ROUND 1
LADDER
QTR FINALS
SEMI FINALS
G.F. TEAMS
GRAND FINAL
ROUND 1

Match 1 - Tuesday, May 3

RICHMOND

5.3 (33)

8.6 (54)

14.11 (95)

19.14 (128)

COLLINGWOOD

1.2 (8)

1.8 (14)

4.13 (37)

9.18 (72)

BEST PLAYERS:

Richmond

Sheedy, Jess, Raines, Dickson, Roach, Dunne

Collingwood

Manassa, Cooper, Clifford, Worthington, Kink, Anderson

GOALKICKERS:

Richmond

Dickson 5, Dunne 3, Noonan 3, Heard 2, Monteath 2, Jess 2, Cumming, Scrimshaw

Collingwood

Picken 3, Perry 2, Anderson 2, Manassa, Kink

UMPIRES:

Fellows, Sutcliffe

CROWD:

4,805*

SOURCE:

Football Record

NOTES:

This match was originally scheduled to be played at VFL Park but was moved because the light towers were not completed.

CROWD DISCREPANCY:

The Football Record (May 7) lists an estimated crowd of 4,700; the 1977 Night Series Grand Final edition revises this to 4,805

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match 2 - Tuesday, May 10

CARLTON

3.2 (20)

7.6 (48)

11.9 (75)

12.17 (89)

ST KILDA

1.5 (11)

1.10 (16)

4.15 (39)

10.19 (79)

BEST PLAYERS:

Carlton

Maclure, Doull, Ohlsen, Walls, Bedford, Buckley

St Kilda

Barker, G. Elliott, Neale, Duperouzel, R. Greene, Lofts

GOALKICKERS:

Carlton

Ohlsen 3, McKenna 2, Walls 2, Keogh 2, Buckley 2, McConnon

St Kilda

Young 3, Neale, O’Keefe, R. Greene, Stevens, Lofts, Hughes, Duperouzel

UMPIRES:

Quinn, Chapman

CROWD:

4,118

SOURCE:

Football Record

NOTES:

This match was originally scheduled to be played at VFL Park but was moved because the light towers were not completed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match 3 - Tuesday, May 17

FITZROY

2.1 (13)

4.5 (29)

10.11 (71)

16.12 (108)

NORTH MELBOURNE

2.3 (15)

5.4 (34)

8.6 (54)

11.8 (74)

BEST PLAYERS:

Fitzroy

Wilson, Irwin, Parke, Johnston, Murphy, Alexander

North Melbourne

Schimmelbusch, Gumbleton, Frazer, Sutton, Byrne, Dawson

GOALKICKERS:

Fitzroy

Johnston 4, Parke 4, Christou 2, Irwin, O’Keeffe, McMahon, Whitford, Macleod, Wilson

North Melbourne

Frazer 5, Sutton 2, Schimmelbusch 2, Byrne, Dawson

UMPIRES:

Nash, Dye

CROWD:

8,468

SOURCE:

Football Record

NOTES:

The first night match to be played at VFL Park. The game was delayed 55 minutes due to a power failure and commenced at 8:45pm.
Fitzroy were fined $5000 ($250 per player) for wearing coloured shorts when they were officially the away team.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match 4 - Tuesday, May 24

SOUTH MELBOURNE

5.2 (32)

9.4 (58)

11.11 (77)

15.14 (104)

FOOTSCRAY

2.1 (13)

4.2 (26)

6.6 (42)

8.9 (57)

BEST PLAYERS:

South Melbourne

Young, Goss, Brice, Blair, Zantuck, Teasdale, Jamieson

Footscray

Murrie, Wheeler, Dempsey, Reid, Perrusich, Edmond

GOALKICKERS:

South Melbourne

Young 3, Blair 3, Zantuck 2, Jamieson 2, Teasdale 2, Goss, Round, Pagan

Footscray

Edmond 2, Quinlan, Reid, Sandilands, Whitten, Dempsey, Wheeler

UMPIRES:

Robinson, James

CROWD:

3,475

SOURCE:

Football Record

NOTES:

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match 5 - Tuesday, May 31

HAWTHORN

2.3 (15)

5.4 (34)

10.6 (66)

13.6 (84)

GEELONG

0.0 (0)

0.2 (2)

2.4 (16)

6.6 (42)

