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Line 1: {{Short description\|Grand final of the 1964 Victorian Football League season}} {{Use dmy dates\|date=October 2011}}▼ {{Multiple issues\| {{More citations needed\|date=April 2021}} {{One source\|date=April 2021}} }} ▲{{Use dmy dates\|date=~~October~~February ~~2011~~2020}} {{Use Australian English\|date=October 2011}} {{Infobox Australian rules football grand final Line 5 ⟶ 10: \| competition = VFL \| image = \| home = [[File:~~AFL_Melbourne_Icon~~Melbourne Football Club colours.jpg\|50px]]<br/>{{AFL Mel}} \| home_score = 8.16 (64) \| away = [[File:Collingwood icon.svg\|50px]]<br/>{{AFL Col}} Line 11 ⟶ 16: \| home_abbr = MEL \| away_abbr = COL \| home_qtr1 = 2.6 (18) \| home_qtr2 = 5.7 (37) \| home_qtr3 = 7.10 (52) \| home_qtr4 = 8.16 (64) \| away_qtr1 = 2.5 (17) \| away_qtr2 = 5.9 (39) \| away_qtr3 = 5.11 (41) \| away_qtr4 = 8.12 (60) \| date = 19 September 1964 \| attendance = 102,471 Line 26 ⟶ 31: }} The '''1964 VFL Grand Final''' was an [[Australian rules football]] game contested between the [[Collingwood Football Club]] and [[Melbourne Football Club]], held at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]] in [[Melbourne]] on 19 September 1964. It was the ~~68th~~67th annual [[AFL Grand Final\|Grand Final]] of the [[Australian Football League\|Victorian Football League]], staged to determine the [[List of AFL premiers\|premiers]] for the [[1964 VFL season]]. The match, attended by 102,471 spectators, was won by Melbourne by a margin of 4 points, marking ~~that~~the club's 12th ~~(and to date, most recent)~~ premiership victory. This would be the last premiership won by Melbourne until [[2021 AFL Grand Final\|2021]]. ==Background== Line 32 ⟶ 39: ==Match summary== With Melbourne leading by 11 points at the final break, the match is remembered for its thrilling last quarter. In the early stages, Melbourne had plenty of opportunities to kick goals but could only manage behinds, and it was Collingwood's [[Des Tuddenham]] who kicked the first goal of the term. 17Seventeen minutes into the quarter, Collingwood trailed by 9 points but were within a kick when [[Ray Gabelich]] kicked a goal from a boundary throw -in. Gabelich kicked another to put them in front soon afterwards, a goal that is now regarded as one of the most famous in grand final history. He had received the ball near centre half -forward, and, due to Melbourne having spent the previous minutes in their own ~~forwardline~~forward line and Collingwood moving the ball upfield quickly, there were no defenders ahead of Gabelich. A 109 kg ruckman, Gabelich ran towards the goal, bounced the ball four times, nearly losing it on each occasion, and, with Melbourne players gaining on him, put it through the big sticks to take the lead in one of the VFL/AFL's most memorable Grand Final moments.<ref>{{Citation\|title=Footy's Wild Men Ray Gabelich 1964 VFL Grand Final Melbourne VS Collingwood Ron Barassi\| date=19 May 2021 \|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5wiDe9doAs \|archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211212/l5wiDe9doAs\| archive-date=2021-12-12 \|url-status=live\|language=en\|access-date=2021-09-23}}{{cbignore}}</ref> Collingwood were now 3 points up and time -on was nearing. After the restart, Melbourne's [[Barry Bourke]] kicked the ball into their 50-metre arc, and it was marked by rover [[Hassa Mann]]. He was directly in front and only 20 metres out, but his shot for goal came off the side of his boot and he could only manage a behind. Melbourne had another chance to win the game, however, when they kicked the ball towards the ~~goalsquare~~goal square. A big pack of players went for the ball, but it spilled to the ground, ~~where~~and Melbourne defender [[Neil Crompton (footballer)\|Neil Crompton]] gathered the ball and kicked a goal. It was his only goal of the season, and he had only been forward because he'd followed his opponent upfield. In the final minutes, Collingwood had the ball in their forward line. Collingwood's Ian Graham had a chance to goal with a difficult snap from the boundary but missed. Melbourne held on against intense pressure from Collingwood until the siren sounded, leaving Melbourne winners by 4 points.