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text-align:left;padding-right:0.5em;" class="noprint">← <a href="/wiki/1965_VFL_season" title="1965 VFL season">1965</a></div><div style="float: right; text-align:right;padding-left:0.5em;" class="noprint"><a href="/wiki/1967_VFL_season" title="1967 VFL season">1967</a> →</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>1966 VFL season</b> was the 70th season of the <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Football_League_(1897%E2%80%931989)" class="mw-redirect" title="Victorian Football League (1897–1989)">Victorian Football League</a> (VFL), the highest level senior <a href="/wiki/Australian_rules_football" title="Australian rules football">Australian rules football</a> competition in Victoria. The season featured twelve clubs, ran from 23 April until 24 September, and comprised an 18-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top four clubs. </p><p>The premiership was won by the <a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda Football Club</a>, after it defeated <a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a> by one point in the <a href="/wiki/1966_VFL_Grand_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1966 VFL Grand Final">VFL Grand Final</a>. It was St Kilda's first, and to date only premiership, making it the last of the eight foundation clubs to win a premiership. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_season&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1966, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the <b>19th man</b> and the <b>20th man</b>. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances. </p><p>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. </p><p>Once the 18 round home-and-away season had finished, the 1966 VFL <i>Premiers</i> were determined by the specific format and conventions of the <a href="/wiki/Page%E2%80%93McIntyre_system" class="mw-redirect" title="Page–McIntyre system">Page–McIntyre system</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Home-and-away_season">Home-and-away season</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_season&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Home-and-away season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_1">Round 1</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_season&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Round 1"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#CCCCFF"> <td><b>Home team</b> </td> <td><b>Home team score</b> </td> <td><b>Away team</b> </td> <td><b>Away team score</b> </td> <td><b>Venue</b> </td> <td><b>Crowd</b> </td> <td><b>Date</b> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a></b> </td> <td><b>11.6 (72)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a> </td> <td>9.4 (58) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Windy_Hill,_Essendon" title="Windy Hill, Essendon">Windy Hill</a> </td> <td>31,560 </td> <td>23 April 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a></b> </td> <td><b>17.13 (115)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a> </td> <td>9.8 (62) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Park,_Melbourne" title="Victoria Park, Melbourne">Victoria Park</a> </td> <td>32,741 </td> <td>23 April 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">South Melbourne</a></b> </td> <td><b>16.19 (115)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a> </td> <td>9.8 (62) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lake_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Oval">Lake Oval</a> </td> <td>22,376 </td> <td>23 April 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> </td> <td>4.9 (33) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a></b> </td> <td><b>17.7 (109)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">MCG</a> </td> <td>64,934 </td> <td>25 April 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs" title="Western Bulldogs">Footscray</a> </td> <td>11.9 (75) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a></b> </td> <td><b>13.9 (87)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Oval">Western Oval</a> </td> <td>23,252 </td> <td>25 April 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a> </td> <td>14.16 (100) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a></b> </td> <td><b>16.10 (106)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Princes_Park_Football_Ground" class="mw-redirect" title="Princes Park Football Ground">Princes Park</a> </td> <td>43,695 </td> <td>25 April 1966 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_2">Round 2</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_season&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Round 2"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#CCCCFF"> <td><b>Home team</b> </td> <td><b>Home team score</b> </td> <td><b>Away team</b> </td> <td><b>Away team score</b> </td> <td><b>Venue</b> </td> <td><b>Crowd</b> </td> <td><b>Date</b> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a></b> </td> <td><b>7.14 (56)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> </td> <td>3.11 (29) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glenferrie_Oval" title="Glenferrie Oval">Glenferrie Oval</a> </td> <td>14,000 </td> <td>30 April 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a></b> </td> <td><b>13.16 (94)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">South Melbourne</a> </td> <td>11.8 (74) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kardinia_Park_(stadium)" title="Kardinia Park (stadium)">Kardinia Park</a> </td> <td>21,490 </td> <td>30 April 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a></b> </td> <td><b>17.15 (117)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs" title="Western Bulldogs">Footscray</a> </td> <td>5.17 (47) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">MCG</a> </td> <td>28,596 </td> <td>30 April 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a> </td> <td>5.13 (43) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a></b> </td> <td><b>12.20 (92)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arden_Street_Oval" title="Arden Street Oval">Arden Street Oval</a> </td> <td>19,813 </td> <td>30 April 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a> </td> <td>5.12 (42) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a></b> </td> <td><b>9.17 (71)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brunswick_Street_Oval" title="Brunswick Street Oval">Brunswick Street Oval</a> </td> <td>20,362 </td> <td>30 April 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a></b> </td> <td><b>15.17 (107)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a> </td> <td>7.12 (54) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moorabbin_Oval" title="Moorabbin Oval">Moorabbin Oval</a> </td> <td>30,810 </td> <td>30 April 1966 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_3">Round 3</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_season&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Round 3"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#CCCCFF"> <td><b>Home team</b> </td> <td><b>Home team score</b> </td> <td><b>Away team</b> </td> <td><b>Away team score</b> </td> <td><b>Venue</b> </td> <td><b>Crowd</b> </td> <td><b>Date</b> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a> </td> <td>9.13 (67) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a></b> </td> <td><b>15.13 (103)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arden_Street_Oval" title="Arden Street Oval">Arden Street Oval</a> </td> <td>17,261 </td> <td>7 May 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a></b> </td> <td><b>18.15 (123)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> </td> <td>11.14 (80) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">MCG</a> </td> <td>32,608 </td> <td>7 May 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">South Melbourne</a></b> </td> <td><b>14.22 (106)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a> </td> <td>7.15 (57) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lake_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Oval">Lake Oval</a> </td> <td>17,259 </td> <td>7 May 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a></b> </td> <td><b>12.14 (86)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs" title="Western Bulldogs">Footscray</a> </td> <td>7.4 (46) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kardinia_Park_(stadium)" title="Kardinia Park (stadium)">Kardinia Park</a> </td> <td>17,395 </td> <td>7 May 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a></b> </td> <td><b>8.18 (66)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a> </td> <td>8.6 (54) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Windy_Hill,_Essendon" title="Windy Hill, Essendon">Windy Hill</a> </td> <td>43,487 </td> <td>7 May 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a> </td> <td>6.8 (44) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a></b> </td> <td><b>10.16 (76)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brunswick_Street_Oval" title="Brunswick Street Oval">Brunswick Street Oval</a> </td> <td>16,714 </td> <td>7 May 1966 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_4">Round 4</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_season&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Round 4"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#CCCCFF"> <td><b>Home team</b> </td> <td><b>Home team score</b> </td> <td><b>Away team</b> </td> <td><b>Away team score</b> </td> <td><b>Venue</b> </td> <td><b>Crowd</b> </td> <td><b>Date</b> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> </td> <td>12.17 (89) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">South Melbourne</a></b> </td> <td><b>17.17 (119)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">MCG</a> </td> <td>31,497 </td> <td>14 May 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a> </td> <td>9.13 (67) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a></b> </td> <td><b>14.15 (99)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glenferrie_Oval" title="Glenferrie Oval">Glenferrie Oval</a> </td> <td>10,873 </td> <td>14 May 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a></b> </td> <td><b>12.13 (85)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a> </td> <td>5.18 (48) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Park,_Melbourne" title="Victoria Park, Melbourne">Victoria Park</a> </td> <td>40,272 </td> <td>14 May 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a></b> </td> <td><b>15.12 (102)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a> </td> <td>5.11 (41) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Princes_Park_Football_Ground" class="mw-redirect" title="Princes Park Football Ground">Princes Park</a> </td> <td>31,819 </td> <td>14 May 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a></b> </td> <td><b>15.11 (101)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a> </td> <td>7.16 (58) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moorabbin_Oval" title="Moorabbin Oval">Moorabbin Oval</a> </td> <td>37,140 </td> <td>14 May 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs" title="Western Bulldogs">Footscray</a></b> </td> <td><b>12.12 (84)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a> </td> <td>5.16 (46) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Oval">Western Oval</a> </td> <td>14,672 </td> <td>14 May 1966 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_5">Round 5</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_season&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Round 5"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#CCCCFF"> <td><b>Home team</b> </td> <td><b>Home team score</b> </td> <td><b>Away team</b> </td> <td><b>Away team score</b> </td> <td><b>Venue</b> </td> <td><b>Crowd</b> </td> <td><b>Date</b> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a> </td> <td>12.8 (80) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a></b> </td> <td><b>15.8 (98)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kardinia_Park_(stadium)" title="Kardinia Park (stadium)">Kardinia Park</a> </td> <td>21,655 </td> <td>21 May 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs" title="Western Bulldogs">Footscray</a></b> </td> <td><b>10.10 (70)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a> </td> <td>4.10 (34) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Oval">Western