BEST PLAYERS:

Hawthorn

Hudson, Hendrie, K. Matthews, Trott, O’Halloran, Scott

Geelong

Clarke, Card, Cassidy, B. Nankervis, I. Nankervis, Sheehan

GOALKICKERS:

Hawthorn

Hudson 5, Hendrie 3, K. Matthews 2, Rice, Rowlings, Murphy

Geelong

Ruscuklic 2, Witcombe, I. Nankervis, Clarke, Cassidy

UMPIRES:

Morgan, Polites

CROWD:

2,743

SOURCE:

Football Record

NOTES:

Played in constant rain and freezing winds on Melbourne’s coldest day in 81 years. Geelong's Kevin Sheehan reportedly
tried to call out for the ball during the second half only to realise his jaw had locked due to the cold.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match 6 - Tuesday, June 7

MELBOURNE

4.4 (28)

6.6 (42)

9.8 (62)

10.11 (71)

ESSENDON

1.1 (7)

1.4 (10)

2.6 (18)

5.9 (39)

BEST PLAYERS:

Melbourne

R. Flower, Wells, Campbell, Biffin, Fowler, Tippett

Essendon

Scanlon, Watson, Fletcher, Close, Primmer, Van der Haar, Andrews

GOALKICKERS:

Melbourne

Walters 3, T. Flower, R. Flower, Tippett, Cook, Wells, Biffin, Fowler

Essendon

Crow, Scanlon, Foulds, Crow, Primmer

UMPIRES:

James, Nash

CROWD:

10,036

SOURCE:

Football Record

NOTES:

-

 

LADDER

TEAM

W

L

FOR

AGST

%

Hawthorn

1

-

84

42

200.0

South Melbourne

1

-

104

57

182.5

Melbourne

1

-

71

39

182.1

Richmond

1

-

128

72

177.8

Fitzroy

1

-

108

74

145.9

Carlton

1

-

89

79

112.7

St Kilda*

-

1

79

89

88.8

North Melbourne*

-

1

74

108

68.5

Collingwood

-

1

72

128

56.3

Essendon

-

1

39

71

54.9

Footscray

-

1

57

104

54.8

Geelong

-

1

42

84

50.0

*St Kilda and North Melbourne advanced to the next round as the two losing teams with the highest percentage

The quarter-finals draw was determined by ladder position:

 

(1) Hawthorn v (8) North Melbourne

(2) South Melbourne v (7) St Kilda

(3) Melbourne v (6) Carlton

(4) Richmond v (5) Fitzroy

 
QTR FINALS

Match 7 - Tuesday, June 21

ST KILDA

5.2 (32)

5.8 (38)

16.14 (110)

19.14 (128)

SOUTH MELBOURNE

4.3 (27)

5.5 (35)

7.9 (51)

12.14 (86)

BEST PLAYERS:

St Kilda

Tweeddale, Lofts, Perovic, Williams, Barker, Ditterich

South Melbourne

Lambert, Morrison, Zantuck, Daniher, Evans, Carter

GOALKICKERS:

St Kilda

Lofts 4, Tweeddale 4, Williams 4, Breen, Stevens, Duperouzel, R. Elliott, Callery, Carlon, Bond

South Melbourne

Morrison 3, Gull 2, Daniher 2, Evans 2, Browning, Carter, Hounsell

UMPIRES:

K. Smith, Henry

CROWD:

5,123

SOURCE:

Football Record

NOTES:

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match 8 - Tuesday, June 28

HAWTHORN

0.4 (4)

2.6 (18)

5.9 (39)

7.10 (52)

NORTH MELBOURNE

0.4 (4)

1.5 (11)

2.9 (21)

5.11 (41)

BEST PLAYERS:

Hawthorn

Rowlings, Tuck, Scott, O’Halloran, Polkinghorne, Knights

North Melbourne

Dench, Tanner, Cassin, Henshaw, Moore, Baker

GOALKICKERS:

Hawthorn

Hendrie 2, Hudson 2, Bennett, Trott, Rowlings

North Melbourne

Baker 2, Crosswell, Briedis, Byrne

UMPIRES:

Dye, Sawers

CROWD:

3,346

SOURCE:

Football Record

NOTES:

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match 9 - Tuesday, July 5

CARLTON

4.4 (28)

8.9 (57)

9.12 (66)

