Fantastic work Rhett. I was a mad 12 yo Richmond supporter. Great memories of so many Tiger Champions. Hart, Sheedy, Bartlett, Clay ,Bourke . Also Ian Stewart, not a bad recruit for the Tigers!!! Michael Green what a finals player!!! An era when football was football. Solid Gold commentary and zero B.S. before the game.
This coverage is so much better than channel 7s. The way they cut to ground level when players are in one on one marking contests and just in general you feel closer to the action. What precious footage.
The problem with most tv coverage is the rather narrow shot and the love of close ups. You lose the wider context of the play, the tighter the shots, though TV's love them for the detail. This problem is more pronounced the older the coverage. 60s games are pretty unwatchable for me for the fact of the cameras constantly only showing a 15-meter square portion of the field.😢
@joefitzpatrick863 the cameras can be more wide angled than ever, but are they being used that way? And besides, I was referring to 60s production, not today's.
I was a 14 year old then. I can vividly remember the noise of the crowd in the outer during the early parts of the final quarter. It was just about the noisiest crowd I have ever heard that afternoon, especially at that time. Anyway, fantastic footage. Thank you!
Some noticeable differences to today's game. Only one field Umpire and two boundary Umpires They used the centre diamond, not the centre square. No 50-metre lines on the ground. No interchange. 15-metre penalties, not 50s. They were still transitioning from the torpedo to the drop punt. Players would always kick straight down the line. They would never switch play to the other side of the ground or kick across goal. The umpire bounced the ball at every stoppage and bad centre bounces were never recalled. It was rare to see a player congratulate his teammate after he kicked a goal. Commentators would get confused and sometimes say yards instead of metres. No countdown clock. No one knew when the quarters were going to end. No padding on the boundary fence.
Metric was just being introduced at this stage, same as speed limits, so it's understandable the mixture of metres/yards. Also a yard was about 3 inches shorter than a metre, so 50 yards would be about 45 m for example. But fantastic to see a colour replay of this game, the unique centre diamond of the time is a real feature (only in '73-74)
And that the skills - by modern, full time, professional standards - were awful! Of course, that's not a fair comparison - we have full-time well-paid footballers going through elite pathways from puberty. But the kicking, the handballing and the ball handling is pretty agricultural stuff
@@jeremybean-hodges6397 I think skills in this game were effected by everybody being so keyed up expecting off the ball hits, which is what happened. Richmond settled first, and got some pretty good team play going when they broke out to their early lead. Standard of play lifted for a bit. Generally kicking was a lot more scrubby than today but the contested marking was very strong, that's one thing the old timers were very good at, clunking contested marks (even from scrubby kicks) Standard of the game fell away again late, hot day, stress from fights plus the actual footy game took its toll on these guys fitness, plus many players had concussion symptoms, though classy players like Stewart and Jezaulenko kept their high skill level. By the way, Croswell is duking it out early with some Richmond dude (and there's not much toe to toe stuff in this, mainly cheap shots), and some Richmond player took advantage of this distraction to drop Jezza, you can see in the background, who did that?
Wouldn't it have been funny if in 2019 Adelaide crows made the SANFL GF too and lost. As for 1973 - such an awesome year and final - Graham Cornes and Barry Robran on show (the latter whom I have been involved with and pleasure of meeting, chatting too plenty of times at another "North" footy club a decade ago)
@@AussieTVMusic We didn't see enough of WA Footy in Adelaide. The bigger sandier grounds made for fast footy and the Western Australians were ahead of their time in that they would kick sideways across ground....that was rarely seen in SA or Vic.
Such nostalgia watching this, not that I knew much about the existence of Earth or anything in '73 but I always remember later in the decade coming to south melbourne every september school holidays from SA and coinciding with Grand Finals that would be on the little B&W TV hammering out while I stood on a fence watching electric red rattlers below me go under the Dorcas st bridge. Brings so many memories, nostalgia and great feelings hearing these commentators, the crowd, the vibe etc and the way the game was played back then. Dare I say in many ways simpler times.
