Richmond Led Geelong by 16 at Half-Time. Why Did the Third Quarter Become the Grand Final’s Real Danger?
At half-time of the 1967 Grand Final, Richmond led Geelong by 16 points. The Tigers had created more scoring chances, played with purpose and put themselves within two quarters of ending a 24-year premiership drought.
But Geelong had already delivered a warning earlier that September. In the preliminary final the Cats had trailed Carlton by 27 points at half-time, then exploded with eight goals to one in the third quarter. A bad first half had not frightened them. It had merely given them something to chase.
That made the third quarter of the Grand Final more than another thirty minutes. What happened when Geelong finally produced its surge? How close did Richmond come to losing control without ever surrendering the lead — and what did the Tigers have to survive before the famous final quarter could even matter?
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