15.13 (103)

MELBOURNE

3.5 (23)

5.8 (38)

10.11 (71)

11.15 (81)

BEST PLAYERS:

Carlton

Byrne, Canfield, Doull, Jesaulenko, Mangels, Walls

Melbourne

Norsworthy, McKellar, Hardeman, Coles, Smith, Fowler, Flower

GOALKICKERS:

Carlton

Ashman 4, Walls 3, Jesaulenko 3, Armstrong 2, Canfield 2, McConnon

Melbourne

Biffin 4, Coles 3, Brewer 2, Fowler, Norsworthy

UMPIRES:

Quinn, Robinson

CROWD:

6,841

SOURCE:

Football Record/SUN/AGE

NOTES:

The Football Record lists only 14 of Carlton’s 15 goals, crediting Canfield with one goal instead of two.

During the Herald Shield curtain-raiser a 10-minute blackout occurred causing the match to be shortened. VFL officials feared
another power failure like that of May 17 had occurred. They were relieved to find the problem was caused by a technician
in the control booth accidentally knocking out the plug to their $1 million dollar lighting system. [The Age 6-7-1977]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match 10 - Tuesday, July 12

RICHMOND

4.1 (25)

6.2 (38)

11.5 (71)

15.11 (101)

FITZROY

2.2 (14)

6.5 (41)

9.10 (64)

10.11 (71)

BEST PLAYERS:

Richmond

Monteath, McGhie, Pitura, Bourke, Sheedy, Roach, Cloke

Fitzroy

Irwin, Serafini, Hansen, Shepherd, Merrigan, Thompson

GOALKICKERS:

Richmond

Monteath 6, Noonan 4, Hummel 2, Pitura 2, Lynch

Fitzroy

Thompson 2, Hansen, McMahon, Harris, Austen, Wilson, Linton, Serafini, Chapman

UMPIRES:

Deller, Lyons

CROWD:

8,169

SOURCE:

Football Record

NOTES:

-

 

SEMI FINALS

Match 11 - Tuesday, July 19

HAWTHORN

3.2 (20)

6.6 (42)

10.13 (73)

14.15 (99)

ST KILDA

5.4 (34)

7.6 (48)

7.13 (55)

10.15 (75)

BEST PLAYERS:

Hawthorn

Hendrie, Welsh, Tuck, G. Ablett, Moore, Rowlings

St Kilda

Neale, Sarau, Barker, Lofts, Mildenhall, Baker

GOALKICKERS:

Hawthorn

Hendrie 5, L. Matthews 4, Hudson 3, Martello, Tuck

St Kilda

Young 3, Hunt 2, Duperouzel 2, Lofts, Breen, Tweeddale

UMPIRES:

Nash, Quinn

CROWD:

9,232

SOURCE:

Football Record

NOTES:

-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Match 12 - Tuesday, July 26

CARLTON

3.2 (20)

3.7 (25)

5.10 (40)

6.13 (49)

RICHMOND

2.2 (14)

2.2 (14)

4.3 (27)

4.6 (30)

BEST PLAYERS:

Carlton

Southby, Walls, Jesaulenko, Pinnell, Keogh, Young, Harmes

Richmond

Wood, Robertson, Clayton, Lee, Cloke, Bartlett

GOALKICKERS:

Carlton

Walls 2, Canfield, McKenna, Sheldon, McKay

Richmond

Bartlett, Edwards, Dickson, Cloke

UMPIRES:

Dye, K. Smith

CROWD:

6,056

SOURCE:

Football Record/SUN

NOTES:

The Football Record lists only 3 of Richmond’s 4 goals, omitting one kicked by Cloke.

The match was played in torrential rain.

