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The 1967 VFA Division 1 Grand Final was an Australian rules football match played between the Dandenong Redlegs and the Port Melbourne Borough. The match was held on Sunday 24 September 1967 at the Punt Road Oval in Jolimont, Melbourne, to decide the Division 1 Premiership for the 1967 Victorian Football Association season. The match was described by historian John Devaney as "indisputably one of the most infamous matches in Australian football history".〔Devaney, (2008), p.409.〕 after Port Melbourne captain-coach Brian Buckley nearly led his team off the field in protest at the performance of umpire David Jackson. Dandenong went on to win the game 16.13 (109) to 12.12 (84), securing the first Division 1 premiership in Dandenong's history. ==Background== (詳細はJohn Peck, on debut for Port Melbourne, scoring six goals;〔de Kretser, M., "Peck’s Six Goals in Port Win", ''The Age'', (Monday, 24 April 1967), p.24.〕 in the return match, in tough, muddy conditions, Dandenong defeated Port Melbourne by four points, 8.15 (63) to 9.5 (59), with Jim Miller kicking four goals for Dandenong.〔(de Kretser, M., "Miller Kicks Winning Goal for Dandenong", ''The Age'', (Monday, 3 July 1967), p.20. )〕 At the end of the home and away season, Dandenong finished on top of the ladder, with Port Melbourne second. Dandenong entered the second semi-final as narrow favourites to win,〔(de Kretser, M., "Dandenong Holds Control in Attack: Port's Big Task in Semi-Final", ''The Age'', (Saturday, 9 September 1967), p.18. )〕 but Port Melbourne won the match by 26 points, 14.7 (91) to 9.11 (65).〔(de Kretser, M., "Dandenong Worn Down: Port's System Gets on Top", ''The Age'', (Monday, 11 September 1967), p.20. )〕 Dandenong faced Sandringham in the preliminary final, winning 15.10 (100) to 11.15 (81), to progress to the Division 1 Grand Final for the first time in club history.〔(de Kretser, M., "Dandenong's Power Tells: Zebras Fade Out", ''The Age'', (Monday, 18 September 1967), p.20. )〕 In the lead-up to the Preliminary Final, Dandenong captain-coach Allan Morrow had invited Allan Jeans, then the senior coach at the VFL's St Kilda Football Club, to lead a training session, which was focussed on maximising the team's physical strength; the session was described by players as one of the toughest the team had faced during the season. Following the success of this, Jeans was invited to sit on the Dandenong bench during the Grand Final, to allow Morrow to concentrate more fully on the play.〔(de Kretser, M., "Tactical battle for VFA Flag: Changes Unlikely", ''The Age'', (Wednesday, 20 September 1967), p.22. )〕 The field umpire for the match was David Jackson. The match was played at the Punt Road Oval, a neutral venue. The attendance of the match is unclear, as it was reported to be 17,000 in ''The Age'',〔 and 25,000 in ''the Sun News-Pictorial''.〔 It was the first VFA Grand Final to be televised, as ATV-0 had secured broadcast rights for the Association at the start of that year. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1967 VFA Grand Final」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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