Сезон премьер-лиги ВФЛ 1967 | |
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Команды | 12 |
Премьеры | Ричмонд (6-я премьер-лига) |
Незначительные премьеры | Ричмонд (шестая второстепенная премьер-лига) |
Утешение серии | Footscray (победа в третьей серии утешений) |
Сыгранные матчи | 112 |
Самая высокая посещаемость | 109 396 |
Медалист Коулмана | Дуг Уэйд ( Джилонг ) |
Медалист Браунлоу | Росс Смит ( Сент-Кильда ) |
Сезон Викторианской футбольной лиги 1967 года стал 71-м сезоном элитного австралийского футбольного соревнования по правилам.
Премьер-сезон [ править ]
В 1967 году соревнования VFL состояли из двенадцати команд по 18 игроков в каждой, а также двух запасных игроков, известных как 19-й и 20-й . Игрок мог быть заменен по любой причине; однако после замены игрок не может вернуться на поле ни при каких обстоятельствах.
Команды сыграли друг с другом в домашнем и выездном сезоне из 18 туров; Матчи с 12 по 18 были «домашним и обратным ходом» матчей с 1 по 7.
После того, как 18-раундовый сезон домашних и выездных матчей закончился, Премьеры ВФЛ 1967 года определялись конкретным форматом и условностями системы Пейджа-Макинтайра .
Раунд 1 [ править ]
Домашняя команда | Счет домашней команды | Гостиная команда | Счет команды гостей | Место проведения | Толпа людей | Дата |
Боярышник | 20,12 (132) | Южный Мельбурн | 15,12 (102) | Glenferrie Oval | 18 294 | 15 апреля 1967 г. |
Северный Мельбурн | 8,14 (62) | Мельбурн | 9,13 (67) | Арден Стрит Овал | 13 690 | 15 апреля 1967 г. |
Сент-Кильда | 22,13 (145) | Footscray | 9,10 (64) | Мураббин Овал | 28 564 | 15 апреля 1967 г. |
Ричмонд | 15,20 (110) | Эссендон | 11,9 (75) | MCG | 56 387 | 15 апреля 1967 г. |
Джилонг | 13,13 (91) | Collingwood | 13,12 (90) | Кардиния Парк | 35 151 | 15 апреля 1967 г. |
Фицрой | 5,6 (36) | Карлтон | 18,22 (130) | Принцев Парк | 24 211 | 15 апреля 1967 г. |
Раунд 2 [ править ]
Домашняя команда | Счет домашней команды | Гостиная команда | Счет команды гостей | Место проведения | Толпа людей | Дата |
Footscray | 12,6 (78) | Ричмонд | 8,22 (70) | Западный овал | 19 286 | 22 апреля 1967 г. |
Эссендон | 7,11 (53) | Сент-Кильда | 8,8 (56) | Windy Hill | 26 100 | 22 апреля 1967 г. |
Collingwood | 16,17 (113) | Северный Мельбурн | 7,8 (50) | Виктория Парк | 23 576 | 22 апреля 1967 г. |
Карлтон | 12,16 (88) | Боярышник | 6,8 (44) | Принцев Парк | 31 558 | 22 апреля 1967 г. |
Мельбурн | 9,8 (62) | Джилонг | 14,11 (95) | MCG | 37 759 | 22 апреля 1967 г. |
Южный Мельбурн | 15,13 (103) | Фицрой | 10,5 (65) | Озеро Овал | 11 739 | 22 апреля 1967 г. |
Раунд 3 [ править ]
Домашняя команда | Счет домашней команды | Гостиная команда | Счет команды гостей | Место проведения | Толпа людей | Дата |
Джилонг | 11,15 (81) | Боярышник | 7,5 (47) | Кардиния Парк | 17 227 | 29 апреля 1967 г. |
Footscray | 6,5 (41) | Южный Мельбурн | 11,13 (79) | Западный овал | 18 283 | 29 апреля 1967 г. |
Карлтон | 10,13 (73) | Северный Мельбурн | 8,9 (57) | Принцев Парк | 19 041 | 29 апреля 1967 г. |
Сент-Кильда | 9,13 (67) | Мельбурн | 10,9 (69) | Мураббин Овал | 27 760 | 29 апреля 1967 г. |
Ричмонд | 11,12 (78) | Фицрой | 7,11 (53) | MCG | 20 938 | 29 апреля 1967 г. |
Эссендон | 8,6 (54) | Collingwood | 10,16 (76) | Windy Hill | 34 600 | 29 апреля 1967 г. |
Раунд 4 [ править ]
