1958 Night Series Cup

The 1958 VFL Night Premiership Cup was the Victorian Football League end of season cup competition played in August and September of the 1958 VFL Premiership Season. This was the third year the VFL Night Series had existed. In last years competition, each of the day finalists were duly defeated upon entry and their addition to the competition resulted in a drawn-out and complicated fixture of matches. The VFL thus elected to return to the original format for this year's competition as previously used in the 1956 Night Series Cup. Run as a knock-out tournament, it was contested by the eight VFL teams that failed to make the 1958 VFL finals series. Games were played at the Lake Oval, Albert Park, then the home ground of South Melbourne, as it was the only ground equipped to host night games. St Kilda went on to win the night series cup, defeating Carlton in the final by 8 points.

1958 Night Series Cup
VFL Night Series Cup
Season1958
Teams8
WinnersSt Kilda (1st title)
Runner upCarlton
Matches played7
Attendance107,750 (average 15,393 per match)

Games

Round 1
Winning team Winning team score Losing team Losing team score Ground Crowd Date
Essendon 16.16 (112) Geelong 11.19 (85) Lake Oval 6,800 Thursday, 28 August
Carlton 8.21 (69) Richmond 9.12 (66) Lake Oval 11,000 Tuesday, 2 September
St Kilda 17.10 (112) Footscray 12.13 (85) Lake Oval 14,000 Thursday, 4 September
Hawthorn 9.19 (73) South Melbourne 4.20 (44) Lake Oval 17,850 Tuesday, 9 September

Semi Finals
Winning team Winning team score Losing team Losing team score Ground Crowd Date
Carlton 10.12 (72) Essendon 6.16 (52) Lake Oval 16,200 Thursday, 11 September
St Kilda 13.13 (91) Hawthorn 6.10 (46) Lake Oval 15,500 Tuesday, 16 September

Final
Winning team Winning team score Losing team Losing team score Ground Crowd Date
St Kilda 16.13 (109) Carlton 15.11 (101) Lake Oval 26,400 Monday, 22 September
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