 

G.F. TEAMS

HAWTHORN

COACH

David Parkin

 

BACKS

Walter

Moore

Welsh

HALF-BACKS

Polkinghorne

Knights*

O’Halloran

CENTRES

K. Ablett

Rice

G. Ablett

HALF-FORWARDS

Eade

Martello

Hendrie

FORWARDS

Rowlings

Hudson

Moncrieff

FOLLOWERS

Scott (C)

Tuck

ROVER

L. Matthews

 

RESERVES

Bennett

Trott

EMERGENCIES

Steele*

*Knights was a late withdrawal from Hawthorn's selected team (replaced by Steele)

CARLTON

COACH

Ian Thorogood

 

BACKS

Whitnall

Austin

Heath

HALF-BACKS

Pinnell**

Southby

Doull

CENTRES

Byrne

Armstrong

Young

HALF-FORWARDS

Jesaulenko**

Walls (C)

Keogh

FORWARDS

Canfield

McKenna

Sheldon

FOLLOWERS

McKay

Mangels

ROVER

Buckley

 

RESERVES

Ashman

Harmes

EMERGENCIES

Maclure**

Zeunert**

**Jesaulenko and Pinnell were late withdrawals from Carlton's selected team

(replaced by Maclure and Zeunert)

 

GRAND FINAL

1977 VFL NIGHT PREMIERSHIP - GRAND FINAL

Match 13 - Tuesday, Aug.2

HAWTHORN

3.7 (25)

6.8 (44)

10.11 (71)

14.11 (95)

CARLTON

5.1 (31)

7.3 (45)

9.3 (57)

11.5 (71)

BEST PLAYERS:

Hawthorn

Scott, Rowlings, Moore, Hudson, Bennett, Ablett

Carlton

Southby, Canfield, Ashman, Doull, Armstrong, Buckley, Walls

GOALKICKERS:

Hawthorn

Hudson 5, Rowlings 2, Martello 2, G. Ablett, Hendrie, Bennett,

Tuck, L. Matthews

Carlton

Ashman 3, Sheldon 2, Walls 2, Buckley, Keogh, McKenna,

Armstrong

UMPIRES:

Deller, Robinson

CROWD:

27,407

PRIZEMONEY:

Hawthorn $50,000, Carlton $42,000

SOURCE:

Football Record

NOTES:

-

 
Picture
Amco-Herald Cup Grand Final programme (private collection)
Picture
Hawthorn players (L-R) Leigh Matthews, Don Scott, Barry Rowlings and John Hendrie celebrate with first-year coach David Parkin. (Football Record, 1996 Pre-Season edition)

NON-PREMIERSHIP MATCHES

1978 AMCO-HERALD CUP

RESULTS
ABOUT
TEAMS / FORMAT
EVENTS
MATCH REPORTS
MATCH REPORTS
RESULTS

SUMMARY OF RESULTS

Date

Teams

1/4

1/2

3/4

Final

Margin

Venue

Day/Time

Crowd

ROUND 1

Mar-03

Collingwood

2.0 (12)

5.0 (30)

7.2 (44)

10.8 (68)

58

VFL Park, Waverley

Fri

18,585

South Melbourne

3.0 (18)

6.3 (39)

14.8 (92)

19.12 (126)

(8:30pm)

Mar-10

Footscray

4.5 (29)

5.6 (36)

6.7 (43)

9.9 (63)

17

VFL Park, Waverley

Fri

10,136

North Melbourne

3.1 (19)

5.7 (37)

6.12 (48)

11.14 (80)

(8:30pm)

Mar-17

Geelong*

1.3 (9)

1.4 (10)

6.10 (46)

8.14 (62)

1

VFL Park, Waverley

Fri

10,321

Carlton

2.7 (19)

4.10 (34)

5.13 (43)

8.15 (63)

(8:30pm)

Mar-23

Tasmania

1.6 (12)

3.7 (25)

9.8 (62)

10.10 (70)

18

VFL Park, Waverley

Thu

5,136

Fitzroy

2.2 (14)

3.4 (22)

7.7 (49)

13.10 (88)

(8:30pm)

Apr-04

Richmond

2.3 (15)

5.6 (36)

8.7 (55)

13.10 (88)

51

VFL Park, Waverley

Tue

15,764

Essendon

2.0 (12)

2.1 (13)

4.4 (28)

5.7 (37)

(8:30pm)

Apr-11

Melbourne

5.4 (34)

5.5 (35)

7.7 (49)

8.9 (57)

39

VFL Park, Waverley

Tue

8,867

St Kilda

1.1 (7)

4.8 (32)

9.11 (65)

14.12 (96)

(8:30pm)

*Geelong advanced as the losing team in Round 1 with the highest percentage

Hawthorn (winners of the 1977 series) received a first-round bye and advanced directly to the quarter finals

QUARTER FINALS

Apr-18

South Melbourne

2.3 (15)

3.6 (24)

6.10 (46)