Oval</a> </td> <td>12,424 </td> <td>21 May 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">South Melbourne</a> </td> <td>7.11 (53) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a></b> </td> <td><b>13.17 (95)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lake_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Oval">Lake Oval</a> </td> <td>33,255 </td> <td>21 May 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a> </td> <td>9.10 (64) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a></b> </td> <td><b>17.11 (113)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brunswick_Street_Oval" title="Brunswick Street Oval">Brunswick Street Oval</a> </td> <td>15,279 </td> <td>21 May 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a> </td> <td>7.4 (46) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a></b> </td> <td><b>11.15 (81)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arden_Street_Oval" title="Arden Street Oval">Arden Street Oval</a> </td> <td>21,293 </td> <td>21 May 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> </td> <td>3.14 (32) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a></b> </td> <td><b>11.13 (79)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">MCG</a> </td> <td>35,955 </td> <td>21 May 1966 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_6">Round 6</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_season&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Round 6"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#CCCCFF"> <td><b>Home team</b> </td> <td><b>Home team score</b> </td> <td><b>Away team</b> </td> <td><b>Away team score</b> </td> <td><b>Venue</b> </td> <td><b>Crowd</b> </td> <td><b>Date</b> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a></b> </td> <td><b>12.16 (88)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">South Melbourne</a> </td> <td>9.9 (63) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">MCG</a> </td> <td>45,254 </td> <td>28 May 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a></b> </td> <td><b>15.15 (105)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a> </td> <td>12.9 (81) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Windy_Hill,_Essendon" title="Windy Hill, Essendon">Windy Hill</a> </td> <td>15,400 </td> <td>28 May 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a></b> </td> <td><b>12.18 (90)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> </td> <td>8.9 (57) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Park,_Melbourne" title="Victoria Park, Melbourne">Victoria Park</a> </td> <td>26,153 </td> <td>28 May 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a></b> </td> <td><b>11.13 (79)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs" title="Western Bulldogs">Footscray</a> </td> <td>6.10 (46) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Princes_Park_Football_Ground" class="mw-redirect" title="Princes Park Football Ground">Princes Park</a> </td> <td>23,598 </td> <td>28 May 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a> </td> <td>8.7 (55) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a></b> </td> <td><b>12.20 (92)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arden_Street_Oval" title="Arden Street Oval">Arden Street Oval</a> </td> <td>15,290 </td> <td>28 May 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a></b> </td> <td><b>17.16 (118)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a> </td> <td>8.6 (54) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moorabbin_Oval" title="Moorabbin Oval">Moorabbin Oval</a> </td> <td>19,737 </td> <td>28 May 1966 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_7">Round 7</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_season&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Round 7"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#CCCCFF"> <td><b>Home team</b> </td> <td><b>Home team score</b> </td> <td><b>Away team</b> </td> <td><b>Away team score</b> </td> <td><b>Venue</b> </td> <td><b>Crowd</b> </td> <td><b>Date</b> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a> </td> <td>11.12 (78) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a></b> </td> <td><b>15.12 (102)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glenferrie_Oval" title="Glenferrie Oval">Glenferrie Oval</a> </td> <td>18,755 </td> <td>4 June 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a> </td> <td>12.6 (78) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a></b> </td> <td><b>15.12 (102)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brunswick_Street_Oval" title="Brunswick Street Oval">Brunswick Street Oval</a> </td> <td>14,338 </td> <td>4 June 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">South Melbourne</a></b> </td> <td><b>17.16 (118)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a> </td> <td>15.16 (106) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lake_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Oval">Lake Oval</a> </td> <td>15,800 </td> <td>4 June 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a></b> </td> <td><b>14.10 (94)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a> </td> <td>9.6 (60) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">MCG</a> </td> <td>38,498 </td> <td>4 June 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs" title="Western Bulldogs">Footscray</a> </td> <td>6.12 (48) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a></b> </td> <td><b>8.20 (68)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Oval">Western Oval</a> </td> <td>23,721 </td> <td>4 June 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a></b> </td> <td><b>8.9 (57)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a> </td> <td>8.8 (56) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kardinia_Park_(stadium)" title="Kardinia Park (stadium)">Kardinia Park</a> </td> <td>25,398 </td> <td>4 June 1966 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_8">Round 8</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_season&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Round 8"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#CCCCFF"> <td><b>Home team</b> </td> <td><b>Home team score</b> </td> <td><b>Away team</b> </td> <td><b>Away team score</b> </td> <td><b>Venue</b> </td> <td><b>Crowd</b> </td> <td><b>Date</b> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs" title="Western Bulldogs">Footscray</a></b> </td> <td><b>11.5 (71)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> </td> <td>7.8 (50) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Oval">Western Oval</a> </td> <td>15,983 </td> <td>11 June 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a></b> </td> <td><b>14.21 (105)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a> </td> <td>11.10 (76) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Park,_Melbourne" title="Victoria Park, Melbourne">Victoria Park</a> </td> <td>37,034 </td> <td>11 June 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a></b> </td> <td><b>7.15 (57)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">South Melbourne</a> </td> <td>8.6 (54) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Princes_Park_Football_Ground" class="mw-redirect" title="Princes Park Football Ground">Princes Park</a> </td> <td>26,510 </td> <td>11 June 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a> </td> <td>8.13 (61) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a></b> </td> <td><b>11.14 (80)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brunswick_Street_Oval" title="Brunswick Street Oval">Brunswick Street Oval</a> </td> <td>12,987 </td> <td>13 June 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a></b> </td> <td><b>10.11 (71)</b> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a></b> </td> <td><b>8.23 (71)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">MCG</a> </td> <td>33,959 </td> <td>13 June 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a></b> </td> <td><b>8.8 (56)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a> </td> <td>7.7 (49) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moorabbin_Oval" title="Moorabbin Oval">Moorabbin Oval</a> </td> <td>50,548 </td> <td>13 June 1966 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_9">Round 9</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_season&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Round 9"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#CCCCFF"> <td><b>Home team</b> </td> <td><b>Home team score</b> </td> <td><b>Away team</b> </td> <td><b>Away team score</b> </td> <td><b>Venue</b> </td> <td><b>Crowd</b> </td> <td><b>Date</b> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a></b> </td> <td><b>16.13 (109)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a> </td> <td>11.8 (74) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">MCG</a> </td> <td>55,426 </td> <td>18 June 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a></b> </td> <td><b>9.17 (71)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs" title="Western Bulldogs">Footscray</a> </td> <td>4.13 (37) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Windy_Hill,_Essendon" title="Windy Hill, Essendon">Windy Hill</a> </td> <td>18,600 </td> <td>18 June 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a></b> </td> <td><b>9.11 (65)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> </td> <td>4.12 (36) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arden_Street_Oval" title="Arden Street Oval">Arden Street Oval</a> </td> <td>8,957 </td> <td>18 June 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a></b> </td> <td><b>20.24 (144)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a> </td> <td>5.1 (31) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kardinia_Park_(stadium)" title="Kardinia Park (stadium)">Kardinia Park</a> </td> <td>13,550 </td> <td>18 June 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">South Melbourne</a> </td> <td>11.7 (73) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a></b> </td> <td><b>13.20 (98)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lake_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Oval">Lake Oval</a> </td> <td>25,100 </td> <td>18 June 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a></b> </td> <td><b>9.13 (67)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a> </td> <td>9.9 (63) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glenferrie_Oval" title="Glenferrie Oval">Glenferrie Oval</a> </td> <td>19,500 </td> <td>18 June 1966 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_10">Round 10</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_season&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Round 10"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#CCCCFF"> <td><b>Home team</b> </td> <td><b>Home team score</b> </td> <td><b>Away team</b> </td> <td><b>Away team score</b> </td> <td><b>Venue</b> </td> <td><b>Crowd</b> </td> <td><b>Date</b> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a></b> </td> <td><b>17.15 (117)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a> </td> <td>8.9 (57) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kardinia_Park_(stadium)" title="Kardinia Park (stadium)">Kardinia Park</a> </td> <td>13,941 </td> <td>25 June 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs" title="Western Bulldogs">Footscray</a></b> </td> <td><b>8.19 (67)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">South Melbourne</a> </td> <td>8.7 (55) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Oval">Western Oval</a> </td> <td>11,733 </td> <td>25 June 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a></b> </td> <td><b>14.16 (100)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a> </td> <td>15.6 (96) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Windy_Hill,_Essendon" title="Windy Hill, Essendon">Windy Hill</a> </td> <td>20,600 </td> <td>25 June 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a></b> </td> <td><b>17.15 (117)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a> </td> <td>6.9 (45) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Park,_Melbourne" title="Victoria Park, Melbourne">Victoria Park</a> </td> <td>37,607 </td> <td>25 June 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a></b> </td> <td><b>11.17 (83)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a> </td> <td>3.7 (25) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">MCG</a> </td> <td>14,688 </td> <td>25 June 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a></b> </td> <td><b>8.17 (65)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a> </td> <td>6.6 (42) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arden_Street_Oval" title="Arden Street Oval">Arden Street Oval</a> </td> <td>10,573 </td> <td>25 June 1966 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_11">Round 11</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_season&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Round 11"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#CCCCFF"> <td><b>Home team</b> </td> <td><b>Home team score</b> </td> <td><b>Away team</b> </td> <td><b>Away team score</b> </td> <td><b>Venue</b> </td> <td><b>Crowd</b> </td> <td><b>Date</b> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a> </td> <td>10.7 (67) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a></b> </td> <td><b>22.8 (140)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brunswick_Street_Oval" title="Brunswick Street Oval">Brunswick Street Oval</a> </td> <td>9,351 </td> <td>2 July 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> </td> <td>9.21 (75) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a></b> </td> <td><b>13.15 (93)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">MCG</a> </td> <td>39,217 </td> <td>2 July 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a></b> </td> <td><b>15.15 (105)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs" title="Western Bulldogs">Footscray</a> </td> <td>7.12 (54) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moorabbin_Oval" title="Moorabbin Oval">Moorabbin Oval</a> </td> <td>21,507 </td> <td>2 July 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a> </td> <td>6.13 (49) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a></b> </td> <td><b>11.13 (79)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glenferrie_Oval" title="Glenferrie Oval">Glenferrie Oval</a> </td> <td>15,880 </td> <td>9 July 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a></b> </td> <td><b>7.11 (53)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a> </td> <td>6.6 (42) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Princes_Park_Football_Ground" class="mw-redirect" title="Princes Park Football Ground">Princes Park</a> </td> <td>29,240 </td> <td>9 July 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">South Melbourne</a> </td> <td>12.10 (82) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a></b> </td> <td><b>13.12 (90)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lake_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Oval">Lake Oval</a> </td> <td>22,750 </td> <td>9 July 1966 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_12">Round 12</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_season&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Round 12"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#CCCCFF"> <td><b>Home team</b> </td> <td><b>Home team score</b> </td> <td><b>Away team</b> </td> <td><b>Away team score</b> </td> <td><b>Venue</b> </td> <td><b>Crowd</b> </td> <td><b>Date</b> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a> </td> <td>8.5 (53) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">South Melbourne</a></b> </td> <td><b>10.15 (75)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brunswick_Street_Oval" title="Brunswick Street Oval">Brunswick Street Oval</a> </td> <td>6,936 </td> <td>16 July 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a></b> </td> <td><b>12.13 (85)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> </td> <td>6.6 (42) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moorabbin_Oval" title="Moorabbin Oval">Moorabbin Oval</a> </td> <td>15,003 </td> <td>16 July 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a></b> </td> <td><b>10.15 (75)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs" title="Western Bulldogs">Footscray</a> </td> <td>6.6 (42) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arden_Street_Oval" title="Arden Street Oval">Arden Street Oval</a> </td> <td>8,114 </td> <td>16 July 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a></b> </td> <td><b>15.7 (97)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a> </td> <td>5.7 (37) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kardinia_Park_(stadium)" title="Kardinia Park (stadium)">Kardinia Park</a> </td> <td>23,114 </td> <td>16 July 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a> </td> <td>5.7 (37) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a></b> </td> <td><b>16.14 (110)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glenferrie_Oval" title="Glenferrie Oval">Glenferrie Oval</a> </td> <td>13,990 </td> <td>16 July 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a></b> </td> <td><b>8.13 (61)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a> </td> <td>4.6 (30) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">MCG</a> </td> <td>38,094 </td> <td>16 July 1966 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_13">Round 13</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_season&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Round 13"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#CCCCFF"> <td><b>Home team</b> </td> <td><b>Home team score</b> </td> <td><b>Away team</b> </td> <td><b>Away team score</b> </td> <td><b>Venue</b> </td> <td><b>Crowd</b> </td> <td><b>Date</b> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs" title="Western Bulldogs">Footscray</a> </td> <td>7.15 (57) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a></b> </td> <td><b>11.16 (82)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Oval">Western Oval</a> </td> <td>16,573 </td> <td>23 July 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a></b> </td> <td><b>6.16 (52)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a> </td> <td>6.6 (42) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Windy_Hill,_Essendon" title="Windy Hill, Essendon">Windy Hill</a> </td> <td>19,400 </td> <td>23 July 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a></b> </td> <td><b>19.14 (128)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a> </td> <td>9.7 (61) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Park,_Melbourne" title="Victoria Park, Melbourne">Victoria Park</a> </td> <td>18,094 </td> <td>23 July 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a></b> </td> <td><b>7.15 (57)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a> </td> <td>5.11 (41) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Princes_Park_Football_Ground" class="mw-redirect" title="Princes Park Football Ground">Princes Park</a> </td> <td>33,367 </td> <td>23 July 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a></b> </td> <td><b>23.13 (151)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a> </td> <td>9.5 (59) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">MCG</a> </td> <td>18,254 </td> <td>23 July 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">South Melbourne</a> </td> <td>9.11 (65) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a></b> </td> <td><b>9.17 (71)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lake_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Oval">Lake Oval</a> </td> <td>20,100 </td> <td>23 July 1966 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_14">Round 14</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_season&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Round 14"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#CCCCFF"> <td><b>Home team</b> </td> <td><b>Home team score</b> </td> <td><b>Away team</b> </td> <td><b>Away team score</b> </td> <td><b>Venue</b> </td> <td><b>Crowd</b> </td> <td><b>Date</b> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> </td> <td>10.12 (72) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a></b> </td> <td><b>14.13 (97)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">MCG</a> </td> <td>35,460 </td> <td>30 July 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a> </td> <td>10.16 (76) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">South Melbourne</a></b> </td> <td><b>14.17 (101)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glenferrie_Oval" title="Glenferrie Oval">Glenferrie Oval</a> </td> <td>12,237 </td> <td>30 July 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs" title="Western Bulldogs">Footscray</a> </td> <td>7.9 (51) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a></b> </td> <td><b>10.11 (71)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Oval">Western Oval</a> </td> <td>16,951 </td> <td>30 July 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a> </td> <td>7.10 (52) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a></b> </td> <td><b>18.9 (117)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Park,_Melbourne" title="Victoria Park, Melbourne">Victoria Park</a> </td> <td>38,918 </td> <td>30 July 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a></b> </td> <td><b>12.15 (87)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a> </td> <td>9.6 (60) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Princes_Park_Football_Ground" class="mw-redirect" title="Princes Park Football Ground">Princes Park</a> </td> <td>15,203 </td> <td>30 July 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a></b> </td> <td><b>10.18 (78)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a> </td> <td>4.16 (40) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moorabbin_Oval" title="Moorabbin Oval">Moorabbin Oval</a> </td> <td>30,530 </td> <td>30 July 1966 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_15">Round 15</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_season&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Round 15"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#CCCCFF"> <td><b>Home team</b> </td> <td><b>Home team score</b> </td> <td><b>Away team</b> </td> <td><b>Away team score</b> </td> <td><b>Venue</b> </td> <td><b>Crowd</b> </td> <td><b>Date</b> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a></b> </td> <td><b>14.11 (95)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a> </td> <td>10.12 (72) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kardinia_Park_(stadium)" title="Kardinia Park (stadium)">Kardinia Park</a> </td> <td>28,729 </td> <td>6 August 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a></b> </td> <td><b>13.17 (95)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs" title="Western Bulldogs">Footscray</a> </td> <td>13.11 (89) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brunswick_Street_Oval" title="Brunswick Street Oval">Brunswick Street Oval</a> </td> <td>8,795 </td> <td>6 August 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">South Melbourne</a></b> </td> <td><b>18.17 (125)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> </td> <td>15.19 (109) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lake_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Oval">Lake Oval</a> </td> <td>14,200 </td> <td>6 August 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a> </td> <td>11.16 (82) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a></b> </td> <td><b>12.11 (83)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arden_Street_Oval" title="Arden Street Oval">Arden Street Oval</a> </td> <td>5,835 </td> <td>6 August 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a> </td> <td>13.8 (86) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a></b> </td> <td><b>16.9 (105)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">MCG</a> </td> <td>73,834 </td> <td>6 August 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a></b> </td> <td><b>18.7 (115)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a> </td> <td>10.13 (73) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Windy_Hill,_Essendon" title="Windy Hill, Essendon">Windy Hill</a> </td> <td>28,000 </td> <td>6 August 1966 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_16">Round 16</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_season&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Round 16"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#CCCCFF"> <td><b>Home team</b> </td> <td><b>Home team score</b> </td> <td><b>Away team</b> </td> <td><b>Away team score</b> </td> <td><b>Venue</b> </td> <td><b>Crowd</b> </td> <td><b>Date</b> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a></b> </td> <td><b>19.19 (133)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">South Melbourne</a> </td> <td>10.6 (66) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moorabbin_Oval" title="Moorabbin Oval">Moorabbin Oval</a> </td> <td>20,083 </td> <td>13 August 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a></b> </td> <td><b>14.9 (93)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a> </td> <td>6.9 (45) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Windy_Hill,_Essendon" title="Windy Hill, Essendon">Windy Hill</a> </td> <td>14,600 </td> <td>13 August 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a></b> </td> <td><b>12.21 (93)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a> </td> <td>6.8 (44) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Park,_Melbourne" title="Victoria Park, Melbourne">Victoria Park</a> </td> <td>19,900 </td> <td>13 August 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a></b> </td> <td><b>14.15 (99)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> </td> <td>10.10 (70) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Princes_Park_Football_Ground" class="mw-redirect" title="Princes Park Football Ground">Princes Park</a> </td> <td>13,127 </td> <td>13 August 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a> </td> <td>6.12 (48) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a></b> </td> <td><b>11.16 (82)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">MCG</a> </td> <td>54,976 </td> <td>13 August 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a></b> </td> <td><b>18.11 (119)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs" title="Western Bulldogs">Footscray</a> </td> <td>9.13 (67) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glenferrie_Oval" title="Glenferrie Oval">Glenferrie Oval</a> </td> <td>8,429 </td> <td>13 August 1966 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_17">Round 17</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_season&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Round 17"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#CCCCFF"> <td><b>Home team</b> </td> <td><b>Home team score</b> </td> <td><b>Away team</b> </td> <td><b>Away team score</b> </td> <td><b>Venue</b> </td> <td><b>Crowd</b> </td> <td><b>Date</b> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a></b> </td> <td><b>17.16 (118)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a> </td> <td>11.13 (79) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kardinia_Park_(stadium)" title="Kardinia Park (stadium)">Kardinia Park</a> </td> <td>19,654 </td> <td>20 August 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a> </td> <td>5.10 (40) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a></b> </td> <td><b>17.22 (124)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Brunswick_Street_Oval" title="Brunswick Street Oval">Brunswick Street Oval</a> </td> <td>12,165 </td> <td>20 August 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">South Melbourne</a> </td> <td>10.11 (71) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a></b> </td> <td><b>10.12 (72)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Lake_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Lake Oval">Lake Oval</a> </td> <td>20,200 </td> <td>20 August 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a> </td> <td>11.13 (79) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a></b> </td> <td><b>15.10 (100)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Glenferrie_Oval" title="Glenferrie Oval">Glenferrie Oval</a> </td> <td>21,520 </td> <td>20 August 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> </td> <td>12.12 (84) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a></b> </td> <td><b>21.15 (141)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">MCG</a> </td> <td>46,319 </td> <td>20 August 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs" title="Western Bulldogs">Footscray</a> </td> <td>4.1 (25) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a></b> </td> <td><b>12.14 (86)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Oval" class="mw-redirect" title="Western Oval">Western Oval</a> </td> <td>14,516 </td> <td>20 August 1966 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Round_18">Round 18</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_season&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Round 18"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable succession-box noprint" style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:small;clear:both;"> <tbody><tr bgcolor="#CCCCFF"> <td><b>Home team</b> </td> <td><b>Home team score</b> </td> <td><b>Away team</b> </td> <td><b>Away team score</b> </td> <td><b>Venue</b> </td> <td><b>Crowd</b> </td> <td><b>Date</b> </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a></b> </td> <td><b>12.16 (88)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">South Melbourne</a> </td> <td>11.5 (71) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Arden_Street_Oval" title="Arden Street Oval">Arden Street Oval</a> </td> <td>10,419 </td> <td>27 August 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a></b> </td> <td><b>11.18 (84)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a> </td> <td>7.7 (49) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Windy_Hill,_Essendon" title="Windy Hill, Essendon">Windy Hill</a> </td> <td>22,200 </td> <td>27 August 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a></b> </td> <td><b>18.24 (132)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs" title="Western Bulldogs">Footscray</a> </td> <td>3.10 (28) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Victoria_Park,_Melbourne" title="Victoria Park, Melbourne">Victoria Park</a> </td> <td>20,324 </td> <td>27 August 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a> </td> <td>5.10 (40) </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a></b> </td> <td><b>16.14 (110)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Princes_Park_Football_Ground" class="mw-redirect" title="Princes Park Football Ground">Princes Park</a> </td> <td>37,236 </td> <td>27 August 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a></b> </td> <td><b>14.9 (93)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a> </td> <td>13.5 (83) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Moorabbin_Oval" title="Moorabbin Oval">Moorabbin Oval</a> </td> <td>23,860 </td> <td>27 August 1966 </td></tr> <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a></b> </td> <td><b>20.23 (143)</b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a> </td> <td>11.10 (76) </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">MCG</a> </td> <td>18,980 </td> <td>27 August 1966 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ladder">Ladder</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_season&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Ladder"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <td><b>(P)</b></td> <td>Premiers </td></tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="FFFFBB"></td> <td>Qualified for finals </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th class="unsortable" style="width:2em"># </th> <th style="width:12em">Team </th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:2em"><abbr title="Played">P</abbr> </th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:2em"><abbr title="Won">W</abbr> </th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:2em"><abbr title="Lost">L</abbr> </th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:2em"><abbr title="Drawn">D</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Points for">PF</abbr> </th> <th><abbr title="Points against">PA</abbr> </th> <th>% </th> <th class="unsortable" style="width:2em"><abbr title="Premiership points">Pts</abbr> </th></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFBB"> <td>1</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a></td> <td>18</td> <td>15</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>1687</td> <td>1073</td> <td>157.2</td> <td><b>60</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFBB"> <td>2</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a> <b>(P)</b></td> <td>18</td> <td>14</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>1641</td> <td>1149</td> <td>142.8</td> <td><b>56</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFBB"> <td>3</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a></td> <td>18</td> <td>14</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>1599</td> <td>1162</td> <td>137.6</td> <td><b>56</b> </td></tr> <tr style="background:#FFFFBB"> <td>4</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a></td> <td>18</td> <td>14</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>1457</td> <td>1204</td> <td>121.0</td> <td><b>56</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>5</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a></td> <td>18</td> <td>13</td> <td>4</td> <td>1</td> <td>1626</td> <td>1320</td> <td>123.2</td> <td><b>54</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>6</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a></td> <td>18</td> <td>10</td> <td>8</td> <td>0</td> <td>1233</td> <td>1143</td> <td>107.9</td> <td><b>40</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>7</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a></td> <td>18</td> <td>7</td> <td>10</td> <td>1</td> <td>1294</td> <td>1381</td> <td>93.7</td> <td><b>30</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>8</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">South Melbourne</a></td> <td>18</td> <td>7</td> <td>11</td> <td>0</td> <td>1486</td> <td>1505</td> <td>98.7</td> <td><b>28</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>9</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a></td> <td>18</td> <td>5</td> <td>13</td> <td>0</td> <td>1224</td> <td>1650</td> <td>74.2</td> <td><b>20</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs" title="Western Bulldogs">Footscray</a></td> <td>18</td> <td>4</td> <td>14</td> <td>0</td> <td>1004</td> <td>1458</td> <td>68.9</td> <td><b>16</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>11</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a></td> <td>18</td> <td>3</td> <td>15</td> <td>0</td> <td>1235</td> <td>1580</td> <td>78.2</td> <td><b>12</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>12</td> <td align="left"><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a></td> <td>18</td> <td>1</td> <td>17</td> <td>0</td> <td>1004</td> <td>1865</td> <td>53.8</td> <td><b>4</b> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Rules for classification: 1. premiership points; 2. percentage; 3. points for<br />Average score: 76.3<br />Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1966.html#lad">AFL Tables</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Finals_series">Finals series</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_season&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Finals series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Semi-finals">Semi-finals</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_season&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Semi-finals"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Team </th> <th>1 Qtr </th> <th>2 Qtr </th> <th>3 Qtr </th> <th>Final </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a> </td> <td align="center">3.4 </td> <td align="center">3.5 </td> <td align="center">7.9 </td> <td align="center">12.14 (86) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a> </td> <td align="center">6.1 </td> <td align="center">10.5 </td> <td align="center">13.6 </td> <td align="center">15.6 (96) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Attendance: 93,765 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <table cellspacing="0" style="width: 100%; background-color: #f1f5fc; border: 2px solid #D0E5F5"> <tbody><tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td width="20%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="8%"> </td> <td width="21%"> </td> <td width="22.32%"> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr style="background-color: #D0E5F5"> <td> </td> <th style="text-align:center;" colspan="3">Second Semi-final </th> <td> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 September 2:30pm </td> <td style="font-weight:bold; text-align:right;"><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a> </td> <td