Night Series 1956-1971
Background:
The Night Series Premiership was first established in 1956, contested in September at the Lakeside Oval as a three-round knock-out tournament amongst the eight VFL teams who did not make the final four.
In 1957 all twelve teams were included, before returning to the original format from 1958 - 1971. The original competition was abolished after that season.
The below data was researched by Peter Foot.
Richmond Overview (1956-1971. *the club was a non-participant in 1967,69,71)
Night games : 21
Won : 9
Lost : 12
Premiers: 1962
Runners-Up: 1963
Total players used: 134
Most Games played
| 16 | Roger Dean | 1957-60/62-66/68 | ||
| 15 | Mike Patterson | 1959-66/68 | ||
| 13 | Tom Simpson | 1986-58/60-63 | ||
| 13 | Fred Swift | 1958/60/62-66 | ||
| 12 | Barry Cameron | 1959-63/65/66 | ||
| 11 | Neville Crowe | 1957-60/63/65/66 | ||
| 11 | Ron Branton | 1956-62 | ||
| 10 | Dick Grimmond | 1959-60/62-64 | ||
| 10 | Patrick Guinane | 1958-60/62/63/65 | ||
| 10 | Ted Langridge | 1956-62 | ||
| 10 | Col Saddington | 1956-58/60-62 | ||
Most Goals overall
| 12 | Peter Hogan | 1963/65-66 | ||
| 11 | Bob Dummett | 1956-57/60 | ||
| 11 | Royce Hart | 1968/70 | ||
| 11 | Ted Langridge | 1956-62 | ||
| 10 | Ron Branton | 1956-62 | ||
Most Goals in a game
| 5 | Blair Campbell | 1966 | ||
| 4 | Dick Clay | 1970 | ||
| 4 | Bob Dummett | 1956 | ||
| 4 | Royce Hart | 1968 | ||
| 4 | Royce Hart | 1970 | ||
| 4 | Peter Hogan | 1963 | ||
| 4 | Peter Hogan | 1965 | ||
Significant Richmond moments:
| 1962 Grand Final | In what seems like a dress rehearsal for Fred Swift's 1967 GF heroics, he takes a match-saving mark to repel a Hawthorn attack. | |||
| 1963 Grand Final | Fred Swift being replaced in the 1st quarter with a bruised knee may have been the difference between winning and losing. | |||
| 1964 Round 1 | Barry Richardson debuts (at any level) for the Tigers. Selected as 19th/20th man. | |||
| 1966 | A team incentive of $1000, offered to the players by the committee, if they won the night premiership this season didn't produce the desired result with the Tigers not advancing past their first match. | |||
| 1966 Round 1 | Blair Campbell returned to the scene of his match winning, after the siren goal (on debut, on his birthday). 19 days after that remarkable effort he produced a 5 goal performance, the highest individual total by a Tiger in the history of the original Night Premiership competition. | |||
| 1968 Round 1 | History making; the first night match to ever go to Extra Time. Next score wins. Richmond scored 11 seconds into extra time. An injured KB goaled to level the scores with one minute of regulation time left. Royce Hart kicked a point (from a high flying mark) in extra time to win. | |||
| 1968 Semi Final | Derek Peardon, a late replacement in the starting line-up for an injured John Perry, was nominated as the Tigers' best player by both The AGE and SUN scribes. | |||
