1967 VFA season

none December 2017 December 2017 1967 188 432,000 10 Dandenong 1 Dandenong 2 10 Oakleigh 1 Oakleigh 1 white 1966 VFA season 1966 white 1968 VFA season 1968 The 1967 Victorian Football Association season was the 86th season of the top division of the Australian rules football competition, and the seventh season of second division competition. The Division 1 premiership was won by the Dandenong Football Club, after it defeated Port Melbourne in a controversial Grand Final on 24 September by 25 points; it was Dandenong's first Division 1 premiership. The Division 2 premiership was won by Oakleigh, in its first season after relegation from Division 1. Division 1 The Division 1 home-and-home season was played over 18 rounds; the top four then contested the finals under the Page–McIntyre system. The finals were held for the first time at the Punt Road Oval, in Richmond. Ladder main WDL Q 1967 VFA Division 1 Ladder true points y 4 2 DAN Dandenong PMB Port Melbourne SAN Sandringham PRE Preston WAV Waverley COB Coburg YAR Yarraville BRU Brunswick PRA Prahran WIL Williamstown 14 4 0 1743 1464 P 13 5 0 1671 1426 11 7 0 1557 1494 10 8 0 1700 1625 9 9 0 1388 1405 9 9 0 1438 1470 8 10 0 1626 1550 8 10 0 1488 1602 6 12 0 1333 1665 2 16 0 1380 1646 #CCFFCC A A A A Premiers #FFCCCC R 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. complete The Sun News-Pictorial 28 August 1967 Burns was the "villain" of match 60 Melbourne Chris de Kretser Finals Semi-finals Sunday, 3 September Sandringham 14.16 (100) H Preston 13.12 (90) Punt Road Oval 9,500 The Sun News-Pictorial Melbourne 52 Chris de Kretser 4 September 1967 Reward won by 'Sandy' Sunday, 10 September Dandenong 9.11 (65) A Port Melbourne 14.17 (101) Punt Road Oval 11,000 The Sun News-Pictorial Melbourne 48 Chris de Kretser 11 September 1967 Port shows real class Preliminary Final Sunday, 17 September Dandenong 15.10 (100) H Sandringham 11.15 (81) Punt Road Oval 11,000 The Sun News-Pictorial Melbourne 56 Chris de Kretser 18 September 1967 Saints were Alan's side Grand Final 1967 VFA Grand Final Dandenong won the Grand Final, which is best remembered for the controversial events of its second quarter. After seeing a free kick go against a teammate, Port Melbourne full forward John Peck approached and argued with umpire David Jackson. Jackson reported Peck for using abusive language and for disputing his decisions, and Peck repeatedly turned away from Jackson to prevent him from seeing his guernsey number to report him. Port Melbourne was already unhappy with the lopsided free kick count against it; and, after seeing this incident, Port Melbourne captain-coach Brian Buckley assembled his team to walk off the ground and forfeit the match in protest at Jackson's performance; much of the team had already reached the sidelines before Port Melbourne club officials ordered them to return to the ground. The rest of the game was played without incident, and Dandenong went on to win by 25 points. 1967 VFA Division 1 Grand Final Sunday, 24 September Port Melbourne 3.1 (19) 7.5 (47) 10.11 (71) 12.12 (84) Teague 4; Peck, Howell, Bedford 2; Brownhill, Ireland Gary Ireland, for striking Jim McNamara in the first quarterGraeme Taggart, for continued abusive language towards umpire David Jackson in the first quarterJohn Peck, for abusive language towards and disputing decisions of umpire David Jackson in the second quarter A Dandenong 4.5 (29) 8.5 (53) 11.9 (75) 16.13 (109) Morrow 4; McDonald 3; Hill, Townsend, Miller 2; Smith, Melai, Mitchell Alan Osborne, for kicking Peter Bedford in the first quarter Punt Road Oval 25,000 Chris de Kretser Morrow's men are premiers 54 The Sun News-Pictorial 25 September 1967 Melbourne David Jackson Awards The leading goalkicker for the season was Johnny Walker (Preston), who kicked 80 goals during the home-and-home season. The J. J. Liston Trophy was won by Jim Sullivan (Coburg), who polled 38 votes. Paul Ladds (Sandringham) finished second with 27 votes, before he died in a car accident in the final week of the home-and-away