The 1967 Richmond Premiership

[pahoffm]

For our PRE records.

Scoreboard	Richmond	Geelong
1st Qtr	4-3-27	3-3-21
2nd Qtr	9-10-64	7-6-48
3rd Qtr	12-15-87	13-7-85
4th Qtr	16-18-114	15-15-105

The Team
B:	Roger Dean	Fred Swift	Tony Jewell
	27, 175, 73	29, 180, 85	23, 187, 83
HB:	Graham Burgin	Mike Perry	Geoff Strang
	19, 185, 86	23, 189, 94	23, 185, 86
C:	*smile* Clay	Bill Barrot	Francis Bourke
	22, 185, 88	23, 180, 87	20, 185, 83
HF:	John Northey	Royce Hart	Barry Richardson
	24, 176, 69	19, 185, 84	21, 190, 84
F:	John Ronaldson	Pat Guinane	Bill Brown
	20, 196, 102	26, 191, 99	24, 172, 67
R:	Mike Patterson	Alan Richardson	Kevin Bartlett
	26, 193, 96	25, 183, 92	20, 178, 70
Res:	Mike Green	John Perry
	19, 196, 96	22, 183, 79

Coach - Tom Hafey

Official Attendance: 109,396, a record for a then Grand Final since reserved seating had been introduced.

Umpire: Sheales

Goalkickers:
Ronaldson 3, Hart 3, Bartlett 3, Brown 3, Guinane, A.Richardson, B.Richardson, Barrot

Best:
Barrot, Brown, Hart, A.Richardson, Dean, M.Perry, B.Richardson, Bartlett

Statistics	Kicks	Hand Passes	Disposals	Marks
B.Barrot	27	0	27	5
R.Hart	15	8	23	7
A.Richardson	13	6	19	2
B.Brown	17	2	19	2
K.Bartlett	15	2	17	2
M.Patterson	12	5	17	4
R.Dean	14	2	16	3
B.Richardson	13	2	15	5
F.Bourke	8	6	14	1
T.Jewell	10	3	13	3
G.Strang	10	2	12	5
D.Clay	9	3	12	1
J.Northey	8	3	11	3
M.Perry	8	3	11	3
F.Swift	9	1	10	5
G.Burgin	7	0	7	3
J.Ronaldson	6	1	7	1
P.Guinane	4	1	5	3
J.Perry (20th)	2	0	2	0
M.Green (19th)	0	0	0	0
Total	207	50	257	58

Source: The Saturday Sporting Globe, No.5725, Saturday, September 23, 1967

 

[Growl]

Gee, now you've gone and blown the storyline of "RFC Forty Years Ago, 1967"!

 

[pahoffm]

Well, just put this at the end of it.

 

[tigers80]

ah roger dean was my hero growing up.... :clap

 

[Tigerfan]

Statistics	Kicks	Hand Passes	Disposals	Marks
B.Barrot	27	0	27	5
R.Hart	15	8	23	7
A.Richardson	13	6	19	2
B.Brown	17	2	19	2
K.Bartlett	15	2	17	2
R.Dean	14	2	16	3
M.Patterson	12	5	16	4
B.Richardson	13	2	15	5
F.Bourke	8	6	14	1
T.Jewell	10	3	13	3
G.Strang	10	2	12	5
D.Clay	9	3	12	1
J.Northey	8	3	11	3
M.Perry	8	3	11	3
F.Swift	9	1	10	5
G.Burgin	7	0	7	3
J.Ronaldson	6	1	7	1
P.Guinane	4	1	5	3
J.Perry (20th)	2	0	2	0
M.Green (19th)	0	0	0	0
Total	207	50	256	58

Source: The Saturday Sporting Globe, No.5725, Saturday, September 23, 1967

and for a bonus 50 points, how many players went on to coach Richmond?

 

[TOT70]

We were having this discussion the other night.