| 1970 Round 1 | As an indication of how seriously these games were taken, Royce Hart returned to the team after missing the previous 5 weeks with a broken wrist. There was $2000 on offer to the Tigers for a night premiership this season but not even 4 goals from Hart were enough to win | |||
Richmond players, games tally, goals tally
(players who were selected as Emergency but never played a game are listed below with 0 games)
| Player | Years | Games | Goals | |
| Ray Allsopp | 1956/57/59 | 4 | 2 | |
| Noel ANDERSON | 1960 | 2 | 0 | |
| Gary ARNOLD | 1963 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ray BALL | 1970 | 1 | 0 | |
| Neil BALME | 1970 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bill BARROT | 1961-66 | 9 | 4 | |
| Kevin BARTLETT | 1965/66/68/70 | 4 | 5 | |
| Bob BEAVEN | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bruce BLAINEY | 1960 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ray BLOODWORTH | 1956 | 1 | 0 | |
| Graeme BOND | 1970 | 2 | 0 | |
| Francis BOURKE | 1968/70 | 3 | 1 | |
| Mike BOWDEN | 1968 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ray BOYANICH | 1970 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ron BRANTON | 1956-62 | 11 | 10 | |
| Billy BROWN | 1963-66/68/70 | 9 | 6 | |
| Bob BROWNHILL | 0 | 0 | ||
| Graham BURGIN | 1966/68 | 2 | 0 | |
| R BURNS | 0 | 0 | ||
| Dick BURROWS | 1961 | 1 | 0 | |
| Neil BUSSE | 1965 | 2 | 0 | |
| Kevin CALLANDER | 1961 | 1 | 0 | |
| Barry CAMERON | 1959-63/65/66 | 12 | 1 | |
| Blair CAMPBELL | 1966 | 1 | 5 | |
| Kevin CASSIDY | 0 | 0 | ||
| Allan CATIONS | 1956-57 | 3 | 0 | |
| John CAULFIELD | 1963 | 2 | 0 | |
| John CLAXTON | 1956 | 2 | 2 | |
| Dick CLAY | 1966/68/70 | 4 | 8 | |
| Bill CLEMENTS | 1957-58 | 1 | 1 | |
| Bob CLIFFORD | 1957-58 | 1 | 0 | |
| Peter CLOKE | 1970 | 1 | 0 | |
| Allan COOKE | 1956 | 2 | 1 | |
| Graham COX | 1956 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ian CRAIG | 1970 | 1 | 0 | |
| Neville CROWE | 1957-60/63/65/66 | 11 | 3 | |
| Dave CUZENS | 1958-60 | 4 | 0 | |
| Don DAVENPORT | 1964-65 | 3 | 1 | |
| Tista De LORENZO | 1958 | 1 | 0 | |
| Roger DEAN | 1957-60/62-66/68 | 16 | 8 | |
| Ron DEAN | 1962 | 1 | 2 | |
| Maurie DEERY | 1964 | 1 | 0 | |
| Wilf DICKESON | 1965 | 2 | 0 | |
| Frank DIMATTINA | 1964-66 | 4 | 4 | |
| Bob DUMMETT | 1956-57/60 | 5 | 11 | |
| Frank DUNIN | 1956/58 | 3 | 0 | |
| Jack Jnr DYER | 1960 | 2 | 0 | |
| Bill EDWARDS | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mick ERWIN | 1965 | 2 | 0 | |
| Rodney EVANS | 1963 | 1 | 0 | |
| Charlie FLANAGAN | 1957 | 1 | 0 | |
| Graeme GAHAN | 1959/61-64 | 9 | 0 | |
| Ian GARDNER | 1958-59 | 2 | 1 | |
| Trevor GOWERS | 1965 | 2 | 0 | |
| Michael GREEN | 1966/68/70 | 4 | 0 | |
| Dick GRIMMOND | 1959-60/62-64 | 10 | 0 | |
| Pat GUINANE | 1958-60/62/63/65 | 10 | 8 | |
