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1966 VFL Premiership Season
Teams	12
Premiers	St Kilda (1st premiership)
Minor Premiers	Collingwood (13th minor premiership)
Coleman Medallist	Ted Fordham (Hawthorn)
Brownlow Medalist	Ian Stewart (St Kilda)

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

Premiership season

In 1966, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man. A player could be substituted for any reason; however, once substituted, a player could not return to the field of play under any circumstances.

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

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

Round 1

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Essendon	11.6 (72)	Geelong	9.4 (58)	Windy Hill	31,560	23 April 1966
Collingwood	17.13 (115)	Hawthorn	9.8 (62)	Victoria Park	32,741	23 April 1966
South Melbourne	16.19 (115)	Fitzroy	9.8 (62)	Lake Oval	22,376	23 April 1966
Melbourne	4.9 (33)	St Kilda	17.7 (109)	MCG	64,934	25 April 1966
Footscray	11.9 (75)	North Melbourne	13.9 (87)	Western Oval	23,252	25 April 1966
Carlton	14.16 (100)	Richmond	16.10 (106)	Princes Park	43,695	25 April 1966

Round 2

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Hawthorn	7.14 (56)	Melbourne	3.11 (29)	Glenferrie Oval	14,000	30 April 1966
Geelong	13.16 (94)	South Melbourne	11.8 (74)	Kardinia Park (Stadium)	21,490	30 April 1966
Richmond	17.15 (117)	Footscray	5.17 (47)	MCG	28,596	30 April 1966
North Melbourne	5.13 (43)	Essendon	12.20 (92)	Arden Street Oval	19,813	30 April 1966
Fitzroy	5.12 (42)	Collingwood	9.17 (71)	Brunswick Street Oval	20,362	30 April 1966
St Kilda	15.17 (107)	Carlton	7.12 (54)	Moorabbin Oval	30,810	30 April 1966

Round 3

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
North Melbourne	9.13 (67)	St Kilda	15.13 (103)	Arden Street Oval	17,261	7 May 1966
Richmond	18.15 (123)	Melbourne	11.14 (80)	MCG	32,608	7 May 1966
South Melbourne	14.22 (106)	Hawthorn	7.15 (57)	Lake Oval	17,259	7 May 1966
Geelong	12.14 (86)	Footscray	7.4 (46)	Kardinia Park (Stadium)	17,395	7 May 1966
Essendon	8.18 (66)	Collingwood	8.6 (54)	Windy Hill	43,487	7 May 1966
Fitzroy	6.8 (44)	Carlton	10.16 (76)	Brunswick Street Oval	16,714	7 May 1966

Round 4

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Melbourne	12.17 (89)	South Melbourne	17.17 (119)	MCG	31,497	14 May 1966
Hawthorn	9.13 (67)	North Melbourne	14.15 (99)	Glenferrie Oval	10,873	14 May 1966
Collingwood	12.13 (85)	Richmond	5.18 (48)	Victoria Park	40,272	14 May 1966
Carlton	15.12 (102)	Essendon	5.11 (41)	Princes Park	31,819	14 May 1966
St Kilda	15.11 (101)	Geelong	7.16 (58)	Moorabbin Oval	37,140	14 May 1966
Footscray	12.12 (84)	Fitzroy	5.16 (46)	Western Oval	14,672	14 May 1966

Round 5

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Geelong	12.8 (80)	Richmond	15.8 (98)	Kardinia Park (Stadium)	21,655	21 May 1966
Footscray	10.10 (70)	Hawthorn	4.10 (34)	Western Oval	12,424	21 May 1966
South Melbourne	7.11 (53)	St Kilda	13.17 (95)	Lake Oval	33,255	21 May 1966
Fitzroy	9.10 (64)	Essendon	17.11 (113)	Brunswick Street Oval	15,279	21 May 1966
North Melbourne	7.4 (46)	Collingwood	11.15 (81)	Arden Street Oval	21,293	21 May 1966
Melbourne	3.14 (32)	Carlton	11.13 (79)	MCG	35,955	21 May 1966

Round 6

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Richmond	12.16 (88)	South Melbourne	9.9 (63)	MCG	45,254	28 May 1966
Essendon	15.15 (105)	Hawthorn	12.9 (81)	Windy Hill	15,400	28 May 1966
Collingwood	12.18 (90)	Melbourne	8.9 (57)	Victoria Park	26,153	28 May 1966
Carlton	11.13 (79)	Footscray	6.10 (46)	Princes Park	23,598	28 May 1966
North Melbourne	8.7 (55)	Geelong	12.20 (92)	Arden Street Oval	15,290	28 May 1966
St Kilda	17.16 (118)	Fitzroy	8.6 (54)	Moorabbin Oval	19,737	28 May 1966

