Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1966.

[edit] Premiership season

In 1966, 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. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances.

Teams played each other in a home-and-away season of 18 rounds; matches 12 to 18 were the "home-and-way reverse" of matches 1 to 7.

Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1966 VFL Premiers were determined by the specific format and conventions of the "Page-McIntyre system".

[edit] Round 1

[edit] Round 2

[edit] Round 3

[edit] Round 4

[edit] Round 5

[edit] Round 6

[edit] Round 7

[edit] Round 8

[edit] Round 9

[edit] Round 10

[edit] Round 11

[edit] Round 12

[edit] Round 13

[edit] Round 14

[edit] Round 15

[edit] Round 16

[edit] Round 17

[edit] Round 18

[edit] Ladder

[edit] Night Series Competition

The night series were held under the floodlights at Lake Oval, South Melbourne, for the teams (5th to 12th on ladder) out of the finals at the end of the season.

Final: North Melbourne 20.12 (132) defeated Hawthorn 12.7 (79).

[edit] Premiership Finals

[edit] First Semi-Final

[edit] Second Semi-Final

[edit] Preliminary Final

[edit] Grand Final

[edit] Awards

• The 1966 VFL Premiership team was St Kilda Football Club (its first premiership since the VFL's formation in 1897).
• The VFL's leading goalkicker was Ted Fordham of Essendon who kicked 76 goals (including 3 goals in the final series).
• The winner of the 1966 Brownlow Medal was Ian Stewart of St Kilda with 21 votes.
• Fitzroy took the "wooden spoon" in 1966.

[edit] Notable events

• At pre-season training in mid-April, at the behest of Collingwood coach Bob Rose, Collingwood club secretary Jack Burns informs Duncan Wright that his services are no longer required at Collingwood. (See Duncan Wright and John Somerville.)
• Richmond, under coach Tom Hafey, train pre-season with Percy Cerutty at his facilities in Portsea, Victoria.
• At the end of the season South Melbourne's captain-coach, Bob Skilton, resigns as coach in the belief that he can do more for the club by continuing to lead the players on the field.

[edit] See also

• 1966 VFL Grand Final

[edit] References

• Hogan, P., The Tigers Of Old, The Richmond Football Club, (Richmond), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
• Maplestone, M., Flying Higher: History of the Essendon Football Club 1872-1996, Essendon Football Club, (Melbourne), 1996. ISBN 0-959-17402-8
• Rogers, S. & Brown, A., Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897-1997 (Sixth Edition), Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. ISBN 0-670-90809-6
• Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897-1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0
• Strevens, S., Bob Rose: A Dignified Life, Allen & Unwin, (Crows Nest), 2004. ISBN 1-74114-465-5

[edit] External links

• 1966 Season - AFL Tables