Домашняя команда | Счет домашней команды | Гостиная команда | Счет команды гостей | Место проведения | Толпа людей | Дата |
Северный Мельбурн | 10,8 (68) | Ричмонд | 11,22 (88) | Арден Стрит Овал | 12 750 | 6 мая 1967 года |
Боярышник | 10,6 (66) | Сент-Кильда | 15,11 (101) | Glenferrie Oval | 20 352 | 6 мая 1967 года |
Фицрой | 9,10 (64) | Джилонг | 22,13 (145) | Принцев Парк | 9 747 | 6 мая 1967 года |
Collingwood | 13,17 (95) | Footscray | 5,7 (37) | Виктория Парк | 21 855 | 6 мая 1967 года |
Южный Мельбурн | 18,19 (127) | Эссендон | 13,10 (88) | Озеро Овал | 18 756 | 6 мая 1967 года |
Мельбурн | 5,15 (45) | Карлтон | 16,8 (104) | MCG | 48,513 | 6 May 1967 |
Round 5[edit]
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Footscray | 12.11 (83) | Melbourne | 12.10 (82) | Western Oval | 15,818 | 13 May 1967 |
Fitzroy | 9.6 (60) | North Melbourne | 13.13 (91) | Princes Park | 9,897 | 13 May 1967 |
Essendon | 8.13 (61) | Geelong | 10.12 (72) | Windy Hill | 24,100 | 13 May 1967 |
Collingwood | 13.25 (103) | South Melbourne | 7.15 (57) | Victoria Park | 33,714 | 13 May 1967 |
Richmond | 16.22 (118) | Hawthorn | 5.13 (43) | MCG | 27,175 | 13 May 1967 |
St Kilda | 11.9 (75) | Carlton | 11.14 (80) | Moorabbin Oval | 44,382 | 13 May 1967 |
Round 6[edit]
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Hawthorn | 7.9 (51) | North Melbourne | 10.13 (73) | Glenferrie Oval | 10,136 | 20 May 1967 |
Geelong | 16.12 (108) | South Melbourne | 13.11 (89) | Kardinia Park | 21,565 | 20 May 1967 |
Carlton | 10.13 (73) | Collingwood | 9.13 (67) | Princes Park | 43,589 | 20 May 1967 |
St Kilda | 9.4 (58) | Richmond | 14.15 (99) | Moorabbin Oval | 32,342 | 20 May 1967 |
Melbourne | 13.15 (93) | Fitzroy | 7.9 (51) | MCG | 17,582 | 20 May 1967 |
Footscray | 4.7 (31) | Essendon | 11.13 (79) | Western Oval | 21,278 | 20 May 1967 |
Round 7[edit]
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Fitzroy | 9.12 (66) | Hawthorn | 16.14 (110) | Princes Park | 7,600 | 27 May 1967 |
Essendon | 10.12 (72) | Melbourne | 6.10 (46) | Windy Hill | 17,684 | 27 May 1967 |
Collingwood | 16.20 (116) | St Kilda | 14.14 (98) | Victoria Park | 31,877 | 27 May 1967 |
Richmond | 18.11 (119) | Geelong | 12.9 (81) | MCG | 50,348 | 27 May 1967 |
North Melbourne | 7.13 (55) | Footscray | 6.6 (42) | Arden Street Oval | 10,280 | 27 May 1967 |
South Melbourne | 11.12 (78) | Carlton | 11.12 (78) | Lake Oval | 21,870 | 27 May 1967 |
Round 8[edit]
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Hawthorn | 12.8 (80) | Melbourne | 18.17 (125) | Glenferrie Oval | 13,772 | 3 June 1967 |
Carlton | 11.19 (85) | Geelong | 12.9 (81) | Princes Park | 30,481 | 3 June 1967 |
South Melbourne | 20.18 (138) | St Kilda | 14.25 (109) | Lake Oval | 26,584 | 3 June 1967 |
Footscray | 7.15 (57) | Fitzroy | 12.9 (81) | Western Oval | 11,727 | 3 June 1967 |
North Melbourne | 12.16 (88) | Essendon | 13.10 (88) | Arden Street Oval | 16,120 | 3 June 1967 |
Richmond | 13.5 (83) | Collingwood | 13.12 (90) | MCG | 71,946 | 3 June 1967 |
Round 9[edit]
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Essendon | 21.16 (142) | Hawthorn | 6.15 (51) | Windy Hill | 13,277 | 10 June 1967 |
Collingwood | 19.20 (134) | Fitzroy | 4.9 (33) | Victoria Park | 18,643 | 10 June 1967 |