| Tom HAFEY | 1956/58 | 3 | 0 | |
| Mike HAMMOND | 1964 | 1 | 0 | |
| Royce HART | 1968/70 | 3 | 11 | |
| Ian HAYDEN | 1962 | 1 | 1 | |
| Alan HAYES | 1961 | 1 | 0 | |
| Robert HICKMAN | 1963 | 3 | 0 | |
| Peter HOGAN | 1963/65-66 | 6 | 12 | |
| Greg HOLLICK | 1970 | 1 | 0 | |
| Colin HOLT | 1958-59 | 2 | 2 | |
| Rex HUNT | 1968/70 | 3 | 4 | |
| Graham JACOBS | 1959-60/62-63 | 9 | 9 | |
| John JENKINS | 1957 | 1 | 1 | |
| Tony JEWELL | 1965/68 | 4 | 4 | |
| Ron JOHNSON | 1961 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ted LANGRIDGE | 1956-62 | 10 | 11 | |
| Eric LEECH | 1970 | 1 | 0 | |
| Bob LOCKHART | 1961-62 | 4 | 2 | |
| Peter LOUGHRAN | 1961 | 1 | 0 | |
| Owen MADIGAN | 1963-64/66 | 5 | 0 | |
| Norm MADIGAN | 1964 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ron McDONALD | 1956 | 2 | 2 | |
| George McINNES | 1968 | 2 | 1 | |
| Des McKENZIE | 1968 | 2 | 0 | |
| Brian McMILLAN | 1962-63 | 5 | 2 | |
| Basil MOLONEY | 1962 | 1 | 0 | |
| Eric MOORE | 1968/70 | 3 | 1 | |
| Stan MORCOM | 1956-58 | 4 | 1 | |
| Peter MORRIS | 1957-60 | 5 | 2 | |
| Frank MUNRO | 1956-57 | 3 | 0 | |
| Ted MURPHY | 1968 | 2 | 0 | |
| Vic NAISMITH | 1956 | 2 | 1 | |
| John NORTHEY | 1964-66 | 4 | 3 | |
| Laurie O'TOOLE | 1959-60 | 2 | 2 | |
| Mike PATTERSON | 1959-66/68 | 15 | 8 | |
| Gordon PEAKE | 1957 | 1 | 0 | |
| Derek PEARDON | 1968 | 1 | 0 | |
| Mike PERRY | 1966 | 1 | 0 | |
| John PERRY | 1968 | 1 | 0 | |
| Brian PILCHER | 1957-58 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ray POULTER | 1956 | 2 | 3 | |
| Bob REES | 1959 | 1 | 0 | |
| Doug REYNOLDS | 1958-59 | 2 | 0 | |
| Renato RICCI | 1960 | 2 | 0 | |
| Alan RICHARDSON | 1960/62/65/66 | 7 | 4 | |
| Barry RICHARDSON | 1964/68/70 | 4 | 0 | |
| John RICHMOND | 1961-63 | 6 | 6 | |
| John ROBERTSON | 1961-64 | 8 | 0 | |
| Rodney ROBINSON | 0 | 0 | ||
| John RONALDSON | 1966 | 1 | 0 | |
| Des ROWE | 1956 | 2 | 0 | |
| Havel ROWE | 1956 | 2 | 0 | |
| Larry ROWE | 1958 | 2 | 0 | |
| Frank RYAN | 1956 | 2 | 0 | |
| Col SADDINGTON | 1956-58/60-62 | 10 | 5 | |
| Roy SELLECK | 1963 | 1 | 0 | |
| Ron SERICH | 1962-63 | 5 | 1 | |
| John SHEAHAN | 1965 | 2 | 2 | |
| Kevin SHEEDY | 1968/70 | 3 | 0 | |
| Tom SIMPSON | 1986-58/60-63 | 13 | 1 | |
| Dennis SMITH | 1960/62 | 2 | 0 | |
| Kevin SMITH | 1964-65 | 3 | 0 | |
| Keith SMYTHE | 1968/70 | 2 | 1 | |
| Geoff STRANG | 1966-68 | 3 | 0 | |
| Fred SWIFT | 1958/60/62-66 | 13 | 4 | |
| Barry TEAGUE | 0 | 0 | ||
| John THOMPSON | 1960-61 | 3 | 0 | |
| Russell TULLY | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ken WARD | 1956-57 | 2 | 0 | |
| Ross WARNER | 1963-65 | 6 | 3 | |
| Graeme WILKINSON | 1960-61 | 3 | 2 | |
| Don WILLIAMS | 1959-60 | 2 | 0 | |
| Gary WILLIAMSON | 1961-62 | 3 | 2 | |
| John WILSON | 1959 | 1 | 1 | |
| Trevor WILSON | 1970 | 1 | 1 | |
| Roy WRIGHT | 1957-58 | 2 | 0 | |
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