season;Death of Paul Ladds sparked YCW Road Safety campaign https://cardijncommunityaustralia.org/death-of-paul-ladds-sparked-ycw-road-safety-campaign/ cardijncommunityaustralia.org 28 September 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240416132659/https://cardijncommunityaustralia.org/death-of-paul-ladds-sparked-ycw-road-safety-campaign/ 16 April 2024 21 August 2017 Denis Dalton (Preston) and Rod Evans (Dandenong) were equal third with 22 votes.The Sun News-Pictorial 31 August 1967 Sullivan wins Liston Trophy 64 MelbourneRees Mic Happy Anniversary Mr Zeuschner https://www.footyalmanac.com.au/happy-anniversary-mr-zeuschner/ The Footy Almanac 28 September 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20231226145614/https://www.footyalmanac.com.au/happy-anniversary-mr-zeuschner/ 26 December 2023 11 May 2012 Waverley won the seconds premiership. Waverley 13.19 (97) defeated Preston 11.4 (70) in the Grand Final, played as a stand-alone match on Saturday 23 September at Skinner Reserve before a crowd of 300. Division 2 The Division 2 home-and-home season was played over eighteen rounds; the top four then contested the finals under the Page–McIntyre system. All finals were played on Sundays at Coburg Oval, after having been played at Toorak Park from 1961 until 1966; crowds at Coburg were much lower than they had been at Toorak Park, and finals returned to Toorak Park in 1968. Ladder main WDL Q 1967 VFA Division 2 ladder true points y 4 2 OAK Oakleigh GLW Geelong West FRA Frankston SUN Sunshine NOR Northcote WER Werribee MOR Mordialloc BOX Box Hill CAU Caulfield CAM Camberwell 14 4 0 1729 1404 P 13 5 0 1968 1425 12 6 0 1715 1639 11 6 1 1570 1388 11 7 0 1834 1577 8 9 1 1564 1665 7 11 0 1612 1633 6 12 0 1577 1815 4 14 0 1392 1751 3 15 0 1465 2129 Premiers #CCFFCC A A A A 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for. complete The Sun News-Pictorial 14 August 1967 Walker was on the target 52 Melbourne Chris de Kretser Finals Semi-finals Sunday, 20 August Frankston 14.16 (100) H Sunshine 8.14 (62) Coburg Oval 2,000 The Sun News-Pictorial 21 August 1967 This win was easy 48 Melbourne Chris de Kretser Sunday, 27 August Oakleigh 15.17 (107) H Geelong West 11.4 (70) Coburg Oval 4,000 The Sun News-Pictorial Melbourne 60 Chris de Kretser 28 August 1967 Oakleigh in Grand Final Preliminary Final Sunday, 3 September Geelong West 17.13 (115) H Frankston 12.20 (92) Coburg Oval 2,500 The Sun News-Pictorial Melbourne 48 Chris de Krester 4 September 1967 Geelong was too strong 1967 VFA Division 2 Grand Final Sunday, 10 September Oakleigh 3.3 (21) 5.4 (34) 9.10 (64) 12.14 (86) Lothian 5, Cummins 2, Lyon 2, Haining, Jordan, Tegg H Geelong West 3.1 (19) 6.4 (40) 9.5 (59) 11.7 (73) Nusteling 5, White 2, Bush, Hovey, O'Donnell, Stacey Coburg Oval 4,000 David Jackson Awards The leading goalkicker for Division 2 was Frank Power (Mordialloc) who kicked 84 goals for the season. The Division 2 Best and Fairest was originally won outright by Larry Rowe (Caulfield), who polled 22 votes, including seven first preferences; Colin Sleep (Northcote) originally finished in second place on a countback, polling 22 votes with five first preferences. However, following a decision in 1989, the countback was retrospectively eliminated, and both players are now recognized as joint Best and Fairest winners.The Sun News-Pictorial 83 Amanda Buivids 21 September 1989 Champs rewarded at last Melbourne Graeme Wapling (Oakleigh) was third with 19 votes.The Age Melbourne 21 Marc Fiddian 17 August 1967 Rowe wins award on countback Northcote won the seconds premiership, defeating Sunshine in the Grand Final Replay. In the Grand Final on Saturday 9 September, Northcote 13.11 (89) drew Sunshine 13.11 (89); in the Grand Final Replay on Sunday 17 September, Northcote 13.12 (90) defeated Sunshine 10.8 (68). Both matches were stand-alone games played at Skinner Reserve. Notable events Transfer fees In early April, shortly before the start of the season, the Association Board on Management agreed by a 25–14 majority to impose a