style="text-align:center;">def. </td> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a> </td> <td style="font-size: 100%"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">MCG</a> (crowd: 95,614) </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">5.2 (32)<br />6.3 (39)<br />10.5 (65)<br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">15.9 (99)</span> </td> <td style="text-align:center;font-weight: bold;">Q1<br />Q2<br />Q3<br />Final </td> <td>0.1 (1)<br />6.5 (41)<br />10.9 (69)<br /><span>13.11 (89)</span> </td> <td style="font-size:85%;vertical-align:top" colspan="2"><b>Umpires:</b> L. Perkins<br /> <b>Television broadcast:</b> <a href="/wiki/Seven_Network" title="Seven Network">Seven Network</a><br /> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;font-size:85%"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="font-size:85%"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;font-size:85%"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="font-size:85%"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;font-size: 85%"><a href="/wiki/Des_Tuddenham" title="Des Tuddenham">Tuddenham</a> <b>7</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Doug_Searl" title="Doug Searl">Searl</a>, Wallis, Graham <b>2</b><br />Richardson, <a href="/wiki/Barry_Price" title="Barry Price">Price</a> <b>1</b> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><b>Goals</b> </td> <td colspan="2" style="font-size:85%"><b>3</b> Payze<br /><b>2</b> Smith, <a href="/wiki/Darrel_Baldock" title="Darrel Baldock">Baldock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Neale" title="Kevin Neale">Neale</a><br /><b>1</b> Mynott, <a href="/wiki/Ross_Oakley" title="Ross Oakley">Oakley</a>, Cooper, <a href="/wiki/Barry_Breen" title="Barry Breen">Breen</a> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;font-size:85%">Waters, Tuddenham, Wallis, Potter, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Rose_(Australian_rules_footballer)" title="Kevin Rose (Australian rules footballer)">K. Rose</a>, Patterson, Clark, Montgomery, W. Richardson </td> <td style="text-align:center;"><b>Best</b> </td> <td colspan="2" style="font-size:85%">Murray, Morrow, Cooper, Breen, Smith, Payze, Griffiths, <a href="/wiki/Ian_Synman" title="Ian Synman">Synman</a> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;font-size:85%"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="font-size:85%"> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align: top"> <td colspan="2" style="text-align:right;font-size:85%"> </td> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td> <td colspan="2" style="font-size:85%"> </td></tr> <tr style="text-align:right;font-size:85%"> <td style="text-align:center;"> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="6"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Preliminary_final">Preliminary final</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_season&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Preliminary final"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Team </th> <th>1 Qtr </th> <th>2 Qtr </th> <th>3 Qtr </th> <th>Final </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a> </td> <td align="center">4.1 </td> <td align="center">10.2 </td> <td align="center">10.2 </td> <td align="center">15.4 (94) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">2.4 </td> <td align="center">3.4 </td> <td align="center">3.9 </td> <td align="center">7.10 (52) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Attendance: 93,453 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Grand_final">Grand final</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_season&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Grand final"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/1966_VFL_Grand_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="1966 VFL Grand Final">1966 VFL Grand Final</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Team </th> <th>1 Qtr </th> <th>2 Qtr </th> <th>3 Qtr </th> <th>Final </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a> </td> <td align="center">2.1 </td> <td align="center">5.7 </td> <td align="center">7.11 </td> <td align="center">10.13 (73) </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a> </td> <td align="center">2.5 </td> <td align="center">5.6 </td> <td align="center">8.9 </td> <td align="center">10.14 (74) </td></tr> <tr> <td align="center">Attendance: 102,055 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Night_Series_Competition">Night Series Competition</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_season&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Night Series Competition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The night series were held under the floodlights at Lake Oval, <a href="/wiki/South_Melbourne,_Victoria" class="mw-redirect" title="South Melbourne, Victoria">South Melbourne</a>, for the teams (5th to 12th on ladder) out of the finals at the end of the season. </p><p>Final: <a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a> 20.12 (132) defeated <a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a> 12.7 (79). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Season_notes">Season notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_season&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Season notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>At pre-season training in mid-April, at the behest of <a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a> coach <a href="/wiki/Bob_Rose_(footballer)" title="Bob Rose (footballer)">Bob Rose</a>, Collingwood club secretary Jack Burns informed <a href="/wiki/Duncan_Wright" title="Duncan Wright">Duncan Wright</a> that his services were no longer required at Collingwood. (See <a href="/wiki/John_Somerville_(Australian_rules_footballer)#1965_Preliminary_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="John Somerville (Australian rules footballer)">Duncan Wright and John Somerville</a>.)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a>, under coach <a href="/wiki/Tom_Hafey" title="Tom Hafey">Tom Hafey</a>, trained pre-season with <a href="/wiki/Percy_Cerutty" title="Percy Cerutty">Percy Cerutty</a> at his facilities in <a href="/wiki/Portsea,_Victoria" title="Portsea, Victoria">Portsea, Victoria</a>.</li> <li>In the Round 14 match between <a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a>, there was a once-off trial of a rule to ease congestion at centre bounces: a rectangle measuring 30yds goal-to-goal and 50yds wing-to-wing was drawn in the centre of the ground, and no more than four players from each team were permitted within the rectangle at a centre bounce.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The rule was trialled again, with the area expanded to a 50yd square, during the Night Series,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and it was eventually introduced as a permanent rule change in 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>In Round 17, <a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a> hosted its last senior <a href="/wiki/Victorian_Football_League" title="Victorian Football League">VFL</a> match at the <a href="/wiki/Brunswick_Street_Oval" title="Brunswick Street Oval">Brunswick Street Oval</a>, its home ground since 1883. A total of 612 VFL matches were played at the venue, including four finals games. Fitzroy began its nomadic journey of playing at various grounds over the next thirty years following its departure from <a href="/wiki/Brunswick_Street_Oval" title="Brunswick Street Oval">Brunswick Street</a>: <a href="/wiki/Princes_Park_(stadium)" title="Princes Park (stadium)">Princes Park</a> (twice), <a href="/wiki/Junction_Oval" title="Junction Oval">Junction Oval</a>, <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Park,_Melbourne" title="Victoria Park, Melbourne">Victoria Park</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Whitten_Oval" title="Whitten Oval">Western (Whitten) Oval</a>.</li> <li>After the home-and-away season was finished, <a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a>'s reserves and under-19s teams were stripped of any premiership points earned in matches in which they fielded Frank Loughran, an unregistered player from the Latrobe Valley. The reserves team, which went through the entire season undefeated, was stripped of twelve premiership points; it fell from first to second on the ladder, but still went on to win the premiership. The under-19s team was stripped of 28 premiership points, and dropped out of the final four as a result.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>At the end of the season <a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">South Melbourne</a>'s captain-coach, <a href="/wiki/Bob_Skilton" title="Bob Skilton">Bob Skilton</a>, resigned as coach in the belief that he could do more for the club by continuing to lead the players on the field.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_season&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>The 1966 VFL Premiership team was <a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St. Kilda</a> (its first, and to date, only premiership since the VFL's formation in <a href="/wiki/1897_VFL_season" title="1897 VFL season">1897</a>).</li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/Coleman_Medal" title="Coleman Medal">VFL's leading goalkicker</a> was <a href="/wiki/Ted_Fordham" title="Ted Fordham">Ted Fordham</a> of <a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a> who kicked 76 goals (including 3 goals in the final series).</li> <li>The winner of the 1966 <a href="/wiki/Brownlow_Medal" title="Brownlow Medal">Brownlow Medal</a> was <a href="/wiki/Ian_Stewart_(Australian_rules_footballer)" title="Ian Stewart (Australian rules footballer)">Ian Stewart</a> of <a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a> with 21 votes.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a> took the "<a href="/wiki/Wooden_spoon_(award)" title="Wooden spoon (award)">wooden spoon</a>" in 1966.</li> <li>The reserves premiership was won by <a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a>. Richmond 14.11 (95) defeated <a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a> 13.12 (90) in the Grand Final, held as a curtain-raiser to the seniors Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 24 September.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_season&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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class="external autonumber" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jB0QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=apMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1718%2C2691114">[1]</a>) twelve of them – <a href="/wiki/Greg_Brown_(Australian_rules_footballer)" title="Greg Brown (Australian rules footballer)">Greg Brown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jack_Clarke_(Australian_footballer,_born_1933)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jack Clarke (Australian footballer, born 1933)">Jack Clarke</a>, <a href="/wiki/Barry_Davis_(footballer)" title="Barry Davis (footballer)">Barry Davis</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kevin_Egan" title="Kevin Egan">Kevin Egan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ted_Fordham" title="Ted Fordham">Ted Fordham</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ken_Fraser" title="Ken Fraser">Ken Fraser</a>, <a href="/wiki/Darryl_Gerlach" title="Darryl Gerlach">Darryl Gerlach</a>, <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Gosper" title="Geoff Gosper">Geoff Gosper</a>, <a href="/wiki/Graeme_Johnston" title="Graeme Johnston">Graeme Johnston</a>, <a href="/wiki/Don_McKenzie_(footballer,_born_1939)" title="Don McKenzie (footballer, born 1939)">Don McKenzie</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hugh_Mitchell_(Australian_footballer)" title="Hugh Mitchell (Australian footballer)">Hugh Mitchell</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Geoff_Pryor_(footballer)" title="Geoff Pryor (footballer)">Geoff Pryor</a> – had grown up in the Essendon district (also, another two "locals", <a href="/wiki/Russell_Blew" title="Russell Blew">Russell Blew</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Barry_Capuano" title="Barry Capuano">Barry Capuano</a> had played and five and six senior games, respectively, that season) (see <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=H69PAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WJMDAAAAIBAJ&pg=1663%2C2676220">[2]</a>).