1966 VFL Grand Final

1966 VFL Grand Final
1966 VFL Grand Final
10.13 (73)	10.14 (74)
Date	24 September 1966
Stadium	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Attendance	101,655
Umpires	Jeff Crouch
Accolades
Jock McHale Medallist	Allan Jeans
Broadcast in Australia
Network	Seven Network
Commentators	"Butch" Gale; Ted Whitten; Mike Williamson

The 1966 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Collingwood Football Club and St Kilda Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 1966. It was the 69th annual grand final of the Victorian Football League (VFL), staged to determine the premiers for the 1966 VFL season. The match, attended by 101,655 spectators,^[1] was won by St Kilda by a margin of one point, marking that club's first and only premiership victory to date.

Background[]

Both St Kilda and Collingwood were coming off consecutive VFL Grand final defeats: the Magpies in 1964 against Melbourne and the Saints after losing the previous year to Essendon. In a thrilling finish to the home-and-away season, Collingwood finished minor premiers after easily beating Footscray at Victoria Park, while St Kilda, Geelong, Essendon and Richmond fought for the remaining three qualifying spots. St Kilda managed to hold on to second place in a thrilling contest against Hawthorn at Moorabbin, while Geelong and Essendon also won their games, which meant that Richmond would miss the finals despite its big win over Fitzroy.

Teams[]

St Kilda

Collingwood

St Kilda
B:	01 Rodger Head	06 Bob Murray	13 Brian Sierakowski
HB:	16 Verdun Howell	09 Ian Synman	24 John Bingley
C:	36 Jeff Moran	05 Ian Stewart	21 Jim Read
HF:	15 Ian Cooper	04 Darrel Baldock (c)	27 Barry Breen
F:	08 Alan Morrow	18 Kevin Neale	19 Allan Davis
Foll:	02 Brian Mynott	25 Daryl Griffiths	03 Ross Smith
Res:	31 Travis Payze	22 Kevin Billing
Coach:	Allan Jeans

Collingwood
B:	35 Ian Montgomery	08 Peter Boyne	05 Terry Waters
HB:	13 Laurie Hill	15 Ted Potter	33 Lee Adamson
C:	17 Peter Patterson	09 Colin Tully	12 Errol Hutchesson
HF:	01 Des Tuddenham (c)	16 Doug Searl	21 Max Pitt
F:	03 Ray Gabelich	07 Ian Graham	36 Gary Wallis
Foll:	28 Len Thompson	29 Kevin Rose	18 Wayne Richardson
Res:	02 Trevor Steer	04 John Henderson
Coach:	Bob Rose

Umpire – Jeff Crouch

Match summary[]

Twenty-five minutes into the final quarter and with scores level, Collingwood's Wayne Richardson had a shot at goal on the run but kicked it out of bounds on the full. St Kilda then began to work the ball out of defence after winning the boundary throw-in. A kick from Ian Cooper saw the ball make its way to centre half-forward. Collingwood defender Ted Potter failed to mark the ball low down, and with the players scrummaging for the ball, a bounce was called. Brian Mynott won the tap for the Saints, but it was intercepted by Potter, who was quickly tackled. Potter, however, managed to get out a handball, but it found its way to St Kilda's Barry Breen, who snapped at goal and kicked a behind to put his side in front. With about a minute left on the clock, Collingwood were able to work the ball towards their forward line. St Kilda's Bob Murray, however, was able to take a mark at centre half-back, and the siren sounded after he kicked the ball towards the wing.

One of the timekeepers was an avid St Kilda fan and blew the final siren for more than ten seconds.^[2]

Scorecard[]


	1966 VFL Grand Final
Saturday, 24 September 2:50pm	Collingwood	def. by	St Kilda	MCG (crowd: 101,655)
	2.1 (13) 5.7 (37) 7.11 (53) 10.13 (73)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.5 (17) 5.6 (36) 8.9 (57) 10.14 (74)	Umpires: Crouch Television broadcast: Seven Network


Tuddenham 3 Gabelich, Richardson 2 Graham, Pitt, Wallis 1		Goals	5 Neale 2 Baldock 1 Cooper, Griffiths, Moran
Waters, Richardson, Thompson, Patterson, Pitt, Tuddenham		Best	Cooper, Stewart, Sierakowski, Griffiths, Breen, Morrow, Neale

References[]

^ "Australian Football - Saints make their point - 1966 VFL Grand Final".
^ Jim Main, Aussie Rules for dummies (2nd edition, 2008) p 20.

External links[]

The Final Story - Collingwood v St.Kilda - 1966 VFL Grand Final on YouTube
1966 VFL Grand Final - Collingwood Vs St Kilda (Extended Highlights) on YouTube
"VFL Grand Final 1966 Souvenir Edition". The Football Record. Vol. 55, no. 32. Victorian Football League. 24 September 1966 – via State Library of Victoria.

v t St Kilda Football Club 1966 VFL premiers
St Kilda 10.14 (74) defeated Collingwood 10.13 (73), at the Melbourne Cricket Ground
1. Head 2. Mynott 3. Smith 4. Baldock (c) 5. Stewart 6. Murray 8. Morrow 9. Synman 13. Sierakowski 15. Cooper 16. Howell 18. Neale 19. Davis 21. Read 22. Billing 24. Bingley 25. Griffiths 27. Breen 31. Payze 36. Moran
Coach: Jeans

v t Collingwood Football Club
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