1966 VFL Grand Final: Collingwood v St Kilda

This is the match report for the match played on 24 September 1966 between Collingwood and St Kilda in the grand final of the 1966 VFL season. Collingwood hosted St Kilda at MCG. Des Tuddenham captained the hosts with Trevor Steer as vice-captain. Darrel Baldock captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

Collingwood
D. Tuddenham (capt.), T. Steer (vice-capt.), L. Adamson, P. Boyne, R. Gabelich, I. Graham, J. Henderson, L. Hill, E. Hutchesson, I. Montgomery, P. Patterson, M. Pitt, T. Potter, W. Richardson, K. Rose, D. Searl, L. Thompson, C. Tully, G. Wallis, T. Waters

St Kilda
D. Baldock (capt.), K. Billing, J. Bingley, B. Breen, I. Cooper, A. Davis, D. Griffiths, R. Head, V. Howell, J. Moran, A. Morrow, B. Murray, B. Mynott, K. Neale, T. Payze, J. Read, B. Sierakowski, R. Smith, I. Stewart, I. Synman

Collingwood (10.13.73) were defeated by St Kilda (10.14.74).

Goalkickers
Collingwood: D. Tuddenham (3), R. Gabelich (2), W. Richardson (2), I. Graham, M. Pitt, G. Wallis
St Kilda: K. Neale (5), D. Baldock (2), I. Cooper, D. Griffiths, J. Moran

As a result of this match, St Kilda were the premiers and Collingwood were the runners-up.

Match Details

Season: 1966 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Collingwood v St Kilda
Date: Saturday 24 September 1966
Time: 2:50 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 102,055

Match Results

Outcome: Collingwood def. by St Kilda
Score: 10.13.73 - 10.14.74

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Collingwood 2 . 1 5 . 7 7 . 11 10 . 13 10 . 13 (73)
St Kilda 2 . 5 5 . 6 8 . 9 10 . 14 10 . 14 (74)
Margin STKL by 4 COLL by 1 STKL by 4 STKL by 1 STKL by 1
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bob Rose (Collingwood), Allan Jeans (St Kilda)
Captains: Des Tuddenham (Collingwood), Darrel Baldock (St Kilda)
Vice-Captains: Trevor Steer (Collingwood), unknown (St Kilda)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: J. Crouch
Goal Umpire: L. Barratt, H. Stevens
Boundary Umpire: A. Cook, R. Kidd

Player Statistics

Collingwood

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
33 Adamson, Lee ? ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 2 4
8 Boyne, Peter ? ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 1
3 Gabelich, Ray ? ? 2 1 13 7 6 4 15 0 3
7 Graham, Ian ? ? 1 1 10 10 0 2 0 2 1
4 Henderson, John ? ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 1
13 Hill, Laurie ? ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 3 5
12 Hutchesson, Errol ? ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 3 2
20 Montgomery, Ian ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 2 1
17 Patterson, Peter ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 0 2 5
21 Pitt, Max ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 7 0 0 4
15 Potter, Ted ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 0 1
18 Richardson, Wayne ? ? 2 3 22 21 1 1 0 2 1
29 Rose, Kevin ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 0 0 0 0
16 Searl, Doug ? ? 0 3 6 5 1 3 0 0 1
2 Steer, Trevor (vc) ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
28 Thompson, Len ? ? 0 1 10 7 3 4 26 1 3
1 Tuddenham, Des (c) ? ? 3 1 19 17 2 2 1 3 4
9 Tully, Colin ? ? 0 1 17 15 2 0 0 1 1
36 Wallis, Gary ? ? 1 1 12 11 1 1 0 2 1
5 Waters, Terry ? ? 0 0 18 16 2 11 0 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 13 238 205 33 51 42 26 39

St Kilda

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
4 Baldock, Darrel (c) ? ? 2 1 15 9 6 1 0 3 3
22 Billing, Kevin ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
24 Bingley, John ? ? 0 0 10 7 3 1 0 1 2
27 Breen, Barry ? ? 0 4 18 17 1 7 0 5 2
15 Cooper, Ian ? ? 1 1 23 18 5 7 0 3 2
19 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 1 8 5 3 1 0 2 0
25 Griffiths, Daryl ? ? 1 1 19 16 3 4 0 1 0
1 Head, Rodger ? ? 0 0 8 8 0 1 1 1 1
16 Howell, Verdun ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 2 0 2 2
36 Moran, Jeff ? ? 1 0 10 9 1 2 0 1 0
8 Morrow, Alan ? ? 0 0 17 13 4 2 8 5 2
6 Murray, Bob ? ? 0 0 11 11 0 2 0 0 0
2 Mynott, Brian ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 22 3 0
18 Neale, Kevin ? ? 5 4 13 13 0 5 1 2 2
31 Payze, Travis ? ? 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0
21 Read, Jim ? ? 0 0 17 17 0 2 0 1 3
13 Sierakowski, Brian ? ? 0 0 15 13 2 8 1 4 1
3 Smith, Ross ? ? 0 1 18 15 3 1 0 4 0
5 Stewart, Ian ? ? 0 0 28 25 3 3 0 1 2
9 Synman, Ian ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 3 0 0 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 14 255 219 36 54 33 39 26

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

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