9.14 (68)

24

VFL Park, Waverley

Tue

5,822

Fitzroy

3.0 (18)

5.4 (34)

10.5 (65)

14.8 (92)

(8:30pm)

May-02

Richmond

2.2 (14)

3.2 (20)

13.6 (84)

15.10 (100)

17

VFL Park, Waverley

Tue

12,061

Carlton

0.3 (3)

3.9 (27)

4.10 (34)

11.17 (83)

(8:30pm)

May-09

Hawthorn

1.1 (7)

2.3 (15)

5.5 (35)

5.6 (36)

31

VFL Park, Waverley

Tue

8,146

Geelong

1.1 (7)

4.1 (25)

6.4 (40)

10.7 (67)

(8:30pm)

May-16

St Kilda

3.5 (23)

5.5 (35)

7.7 (49)

8.8 (56)

4

VFL Park, Waverley

Tue

20,694

North Melbourne

1.5 (11)

2.7 (19)

6.10 (46)

8.12 (60)

(8:30pm)

SEMI FINALS

May-23

Fitzroy

3.2 (20)

5.6 (36)

7.10 (52)

10.14 (74)

16

VFL Park, Waverley

Tue

8,172

Richmond

1.4 (10)

1.7 (13)

2.8 (20)

8.10 (58)

(8:30pm)

May-30

Geelong

3.0 (18)

6.2 (38)

8.4 (52)

9.5 (59)

39

VFL Park, Waverley

Tue

6,590

North Melbourne

4.0 (24)

5.1 (31)

7.3 (45)

15.8 (98)

(8:30pm)

GRAND FINAL

Jun-13

VFL officials decided at 8am on the day of the match to postpone the Grand Final to June 20 due to torrential rain

Jun-20

Fitzroy

2.3 (15)

3.5 (23)

10.13 (73)

13.18 (96)

76

VFL Park, Waverley

Tue

26,420

North Melbourne

2.1 (13)

2.5 (17)

2.6 (18)

2.8 (20)

(8:30pm)

FIXTURE NOTES

Apr-25

No match due to the Anzac Day split-round in the VFL premiership competition

Jun-06

No match due to the Queen's Birthday split-round in the VFL premiership competition

 

ABOUT

ABOUT THE 1978 SERIES

Despite the events of 1977 the NFL remained hopeful of convincing the VFL to return to the fold, enabling a full national competition in 1978. During September and October 1977 a series of meetings were held between Australia's top football bodies and the NFL proposed a knockout series featuring 32 teams:
  • 12 VFL teams
  • 6 SANFL teams
  • 5 WAFL teams
  • 3 Tasmanian teams (1 each from the TANFL, NTFA and NWFU)
  • 2 VFA teams
  • 4 state representative teams (A.C.T., Queensland, N.S.W. and the Australian Amateurs)

Also, in addition to the usual venues in Adelaide, Perth and Melbourne, some matches would be played in Papua New Guinea, New Zealand and Darwin to promote Australian football.

The VFL rejected the NFL's plans and proposed that the last 15 games of the series should be played at VFL Park, Waverley.

They refused to participate if the VFA was involved and did not see any need for the Australian Amateurs to be included.
Picture
Fitzroy's Ron Alexander, coach Graham Campbell, and acting-skipper Garry Wilson celebrate the Lions' boilover win in the final (Hutton's Football Book, Jim Main, 1981)
NFL General Manager, Keith Webb observed: "The VFL is trying to get all the NFL participants into a VFL-run competition. But the NFL is a national body and as such it should run the national competition, not a state body such as the VFL". [Canberra Times, 20-10-1977, p.22/24]

The SANFL and WAFL rejected the VFL's proposals and the stand-off continued. However, the first signs of a breakaway appeared with the Tasmanian Football League choosing to participate in both the NFL and VFL competitions - making them the first non-VFL team to play in the Victorian League's series.

The rival VFL and NFL competitions again went head-to-head nationally on the Seven and ATV-0 networks. On two occasions games were played in the same city, on the same night:
  • May 9: Geelong v Hawthorn at VFL Park drew a crowd of 8,146 / Port Melbourne v N.S.W. at Lake Oval drew a crowd of 3,682
  • May 23: Fitzroy v Richmond at VFL Park drew a crowd of 8,172 / Sandringham v A.C.T. at Lake Oval drew a crowd of 2,680

TEAMS / FORMAT

PARTICIPATING TEAMS

The 1978 series featured all 12 VFL clubs plus the Tasmanian state representative team.

