourne |
unknown |
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Footscray |
unknown |
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UMPIRE: |
Mance |
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CROWD: |
15,800 |
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SOURCE: |
AGE/SUN/Football Record |
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SCORE DISCREPANCY: |
SM's 3/4 time score in
The Football Record = 5.7 (The Age has 5.8) |
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Match 2 - Tuesday, September 6 |
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CARLTON |
0.0 (0) |
2.3 (15) |
4.7 (31) |
6.10 (46) |
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RICHMOND |
3.2 (20) |
5.4 (34) |
7.7 (49) |
7.9 (51) |
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BEST PLAYERS: |
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Carlton |
Donaldson, J. Nicholls, Sankey, Pavlou |
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Richmond |
Saddington, Morris, Cuzens,
Branton, Guinane, Grimmond, Simpson |
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GOALKICKERS: |
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Carlton |
Sankey 2, Donaldson 2, Gilchrist, Brereton |
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Richmond |
Langridge 2, Morris, Saddington,
Swift, Crowe, Drummett |
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REPLACEMENTS: |
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Carlton |
unknown |
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Richmond |
unknown |
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UMPIRE: |
Schwab |
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CROWD: |
10,600 |
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SOURCE: |
AGE/SUN/Football Record |
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NOTES: |
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Match 3 - Thursday, September 8 |
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ST KILDA |
1.1 (7) |
3.4 (22) |
5.5 (35) |
6.5 (41) |
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GEELONG |
2.1 (13) |
5.7 (37) |
7.10 (52) |
8.11 (59) |
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BEST PLAYERS: |
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St Kilda |
Guy, Guyatt, K.
Roberts, Howell, Morrow, McCarthy |
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Geelong |
Wooller, O’Neill, S. Lord, Long, McGrath, W. Goggin |
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GOALKICKERS: |
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St Kilda |
Morrow 2, Lee, McCarthy, Holmes, K. Roberts |
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Geelong |
Wooller 2, Burke 2, Borrack, Cook, Goggin, A. Cook |
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REPLACEMENTS: |
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St Kilda |
unknown |
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Geelong |
unknown |
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UMPIRE: |
Brophy |
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CROWD: |
5,600 |
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SOURCE: |
AGE/SUN/Football Record |
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NOTES: |
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Match 4 - Tuesday, September 13 |
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HAWTHORN |
3.6 (24) |
7.9 (51) |
12.15 (87) |
17.21 (123) |
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NORTH MELBOURNE |
2.4 (16) |
6.5 (41) |
9.5 (59) |
9.7 (61) |
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BEST PLAYERS: |
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Hawthorn |
Arthur, Connell, Critchley, Fisher, Young, M. Youren |
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North Melbourne |
Taggart, Aylett, Turner, Dwyer, Dugdale, Cheatley |
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GOALKICKERS: |
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Hawthorn |
Arthur 4, Connell 4, Law 3, Peck 3, Fisher 2,
Critchley |
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North Melbourne |
Dugdale 5, Taggart 2, Aylett, Schofield |
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REPLACEMENTS: |
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Hawthorn |
Falconer replaced Toy (last quarter) |
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Voigt replaced M. Young (last quarter) |
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North Melbourne |
Goring replaced Cowan (last quarter) |
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O’Brien replaced Poole (last quarter) |
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UMPIRE: |
Irving |
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CROWD: |
9,800 |
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SOURCE: |
AGE/Football Record |
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NOTES: |
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Match 5 - Thursday, September 15 |
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SOUTH MELBOURNE |
3.2 (20) |
5.7 (37) |
8.13 (61) |
11.14 (80) |
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RICHMOND |
0.3 (3) |
1.7 (13) |
2.10 (22) |
6.15 (51) |
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BEST PLAYERS: |
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South Melbourne |
McGowan, Oaten, Skilton, Heriot, Taylor,
McCormack |
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Richmond |
Branton, Jacobs, Dean, Grimmond, Guinane,
Thompson, Wilkinson |
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GOALKICKERS: |
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South Melbourne |
McGowan 4, Oaten 4, Taylor, Boyd, Skilton |
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Richmond |
Wilkinson 2, Morris, Jacobs, Simpson, Langridge |
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REPLACEMENTS: |
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South Melbourne |
Gunstone replaced McLaughlin (last quarter) |
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Richmond |
Ricci replaced Saddington
(third quarter) |