<ref>{{cite book\|title=100 Years of Australian Football\|publisher=Penguin Books\|editor=Ross, John\|isbn=0-14-026969-X\|page=228}}</ref> ==Teams== {\| width=92% \| ~~{{Aussie rules team old\| title = Melbourne~~ \|- \|{{Australian rules football kit \| pattern_b = _red_v_top \| pattern_sh = \| pattern_so = \| body = 061A33 \| shorts = 000000 \| socks = ff0000 \| title = Melbourne }} \|{{Australian rules football kit \| pattern_b = _blackstripes \| pattern_sh = \| pattern_so = \| body = ffffff \| shorts = \| socks = 000000 \| title = Collingwood }} \|} {\| \|valign="top"\| {{Aussie rules team\| title = {{font color\|#CC2031\|Melbourne\|link=Melbourne Football Club}} \| color = #061A33 \| backpocket1 = 5 [[Neil Crompton (footballer)\|Neil Crompton]] \| fullback = 37 [[Bernie Massey]] Line 49 ⟶ 79: \| halfbackflank2 = 40 [[Frank Davis (Australian rules footballer)\|Frank Davis]] \| wing1 = 9 [[Brian Dixon (Australian rules footballer)\|Brian Dixon]] \| centre = 35 [[Don Williams (footballer, born 1935)\|Don Williams]] \| wing2 = 6 [[Frank 'Bluey' Adams\|Frank Adams]] \| halfforwardflank1 = 22 [[Bryan Kenneally]] Line 63 ⟶ 93: \| reserve2 = 10 [[Ken Emselle]] \| coach = [[Norm Smith]]}} \|valign="top"\| {{Aussie rules team ~~old~~\| title = {{font color\|#FFFFFF\|Collingwood\|link=Collingwood Football Club}} \| color = #000000 \| backpocket1 = 16 [[Ron Reeves (Australian footballer)\|Ron Reeves]] \| fullback = 15 [[Ted Potter]] \| backpocket2 = 9 [[Trevor Steer]] \| halfbackflank1 = 13 [[Laurie Hill (footballer, born 1942)\|Laurie Hill]] \| centrehalfback = 8 [[John Mahon (Australian footballer)\|John Mahon]] \| halfbackflank2 = 33 [[Duncan Wright]] \| wing1 = 23 [[Ricky Watt]] Line 86 ⟶ 116: \| reserve2 = 3 [[Ken Turner (Australian rules footballer)\|Ken Turner]] (dvc) \| coach = [[Bob Rose (footballer)\|Bob Rose]]}} \|} Umpire - [[Ron Brophy]]▼ ▲Umpire -: [[Ron Brophy]] ==Statistics== ===Score=== {\| class="wikitable" ~~\|- bgcolor="#FF0033"~~ ! Team !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! Final \|- Line 99 ⟶ 130: \|} ===~~Goal kickers~~Goalkickers=== Melbourne: * Townsend 3 Line 109 ⟶ 140: Collingwood: * Gabelich 2 * Waters 2▼ * Bone 1 * Dalton 1 * Graham 1 * Steer 1 * Tuddenham 1 ▲* Waters 21 For a long time, Terry Waters was credited with two goals in the grand final. In January 2020, historians reviewed the game and determined that one of Waters goals had been scored by Ian Graham instead, and the scorecard was amended. Waters admitted that he did not remember kicking one of his goals. Prior to the change, Waters was recognised as the outright leading Collingwood goalkicker for the year, with 43 goals, but the change brought a tie between Waters and Graham, on 42 apiece. ==External links== [https://web.archive.org/web/20071225085701/http://www.fullpointsfooty.net/gabbo%27s_run_in_vain.htm Fullpointsfooty article on the Grand Final] https://www.afl.com.au/news/367994/history-rewritten-the-remarkable-story-of-the-grand-final-goal-that-wasn-t ==See also== Line 124 ⟶ 159: {{reflist}} ~~{{AFL/VFL Grand Finals}}~~ {{1964 Melbourne premiership players}} {{Melbourne Football Club}} {{Collingwood Football Club}} {{Australian Football League}} ~~{{Use dmy dates\|date=May 2011}}~~ [[Category:VFL/AFL Grand Finals]]