Round 7

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Hawthorn	11.12 (78)	St Kilda	15.12 (102)	Glenferrie Oval	18,755	4 June 1966
Fitzroy	12.6 (78)	Richmond	15.12 (102)	Brunswick Street Oval	14,338	4 June 1966
South Melbourne	17.16 (118)	North Melbourne	15.16 (106)	Lake Oval	15,800	4 June 1966
Melbourne	14.10 (94)	Essendon	9.6 (60)	MCG	38,498	4 June 1966
Footscray	6.12 (48)	Collingwood	8.20 (68)	Western Oval	23,721	4 June 1966
Geelong	8.9 (57)	Carlton	8.8 (56)	Kardinia Park (Stadium)	25,398	4 June 1966

Round 8

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Footscray	11.5 (71)	Melbourne	7.8 (50)	Western Oval	15,983	11 June 1966
Collingwood	14.21 (105)	Geelong	11.10 (76)	Victoria Park	37,034	11 June 1966
Carlton	7.15 (57)	South Melbourne	8.6 (54)	Princes Park	26,510	11 June 1966
Fitzroy	8.13 (61)	Hawthorn	11.14 (80)	Brunswick Street Oval	12,987	13 June 1966
Richmond	10.11 (71)	North Melbourne	8.23 (71)	MCG	33,959	13 June 1966
St Kilda	8.8 (56)	Essendon	7.7 (49)	Moorabbin Oval	50,548	13 June 1966

Round 9

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Richmond	16.13 (109)	St Kilda	11.8 (74)	MCG	55,426	18 June 1966
Essendon	9.17 (71)	Footscray	4.13 (37)	Windy Hill	18,600	18 June 1966
North Melbourne	9.11 (65)	Melbourne	4.12 (36)	Arden Street Oval	8,957	18 June 1966
Geelong	20.24 (144)	Fitzroy	5.1 (31)	Kardinia Park (Stadium)	13,550	18 June 1966
South Melbourne	11.7 (73)	Collingwood	13.20 (98)	Lake Oval	25,100	18 June 1966
Hawthorn	9.13 (67)	Carlton	9.9 (63)	Glenferrie Oval	19,500	18 June 1966

Round 10

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Geelong	17.15 (117)	Hawthorn	8.9 (57)	Kardinia Park (Stadium)	13,941	25 June 1966
Footscray	8.19 (67)	South Melbourne	8.7 (55)	Western Oval	11,733	25 June 1966
Essendon	14.16 (100)	Richmond	15.6 (96)	Windy Hill	20,600	25 June 1966
Collingwood	17.15 (117)	St Kilda	6.9 (45)	Victoria Park	37,607	25 June 1966
Melbourne	11.17 (83)	Fitzroy	3.7 (25)	MCG	14,688	25 June 1966
North Melbourne	8.17 (65)	Carlton	6.6 (42)	Arden Street Oval	10,573	25 June 1966

Round 11

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Fitzroy	10.7 (67)	North Melbourne	22.8 (140)	Brunswick Street Oval	9,351	2 July 1966
Melbourne	9.21 (75)	Geelong	13.15 (93)	MCG	39,217	2 July 1966
St Kilda	15.15 (105)	Footscray	7.12 (54)	Moorabbin Oval	21,507	2 July 1966
Hawthorn	6.13 (49)	Richmond	11.13 (79)	Glenferrie Oval	15,880	9 July 1966
Carlton	7.11 (53)	Collingwood	6.6 (42)	Princes Park	29,240	9 July 1966
South Melbourne	12.10 (82)	Essendon	13.12 (90)	Lake Oval	22,750	9 July 1966

Round 12

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Fitzroy	8.5 (53)	South Melbourne	10.15 (75)	Brunswick Street Oval	6,936	16 July 1966
St Kilda	12.13 (85)	Melbourne	6.6 (42)	Moorabbin Oval	15,003	16 July 1966
North Melbourne	10.15 (75)	Footscray	6.6 (42)	Arden Street Oval	8,114	16 July 1966
Geelong	15.7 (97)	Essendon	5.7 (37)	Kardinia Park (Stadium)	23,114	16 July 1966
Hawthorn	5.7 (37)	Collingwood	16.14 (110)	Glenferrie Oval	13,990	16 July 1966
Richmond	8.13 (61)	Carlton	4.6 (30)	MCG	38,094	16 July 1966

Round 13

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Footscray	7.15 (57)	Richmond	11.16 (82)	Western Oval	16,573	23 July 1966
Essendon	6.16 (52)	North Melbourne	6.6 (42)	Windy Hill	19,400	23 July 1966
Collingwood	19.14 (128)	Fitzroy	9.7 (61)	Victoria Park	18,094	23 July 1966
Carlton	7.15 (57)	St Kilda	5.11 (41)	Princes Park	33,367	23 July 1966
Melbourne	23.13 (151)	Hawthorn	9.5 (59)	MCG	18,254	23 July 1966
South Melbourne	9.11 (65)	Geelong	9.17 (71)	Lake Oval	20,100	23 July 1966

Round 14

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Melbourne	10.12 (72)	Richmond	14.13 (97)	MCG	35,460	30 July 1966
Hawthorn	10.16 (76)	South Melbourne	14.17 (101)	Glenferrie Oval	12,237	30 July 1966
Footscray	7.9 (51)	Geelong	10.11 (71)	Western Oval	16,951	30 July 1966
Collingwood	7.10 (52)	Essendon	18.9 (117)	Victoria Park	38,918	30 July 1966
Carlton	12.15 (87)	Fitzroy	9.6 (60)	Princes Park	15,203	30 July 1966
St Kilda	10.18 (78)	North Melbourne	4.16 (40)	Moorabbin Oval	30,530	30 July 1966

