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 with Verdun Howell as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Bob Rose and the visitors were coached by Allan Jeans.

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

St Kilda
Back: B. Sierakowski, B. Murray, R. Head
Half-back: V. Howell (vice-capt.), I. Synman, J. Bingley
Centre: J. Read, I. Stewart, J. Moran
Half-forward: B. Breen, D. Baldock (capt.), I. Cooper
Forward: A. Davis, K. Neale, A. Morrow
Follower: B. Mynott, D. Griffiths, R. Smith
Sub.: K. Billing, T. Payze

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), Verdun Howell (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 HBFR ? 0 0 11 9 2 1 0 2 4
8 Boyne, Peter FB ? 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 1 1
3 Gabelich, Ray FPR ? 2 1 13 7 6 4 15 0 3
7 Graham, Ian FF ? 1 1 10 10 0 2 0 2 1
4 Henderson, John SUB↑ ? 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 1
13 Hill, Laurie HBFL ? 0 0 13 11 2 3 0 3 5
12 Hutchesson, Errol WL↓ ? 0 0 10 8 2 0 0 3 2
20 Montgomery, Ian BPR ? 0 0 12 11 1 4 0 2 1
17 Patterson, Peter WR ? 0 0 18 16 2 3 0 2 5
21 Pitt, Max HFFL ? 1 0 15 12 3 7 0 0 4
15 Potter, Ted CHB ? 0 0 11 10 1 3 0 0 1
18 Richardson, Wayne RO ? 2 3 22 21 1 1 0 2 1
29 Rose, Kevin RR ? 0 0 11 10 1 0 0 0 0
16 Searl, Doug CHF↓ ? 0 3 6 5 1 3 0 0 1
2 Steer, Trevor (vc) SUB↑ ? 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0
28 Thompson, Len RU ? 0 1 10 7 3 4 26 1 3
1 Tuddenham, Des (c) HFFR ? 3 1 19 17 2 2 1 3 4
9 Tully, Colin C ? 0 1 17 15 2 0 0 1 1
36 Wallis, Gary FPL ? 1 1 12 11 1 1 0 2 1
5 Waters, Terry BPL ? 0 0 18 16 2 11 0 2 0
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 10 13 238 205 33 51 42 26 39

J. Henderson replaced E. Hutchesson during the fourth quarter.
T. Steer replaced D. Searl during the fourth quarter.

St Kilda

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

T. Payze replaced A. Davis during the fourth quarter.

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

Player Line-Up

Collingwood Coach: Bob Rose
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
13 B. Sierakowski 6 B. Murray 1 R. Head 28 L. Thompson 4 J. Henderson
3 R. Gabelich 7 I. Graham 36 G. Wallis 29 K. Rose 2 T. Steer (vc)
FORWARD 18 W. Richardson

HALF-BACK



16 V. Howell (vc) 9 I. Synman 24 J. Bingley



1 D. Tuddenham (c) 16 D. Searl 21 M. Pitt



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



21 J. Read 5 I. Stewart 36 J. Moran



17 P. Patterson 9 C. Tully 12 E. Hutchesson FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 2 B. Mynott 22 K. Billing
HALF-FORWARD 25 D. Griffiths 31 T. Payze
27 B. Breen 4 D. Baldock (c) 15 I. Cooper 3 R. Smith

33 L. Adamson 15 T. Potter 13 L. Hill



HALF-BACK



FORWARD



19 A. Davis 18 K. Neale 8 A. Morrow



20 I. Montgomery 8 P. Boyne 5 T. Waters



BACK



St Kilda Coach: Allan Jeans

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