St Kilda | 9.17 (71) | North Melbourne | 8.13 (61) | Moorabbin Oval | 17,258 | 10 June 1967 |
Melbourne | 19.14 (128) | South Melbourne | 12.17 (89) | MCG | 45,723 | 12 June 1967 |
Carlton | 14.7 (91) | Richmond | 13.15 (93) | Princes Park | 37,384 | 12 June 1967 |
Geelong | 15.12 (102) | Footscray | 9.8 (62) | Kardinia Park | 21,963 | 12 June 1967 |
Round 10[edit]
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
North Melbourne | 16.11 (107) | South Melbourne | 14.7 (91) | Arden Street Oval | 11,967 | 24 June 1967 |
Collingwood | 17.16 (118) | Hawthorn | 12.9 (81) | Victoria Park | 17,363 | 24 June 1967 |
Richmond | 24.14 (158) | Melbourne | 12.9 (81) | MCG | 38,519 | 24 June 1967 |
St Kilda | 18.14 (122) | Geelong | 10.10 (70) | Moorabbin Oval | 27,055 | 24 June 1967 |
Fitzroy | 9.11 (65) | Essendon | 13.13 (91) | Princes Park | 12,076 | 24 June 1967 |
Footscray | 7.12 (54) | Carlton | 11.4 (70) | Western Oval | 19,883 | 24 June 1967 |
Round 11[edit]
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Geelong | 12.6 (78) | North Melbourne | 9.18 (72) | Kardinia Park | 14,415 | 1 July 1967 |
Fitzroy | 9.9 (63) | St Kilda | 15.21 (111) | Princes Park | 9,851 | 1 July 1967 |
South Melbourne | 8.9 (57) | Richmond | 14.25 (109) | Lake Oval | 15,520 | 1 July 1967 |
Hawthorn | 8.11 (59) | Footscray | 14.12 (96) | Glenferrie Oval | 7,530 | 1 July 1967 |
Melbourne | 9.11 (65) | Collingwood | 14.14 (98) | MCG | 30,848 | 1 July 1967 |
Essendon | 9.16 (70) | Carlton | 12.7 (79) | Windy Hill | 23,906 | 1 July 1967 |
Round 12[edit]
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Essendon | 13.15 (93) | Richmond | 10.12 (72) | Windy Hill | 24,600 | 8 July 1967 |
Collingwood | 6.15 (51) | Geelong | 12.16 (88) | Victoria Park | 36,121 | 8 July 1967 |
South Melbourne | 10.17 (77) | Hawthorn | 13.12 (90) | Lake Oval | 11,448 | 8 July 1967 |
Melbourne | 8.7 (55) | North Melbourne | 5.22 (52) | MCG | 19,191 | 15 July 1967 |
Footscray | 3.15 (33) | St Kilda | 11.12 (78) | Western Oval | 17,939 | 15 July 1967 |
Carlton | 10.16 (76) | Fitzroy | 10.8 (68) | Princes Park | 16,370 | 15 July 1967 |
Round 13[edit]
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Geelong | 13.12 (90) | Melbourne | 8.9 (57) | Kardinia Park | 18,780 | 22 July 1967 |
Fitzroy | 19.21 (135) | South Melbourne | 12.10 (82) | Princes Park | 10,800 | 22 July 1967 |
Richmond | 19.16 (130) | Footscray | 8.10 (58) | MCG | 20,827 | 22 July 1967 |
St Kilda | 18.6 (114) | Essendon | 13.13 (91) | Moorabbin Oval | 31,972 | 22 July 1967 |
North Melbourne | 9.8 (62) | Collingwood | 11.15 (81) | Arden Street Oval | 18,851 | 22 July 1967 |
Hawthorn | 9.9 (63) | Carlton | 11.21 (87) | Glenferrie Oval | 17,552 | 22 July 1967 |
Round 14[edit]
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Melbourne | 8.10 (58) | St Kilda | 12.19 (91) | MCG | 29,175 | 29 July 1967 |
Fitzroy | 8.10 (58) | Richmond | 8.19 (67) | Princes Park | 13,864 | 29 July 1967 |
Collingwood | 8.14 (62) | Essendon | 10.11 (71) | Victoria Park | 27,320 | 29 July 1967 |
Hawthorn | 11.12 (78) | Geelong | 7.16 (58) | Glenferrie Oval | 12,087 | 29 July 1967 |
South Melbourne | 10.11 (71) | Footscray | 5.10 (40) | Lake Oval | 8,635 | 29 July 1967 |
North Melbourne | 8.9 (57) | Carlton | 6.8 (44) | Arden Street Oval | 14,582 | 29 July 1967 |
Round 15[edit]