Round 15

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Geelong	14.11 (95)	St Kilda	10.12 (72)	Kardinia Park (Stadium)	28,729	6 August 1966
Fitzroy	13.17 (95)	Footscray	13.11 (89)	Brunswick Street Oval	8,795	6 August 1966
South Melbourne	18.17 (125)	Melbourne	15.19 (109)	Lake Oval	14,200	6 August 1966
North Melbourne	11.16 (82)	Hawthorn	12.11 (83)	Arden Street Oval	5,835	6 August 1966
Richmond	13.8 (86)	Collingwood	16.9 (105)	MCG	73,834	6 August 1966
Essendon	18.7 (115)	Carlton	10.13 (73)	Windy Hill	28,000	6 August 1966

Round 16

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
St Kilda	19.19 (133)	South Melbourne	10.6 (66)	Moorabbin Oval	20,083	13 August 1966
Essendon	14.9 (93)	Fitzroy	6.9 (45)	Windy Hill	14,600	13 August 1966
Collingwood	12.21 (93)	North Melbourne	6.8 (44)	Victoria Park	19,900	13 August 1966
Carlton	14.15 (99)	Melbourne	10.10 (70)	Princes Park	13,127	13 August 1966
Richmond	6.12 (48)	Geelong	11.16 (82)	MCG	54,976	13 August 1966
Hawthorn	18.11 (119)	Footscray	9.13 (67)	Glenferrie Oval	8,429	13 August 1966

Round 17

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
Geelong	17.16 (118)	North Melbourne	11.13 (79)	Kardinia Park (Stadium)	19,654	20 August 1966
Fitzroy	5.10 (40)	St Kilda	17.22 (124)	Brunswick Street Oval	12,165	20 August 1966
South Melbourne	10.11 (71)	Richmond	10.12 (72)	Lake Oval	20,200	20 August 1966
Hawthorn	11.13 (79)	Essendon	15.10 (100)	Glenferrie Oval	21,520	20 August 1966
Melbourne	12.12 (84)	Collingwood	21.15 (141)	MCG	46,319	20 August 1966
Footscray	4.1 (25)	Carlton	12.14 (86)	Western Oval	14,516	20 August 1966

Round 18

Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Venue	Crowd	Date
North Melbourne	12.16 (88)	South Melbourne	11.5 (71)	Arden Street Oval	10,419	27 August 1966
Essendon	11.18 (84)	Melbourne	7.7 (49)	Windy Hill	22,200	27 August 1966
Collingwood	18.24 (132)	Footscray	3.10 (28)	Victoria Park	20,324	27 August 1966
Carlton	5.10 (40)	Geelong	16.14 (110)	Princes Park	37,236	27 August 1966
St Kilda	14.9 (93)	Hawthorn	13.5 (83)	Moorabbin Oval	23,860	27 August 1966
Richmond	20.23 (143)	Fitzroy	11.10 (76)	MCG	18,980	27 August 1966

Ladder

	Team	Won	Lost	Draw	For	Agst	%	Points
1	Collingwood	15	3	0	1687	1073	157.2	60
2	St Kilda	14	4	0	1641	1149	142.8	56
3	Geelong	14	4	0	1599	1162	137.6	56
4	Essendon	14	4	0	1457	1204	121.0	56

5	Richmond	13	4	1	1626	1320	123.2	54
6	Carlton	10	8	0	1233	1143	107.9	40
7	North Melbourne	7	10	1	1294	1381	93.7	30
8	South Melbourne	7	11	0	1486	1505	98.7	28
9	Hawthorn	5	13	0	1224	1650	74.2	20
10	Footscray	4	14	0	1004	1458	68.9	16
11	Melbourne	3	15	0	1235	1580	78.2	12
12	Fitzroy	1	17	0	1004	1865	53.8	4

Night Series Competition

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

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

Premiership Finals

First Semi-Final

Team	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr	Final
Geelong	3.4	3.5	7.9	12.14 (86)
Essendon	6.1	10.5	13.6	15.6 (96)
Attendance: 93,765

Second Semi-Final

Team	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr	Final
Collingwood	5.2	6.3	10.5	15.9 (99)
St Kilda	0.1	6.5	10.9	13.11 (89)
Attendance: 95,614

Preliminary Final

Team	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr	Final
St Kilda	4.1	10.2	10.2	15.4 (94)
Essendon	2.7	3.4	3.9	7.10 (52)
Attendance: 93,453

Grand Final

Main article: 1966 VFL Grand Final

Team	1 Qtr	2 Qtr	3 Qtr	Final
Collingwood	2.1	5.7	7.11	10.13 (73)
St Kilda	2.5	5.6	8.9	10.14 (74)
Attendance: 101,655

Awards

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

Notable events

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

References

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

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