1969 VFL grand final

Grand final of the 1969 Victorian Football League season May 2021 October 2011 1969 VFL 50px 12.13 (85) 50px 8.12 (60) RIC CAR 2.2 (14) 6.5 (41) 8.6 (54) 12.13 (85) 1.4 (10) 2.7 (19) 8.10 (58) 8.12 (60) 27 September 1969 119,165 Melbourne Cricket Ground 1968 1970 The 1969 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Carlton Football Club and Richmond Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 27 September 1969. It was the 72nd annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1969 VFL season. The match, attended by 119,165 spectators, was won by Richmond by a margin of 25 points, marking that club's seventh VFL/AFL premiership victory. Richmond had only qualified for the finals on percentage and were underdogs coming into the game, with Carlton being the reigning premiers. The game's attendance of 119,165 represented the most spectators to have witnessed a premiership decider in VFL Grand Final history, breaking the record of 116,828 spectators who witnessed the 1968 VFL Grand Final. The record was subsequently broken again in the 1970 VFL Grand Final. Teams _goldrightsash _hoops_black 000000 FFD200 Richmond _carltonfc16h 0E1E2D 000000 0E1E2D Carlton #FED102 Richmond Richmond Football Club #000000 10 Kevin Sheedy 17 Barry Richardson 16 Colin Beard 28 Geoff Strang 27 Graham Burgin 52 Ian Owen 8 Dick Clay 24 Bill Barrot 30 Francis Bourke 9 John Northey 4 Royce Hart 3 Roger Dean (c) 2 John Ronaldson 7 Eric Moore 40 Bill Brown 37 Michael Green 11 Michael Bowden 29 Kevin Bartlett 5 Rex Hunt 44 Graeme Bond Tom Hafey #FFFFFF Carlton Carlton Football Club #0E1E2D 21 Barry Gill 20 Wes Lofts (vc) 30 Vin Waite 15 Phillip Pinnell 11 John Goold 3 Kevin Hall 6 Garry Crane 34 Ian Robertson 32 Bryan Quirk 5 Syd Jackson 42 Robert Walls 17 Brent Crosswell 28 Peter Jones 25 Alex Jesaulenko 23 Ian Nicoll 2 John Nicholls (c) 1 Sergio Silvagni 10 Adrian Gallagher 19 Ian Collins 7 Ted Hopkins Ron Barassi Summary 1969 VFL Grand Final Saturday 27 September 1969 2:50pm 2.2 (14) 6.5 (41) 8.6 (54) 12.13 (85) Barrot 3Moore, Northey 2 Bartlett, Bond, Dean, Hart, Ronaldson 1 Green, Bartlett, Clay, Barrot, Northey, Dean H 1.4 (10) 2.7 (19) 8.10 (58) 8.12 (60) 2 Jackson, Nicholls 1 Crosswell, Jesaulenko, Gallagher, Walls Quirk, Crane, Silvagni, Lofts, Walls, Goold MCG 119,165 Report Crouch ABC Richmond won their second premiership in three years, defeating Carlton by 25 points. The Blues led by four points at three-quarter but were held to two points in the last quarter. References The Official statistical history of the AFL 2004 Ross, J. (ed), 100 Years of Australian Football 1897–1996: The Complete Story of the AFL, All the Big Stories, All the Great Pictures, All the Champions, Every AFL Season Reported, Viking, (Ringwood), 1996. 0-670-86814-0 Lovett, Michael: AFL Record: Guide to Season 2007, AFL Publishing, 2007. 978-0-9758362-7-9 See also 1969 VFL season Grand final Category:VFL/AFL Grand Finals Category:Richmond Football Club Category:Carlton Football Club