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation 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Melbourne. 31 August 1966. p. 63.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Sun+News-Pictorial&rft.atitle=Richmond+out+of+under-19+four&rft.pages=63&rft.date=1966-08-31&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3A1966+VFL+season" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRex_Pullen1966" class="citation news cs1">Rex Pullen (26 September 1966). "Hart clinched Tigers' win". <i>The Sun News-Pictorial</i>. 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(ed), <i>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</i>, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-670-86814-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-670-86814-0">0-670-86814-0</a></li> <li>Strevens, S., <i>Bob Rose: A Dignified Life</i>, Allen & Unwin, (Crows Nest), 2004. <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/1-74114-465-5" title="Special:BookSources/1-74114-465-5">1-74114-465-5</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_VFL_season&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://afltables.com/afl/seas/1966.html">1966 VFL season</a> at AFL Tables</li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.australianfootball.com/seasons/season/afl/138/premiership%2Bseason/1/1/1966">1966 VFL season</a> at Australian Football</li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist 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class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Premiers</span></a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Norm_Smith_Medal" title="Norm Smith Medal"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Norm Smith Medal</span></a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_VFL/AFL_minor_premiers" title="List of VFL/AFL minor premiers"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Minor premiers</span></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brownlow_Medal" title="Brownlow Medal"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Brownlow Medal</span></a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Brownlow_Medal_winners" title="List of Brownlow Medal winners"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">winners</span></a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span 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Club">Adelaide</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Lions" title="Brisbane Lions">Brisbane Lions</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carlton_Football_Club" title="Carlton Football Club">Carlton</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Collingwood_Football_Club" title="Collingwood Football Club">Collingwood</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Essendon_Football_Club" title="Essendon Football Club">Essendon</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fremantle_Football_Club" title="Fremantle Football Club">Fremantle</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Geelong_Football_Club" title="Geelong Football Club">Geelong</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Gold_Coast_Suns" title="Gold Coast Suns">Gold Coast</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Greater_Western_Sydney_Giants" title="Greater Western Sydney Giants">Greater Western Sydney</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Hawthorn_Football_Club" title="Hawthorn Football Club">Hawthorn</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Football_Club" title="Melbourne Football Club">Melbourne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/North_Melbourne_Football_Club" title="North Melbourne Football Club">North Melbourne</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Port_Adelaide_Football_Club" title="Port Adelaide Football Club">Port Adelaide</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Richmond_Football_Club" title="Richmond Football Club">Richmond</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/St_Kilda_Football_Club" title="St Kilda Football Club">St Kilda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Swans" title="Sydney Swans">Sydney</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/West_Coast_Eagles" title="West Coast Eagles">West Coast</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Western_Bulldogs" title="Western Bulldogs">Western Bulldogs</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0C3F91; color:white">Future</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Tasmania_Football_Club" title="Tasmania Football Club">Tasmania</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#0C3F91; color:white">Former</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Brisbane_Bears" title="Brisbane Bears">Brisbane Bears</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Fitzroy_Football_Club" title="Fitzroy Football Club">Fitzroy</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_University_Football_Club" title="Melbourne University Football Club">University</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C3F91; color:white;width:1%">Seasons</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1897_VFL_season" title="1897 VFL season">1897</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1898_VFL_season" title="1898 VFL season">1898</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1899_VFL_season" title="1899 VFL season">1899</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1900_VFL_season" title="1900 VFL season">1900</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1901_VFL_season" title="1901 VFL season">1901</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1902_VFL_season" title="1902 VFL season">1902</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1903_VFL_season" title="1903 VFL season">1903</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1904_VFL_season" title="1904 VFL season">1904</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1905_VFL_season" title="1905 VFL season">1905</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1906_VFL_season" title="1906 VFL season">1906</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1907_VFL_season" title="1907 VFL season">1907</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1908_VFL_season" title="1908 VFL season">1908</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1909_VFL_season" title="1909 VFL season">1909</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1910_VFL_season" title="1910 VFL season">1910</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1911_VFL_season" title="1911 VFL season">1911</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1912_VFL_season" title="1912 VFL season">1912</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1913_VFL_season" title="1913 VFL season">1913</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1914_VFL_season" title="1914 VFL season">1914</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1915_VFL_season" title="1915 VFL season">1915</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1916_VFL_season" title="1916 VFL season">1916</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1917_VFL_season" title="1917 VFL season">1917</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1918_VFL_season" title="1918 VFL season">1918</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1919_VFL_season" title="1919 VFL season">1919</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1920_VFL_season" title="1920 VFL season">1920</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1921_VFL_season" title="1921 VFL season">1921</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1922_VFL_season" title="1922 VFL season">1922</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1923_VFL_season" title="1923 VFL season">1923</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1924_VFL_season" title="1924 VFL season">1924</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1925_VFL_season" title="1925 VFL season">1925</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1926_VFL_season" title="1926 VFL season">1926</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1927_VFL_season" title="1927 VFL season">1927</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1928_VFL_season" title="1928 VFL season">1928</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1929_VFL_season" title="1929 VFL season">1929</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1930_VFL_season" title="1930 VFL season">1930</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1931_VFL_season" title="1931 VFL season">1931</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1932_VFL_season" title="1932 VFL season">1932</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1933_VFL_season" title="1933 VFL season">1933</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1934_VFL_season" title="1934 VFL season">1934</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1935_VFL_season" title="1935 VFL season">1935</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1936_VFL_season" title="1936 VFL season">1936</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1937_VFL_season" title="1937 VFL season">1937</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1938_VFL_season" title="1938 VFL season">1938</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1939_VFL_season" title="1939 VFL season">1939</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1940_VFL_season" title="1940 VFL season">1940</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1941_VFL_season" title="1941 VFL season">1941</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1942_VFL_season" title="1942 VFL season">1942</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1943_VFL_season" title="1943 VFL season">1943</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1944_VFL_season" title="1944 VFL season">1944</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1945_VFL_season" title="1945 VFL season">1945</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1946_VFL_season" title="1946 VFL season">1946</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1947_VFL_season" title="1947 VFL season">1947</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1948_VFL_season" title="1948 VFL season">1948</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1949_VFL_season" title="1949 VFL season">1949</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1950_VFL_season" title="1950 VFL season">1950</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1951_VFL_season" title="1951 VFL season">1951</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1952_VFL_season" title="1952 VFL season">1952</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1953_VFL_season" title="1953 VFL season">1953</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1954_VFL_season" title="1954 VFL season">1954</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1955_VFL_season" title="1955 VFL season">1955</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1956_VFL_season" title="1956 VFL season">1956</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1957_VFL_season" title="1957 VFL season">1957</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1958_VFL_season" title="1958 VFL season">1958</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1959_VFL_season" title="1959 VFL season">1959</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1960_VFL_season" title="1960 VFL season">1960</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1961_VFL_season" title="1961 VFL season">1961</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1962_VFL_season" title="1962 VFL season">1962</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1963_VFL_season" title="1963 VFL season">1963</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1964_VFL_season" title="1964 VFL season">1964</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1965_VFL_season" title="1965 VFL season">1965</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1966</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1967_VFL_season" title="1967 VFL season">1967</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1968_VFL_season" title="1968 VFL