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UMPIRE: |
Andrew |
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CROWD: |
16,800 |
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SOURCE: |
AGE/Football Record |
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NOTES: |
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For the first time since the series commenced in
1956 one of the light towers suffered a power failure. The incident occurred |
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The lights
eventually came back on late in the halftime break. [The Age 16-9-1960] |
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Match 6 - Tuesday, September 20 |
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GEELONG |
2.3 (15) |
3.4 (22) |
4.4 (28) |
6.8 (44) |
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HAWTHORN |
3.5 (23) |
8.10 (58) |
10.13 (73) |
14.20 (104) |
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BEST PLAYERS: |
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Geelong |
Vinar, Bourke, S. Lord, Mather, W. Goggin, Brown |
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Hawthorn |
Mort, Kaine, Arthur, Nalder, Law, Simmonds |
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GOALKICKERS: |
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Geelong |
Vinar 2, Brown, Williams, Wooller,
A. Lord |
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Hawthorn |
Young 3, Arthur 3, Law 2, Fisher 2, Connell 2,
Peck, Mort |
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REPLACEMENTS: |
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Geelong |
R. Van ‘T Hag replaced Wooller
(half-time) |
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E. Van ‘T Hag replaced Long (half-time) |
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(NOTE - McGrath left the field with broken ribs
during last quarter; Geelong played a man short |
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Hawthorn |
Hill replaced Cooper (half-time) |
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Cabble replaced Mort (last quarter) |
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UMPIRE: |
Schwab |
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CROWD: |
14,500 |
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SOURCE: |
AGE/Football Record |
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NOTES: |
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SOUTH
MELBOURNE |
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COACH |
Bill Faul |
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BACKS |
Kiteley |
Heriot |
Deacon |
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HALF-BACKS |
Stockman |
Taylor |
Crough |
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CENTRES |
McCormack |
Power |
Dunn |
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HALF-FORWARDS |
Brain |
Trethowan |
Oaten |
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FORWARDS |
Boyd |
Chisholm |
McGowan |
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FOLLOWERS |
Johnson |
Briglia |
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ROVER |
Skilton (C) |
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RESERVES |
Munn |
Gunstone |
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EMERGENCIES |
Woolley |
Burke |
Downes |
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HAWTHORN |
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COACH |
John Kennedy |
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BACKS |
Simmonds |
Kaine |
Cooper |
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HALF-BACKS |
Dineen |
McArthur |
S. Hay |
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CENTRES |
Youren |
Nalder |
Edwards |
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HALF-FORWARDS |
Mort |
Arthur (C) |
Fisher |
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FORWARDS |
Law |
Winneke |
M. Young |
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FOLLOWERS |
Peck |
P. Hay |
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ROVER |
Connell |
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RESERVES |
unknown |
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EMERGENCIES |
(from: Hill, Cabble, Critchel, Toy, Shelton) |
1960 VFL NIGHT PREMIERSHIP - GRAND FINAL
Match 7 - Tuesday, September 27 |
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SOUTH MELBOURNE |
2.3 (15) |
4.7 (31) |
9.11 (65) |
10.12 (72) |
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HAWTHORN |
1.2 (8) |
2.6 (18) |
6.8 (44) |
8.11 (59) |
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BEST PLAYERS: |
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South Melbourne |
Heriot, Kiteley, Skilton, Johnson,
Chisholm, Oaten, McGowan |
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Hawthorn |
Mort, Winneke,
Nalder, Dineen, Youren, McArthur |
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GOALKICKERS: |
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South Melbourne |
Chisholm 3, Oaten 3, McGowan,
Skilton, Briglia, Johnson |
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Hawthorn |
Arthur 3, Law 2, Peck, Mort, P. Hay |
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REPLACEMENTS: |
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South Melbourne |
Munn replaced Briglia (third quarter) |
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Gunstone replaced Taylor (last
quarter) |
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Hawthorn |
(none) |
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UMPIRE: |
Nunn |
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CROWD: |
20,000 |
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SOURCE: |
AGE/SUN/Football Record |
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NOTES: |
Postponed from Sept.26 due to
torrential rain making the ground unplayable. |
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Bob Skilton captained South Melbourne
in the absence of Ron Clegg (injured). |
Written and researched by David Eastman
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First published 15/2/2017
Last updated 11/7/2021 |