The first four matches (played during the VFL pre-season) were held on Thursday or Friday nights, the rest of the matches were played on Tuesday nights throughout the VFL premiership season. 

SERIES FORMAT

Hawthorn, the winners of the 1977 series, received a first round bye. This left twelve teams to compete in the first round and meant only seven teams would advance to the quarter finals instead of the required eight, so a 'lucky-loser' system was again adopted.

Geelong advanced to the quarter-finals as the losing team from Round 1 with the highest percentage.

The quarter-finals draw was then determined by ladder position:

(1) Hawthorn v (8) Geelong
(2) Richmond v (7) Carlton
(3) South Melbourne v (6) Fitzroy
(4) St Kilda v (5) North Melbourne

From the quarter-finals stage onward all matches were played on a knockout basis.

EVENTS

NOTABLE EVENTS

*A series of firsts - not only was the 1978 series the first to feature a non-VFL team (Tasmania), it was also the first to include matches played in the pre-season.


*A glimpse of the future - although the term "Australian Football Championships" appeared on the cover of the Football Record throughout the 1978 Amco-Herald Cup (see right), the competition was organised and run entirely by the VFL.

In June 1978 the VFL announced their plans to form a new company to oversee a night series that would be broadcast nationally and Australian Football Championships Pty. Ltd. was incorporated on July 28, 1978 to run the new national night competition.

The VFL were joined by the WAFL, TANFL, ACTAFL and NSWAFL in the joint venture. However, the SANFL rejected the VFL's overtures, choosing to remain aligned with the NFL instead. They were joined by the VFA and QAFL in a greatly-reduced NFL series in 1979.


*No gloves, no worries - the May 9th Hawthorn-Geelong match was played in wet, greasy conditions and four Hawthorn players wore gloves throughout the match; a first for Australian football. The following day The Age reported that the Hawks were defeated by the "kittens without mittens".
Picture
Tasmania vs Fitzroy programme (private collection)
*Fitzroy pull-off an upset - at the time of the Grand Final, North Melbourne (10-1) were first and Fitzroy (2-9) last in the day competition. On paper a Kangaroos victory seemed a certainty and North's predicted winning margin was the only thing the various football media outlets disagreed on in the lead-up to the match.   

However, their respective win-loss records did not tell the full story. Seven of the Lions' losses had been by 10-points or less and North, after a strong start to the season, had tapered-off in the month before the Night Grand Final, posting two lucky 3-point wins (one of which was against Fitzroy) as well as copping a 59-point thrashing from Carlton.

The pundits were a little surprised at Fitzroy's six-point half time lead but were left stunned at what followed. The Lions unleashed a fifty-point onslaught in the third-quarter, kicking 7.8 to a solitary point by North Melbourne. By the final siren Fitzroy had outscored the Kangaroos by 73 to 3 in the second half to claim just their second senior flag since the 1944 VFL Premiership (the other was the 1959 Night Premiership).


*Wilson raises the trophy - Fitzroy’s captain Harvey Merrigan was unavailable for the Grand Final due to injury, and in his absence vice-captain Garry Wilson led the team to victory.


*Leading goalkicker of the series - Fitzroy's Bob Beecroft led all scorers with 13 goals from 4 games.

MATCH REPORTS

MATCH REPORTS

Listed below are match reports for all 13 games played during the series. This is the first time these reports have been collated and published online or in print and they were sourced from the following newspapers:
The Age (Melbourne)
The Sun News-Pictorial (Melbourne)
The Mercury (Hobart)
The Football Record (AFL)
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ROUND 1
SEMI FINALS
G.F. TEAMS
GRAND FINAL
ROUND 1
SEMI FINALS
G.F. TEAMS
GRAND FINAL
MATCH REPORTS

MATCH REPORTS

Listed below are match reports for all 15 games played during the series. This is the first time these reports have been collated and published online or in print and they were sourced from the following newspapers:

MATCH REPORTS

Listed below are match reports for all 13 games played during the series. This is the first time these reports have been collated and published online or in print.
Unless otherwise noted the information was sourced from The Age and The Sun News Pictorial newspapers.