1957 Night Series Cup
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}}
{{Use Australian English|date=August 2013}}
{{Infobox AFL championship
| name = 1957 Night Series Cup
| type = VFL Night Series Cup
| year = 1957
| image =
| imagesize = 180px
| caption = Night Premiership Cup
| teams = 12
| winners = {{AFL SM}}
| count = 2nd
| runner up = {{AFL Gee}}
| matches = 11
| attendance = 187200
| prevseason = 1956
| nextseason = 1958
}}
The 1957 VFL Night Premiership Cup was the Victorian Football League end of season cup competition played in August, September and October of the 1957 VFL Premiership Season. This was the second edition that the VFL Night Series had existed with the competition expanding to feature all twelve teams. The games were being 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.
In the final, {{AFL SM}} took out their second night series cup, defeating {{AFL Gee}} by 51 points (15.13.103 to 8.4.52). This would later be the only edition until 1977 to feature all twelve teams at the time.
Games
=Round 1=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Winning team
| Winning team score
| Losing team
| Losing team score
| Ground
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL SM}}
| 15.19 (109)
| {{AFL|StK}}
| 11.13 (79)
| 25,000
| Thursday, 29 August
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 13.13 (91)
| {{AFL Ric}}
| 9.12 (66)
| 14,000
| Tuesday, 3 September
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL NM}}
| 9.13 (67)
| {{AFL Col}}
| 6.13 (49)
| 16,500
| Thursday, 5 September
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 16.17 (113)
| {{AFL Fit}}
| 12.8 (80)
| 16,500
| Tuesday, 10 September
{{s-end}}
=Round 2=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Winning team
| Winning team score
| Losing team
| Losing team score
| Ground
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL SM}}
| 8.14 (62)
| {{AFL Car}}
| 6.11 (47)
| 25,000
| Thursday, 12 September
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 11.10 (76)
| {{AFL Haw}}
| 7.15 (57)
| 14,000
| Thursday, 19 September
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 11.18 (84)
| {{AFL NM}}
| 10.12 (72)
| 8,100
| Tuesday, 24 September
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 11.16 (82)
| {{AFL Mel}}
| 8.8 (56)
| 10,000
| Thursday, 26 September
{{s-end}}
=Semifinals=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Winning team
| Winning team score
| Losing team
| Losing team score
| Ground
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 10.11 (71)
| {{AFL Foo}}
| 6.9 (45)
| 14,600
| Thursday, 3 October
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL SM}}
| 17.14 (116)
| {{AFL Ess}}
| 15.14 (104)
| 18,500
| Friday, 4 October
{{s-end}}
=Final=
{{s-start}}
|- bgcolor="#CCCCFF"
| Winning team
| Winning team score
| Losing team
| Losing team score
| Ground
| Crowd
| Date
|- bgcolor="#FFFFFF"
| {{AFL SM}}
| 15.13 (103)
| {{AFL Gee}}
| 8.4 (52)
| 25,000
| Monday, 7 October
{{s-end}}
See also
References
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External links
- [http://www.hardballget.net/afl-npm-1957-vfl-night-series.html 1957 VFL Night Premiership – detailed review including quarter-by-quarter scores, best players and goalkickers for each match]
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