season">1968</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1969_VFL_season" title="1969 VFL season">1969</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1970_VFL_season" title="1970 VFL season">1970</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1971_VFL_season" title="1971 VFL season">1971</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1972_VFL_season" title="1972 VFL season">1972</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1973_VFL_season" title="1973 VFL season">1973</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1974_VFL_season" title="1974 VFL season">1974</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1975_VFL_season" title="1975 VFL season">1975</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1976_VFL_season" title="1976 VFL season">1976</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1977_VFL_season" title="1977 VFL season">1977</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1978_VFL_season" title="1978 VFL season">1978</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1979_VFL_season" title="1979 VFL season">1979</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1980_VFL_season" title="1980 VFL season">1980</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1981_VFL_season" title="1981 VFL season">1981</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1982_VFL_season" title="1982 VFL season">1982</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1983_VFL_season" title="1983 VFL season">1983</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1984_VFL_season" title="1984 VFL season">1984</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1985_VFL_season" title="1985 VFL season">1985</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1986_VFL_season" title="1986 VFL season">1986</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1987_VFL_season" title="1987 VFL season">1987</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1988_VFL_season" title="1988 VFL season">1988</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1989_VFL_season" title="1989 VFL season">1989</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1990_AFL_season" title="1990 AFL season">1990</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1991_AFL_season" title="1991 AFL season">1991</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1992_AFL_season" title="1992 AFL season">1992</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1993_AFL_season" title="1993 AFL season">1993</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1994_AFL_season" title="1994 AFL season">1994</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1995_AFL_season" title="1995 AFL season">1995</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1996_AFL_season" title="1996 AFL season">1996</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1997_AFL_season" title="1997 AFL season">1997</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1998_AFL_season" title="1998 AFL season">1998</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1999_AFL_season" title="1999 AFL season">1999</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2000_AFL_season" title="2000 AFL season">2000</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2001_AFL_season" title="2001 AFL season">2001</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2002_AFL_season" title="2002 AFL season">2002</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_AFL_season" title="2003 AFL season">2003</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_AFL_season" title="2004 AFL season">2004</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2005_AFL_season" title="2005 AFL season">2005</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006_AFL_season" title="2006 AFL season">2006</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2007_AFL_season" title="2007 AFL season">2007</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_AFL_season" title="2008 AFL season">2008</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2009_AFL_season" title="2009 AFL season">2009</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010_AFL_season" title="2010 AFL season">2010</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_AFL_season" title="2011 AFL season">2011</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_AFL_season" title="2012 AFL season">2012</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_AFL_season" title="2013 AFL season">2013</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2014_AFL_season" title="2014 AFL season">2014</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015_AFL_season" title="2015 AFL season">2015</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016_AFL_season" title="2016 AFL season">2016</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_AFL_season" title="2017 AFL season">2017</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_AFL_season" title="2018 AFL season">2018</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_AFL_season" title="2019 AFL season">2019</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2020_AFL_season" title="2020 AFL season">2020</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2021_AFL_season" title="2021 AFL season">2021</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_AFL_season" title="2022 AFL season">2022</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_AFL_season" title="2023 AFL season">2023</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2024_AFL_season" title="2024 AFL season">2024</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2025_AFL_season" title="2025 AFL season">2025</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C3F91; color:white;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Grand_Final" title="AFL Grand Final"><span class="tmpl-colored-link" style="color: white; text-decoration: inherit;">Grand finals</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><span style="color:grey;">1897</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1898_VFL_grand_final" title="1898 VFL grand final">1898</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1899_VFL_grand_final" title="1899 VFL grand final">1899</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1900_VFL_grand_final" title="1900 VFL grand final">1900</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1901_VFL_grand_final" title="1901 VFL grand final">1901</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1902_VFL_grand_final" title="1902 VFL grand final">1902</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1903_VFL_grand_final" title="1903 VFL grand final">1903</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1904_VFL_grand_final" title="1904 VFL grand final">1904</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1905_VFL_grand_final" title="1905 VFL grand final">1905</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1906_VFL_grand_final" title="1906 VFL grand final">1906</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1907_VFL_grand_final" title="1907 VFL grand final">1907</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1908_VFL_grand_final" title="1908 VFL grand final">1908</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1909_VFL_grand_final" title="1909 VFL grand final">1909</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1910_VFL_grand_final" title="1910 VFL grand final">1910</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1911_VFL_grand_final" title="1911 VFL grand final">1911</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1912_VFL_grand_final" title="1912 VFL grand final">1912</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1913_VFL_grand_final" title="1913 VFL grand final">1913</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1914_VFL_grand_final" title="1914 VFL grand final">1914</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1915_VFL_grand_final" title="1915 VFL grand final">1915</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1916_VFL_grand_final" title="1916 VFL grand final">1916</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1917_VFL_grand_final" title="1917 VFL grand final">1917</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1918_VFL_grand_final" title="1918 VFL grand final">1918</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1919_VFL_grand_final" title="1919 VFL grand final">1919</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1920_VFL_grand_final" title="1920 VFL grand final">1920</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1921_VFL_grand_final" title="1921 VFL grand final">1921</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1922_VFL_grand_final" title="1922 VFL grand final">1922</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1923_VFL_grand_final" title="1923 VFL grand final">1923</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><span style="color:grey;">1924</span></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1925_VFL_grand_final" title="1925 VFL grand final">1925</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1926_VFL_grand_final" title="1926 VFL grand final">1926</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1927_VFL_grand_final" title="1927 VFL grand final">1927</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1928_VFL_grand_final" title="1928 VFL grand final">1928</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1929_VFL_grand_final" title="1929 VFL grand final">1929</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1930_VFL_grand_final" title="1930 VFL grand final">1930</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1931_VFL_grand_final" title="1931 VFL grand final">1931</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1932_VFL_grand_final" title="1932 VFL grand final">1932</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1933_VFL_grand_final" title="1933 VFL grand final">1933</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1934_VFL_grand_final" title="1934 VFL grand final">1934</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1935_VFL_grand_final" title="1935 VFL grand final">1935</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1936_VFL_grand_final" title="1936 VFL grand final">1936</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1937_VFL_grand_final" title="1937 VFL grand final">1937</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1938_VFL_grand_final" title="1938 VFL grand final">1938</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1939_VFL_grand_final" title="1939 VFL grand final">1939</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1940_VFL_grand_final" title="1940 VFL grand final">1940</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1941_VFL_grand_final" title="1941 VFL grand final">1941</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1942_VFL_grand_final" title="1942 VFL grand final">1942</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1943_VFL_grand_final" title="1943 VFL grand final">1943</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1944_VFL_grand_final" title="1944 VFL grand final">1944</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1945_VFL_grand_final" title="1945 VFL grand final">1945</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1946_VFL_grand_final" title="1946 VFL grand final">1946</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1947_VFL_grand_final" title="1947 VFL grand final">1947</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1948_VFL_grand_final" title="1948 VFL grand final">1948</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1949_VFL_grand_final" title="1949 VFL grand final">1949</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1950_VFL_grand_final" title="1950 VFL grand final">1950</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1951_VFL_grand_final" title="1951 VFL grand final">1951</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1952_VFL_grand_final" title="1952 VFL grand final">1952</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1953_VFL_grand_final" title="1953 VFL grand final">1953</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1954_VFL_grand_final" title="1954 VFL grand final">1954</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1955_VFL_grand_final" title="1955 VFL grand final">1955</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1956_VFL_grand_final" title="1956 VFL grand final">1956</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1957_VFL_grand_final" title="1957 