FINALLY. BRILLIANT. AMAZING. Thankyou so much for uploading this. THANKYOU. This is like the Holy Grail for Grand Final enthusiasts. I've been harrassing GTV-9 about this for almost twenty years, Rhett. Please get in touch about how we can coordinate in further endeavours. There are still the 9 versions of 72, 71 etc, I think?
Great footage...channel 9 cameras so much better than 7s. Surprised Tony Charlton wasn't calling the game? It was a different world back then. Nicholls played the whole game with concussion and couldn't get a kick and Southby stays on the field with a broken jaw until half time! And it took the VFL/AFL almost 50 years to work out the detriment that concussion has in a game? Early days of one of the best kicks of a football I've seen, Mervyn Keane. Don't think I ever saw him waste a disposal. Highly underrated.
@@WOSHSV7 Nine paid Ted Whitten big money after he retired from playing to switch over from 7, he also did the wrestling & other stuff, he was the main face of 9's football at this stage.
Terrific Rhett! Love the shots of the crowd, ground, skills, the commentary, everything. Mum and Dad were married a year later. Crazy. Love the youtube time machine.
Oh, WOW !! Never has this media which has been done in B/W ever before ! Great Uploading of the 1970's Final classic. We thinks that the founder who unearthed this masterpiece probably has screamed himself off to discovering this fantastic gem, as I am only a Sainter fan, thru. Great stuff !!
Great footage. But to all those fans who wax lyrically about what a fantastic he-man's game it was back then, I'm not sure if king hitting a player from behind (49.05) is something to get too nostalgic about.
This is fantastic footage. Such a different game back then. Neil Balmes hair is glorious, and it looks like Kevin Bartlett only had a narrow window in his life of actually having hair.
Fantastic, didn't know this existed, so great to see this in colour, thanks Rhett. Went to this game, first GF at 9 years of age in standing room well back at the city end. Stood on a canvas stool so I could see. Crowds amazing back then. Wonder if you have the prelim in colour, what a game that was.
Amazing upload! To see this in colour makes all the difference especially as the quality is so good. The old grainy B&W footage from channel 7 just doesn't do the footy from this era any justice makes it look completely benign where as this shows the real human side of it complete with emotion.
This is great. I was at this game, it was a really warm day. I was 14 years old. Nice seeing it in colour, I have the dvd but it’s B/W. I’d love a copy of this one.
thanx much for this.... a fantastic game. such a fast (and furious) display of non-stop skills and athleticism. no idea what the game is like these days, but compare this with current football (soccer) and rugby, with stoppage after stoppage, VAR, all that.... a different world. thanx again.
Gotta say the drop punt is a better statistical option, most of those torps are wobblers. Nice to see John O'Connell who was my coach in the diamond valley league, and umpire Robinson, a computer science lecturer I had at uni.
How good is this . Not only get to see the tigers belt Carlton in colour but KB run around the middle. People forget how good this bloke was. When I was a kid he was the best by a mile. It’s said if the norm smith was awarded in his time he would have 4 of em. How’s these stats 5 flags 403 games 778 goals and 781 behinds No small forward comes close to that and he was a rover for most of his career. Legend Best upload in UA-cam’s history. As much as I love the current day tigers the only joy I had as a kid was tuning in the radio and kicking socks around my room.
Loved the way KB used to immediately bounce the ball when he was tackled. Would often get Free Kicks that way. Unfortunately that ploy would not work in the modern game thanks to the rule change. Today his illegal disposal stat would outnumber any of his other ones.
It’s interesting seeing the the crowd dressed in everyday clothes. I wonder when team merchandise started to find its way into crowds. It’s also interesting seeing how quickly the trophy presentation is done.
By the late 70s and early 80s, supporters were wearing duffle coats with their favourite players' numbers and names sewn on plus pinned on badges you could buy at stalls at the grounds.
The VFL created their Properties Division in 1976. The old shield logos you still sometimes see today are a product of that time. Before that, there was no 'sanctioned' gear.
