1971 Rothmans Channel 7 Cup

The 1971 Rothmans Channel 7 Cup was a one-off WANFL-organised national club Australian rules football tournament between the leading clubs from the VFL, the SANFL and the WANFL.

1971 Rothmans Channel 7 Cup
Tournament details
Dates9–11 October 1971
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsHawthorn (1st title)
Runners-upClaremont
Tournament statistics
Matches played12
Attendance72,500 (6,042 per match)

The Tournament was held as a testimonial to celebrate Graham 'Polly' Farmer who was retiring at the end of the 1971 WANFL season, with the matches being played as Lightning matches of two 25 minute quarters with time-on.[1]

Qualified Teams

edit
Team Nickname League Qualification
Hawthorn Hawks VFL Winners of the 1971 Victorian Football League
Richmond Tigers VFL Third Place in the 1971 Victorian Football League1
North Adelaide Roosters SANFL Winners of the 1971 South Australian National Football League
Port Adelaide Magpies SANFL Runners-Up in the 1971 South Australian National Football League
West Perth Falcons WANFL Winners of the 1971 Western Australian National Football League
East Perth Royals WANFL Runners-Up in the 1971 Western Australian National Football League
East Fremantle Sharks WANFL Third Place in the 1971 Western Australian National Football League
Claremont Tigers WANFL Fourth Place in the 1971 Western Australian National Football League
2 Replaced St Kilda, the 1971 Victorian Football League Runners-Up who declined to participate.

Venues

edit
Perth
Subiaco Oval
Capacity: 53,000
 

Knockout stage

edit

Round 1

edit
9 October 1971 Claremont 69-46 North Adelaide Subiaco Oval, Perth  
11.3 (69) 7.4 (46) Attendance: 20,000


9 October 1971 West Perth 34-33 East Fremantle Subiaco Oval, Perth  
5.4 (34) 4.9 (33) Attendance: 20,000


9 October 1971 Port Adelaide 57-56 Richmond Subiaco Oval, Perth  
9.3 (57) 8.8 (56) Attendance: 20,000


9 October 1971 Hawthorn 46-36 East Perth Subiaco Oval, Perth  
7.4 (46) 5.6 (36) Attendance: 20,000


Loser's playoffs

edit
10 October 1971 Richmond 40-33 North Adelaide Subiaco Oval, Perth  
6.4 (40) 5.3 (33) Attendance: 15,000


10 October 1971 East Fremantle 59-23 East Perth Subiaco Oval, Perth  
8.11 (59) 3.5 (23) Attendance: 15,000


Semi-finals

edit
SF #1 10 October 1971 Claremont 66-23 Port Adelaide Subiaco Oval, Perth  
10.6 (66) 3.5 (23) Attendance: 22,500


SF #2 10 October 1971 Hawthorn 40-13 West Perth Subiaco Oval, Perth  
6.4 (40) 1.7 (13) Attendance: 22,500


Ranking playoffs

edit
7th Place Playoff 11 October 1971 East Perth 63-49 North Adelaide Subiaco Oval, Perth  
9.9 (63) 7.7 (49) Attendance: 25,000


5th Place Playoff 11 October 1971 Richmond 54-47 East Fremantle Subiaco Oval, Perth  
7.12 (54) 7.5 (47) Attendance: 25,000


3rd Place Playoff 11 October 1971 West Perth 39-19 Port Adelaide Subiaco Oval, Perth  
5.9 (39) 2.7 (19) Attendance: 30,000


Rothmans Channel 7 Cup final

edit
Final 11 October 1971 Hawthorn 75-29 Claremont Subiaco Oval, Perth  
7.1 (33)
12.3 (75)
0.1 (1)
4.5 (29)
Attendance: 30,000[2]
Umpires: Murray Ducker
    Goals  
Hudson 5
Crimmins, Rice 2
Douge, Meagher, Martello 1
  Evans 2
Carroll, Duperouzel 1

References

edit
  1. ^ "Rothmans Channel 7 Cup". Full Points Footy. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011.
  2. ^ "46-point win over Claremont in Perth final". The Age. 12 October 1971.