1977 VFL Night Series

October 2026 December 2017 VFL Night Series 1977 VFL Amco-Herald Cup 3 May – 2 August 1977 12 2 1 Hawthorn 3 Carlton 13 1971 1978 The 1977 Victorian Football League Night Series was the 17th edition of the VFL Night Series, a VFL-organised national club Australian rules football tournament between the clubs from the VFL.https://www.hardballget.net/afl-npm-1977-vfl-amco-herald-cup.html David Eastman 1977 VFL Amco-Herald Cup The 1977 Series would be the first night series to be played since 1971 but unlike the previous version that had been run between 1956 and 1971 as a consolation tournament that featuring the eight teams that missed the VFL finals and was played in September & October. This version was to feature all 12 VFL clubs and was played mid-week throughout the VFL premiership season between May and August. Qualified Teams TeamNicknameLeagueQualificationParticipation (bold indicates winners)HawthornHawksVFLWinners of the 1976 Victorian Football League 14th (Previous: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970)North MelbourneKangaroosVFLRunners-Up in the 1976 Victorian Football League16th (Previous: 1956, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971)CarltonBluesVFLThird Place in the 1976 Victorian Football League11th (Previous: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1971)GeelongCatsVFLFourth Place in the 1976 Victorian Football League8th (Previous: 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1970, 1971)FootscrayBulldogsVFLFifth Place in the 1976 Victorian Football League15th (Previous: 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971)MelbourneDemonsVFLSixth Place in the 1976 Victorian Football League9th (Previous: 1957, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971)RichmondTigersVFLSeventh Place in the 1976 Victorian Football League14th (Previous: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970)South MelbourneSwansVFLEighth Place in the 1976 Victorian Football League16th (Previous: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1971)St KildaSaintsVFLNinth Place in the 1976 Victorian Football League10th (Previous: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1964, 1967, 1969)EssendonBombersVFLTenth Place in the 1976 Victorian Football League10th (Previous: 1956, 1957, 1958, 1961, 1963, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971)FitzroyLionsVFLEleventh Place in the 1976 Victorian Football League15th (Previous: 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971)CollingwoodMagpiesVFLTwelfth Place in the 1976 Victorian Football League6th (Previous: 1957, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1968) Venues Melbourne Waverley Park Lake Oval Capacity: 72,000 Capacity: 20,000 150px 150px Knockout stage Round 1 3 May 1977 Richmond 128–72 Collingwood 19.14 (128) 9.18 (72) Lake Oval, Melbourne 4,805 10 May 1977 Carlton 89–79 St Kilda 12.17 (89) 10.19 (79) Lake Oval, Melbourne 4,118 17 May 1977 Fitzroy 108–74 North Melbourne 16.12 (108) 11.8 (74) Waverley Park, Melbourne 8,468 24 May 1977 South Melbourne 104–57 Footscray 15.14 (104) 8.9 (57) Waverley Park, Melbourne 3,475 31 May 1977 Hawthorn 84–42 Geelong 13.6 (84) 6.6 (42) Waverley Park, Melbourne 2,743 7 June 1977 Melbourne 71–30 Essendon 10.11 (71) 5.9 (39) Waverley Park, Melbourne 10,036 Quarter-finals QF #1 21 June 1977 St Kilda 128–86 South Melbourne 19.14 (128) 12.14 (86) Waverley Park, Melbourne 5,123 QF #2 28 June 1977 Hawthorn 52–41 North Melbourne 7.10 (52) 5.11 (41) Waverley Park, Melbourne 3,346 QF #3 5 July 1977 Carlton 103–81 Melbourne 15.13 (103) 11.15 (81) Waverley Park, Melbourne 6,841 QF #4 12 July 1977 Richmond 101–71 Fitzroy 15.11 (101) 10.11 (71) Waverley Park, Melbourne 8,169 Semi-finals SF #1 19 July 1977 Hawthorn 99–75 St Kilda 14.15 (99) 10.15 (75) Waverley Park, Melbourne 9,232 SF #2 26 July 1977 Carlton 49–30 Richmond 6.13 (49) 4.6 (30) Waverley Park, Melbourne 6,056 Victorian Football League Night Series final Final 2 August 1977 Hawthorn 95–71 Carlton 3.7 (25)6.8 (44)10.11 (71)14.11 (95) 5.1 (31)7.3 (45)9.3 (57)11.5 (71) Waverley Park, Melbourne 27,407 Deller, Robinson Hudson 5 Rowlings, Martello 2 G.Ablett, Hendrie, Bennett, Tuck, Matthews 1 Ashman 3 Sheldon, Walls 2 Buckley, Keogh, McKenna, Armstrong 1 References Category:Australian rules interstate football Category:History of Australian rules football Category:Australian rules football competitions in Australia Category:1977 in Australian rules football