1967 VFL Season Grand Final: Richmond v Geelong

This is the match report for the match played on 23 September 1967 between Richmond and Geelong in the grand final of the 1967 season of the Victorian Football League. Richmond hosted Geelong at the MCG. Fred Swift captained the hosts. Graham Farmer captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Tom Hafey and the visitors were coached by Peter Pianto.

Richmond (16.18.114) defeated Geelong (15.15.105).

Match Details

Season: 1967 VFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Richmond v Geelong
Date: Saturday 23 September 1967
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 109,396

Match Results

Outcome: Richmond def. Geelong
Score: 16.18.114 - 15.15.105

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Richmond 4 . 3 9 . 10 12 . 15 16 . 18 16 . 18 (114)
Geelong 3 . 3 7 . 6 13 . 7 15 . 15 15 . 15 (105)
Margin RICH by 6 RICH by 16 RICH by 2 RICH by 9 RICH by 9
Duration

Honour Roll

Richmond

Captain: Fred Swift
Coach: Tom Hafey

Geelong

Captain: Graham Farmer
Coach: Peter Pianto

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

P. Sheales

Goal Umpires

L. Barratt
B. Grant

Boundary Umpires

A. Cook
R. Kidd

Player Statistics

Richmond

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
24 Barrot, Bill ? ? 1 3 27 26 1 7 1 4 4
29 Bartlett, Kevin ? ? 3 3 18 16 2 2 0 1 1
30 Bourke, Francis ? ? 0 0 13 8 5 1 0 2 1
40 Brown, Billy ? ? 3 3 19 17 2 2 0 7 2
27 Burgin, Graham ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 1 0 1 1
8 Clay, Dick ? ? 0 1 12 11 1 1 0 0 1
3 Dean, Roger ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 3 0 6 1
37 Green, Mike ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Guinane, Paddy ? ? 1 1 7 5 2 3 0 0 2
4 Hart, Royce ? ? 3 2 19 13 6 7 0 1 2
39 Jewell, Tony ? ? 0 0 12 10 2 3 0 3 2
9 Northey, John ? ? 0 2 10 8 2 3 0 1 2
25 Patterson, Mike ? ? 0 1 15 12 3 4 28 3 7
33 Perry, John ? ? 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
22 Perry, Mike ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 1 0
12 Richardson, Alan ? ? 1 2 20 13 7 3 4 2 1
17 Richardson, Barry ? ? 1 0 16 15 1 5 0 1 3
2 Ronaldson, John ? ? 3 0 6 6 0 1 6 4 1
28 Strang, Geoff ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 6 0 2 0
15 Swift, Fred (c) ? ? 0 0 9 8 1 5 0 1 1
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 16 18 258 214 44 60 39 40 32

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
25 Ainsworth, Geoff ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 4 0 1 1
6 Andrews, Gareth ? ? 1 0 12 11 1 6 0 0 0
1 Closter, Wayne ? ? 0 0 23 22 1 5 0 5 2
16 Eales, Colin ? ? 1 2 10 10 0 3 0 2 1
15 Farman, Terry ? ? 0 0 8 6 2 2 0 0 1
5 Farmer, Graham (c) ? ? 0 0 29 11 18 7 14 4 7
35 Goggin, Bill ? ? 3 1 28 21 7 1 0 4 3
21 Graham, Ricky ? ? 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0
12 Hynes, Gordon ? ? 1 1 14 14 0 1 0 2 4
2 Marshall, Denis ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 5 0 0 3
8 Mitchell, Chris ? ? 0 0 17 16 1 3 24 5 1
3 Newland, Ken ? ? 0 0 26 21 5 5 0 1 2
36 Polinelli, Tony ? ? 0 1 23 22 1 11 0 0 0
27 Rosenow, Geoff ? ? 0 0 10 9 1 2 0 0 1
26 Ryan, Bill ? ? 1 4 18 13 5 7 1 2 4
30 Scarlett, John ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Sharrock, John ? ? 4 2 15 14 1 5 0 2 3
23 Wade, Doug ? ? 4 3 11 10 1 5 0 3 4
34 Walker, Peter ? ? 0 0 9 7 2 2 0 1 3
31 West, Roy ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 6 0 0 0
Rushed 0
Total (20 players) 15 15 291 240 51 80 39 32 40

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