I loved the old cricket fence and lack of signage. By the time I started going the game in 82 the fence was replaced with advertising signage. ("Join the club. Escort.")
That was considered illegal but not reportable in those days, because he tucked his arm into his chest. Did not raise an elbow. Therefor, not a king hit. Balme on the other hand ... well, what can you say.
This is so incredible, the vision is so clear, sound is crisp. Crowd noise is noise, not sure if that is just post production. I wish you could re master the Essendon Carlton clashes when Essendon wishes in 1965 with Coleman as coach
Amazing. This is definitely historically significant. They probably didn't think it was on the day. I wonder how many other wonderful nuggets like this are tucked away somewhere.
Thanks Rhett absolutely great find to finally see 73 in glorious colour….. would love to see or know if 9…. Have the First semi from 73 v St.Kilda…(win)…. And the 74 second semi v North Melbourne as these 2 games would complete the 73, 74 winning finals….. well done…💛🖤🐯.
Well done Rhett. I’ve always what happened to 9’s VFL tapes. Interesting to see how it differs from 7’s coverage. Camera use is the first thing that I noticed.
This was the era when football was football, no beg pardons, just tough footy without all the girlie rules they have brought in now. The footy is so benign now they are all like robots, following the "process" and the "system" and trying to occupy "territory" and going to the "fat side". It's interesting that no one had colour TV so this is a historic bit of footage.........
They are the same person! He was a great commentator, and used to sing "game over", late in a game when he thought the game was done and dusted! He also played for St. Kilda and Geelong.
Yeah agree, massive difference but keep in mind most players had jobs and weren't full time professional players. Also players didn't rotate like they do today and only 2 on the bench. Another factor is the ground condition not as good as today either.
The most skilful players of that era were still very highly skilled. And they were pretty much all part time players. The VFL wasn't a fully professional league in those days. I think the main difference between then and now is that virtually every player in the modern teams is highly skilled. Although the great players still stand out from the rest, the gap is not as wide as it was back in those days. And the modern game is much more focused on athleticism that it was back then. This feeds into a much faster game requiring much faster decision making and much more structured play. Both forms of the sport have their pros and cons. But at the end of the day, the main focus of the sport is to still get the ball and kick it through the big sticks while preventing the opposition from doing so.
I like how the commentator (EJ?) mentions the other stations taking the GTV telecast on relay before the opening bounce... you don't really see or hear that anymore
Great I have an old record album with the 3KZ commentary, well highlights, of this game ,it's made by W&G, but says custom record,so I'm not sure if it was commercially available, probably not,I'd say.I remember Dad had tickets for the 74 grand final but wouldn't take me as they were standing room tickets, I was nine, and bitterly disappointed, I had to wait till 1980 to go to a grand final with the Tigers in it, but it was worth the wait. Take it easy.
The holy grail of footy cards in my primary school was Alex Jesaulenko. I never saw one but always hoped to and once heard of a kid that knew someone who had one.
IIRC, the Centre Diamond was introduced in 1973 and then replaced by the Centre Square in 1975. The main reason for introducing the Centre Diamond was to relieve player congestion at Centre Bounces in order to free up the play. It worked too well because players outside the Diamond were not quick enough to get to the ball after the bounce. Changing to a Square meant that key position players at Centre Half Foward and on the Wings had less distance to run to get to the centre after the bounce. Given the significant increase in athleticism and speed in the modern game it might be appropriate to revert to a Centre Diamond. But the introduction of the 6,6,6 Rule probably mitigates the need for that now.
Absolutely amazing to see this in colour! So in 73 Ted Whitten, Butch Gale, Wes Lofts. As another said further down the comments, what else is in the Ch9 archives???? Also, is there any video of Football Inquest....can’t believe there isnt anything in the 7 archive. Im a Hawthorn support but love your work Rhett. Ps - does anyone remember Mike Williamson doing the Arnotts butternut snaps ad on Football Inquest. Also International Harvester truck ads associated with Football Inquest and The Big Reply.
