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1963 Night Series Cup

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1963 Night Series Cup
VFL Night Series Cup
Season1963
Teams8
WinnersFootscray (1st title)
Runner upRichmond
Matches played7
Attendance99,380 (average 14,197 per match)

The 1963 VFL Night Premiership Cup was the Victorian Football League end of season cup competition played in September and October of the 1963 VFL Premiership Season. Run as a knock-out tournament, it was contested by the eight VFL teams that failed to make the 1963 VFL finals series. It was the eighth 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. Footscray won its first night series cup defeating Richmond in the final by 6 points.

Games

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Round 1

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Winning team Winning team score Losing team Losing team score Ground Crowd Date
Collingwood 14.13 (97) South Melbourne 9.11 (65) Lake Oval 7,550 Tuesday, 10 September
Richmond 7.13 (55) Essendon 6.11 (47) Lake Oval 11,100 Friday, 13 September
Carlton 10.15 (75) Fitzroy 6.8 (44) Lake Oval 7,100 Monday, 16 September
Footscray 8.11 (59) North Melbourne 7.11 (53) Lake Oval 15,500 Friday, 20 September

Semi-finals

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Winning team Winning team score Losing team Losing team score Ground Crowd Date
Richmond 11.6 (72) Collingwood 6.10 (46) Lake Oval 17,480 Monday, 23 September
Footscray 11.7 (73) Carlton 4.6 (30) Lake Oval 15,380 Wednesday, 25 September

Final

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Winning team Winning team score Losing team Losing team score Ground Crowd Date
Footscray 10.9 (69) Richmond 9.9 (63) Lake Oval 25,270 Monday, 2 October

See also

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