1976 NFL Championship Series (Australia)
NFL Wills Cup | |
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Tournament details | |
Dates | 17 May - 17 August 1976 |
Teams | 12 |
Venue(s) | 3 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Hawthorn (2nd title) |
Runners-up | North Melbourne |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 15 |
Attendance | 106,214 (7,081 per match) |
The 1976 NFL Championship Series was the 1st edition of the NFL Night Series, an NFL-organised national club Australian rules football tournament between the leading clubs from the VFL, the SANFL and the WANFL.[1]
It replaced the Championship of Australia tournament that been contested between the champion clubs of the VFL, the SANFL, the WANFL and the Tasmanian State Premiership between 1972 and 1975.
The 1976 NFL Night Series was planned as a forerunner to a full-scale national competition in 1977 that would feature all the VFL, SANFL and WANFL teams plus representative teams from Tasmania, Queensland, New South Wales and the ACT.
Ultimately, the 1976 competition would be the only one to feature the VFL clubs - the Victorian League chose to break away in 1977 and run a rival competition, the VFL Night Series.
Qualified Teams[]
- 1 Includes previous appearances in the Championship of Australia.
- 2 Replaced Collingwood and St Kilda who both declined to participate.
Venues[]
Adelaide | Perth | |
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Norwood Oval | Football Park | Subiaco Oval |
Capacity: 22,000 | Capacity: 67,000 | Capacity: 53,000 |
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Group stage[]
Group A[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | % | Pts |
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Glenelg | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 161 | 130 | 123.8 | 8 |
Richmond | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 185 | 126 | 146.8 | 4 |
Swan Districts | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 118 | 208 | 56.7 | 0 |
17 May 1976 | Glenelg | 76-62 | Richmond | Football Park, Adelaide | |
11.10 (76) | 9.8 (62) | Attendance: 13,693
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12 June 1976 | Swan Districts | 68-85 | Glenelg | Subiaco Oval, Perth | |
10.8 (68) | 11.19 (85) | Attendance: 10,876
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29 June 1976 | Richmond | 123-50 | Swan Districts | Norwood Oval, Adelaide | |
18.15 (123) | 7.8 (50) | Attendance: 400
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Group B[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | % | Pts |
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North Melbourne | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 191 | 113 | 169.0 | 8 |
Port Adelaide | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 134 | 150 | 89.3 | 4 |
Footscray | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 169 | 201 | 84.1 | 0 |
1 June 1976 | Port Adelaide | 97-63 | Footscray | Norwood Oval, Adelaide | |
14.13 (97) | 9.9 (63) | Attendance: 5,818
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15 June 1976 | North Melbourne | 87-37 | Port Adelaide | Norwood Oval, Adelaide | |
12.15 (87) | 5.7 (37) | Attendance: 9,000
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13 July 1976 | North Melbourne | 104-76 | Footscray | Norwood Oval, Adelaide | |
16.8 (104) | 11.10 (76) | Attendance: 2,081
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Group C[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | % | Pts |
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Hawthorn | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 202 | 99 | 204.0 | 8 |
Sturt | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 146 | 158 | 92.4 | 4 |
West Perth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 109 | 200 | 54.5 | 0 |
7 June 1976 | West Perth | 46-107 | Hawthorn | Subiaco Oval, Perth | |
7.4 (46) | 15.17 (107) | Attendance: 9,860
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14 June 1976 | Sturt | 93-63 | West Perth | Football Park, Adelaide | |
14.9 (93) | 9.9 (63) | Attendance: 12,777
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6 July 1976 | Sturt | 53-95 | Hawthorn | Norwood Oval, Adelaide | |
8.5 (53) | 13.17 (95) | Attendance: 8,839
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Group D[]
Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | % | Pts |
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Norwood | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 231 | 110 | 210.0 | 8 |
Carlton | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 188 | 169 | 111.2 | 4 |
South Fremantle | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 93 | 294 | 31.6 | 0 |
8 June 1976 | Carlton | 148-23 | South Fremantle | Norwood Oval, Adelaide | |
22.16 (148) | 3.5 (23) | Attendance: 1,500
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22 June 1976 | Norwood | 146-40 | Carlton | Norwood Oval, Adelaide | |
22.14 (146) | 5.10 (40) | Attendance: 7,500
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20 July 1976 | Norwood | 85-70 | South Fremantle | Norwood Oval, Adelaide | |
11.19 (85) | 10.10 (70) | Attendance: 3,250
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Knockout stage[]
Semi Finals[]
SF #1 27 July 1976 | Hawthorn | 82-56 | Glenelg | Norwood Oval, Adelaide | |
11.16 (82) | 8.8 (56) | Attendance: 8,086
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SF #2 3 August 1976 | North Melbourne | 53-35 | Norwood | Norwood Oval, Adelaide | |
8.5 (53) | 5.5 (35) | Attendance: 5,160
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NFL Championship Series Final[]
Final 17 August 1976 | Hawthorn | 89-41 | North Melbourne | Norwood Oval, Adelaide | |
3.6 (24) 5.7 (37) 7.13 (55) 12.17 (89) |
Report | 1.1 (7) 1.4 (10) 4.8 (32) 5.11 (41) |
Attendance: 7,374 Umpires: Peter Mead | ||
Goals | |||||
M Moncrieff 4 A Goad 3 G Ablett, D Scott 2 L Matthews 1 |
S Kekovich, M Blight 2 P Feltham 1 |
References[]
- ^ David Eastman. "1976 NFL Wills Cup". Retrieved 12 November 2016.
- Australian rules interstate football
- History of Australian rules football
- Australian rules football competitions in Australia
- 1976 in Australian rules football