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The replay, attended by 98,366 spectators, was North’s fifth consecutive finals match. It saw the Kangaroos leading throughout the match, with Briedis managing to turn things around to kick five goals. Collingwood's [[Phil Manassa]] scored a memorable goal, running down the wing from the half-back line, bouncing the ball four times.<ref>[http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/89003/20080928-0203/www.afl.com.au/News/FinalsNews/HistorysBestGrandFinalGoals/tabid/13263/Default.html History's Best Grand Final Goals]</ref> This goal has since been commemorated by the AFL by awarding the Phil Manassa Medal to the winner of each year's [[Goal of the Year (Australia)|Goal of the Year]].
The replay, attended by 98,366 spectators, was North’s fifth consecutive finals match. It saw the Kangaroos leading throughout the match, with Briedis managing to turn things around to kick five goals.
North opened up a six goal lead before a ten minute burst by Collingwood reduced their half time lead to just 11 points. The Kangaroos then took a firm grip on the game in the third quarter.
Collingwood's [[Phil Manassa]] scored a memorable goal, running down the wing from the half-back line, bouncing the ball four times.<ref>[http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/89003/20080928-0203/www.afl.com.au/News/FinalsNews/HistorysBestGrandFinalGoals/tabid/13263/Default.html History's Best Grand Final Goals]</ref> This goal has since been commemorated by the AFL by awarding the Phil Manassa Medal to the winner of each year's [[Goal of the Year (Australia)|Goal of the Year]].


[[Peter Moore (Australian rules footballer)|Peter Moore]] kicked five goals in this game for the Magpies, following his four goals in the first Grand Final.
[[Peter Moore (Australian rules footballer)|Peter Moore]] kicked five goals in this game for the Magpies, following his four goals in the first Grand Final.

This was Collingwood's fifth loss in a Grand Final since their last win in 1958.


==Teams==
==Teams==

Revision as of 02:22, 8 August 2009

The 1977 VFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the North Melbourne Football Club and the Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 24 September 1977. It was the the 81st annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1977 VFL season. The game ended in a draw, leading to a replay between the two teams one week later, on 1 October 1977 again at the MCG. North Melbourne won the replay by a margin of 27 points, marking that club's second premiership win.

Background

Collingwood entered the game after having last appeared in a Grand Final seven years earlier, when it was defeated by Carlton in the 1970 VFL Grand Final. It had last tasted premiership success nineteen years earlier, when it won the 1958 VFL Grand Final. By contrast, North Melbourne had contested the previous three premiership deciders, winning the 1975 VFL Grand Final but finishing runners-up in the 1974 and 1976 Grand Finals.

At the conclusion of the home and away season, Collingwood, under former Richmond coach Tom Hafey, had finished first on the VFL ladder with 18 wins and 4 losses. They had amazingly risen from last place in the 1976 season. North Melbourne had finished second (behind Hawthorn), with 15 wins and 7 losses.

In the finals series leading up to the Grand Final, North Melbourne lost to Hawthorn by 38 points in the Qualifying Final before defeating Richmond by 47 points in the First Semi-Final. They then met Hawthorn once again in the Preliminary Final, this time winning comfortably by 67 points to advance to the Grand Final. Collingwood advanced straight to the Grand Final on the back of a two point win over Hawthorn in the Second Semi-Final.

The Magpies were without Phil Carman for he Grand Final, who had been suspended for two matches for striking Hawthorn's Michael Tuck in the Second Semi-Final.

First Grand Final

Team 1 2 3 Final
North Melbourne 4.4 4.10 4.15 9.22 (76)
Collingwood 1.5 4.8 9.12 10.16 (76)

The game, which was attended by 108,224 spectators, was just the second Grand Final in VFL history to be drawn, the other being the 1948 VFL Grand Final. Collingwood lead by 27 points at three quarter time, helped by North Melbourne's inaccuracy in front of goal which saw them kick 13 successive behinds at one point. North's Arnold Briedis had a game to forget, kicking 0-7 for the match. But the Kangaroos came back in the final period to kick five unanswered goals. In the dying minutes of the game, two goals to Phil Baker gave North the lead but they couldn't hold on, as Ross Dunne marked directly in front for Collingwood and goaled with just 40 seconds remaining to level the scores.[1]

This was the first Grand Final to be televised live in Victoria, by the Seven Network. It drew the greatest daytime audience in Australian television history.

Grand Final replay

Team 1 2 3 Final
North Melbourne 5.5 9.12 15.19 21.25 (151)
Collingwood 3.4 8.7 12.7 19.10 (124)

The replay, attended by 98,366 spectators, was North’s fifth consecutive finals match. It saw the Kangaroos leading throughout the match, with Briedis managing to turn things around to kick five goals.

North opened up a six goal lead before a ten minute burst by Collingwood reduced their half time lead to just 11 points. The Kangaroos then took a firm grip on the game in the third quarter.

Collingwood's Phil Manassa scored a memorable goal, running down the wing from the half-back line, bouncing the ball four times.[2] This goal has since been commemorated by the AFL by awarding the Phil Manassa Medal to the winner of each year's Goal of the Year.

Peter Moore kicked five goals in this game for the Magpies, following his four goals in the first Grand Final.

This was Collingwood's fifth loss in a Grand Final since their last win in 1958.

Teams

North Melbourne
B: Ross Henshaw David Dench (c) Frank Gumbleton
HB: Gary Cowton Darryl Sutton Ken Montgomery
C: Stan Alves Xavier Tanner Wayne Schimmelbusch
HF: Steven Icke Malcolm Blight Arnold Briedis
F: Brent Crosswell Phil Baker John Cassin
Foll: Peter Keenan John Byrne Barry Cable
Res: Stephen McCann Bill Nettlefold
Coach: Ron Barassi
Collingwood
B: Robert Hyde Kevin Worthington Doug Gott / Chris Perry*
HB: Andrew Ireland Billy Picken Phil Manassa
C: Ricky Barham Stan Magro Wayne Gordon
HF: Wayne Richardson Ross Dunne Graeme Anderson
F: Peter Moore Rene Kink Ray Shaw
Foll: Len Thompson Max Richardson (c) Ronald Wearmouth
Res: Gerald Betts Shane Bond
Coach: Tom Hafey

* Chris Perry replaced Doug Gott (knee) for the Grand Final Replay

Goal kickers

Grand Final

North Melbourne

  • Baker 6
  • Dench 2
  • Sutton 1

Collingwood

  • Moore 4
  • Kink 2
  • Anderson 1
  • Barham 1
  • Dunne 1
  • Shaw 1

Grand Final Replay

North Melbourne

  • Briedis 5
  • Baker 3
  • Blight 2
  • Byrne 2
  • Cable 2
  • Crosswell 2
  • Schimmelbusch 2
  • Cassin 1
  • Icke 1
  • Tanner 1

Collingwood

  • Moore 5
  • Manassa 3
  • Barham 2
  • Dunne 2
  • Gordon 2
  • Anderson 1
  • Kink 1
  • Ireland 1
  • W.Richardson 1
  • Wearmouth 1

References

  1. ^ Sheahan, Mike (26 Sep 1977). "Finally... just Frustration". The Age. Retrieved 2009-06-21.
  2. ^ History's Best Grand Final Goals

See also