minimum transfer fee of $3,000 for any of its players. The fee was an attempt to stem the flow of young Association players to the Victorian Football League, and also to increase the financial reward to Association clubs for developing League-standard players if they did leave. There were several problems which made the Association's move impractical. Outside the Association and among many clubs who had voted against the motion, the $3,000 price tag was considered to be outrageously and unrealistically high, considering that most of the players involved were young players being rated solely on their potential. Additionally, while transfer fees were an established practice in British and American football, there was not yet a formal transfer fee system within Australian football. Finally, the Victorian Football League's player payment laws (the "Coulter Laws") specifically prohibited the "buying" of players from other clubs – and therefore any club which paid a transfer fee to the Association would be in breach of League rules.The Sun News-Pictorial 67–68 Ron Barassi Melbourne 'Laughable' price fixing 17 April 1968 Shortly after the fee was imposed, the dissenting Association clubs led a campaign to repeal it, fearing reprisal from the League.The Sun News-Pictorial Melbourne 64 Chris de Kretser 12 April 1967 Some clubs 'hot' on transfer fee move True to these fears, the League Board of Management voted in late April to end its 1949 reciprocity agreement with the Association, allowing Association players to transfer directly to the League without a clearance;The Sun News-Pictorial Melbourne 64 April 1967 'Open go' now on transfers players who did so were suspended from the Association for five years, but the suspension was not recognised in the League. There were few such transfers over the following years, in part because players were reluctant to risk a five-year ban from the Association if they were never able to forge a successful League career. The highest profile move before the 1967 season was that of young Prahran centreman Kevin Sheedy, who went to without a clearance and without Prahran receiving any of the $5,000 transfer fee which was set for him.The Sun News-Pictorial Melbourne 48 Chris de Kretser 5 May 1967 Transfer fee VFA topic On 5 May, the Association Board of Management agreed by an overwhelming majority to reduce the minimum transfer fee to $500 per player (with a maximum of $5,000), after an earlier motion to rescind the minimum transfer fee entirely failed to gain the two-thirds majority it required. Despite the change, its reciprocity agreement with the League was not reinstated.The Sun News-Pictorial Melbourne 51 6 May 1967 VFA transfers down to $500 The transfer fee rule remained in place until April 1969.The Sun News-Pictorial Melbourne 12 April 1969 Noel Pascoe 56 Transfer fee rule dropped Other notable events Starting from 1967, television channel ATV-0 (part of modern-day Network Ten) began to telecast Association games as part of its weekend sports coverage, in conjunction with its horse racing coverage. ATV-0 broadcast one live game on each Saturday and Sunday through the season,The Age Melbourne 1 4 March 1967 VFA matches for TV at a time when League games were generally televised only as partial replays. Over the following decade, the higher profile brought by television coverage resulted in a marked increase in the popularity of the Association,http://library.la84.org/SportsLibrary/SportingTraditions/1986/st0202/st0202h.pdf The VFA and the search for an identity Paul Bartrop Sporting Traditions 74–87 1986 The Australian Society for Sports History 2 2 and attendances more than doubled between 1967 and 1975.The Age Melbourne Marc Fiddian 23 25 June 1976 Crowds up at VFA On 30 July, in a rematch of the previous two Grand Finals, Port Melbourne 16.14 (110) defeated Waverley 14.16 (100) at Central Reserve, after having trailed 8.6 (54) to 13.15 (93) by 39 points at three-quarter time. See also List of VFA/VFL premiers References Category:Victorian Football League seasons VFA