VFL grand final">1957</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1958_VFL_grand_final" title="1958 VFL grand final">1958</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1959_VFL_grand_final" title="1959 VFL grand final">1959</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1960_VFL_grand_final" title="1960 VFL grand final">1960</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1961_VFL_grand_final" title="1961 VFL grand final">1961</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1962_VFL_grand_final" title="1962 VFL grand final">1962</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1963_VFL_grand_final" title="1963 VFL grand final">1963</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1964_VFL_grand_final" title="1964 VFL grand final">1964</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1965_VFL_grand_final" title="1965 VFL grand final">1965</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1966_VFL_grand_final" title="1966 VFL grand final">1966</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1967_VFL_grand_final" title="1967 VFL grand final">1967</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1968_VFL_grand_final" title="1968 VFL grand final">1968</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1969_VFL_grand_final" title="1969 VFL grand final">1969</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1970_VFL_grand_final" title="1970 VFL grand final">1970</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1971_VFL_grand_final" title="1971 VFL grand final">1971</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1972_VFL_grand_final" title="1972 VFL grand final">1972</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1973_VFL_grand_final" title="1973 VFL grand final">1973</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1974_VFL_grand_final" title="1974 VFL grand final">1974</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1975_VFL_grand_final" title="1975 VFL grand final">1975</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1976_VFL_grand_final" title="1976 VFL grand final">1976</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1977_VFL_grand_final" title="1977 VFL grand final">1977</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1978_VFL_grand_final" title="1978 VFL grand final">1978</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1979_VFL_grand_final" title="1979 VFL grand final">1979</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1980_VFL_grand_final" title="1980 VFL grand final">1980</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1981_VFL_grand_final" title="1981 VFL grand final">1981</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1982_VFL_grand_final" title="1982 VFL grand final">1982</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1983_VFL_grand_final" title="1983 VFL grand final">1983</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1984_VFL_grand_final" title="1984 VFL grand final">1984</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1985_VFL_grand_final" title="1985 VFL grand final">1985</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1986_VFL_grand_final" title="1986 VFL grand final">1986</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1987_VFL_grand_final" title="1987 VFL grand final">1987</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1988_VFL_grand_final" title="1988 VFL grand final">1988</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1989_VFL_grand_final" title="1989 VFL grand final">1989</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1990_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1990 AFL Grand Final">1990</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1991_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1991 AFL Grand Final">1991</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1992_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1992 AFL Grand Final">1992</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1993_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1993 AFL Grand Final">1993</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1994_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1994 AFL Grand Final">1994</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1995_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1995 AFL Grand Final">1995</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1996_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1996 AFL Grand Final">1996</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1997_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1997 AFL Grand Final">1997</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1998_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1998 AFL Grand Final">1998</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/1999_AFL_Grand_Final" title="1999 AFL Grand Final">1999</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2000_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2000 AFL Grand Final">2000</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2001_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2001 AFL Grand Final">2001</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2002_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2002 AFL Grand Final">2002</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2003_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2003 AFL Grand Final">2003</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2004_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2004 AFL Grand Final">2004</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2005_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2005 AFL Grand Final">2005</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2006_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2006 AFL Grand Final">2006</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2007_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2007 AFL Grand Final">2007</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2008_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2008 AFL Grand Final">2008</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2009_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2009 AFL Grand Final">2009</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2010_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2010 AFL Grand Final">2010</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2011 AFL Grand Final">2011</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2012_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2012 AFL Grand Final">2012</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2013_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2013 AFL Grand Final">2013</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2014_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2014 AFL Grand Final">2014</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2015_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2015 AFL Grand Final">2015</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2016_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2016 AFL Grand Final">2016</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2017_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2017 AFL Grand Final">2017</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2018_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2018 AFL Grand Final">2018</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2019_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2019 AFL Grand Final">2019</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2020_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2020 AFL Grand Final">2020</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2021_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2021 AFL Grand Final">2021</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2022_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2022 AFL Grand Final">2022</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2023_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2023 AFL Grand Final">2023</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2024_AFL_Grand_Final" title="2024 AFL Grand Final">2024</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C3F91; color:white;width:1%"><abbr title="Venues that hosted matches during the 2024 season">Venues</abbr></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Adelaide_Oval" title="Adelaide Oval">Adelaide Oval</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Bellerive_Oval" title="Bellerive Oval">Blundstone Arena</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Showground_Stadium" title="Sydney Showground Stadium">Engie Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/The_Gabba" title="The Gabba">The Gabba</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Kardinia_Park_(stadium)" title="Kardinia Park (stadium)">GMHBA Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Manuka_Oval" title="Manuka Oval">Manuka Oval</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Eureka_Stadium" title="Eureka Stadium">Mars Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Docklands_Stadium" title="Docklands Stadium">Marvel Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Melbourne_Cricket_Ground" title="Melbourne Cricket Ground">Melbourne Cricket Ground</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Norwood_Oval" title="Norwood Oval">Norwood Oval</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Perth_Stadium" title="Perth Stadium">Optus Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Carrara_Stadium" title="Carrara Stadium">People First Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Summit_Sport_and_Recreation_Park" title="Summit Sport and Recreation Park">Summit Sport and Recreation Park</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Sydney_Cricket_Ground" title="Sydney Cricket Ground">Sydney Cricket Ground</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Marrara_Oval" title="Marrara Oval">TIO Stadium</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Traeger_Park" title="Traeger Park">TIO Traeger Park</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/York_Park" title="York Park">University of Tasmania Stadium</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C3F91; color:white;width:1%">Other awards</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Coaches_Association_awards" title="AFL Coaches Association awards">AFL Coaches Association awards</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Players_Association_awards" title="AFL Players Association awards">AFL Players Association awards</a></span> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Leigh_Matthews_Trophy" title="Leigh Matthews Trophy">Leigh Matthews Trophy</a></span></li></ul></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Goal_of_the_Year_(AFL)" title="Goal of the Year (AFL)">Goal of the Year</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Mark_of_the_Year" title="Mark of the Year">Mark of the Year</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#0C3F91; color:white;width:1%">Major recurring<br />events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Australian_Football_League_Draft" class="mw-redirect" title="Australian Football League Draft">AFL draft</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_finals_series" title="AFL finals series">AFL finals series</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Futures_match" title="AFL Futures match">AFL Futures match</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/AFL_Grand_Final" title="AFL Grand Final">AFL Grand Final</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anzac_Day_match#Other_ANZAC_Day_fixtures" title="Anzac Day match">Anzac Day Eve match</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Anzac_Day_match" title="Anzac Day match">Anzac Day match</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Dreamtime_at_the_%27G" title="Dreamtime at the 'G">Dreamtime at the 'G</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Rivalries_in_the_Australian_Football_League#Hawthorn_v_Geelong" title="Rivalries in the Australian Football League">Easter Monday clash</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/E._J._Whitten_Legends_Game" title="E. J. Whitten Legends Game">E. J. 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