Watching in 2023 looking at what Balme did ( listening to ppl make light of it ) I’m wondering how many Carlton players ended up with CTE brain damage from this
Same. Those old timers like Clarko, Lethal and Balme love to play the "I'm just a nice old granddad who wouldn't hurt a fly" routine these days. But in their playing days they were legitimate thugs on the field. Just unacceptable levels of violence.
Great stuff Rhett. Interestingly, I recall watching what I believe is the official VFL film of the 1973 Grand Final. It was in glorious colour and had a wider aspect than the typical 4:3 television aspect ratio of the time. We viewed it at a junior football club presentation pie night way back in 1974. I cannot be one hundred percent certain but I think the commentary was provided by the late great Tony Charlton. 1973 was a great year to be a supporter of the Richmond Tigers Football Club. That year the club won the Premiership in the Seniors, Reserves and U19 competitions. IIRC, all three Grand Finals were played at the MCG on the same day. So any Richmond fans in attendance must have felt like they had gone to Football Heaven. It's mentioned elsewhere in the comments, the 1973 SANFL Senior Premiers was the Glenelg TIGERS !!! And the 1973 WAFL Senior Premiers was the Subiaco LIONS! So 1973 really was a FELINE year in Australian Rules Football. And funnily enough 1974 was the Chinese YEAR OF THE TIGER. So makes sense that many of the reigning Premiers during 1974 were Tiger related. Cheers!
This is an amazing part of Australian TV & sporting history. Shocked this exists. An absolute treat to be able to view.
I have seen a colour transmission of the 1972 VFA grand final by ATV 0.
Fantastic work Rhett. I was a mad 12 yo Richmond supporter. Great memories of so many Tiger Champions. Hart, Sheedy, Bartlett, Clay ,Bourke . Also Ian Stewart, not a bad recruit for the Tigers!!! Michael Green what a finals player!!! An era when football was football. Solid Gold commentary and zero B.S. before the game.
My first VFL grand final. Flew over from Perth. 119,956 in attendance. Incredible experience seeing the MCG full.
Not as big as the 1969 GRAND FINAL
I was at the Collingwood v Carlton 1970 GF, over 120k that day🎉
This coverage is so much better than channel 7s. The way they cut to ground level when players are in one on one marking contests and just in general you feel closer to the action. What precious footage.
The problem with most tv coverage is the rather narrow shot and the love of close ups. You lose the wider context of the play, the tighter the shots, though TV's love them for the detail. This problem is more pronounced the older the coverage. 60s games are pretty unwatchable for me for the fact of the cameras constantly only showing a 15-meter square portion of the field.😢
@@adhominemsis-t.australisensis Odd comment. The cameras have never been wider angled than ever.
I actually didn't like that. I like to see more what is going on around the ball.
@@adhominemsis-t.australisensis yup.. i agree. So many sports are covered that way. So much of the important play happens off camera.
@joefitzpatrick863 the cameras can be more wide angled than ever, but are they being used that way? And besides, I was referring to 60s production, not today's.
Great upload Rhett. This makes the Balme incident look even worse if that is possible. Congrats on unearthing another great part of history.
According to his autobiography he watched a replay with his kids and they were horrified
I was a 14 year old then. I can vividly remember the noise of the crowd in the outer during the early parts of the final quarter. It was just about the noisiest crowd I have ever heard that afternoon, especially at that time.
Anyway, fantastic footage.
Thank you!
Some noticeable differences to today's game.
Only one field Umpire and two boundary Umpires
They used the centre diamond, not the centre square.
No 50-metre lines on the ground.
No interchange.
15-metre penalties, not 50s.
They were still transitioning from the torpedo to the drop punt.
Players would always kick straight down the line.
They would never switch play to the other side of the ground or kick across goal.
The umpire bounced the ball at every stoppage and bad centre bounces were never recalled.
It was rare to see a player congratulate his teammate after he kicked a goal.
