1968 Golden Fleece Cup

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. It was the 13th 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 first night series cup defeating North Melbourne in the final by 61 points.^[1]

1968 Golden Fleece Cup
VFL Night Series Cup
Season	1968
Teams	8
Winners	Hawthorn (1st title)
Runner up	North Melbourne
Matches played	7
Attendance	89,439 (average 12,777 per match)

Games

Round 1

Winning team	Winning team score	Losing team	Losing team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Collingwood	16.10 (106)	Fitzroy	10.22 (82)	Lake Oval	14,285	Thursday, 5 September
Hawthorn	11.14 (80)	Melbourne	11.9 (75)	Lake Oval	12,059	Tuesday, 10 September
North Melbourne	18.19 (127)	Sydney	18.7 (115)	Lake Oval	10,020	Thursday, 12 September
Richmond	15.15 (105)[a]	Footscray	16.8 (104)	Lake Oval	15,037	Tuesday, 17 September

Semi-finals

Winning team	Winning team score	Losing team	Losing team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Hawthorn	19.14 (128)	Collingwood	14.10 (94)	Lake Oval	15,336	Thursday, 19 September
North Melbourne	18.11 (119)	Richmond	12.17 (89)	Lake Oval	7,052	Tuesday, 24 September

Final

Winning team	Winning team score	Losing team	Losing team score	Ground	Crowd	Date
Hawthorn	16.15 (111)	North Melbourne	6.14 (50)	Lake Oval	15,650	Wednesday, 2 October[3]

See also

• List of Australian Football League night premiers
• 1968 VFL season

Notes

1. The match was decided after extra time; scores were level at 15.15 (104) to 16.8 (104) after the conclusion of regular time.^[2]