1979 NFL Championship Series (Australia)
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| NFL Escort Cup | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Dates | 25 April – 10 July 1979 |
| Teams | 14 |
| Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | South Adelaide (2nd title) |
| Runners-up | Norwood |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 13 |
| Attendance | 46,492 (3,576 per match) |
The 1979 NFL Championship Series was the 4th edition of the NFL Night Series, an NFL-organised national club Australian rules football tournament between the leading clubs from the SANFL, the VFA and QAFL.[1]
In June 1978 the VFL announced their plans to form a new company to oversee a night series that would be broadcast nationally and Australian Football Championships Pty. Ltd. was incorporated on July 28, 1978 to run a rival national night competition, in opposition to the NFL Night Series. By October 1978, The VFL were joined by the WAFL, TANFL, NSWAFL and ACTAFL in the joint venture and transferred from NFL Night Series to the AFC Night Series. However, the SANFL rejected the VFL's overtures, choosing to remain aligned with the NFL instead. They were joined by the VFA and QAFL in a greatly-reduced NFL Series.
But by May 1979, the NFL, the SANFL and the AFC/VFL held meetings to discuss the future of the series and agree that the SANFL would join the AFC Night Series in 1980 and that the NFL would ceased running their Night Series beyond this edition.[2]
Qualified Teams[edit]
- 1 Includes previous appearances in the Championship of Australia.
Venues[edit]
| Adelaide | Melbourne | Brisbane |
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| Norwood Oval | Preston City Oval | Brisbane Cricket Ground |
| Capacity: 22,000 | Capacity: 15,000 | Capacity: 35,000 |
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Knockout stage[edit]
Round 1[edit]
| 25 April 1979 | Prahran | 44-89 | Port Adelaide | Preston City Oval, Melbourne | |
| 6.8 (44) | 13.11 (89) | Attendance: 6,000
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| 25 April 1979 | Preston | 76-108 | Central District | Preston City Oval, Melbourne | |
| 11.10 (76) | 16.12 (108) | Attendance: 6,000
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| 25 April 1979 | Windsor-Zillmere | 79-133 | West Torrens | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane | |
| 12.7 (79) | 20.13 (133) | Attendance: 4,000
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| 25 April 1979 | Western Districts | 62-125 | South Adelaide | Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane | |
| 9.8 (62) | 17.23 (125) | Attendance: 4,000
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| 8 May 1979 | Sturt | 114-83 | North Adelaide | Norwood Oval, Adelaide | |
| 16.18 (114) | 12.11 (83) | Attendance: 5,332
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| 8 May 1979 | Norwood | 94-77 | West Adelaide | Norwood Oval, Adelaide | |
| 13.16 (94) | 11.11 (77) | Attendance: 5,332
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Quarter-finals[edit]
| QF #1 15 May 1979 | West Torrens | 125-78 | Woodville | Norwood Oval, Adelaide | |
| 18.17 (125) | 11.12 (78) | Attendance: 1,935
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| QF #2 22 May 1979 | South Adelaide | 83-70 | Sturt | Norwood Oval, Adelaide | |
| 12.11 (83) | 10.10 (70) | Attendance: 1,500
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| QF #3 29 May 1979 | Glenelg | 101-83 | Central District | Norwood Oval, Adelaide | |
| 15.11 (101) | 12.11 (83) | Attendance: 2,027
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| QF #4 5 June 1979 | Norwood | 71-56 | Port Adelaide | Norwood Oval, Adelaide | |
| 10.11 (71) | 8.8 (56) | Attendance: 5,739
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Semi-finals[edit]
| SF #1 12 June 1979 | South Adelaide | 78-61 | West Torrens | Norwood Oval, Adelaide | |
| 12.6 (78) | 9.7 (61) | Attendance: 2,676
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| SF #2 26 June 1979 | Norwood | 65-38 | Glenelg | Norwood Oval, Adelaide | |
| 9.11 (65) | 5.8 (38) | Attendance: 4,767
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NFL Championship Series final[edit]
| Final 10 July 1979 | Norwood | 40-51 | South Adelaide | Norwood Oval, Adelaide | |
| 1.4 (10) 4.5 (29) 5.8 (38) 5.10 (40) |
2.3 (15) 5.5 (35) 5.7 (37) 7.9 (51) |
Attendance: 12,516 Umpires: Peter Mead | |||
| Goals | |||||
| Rosser, Craig, Armour, Gallagher, Adamson 1 | G Brooksby, Linke 2 Schneebichler, Cox, Baynes 1 |
References[edit]
- ^ David Eastman. "1979 NFL Escort Cup".
- ^ David Eastman. "1979 AFC Escort Championships".