I committed heresy by comparing Royce Hart with Aaron Fiora- height and weight only- don't get too excited, even I know there is no comparison.

What interests me is that all four of our Premiership sides of the 60s and 70s had a number of quick, skilful, small to medium players in contrast to other teams of their era who were usually bigger and stronger.

Hart, B.Richardson, M.Perry, Swift, Strang and Burgin in 67, Hart, Eric Moore, Beard, Owen, Burgin and Richardson in 69, Hart, Richardson, Clay, McGhie, Bourke, Keane in 73-74.

Always the same structure. Most of the defenders were quick, mid-sized types and the key forwards were smaller but mobile and skilful.

Very few out-and-out giants. Ronaldson, Whale Roberts, that was about it.

 

[pahoffm]

Look at how young the side was.

 

[pahoffm]

Senior Richmond coaches - 6, I think.

Bartlett, Patterson, B.Richardson, Bourke, Jewell, Northey

 

[RROFO]

Look at how young the side was.

Yep, but we still have a 2 or 3 years until we catch up with them. They look like grandfathers compared with the players we want to win a premiership for us.

 

[TOT70]

Look at how young the side was.

Young, but with a solid group of 22-27 year olds. What is missing is the oldies. No-one over 30.

A function of the times though. In those days, players retired from league football to coach interstate or in the bush while they were still in their mid-twenties. They would earn more money and usually get better business opportunities by doing this. VFL money was low and highly controlled.

I take your point though. Could Terry's mythical 2011 side look like this? Deledio, Tambling, Pattison, JON, Hughes, Reiwoldt, Casserley, Connors, White, Raines, Polo, Polak and a couple others around 22-26, a few elder statesmen like Newman, Coughlan, Tuck and Pettifer just under thirty and four or five of those guns that we are going to recruit over the next three years? MAybe a 36year old Richo to play the Paddy Guinane role?

 

[Disco08]

You forgot McGuane, Meyer, Edwards, Collins and Graham.

 

[The Mighty Wozman]

What a magic moment in Tiger history. My father often talked about this game and the fact that the Tigers had been in the wilderness for 23-4 years.... Royce's mark, Paddy Guinane's long goals, Fred Swift's mark, Barrot getting wacked by the Farmer....legendary stuff.... A massive party was held at my grandparents' place in Black Rock that evening - that too was legendary... I wasn't even a twinkle in dad's eye :hihi

PS - The two teams were such hard runners that they lobbied (legend has it) to get the umpire for that game - remember, one umpire back then and this particular guy could actually keep up....

 

[TOT70]

You forgot McGuane, Meyer, Edwards, Collins and Graham.

There you go, they won't all make it I suppose. Are there 12-14 keepers in that group of under 21's at the club, who could reasonably expect to play 100-150 games plus? It'd be nice if there were!

 

[Disco08]

Yeah mate, we can only hope so. At least now we seem to be drafting to some sort of plan so that it's possible for this type of group to come together, unlike under previous regimes.

 

[evo]

It still amazes me how many footballers who played under Tommy went on to become senior coaches(with various successes and failures)

They truly were the wonder years.

 

[Growl]

They were the second lot of wonder years - or was it the third?

Depends on what consists 'wonder'.

1919 runners-up
1920-21 premiers

1927 runners up
1928 runners up
1929 runners up
1931 runners up
1932 premiers
1933 runners up
1934 premiers

1940 runners up
1942 runners up
1943 premiers
1944 runners up

And in that time we lost two top coaches Bentley and Checker Hughes who went on to make their name at other clubs.

 

[Atomic]

Well Done Phantom, My Father joined the sporting globe not long after the 67 triump, I have in the cuboard old press photos from those years that dad would come home with as he was with the Herald in 67, great years for the club, we were for a long time a feared club with direction thanks to tommy and the strong Admin we had, funny how easy it is to lose that, its taken bloody 22 odd years to figure that out.