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Essendon | 14.15 (99) | South Melbourne | 7.16 (58) | Windy Hill | 15,800 | 5 August 1967 |
Carlton | 7.10 (52) | Melbourne | 6.13 (49) | Princes Park | 20,138 | 5 August 1967 |
Richmond | 14.21 (105) | North Melbourne | 13.7 (85) | MCG | 34,447 | 5 August 1967 |
St Kilda | 17.17 (119) | Hawthorn | 8.8 (56) | Moorabbin Oval | 23,406 | 5 August 1967 |
Geelong | 9.14 (68) | Fitzroy | 7.8 (50) | Kardinia Park | 16,443 | 5 August 1967 |
Footscray | 14.9 (93) | Collingwood | 12.15 (87) | Western Oval | 16,867 | 5 August 1967 |
Round 16[edit]
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Hawthorn | 7.12 (54) | Richmond | 23.30 (168) | Glenferrie Oval | 19,441 | 12 August 1967 |
Carlton | 11.7 (73) | St Kilda | 9.8 (62) | Princes Park | 32,912 | 12 August 1967 |
Melbourne | 7.12 (54) | Footscray | 7.9 (51) | MCG | 17,039 | 12 August 1967 |
North Melbourne | 9.12 (66) | Fitzroy | 15.15 (105) | Arden Street Oval | 8,509 | 12 August 1967 |
Geelong | 10.13 (73) | Essendon | 4.10 (34) | Kardinia Park | 25,956 | 12 August 1967 |
South Melbourne | 5.6 (36) | Collingwood | 16.14 (110) | Lake Oval | 10,034 | 12 August 1967 |
Round 17[edit]
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Richmond | 12.13 (85) | St Kilda | 7.11 (53) | MCG | 48,200 | 19 August 1967 |
Fitzroy | 8.18 (66) | Melbourne | 9.8 (62) | Princes Park | 8,027 | 19 August 1967 |
Essendon | 13.11 (89) | Footscray | 12.15 (87) | Windy Hill | 8,700 | 19 August 1967 |
North Melbourne | 9.19 (73) | Hawthorn | 7.3 (45) | Arden Street Oval | 4,846 | 19 August 1967 |
South Melbourne | 9.9 (63) | Geelong | 21.13 (139) | Lake Oval | 10,034 | 19 August 1967 |
Collingwood | 12.13 (85) | Carlton | 8.12 (60) | Victoria Park | 34,784 | 19 August 1967 |
Round 18[edit]
Home team | Home team score | Away team | Away team score | Venue | Crowd | Date |
Geelong | 15.15 (105) | Richmond | 18.9 (117) | Kardinia Park | 34,616 | 26 August 1967 |
Footscray | 7.11 (53) | North Melbourne | 8.7 (55) | Western Oval | 10,669 | 26 August 1967 |
Carlton | 10.22 (82) | South Melbourne | 7.7 (49) | Princes Park | 15,609 | 26 August 1967 |
Hawthorn | 13.13 (91) | Fitzroy | 10.14 (74) | Glenferrie Oval | 13,846 | 26 August 1967 |
Melbourne | 8.12 (60) | Essendon | 7.14 (56) | MCG | 24,282 | 26 August 1967 |
St Kilda | 14.16 (100) | Collingwood | 8.5 (53) | Moorabbin Oval | 28,862 | 26 August 1967 |
Ladder[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | |
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1 | Richmond (P) | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1869 | 1281 | 145.9 | 60 | Finals |
2 | Carlton | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1425 | 1133 | 125.8 | 58 | |
3 | Geelong | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1625 | 1323 | 122.8 | 52 | |
4 | Collingwood | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 1629 | 1232 | 132.2 | 48 | |
5 | St Kilda | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 1630 | 1328 | 122.7 | 44 | |
6 | Essendon | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1406 | 1327 | 106.0 | 34 | |
7 | Melbourne | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1258 | 1417 | 88.8 | 32 | |
8 | North Melbourne | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 1234 | 1310 | 94.2 | 30 | |
