1966 St Kilda Football Club season
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Best and Fairest | Ian Stewart |
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Leading goalkicker | Kevin Neale (55 goals) |
Highest home attendance | 50,458, vs. Essendon, 13 June |
Lowest home attendance | 15,003, vs. Melbourne, 16 July |
Average home attendance | 26,626 (total 239,628) |
The 1966 St Kilda Football Club season is the most successful season in
Grand Final rematch in round 8
.
Although
1965. Leading up to the premiership season, St Kilda had played finals football in both the 1961 and 1963
seasons.
That they won the
Grand Final
.
Season summary
Fixture
Round | Date | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Ladder position |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scores | ||||||||
1 | Monday, 25 April | Melbourne | 4.9 (33) | 17.7 (109) | Won (76 points) | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 64,930 | 1st |
2 | Saturday, 30 April | Carlton | 15.17 (107) | 7.12 (54) | Won (53 points) | Moorabbin Oval | 30,810 | 1st |
3 | Saturday, 7 May | North Melbourne | 9.13 (67) | 15.13 (103) | Won (36 points) | Arden Street Oval | 17,261 | 1st |
4 | Saturday, 14 May | Geelong | 15.11 (101) | 7.16 (58) | Won (43 points) | Moorabbin Oval | 37,140 | 1st |
5 | Saturday, 21 May | South Melbourne | 7.11 (53) | 13.17 (95) | Won (42 points) | Lake Oval | 32,294 | 1st |
6 | Saturday, 28 May | Fitzroy | 17.16 (118) | 8.6 (54) | Won (64 points) | Moorabbin Oval | 19,737 | 1st |
7 | Saturday, 4 June | Hawthorn | 11.12 (78) | 15.12 (102) | Won (24 points) | Glenferrie Oval | 17,755 | 1st |
8 | Monday, 13 June | Essendon | 8.8 (56) | 7.7 (49) | Won (7 points) | Moorabbin Oval | 50,458 | 1st |
9 | Saturday, 18 June | Richmond | 16.13 (109) | 11.8 (74) | Lost (35 points) | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 55,426 | 1st |
10 | Saturday, 25 June | Collingwood | 17.15 (117) | 6.9 (45) | Lost (72 points) | Victoria Park | 37,607 | 2nd |
11 | Saturday, 2 July | Footscray | 15.15 (105) | 7.12 (54) | Won (51 points) | Moorabbin Oval | 21,507 | 2nd |
12 | Saturday, 16 July | Melbourne | 12.13 (85) | 6.6 (42) | Won (43 points) | Moorabbin Oval | 15,003 | 2nd |
13 | Saturday, 23 July | Carlton | 7.15 (57) | 5.11 (41) | Lost (16 points) | Princes Park | 23,367 | 3rd |
14 | Saturday, 30 July | North Melbourne | 10.18 (78) | 4.16 (40) | Won (38 points) | Moorabbin Oval | 20,530 | 3rd |
15 | Saturday, 6 August | Geelong | 14.11 (95) | 10.12 (72) | Lost (23 points) | Kardinia Park | 28,720 | 3rd |
16 | Saturday, 13 August | South Melbourne | 19.19 (133) | 10.6 (66) | Won (67 points) | Moorabbin Oval | 20,583 | 2nd |
17 | Saturday, 20 August | Fitzroy | 5.10 (40) | 17.22 (124) | Won (84 points) | Brunswick Street Oval | 12,343 | 2nd |
18 | Saturday, 27 August | Hawthorn | 14.9 (93) | 13.5 (83) | Won (10 points) | Moorabbin Oval | 23,860 | 2nd |
Finals | ||||||||
SF (2nd) | Saturday, 10 September | Collingwood | 15.9 (99) | 13.11 (89) | Lost (10 points) | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 95,614 | — |
PF | Saturday, 17 September | Essendon | 15.4 (94) | 7.10 (52) | Won (42 points) | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 93,453 | — |
GF
|
Saturday, 24 September | Collingwood | 10.13 (73) | 10.14 (74) | Won (1 point) | Melbourne Cricket Ground | 102,055 | — |
Ladder
Pos. | Team | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | Pts | GF–BF | GA–BA | F/A | A/A | W% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Collingwood | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1687 | 1073 | 157.22 | 60 | 236–271 | 149–179 | 93.72 | 59.61 | 83.33 | |
2 | St Kilda | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1641 | 1149 | 142.82 | 56 | 234–237 | 159–195 | 91.17 | 63.83 | 77.78 | |
3 | Geelong | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1599 | 1162 | 137.61 | 56 | 226–243 | 164–178 | 88.83 | 64.56 | 77.78 | |
4 | Essendon | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1457 | 1204 | 121.01 | 56 | 207–215 | 173–166 | 80.94 | 66.89 | 77.78 | |
5 | Richmond | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 1626 | 1320 | 123.18 | 54 | 232–234 | 183–222 | 90.33 | 73.33 | 72.22 | |
6 | Carlton | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1233 | 1143 | 107.87 | 40 | 169–219 | 160–183 | 68.50 | 63.50 | 55.56 | |
7 | North Melbourne | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1294 | 1381 | 93.70 | 30 | 178–226 | 191–235 | 71.89 | 76.72 | 38.89 | |
8 | South Melbourne | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | 1486 | 1505 | 98.74 | 28 | 212–214 | 205–275 | 82.56 | 83.61 | 38.89 | |
9 | Hawthorn | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1224 | 1650 | 74.18 | 20 | 171–198 | 235–240 | 68.00 | 91.67 | 27.78 | |
10 | Footscray | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1004 | 1458 | 68.86 | 16 | 136–188 | 201–252 | 55.78 | 81.00 | 22.22 | |
11 | Melbourne | 18 | 3 | 15 | 0 | 1235 | 1580 | 78.17 | 12 | 169–221 | 226–224 | 68.61 | 87.78 | 16.67 | |
12 | Fitzroy | 18 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 1004 | 1865 | 53.83 | 4 | 141–158 | 265–275 | 55.78 | 103.61 | 5.56 |
Notes
Sources
- ^ "1966 V/AFL Premiership Season". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 29 May 2021.