9 | South Melbourne | 18 | 5 | 12 | 1 | 1446 | 1763 | 82.0 | 22 | |
10 | Hawthorn | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1241 | 1766 | 70.3 | 20 | |
11 | Fitzroy | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1193 | 1655 | 72.1 | 16 | |
12 | Footscray | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1060 | 1481 | 71.6 | 16 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers.
Night Series Competition[edit]
The night series were held under the floodlights at Lake Oval, South Melbourne, for the teams (5th to 12th on ladder) out of the finals at the end of the season.
Final: Footscray 15.11 (101) defeated South Melbourne 8.8 (56).
Premiership Finals[edit]
Semi-finals[edit]
First Semi-final | |||||
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Saturday, 2 September 2:30pm | Geelong | def. | Collingwood | MCG (crowd: 91,715) | |
4.5 (29) 8.7 (55) 10.10 (70) 16.12 (108) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 4.2 (26) 8.3 (51) 10.9 (69) 11.12 (78) | Umpires: Crouch Television broadcast: Seven Network | ||
Wade 8 Goggin 3 Andrews 2 Sharrock, Ryan, Mitchell 1 | Goals | 4 Dunne 2 W. Richardson, Tuddenham 1 Waters, Britt, K. Rose | |||
Farmer, Goggin, Walker, Rosenow, Marshall, Wade, Closter, Eales | Best | W. Richardson, K. Rose, Dunne, Thompson, Tully, Britt, Adamson, Price | |||
Reports | Tuddenham by field umpire Crouch for striking Ainsworth | ||||
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Second Semi-final | |||||
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Saturday, 9 September 2:30pm | Richmond | def. | Carlton | MCG (crowd: 99,051) | |
5.8 (38) 10.13 (73) 14.16 (100) 20.21 (141) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 3.4 (22) 7.9 (51) 11.12 (78) 14.17 (101) | Umpires: Sheales Television broadcast: Seven Network | ||
Hart 6 Brown, Patterson 3 B. Richardson, Northey, Guinane 2 Barrot, Bartlett 1 | Goals | 3 Munari, Nicholls 2 Kekovich, Barassi, Jesaulenko 1 Silvagni, Gallagher | |||
Barrot, Hart, Clay, Dean, Guinane, Burgin | Best | Nicholls, Goold, Munari, Barassi, Silvagni, Gallagher | |||
Crowe for striking Nicholls | Reports | ||||
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Preliminary Final[edit]
Preliminary Final | |||||
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Saturday, 16 September 2:30pm | Geelong | def. | Carlton | MCG (crowd: 95,542) | |
1.0 (6) 6.2 (38) 14.3 (87) 17.6 (108) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 5.2 (32) 10.5 (65) 11.7 (73) 11.13 (79) | Umpires: Sheales Television broadcast: Seven Network | ||
Wade 5 Sharrock 4 Ryan, Mitchell, Andrews 2 Polinelli, Newland 1 | Goals | 3 Gallagher 2 Jesaulenko 1 Collins, Stone, Nicholls, Barassi, Robertson, Auchettl | |||
Sharrock, Goggin, Farmer, Polinelli, Ryan, Closter, Mitchell, Walker | Best | Nicholls, Barassi, Collis, Hall, Gill, Goold, Gallagher, Collins | |||
Grand final[edit]
Team | 1 Qtr | 2 Qtr | 3 Qtr | Final |
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Richmond | 4.3 | 9.10 | 12.15 | 16.18 (114) |
Geelong | 3.3 | 7.6 | 13.7 | 15.15 (105) |
Attendance: 109,396 |
Umpires: P. Sheales, A. Cook, R. Kidd, L. Barratt, B. Grant.[1]
Awards[edit]
- The 1967 VFL Premiership team was Richmond (its first since 1943).
- The VFL's leading goalkicker was Doug Wade of Geelong who kicked 96 goals (including 17 goals in the final series).
- The winner of the 1967 Brownlow Medal was Ross G. Smith of St Kilda with 24 votes.
- Footscray took the "wooden spoon" in 1967.
- The reserves premiership was won by North Melbourne. North Melbourne 15.13 (103) defeated Richmond 10.19 (79) in the Grand Final, held as a curtain-raiser to the seniors Grand Final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 23 September.[2]
Notable events[edit]
- As well as breaking a twenty-three year premiership drought, Richmond ended a twenty-year finals drought, making the finals for the first time since 1947.
- Former Carlton ruckman Graham Donaldson, now coaching in Morwell, Victoria, was also the manager of one of the district's State Savings Bank of Victoria (SSB) branches. He convinced the Bank's head office to sponsor a new competition involving children (under 12), representing their VFL club and playing in their club colours, to be played during the half-time break in the senior VFL game each Saturday. The SSB Mini League, which eventually evolved into the "Little League", conducted its first matches during the 1967 VFL season.
- Fitzroy moved to Carlton's home ground, Princes Park, sharing the ground on alternate weeks.
- Hawthorn, having instituted an exhaustive schedule of pre-season and regular in-season training developed by coach John Kennedy and former star centreman, now gymnasium owner, Brendan Edwards, as a consequence of them having undertaken this gruelling schedule in addition to their normal, on-going skills training, the Hawthorn players became known as "Kennedy's Commandos".
- On Anzac Day, a representative match was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground between the Victorian team from the 1966 Hobart Carnival, and a team representing the rest of the league. The Carnival team wore Victoria's traditional Big V guernsey; the Rest team wore a red Guernsey with blue yoke and white collar. The Rest 18.13 (121) defeated the Carnival team 9.13 (67) in front of a crowd of 15,613.[3]
- In the Second Semi-Final between Richmond and Carlton Richmond's Neville Crowe and Carlton's John Nicholls were wrestling for the ball when Nicholls hit Crowe "in the guts", Crowe stepped back with the football grasped to his chest in his left hand and attempted to slap Nicholls with his open right hand. Crowe missed making any contact with Nicholls by about three inches. Nicholls immediately lifted his own left hand to his face, and pretended to have been badly affected, reeled away from Crowe. Despite Crowe's protests, he was reported for striking Nicholls. At the tribunal Crowe, received no assistance from Nicholls who was reluctant to admit that he was only acting. Crowe was suspended for four weeks; he missed the Grand Final, and never played VFL football again.
- At the end of the season, Harry Beitzel's squad of players drawn mainly from the VFL, known as "The Galahs", played matches in Ireland, England, and the United States.
Footnotes[edit]
- ^ VFL/AFL Grand Final umpires 1897–2005 Archived 1 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine (accessed 2011-06-06)
- ^ Rex Pullen (25 September 1967). "Kangaroos too good". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 55.
- ^ Kevin Hogan (26 April 1967). ""Clash" was so friendly". The Sun News-Pictorial. Melbourne. p. 72.
References[edit]
- Hogan, P., The Tigers Of Old, The Richmond Football Club, (Richmond), 1996. ISBN 0-646-18748-1
- Rogers, S. & Brown, A., Every Game Ever Played: VFL/AFL Results 1897–1997 (Sixth Edition), Viking Books, (Ringwood), 1998. ISBN 0-670-90809-6
- Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. ISBN 0-670-86814-0
External links[edit]
- 1967 Season – AFL Tables
- Ben Broad, "Surprise debut a huge thrill for Tiger legend", Official AFL Website, (4 January 2008)