Commentators would get confused and sometimes say yards instead of metres.
No countdown clock. No one knew when the quarters were going to end.
No padding on the boundary fence.
Metric was just being introduced at this stage, same as speed limits, so it's understandable the mixture of metres/yards. Also a yard was about 3 inches shorter than a metre, so 50 yards would be about 45 m for example. But fantastic to see a colour replay of this game, the unique centre diamond of the time is a real feature (only in '73-74)
And that the skills - by modern, full time, professional standards - were awful!
Of course, that's not a fair comparison - we have full-time well-paid footballers going through elite pathways from puberty. But the kicking, the handballing and the ball handling is pretty agricultural stuff
@@jeremybean-hodges6397 I think skills in this game were effected by everybody being so keyed up expecting off the ball hits, which is what happened. Richmond settled first, and got some pretty good team play going when they broke out to their early lead. Standard of play lifted for a bit. Generally kicking was a lot more scrubby than today but the contested marking was very strong, that's one thing the old timers were very good at, clunking contested marks (even from scrubby kicks)
Standard of the game fell away again late, hot day, stress from fights plus the actual footy game took its toll on these guys fitness, plus many players had concussion symptoms, though classy players like Stewart and Jezaulenko kept their high skill level. By the way, Croswell is duking it out early with some Richmond dude (and there's not much toe to toe stuff in this, mainly cheap shots), and some Richmond player took advantage of this distraction to drop Jezza, you can see in the background, who did that?
Wow! The best upload of all time. So many legends!
Aah, yes - the trainer's ol' wet towel cures everything. Even a concussed Big Nic 😅. Brilliant to see this in colour.
It was a Tiger year with Glenelg in 1973 also winning the Premiership in the SANFL 🖤💛🖤. It happened once again in 2019 :)
Wouldn't it have been funny if in 2019 Adelaide crows made the SANFL GF too and lost. As for 1973 - such an awesome year and final - Graham Cornes and Barry Robran on show (the latter whom I have been involved with and pleasure of meeting, chatting too plenty of times at another "North" footy club a decade ago)
The Lions won it in WA. Close.
@@AussieTVMusic We didn't see enough of WA Footy in Adelaide. The bigger sandier grounds made for fast footy and the Western Australians were ahead of their time in that they would kick sideways across ground....that was rarely seen in SA or Vic.
Such nostalgia watching this, not that I knew much about the existence of Earth or anything in '73 but I always remember later in the decade coming to south melbourne every september school holidays from SA and coinciding with Grand Finals that would be on the little B&W TV hammering out while I stood on a fence watching electric red rattlers below me go under the Dorcas st bridge. Brings so many memories, nostalgia and great feelings hearing these commentators, the crowd, the vibe etc and the way the game was played back then. Dare I say in many ways simpler times.
I can't believe my eyes! Great game too, Butch Gale and Teddy Whitten commentary is just the icing!
incredible footage. @2:21:32 McKellar is having a smoke on the field! Brilliant!
Seeing my old high school teacher, Carltons full back Geoff Southby, brings back some memories.
FINALLY. BRILLIANT. AMAZING. Thankyou so much for uploading this. THANKYOU.
This is like the Holy Grail for Grand Final enthusiasts.
I've been harrassing GTV-9 about this for almost twenty years, Rhett. Please get in touch about how we can coordinate in further endeavours.
There are still the 9 versions of 72, 71 etc, I think?
I suddenly got a solid memory of the smells of my grandfather's lounge room in the 70s. Amazing how memory works.
Great footage...channel 9 cameras so much better than 7s. Surprised Tony Charlton wasn't calling the game? It was a different world back then. Nicholls played the whole game with concussion and couldn't get a kick and Southby stays on the field with a broken jaw until half time! And it took the VFL/AFL almost 50 years to work out the detriment that concussion has in a game? Early days of one of the best kicks of a football I've seen, Mervyn Keane. Don't think I ever saw him waste a disposal. Highly underrated.
I believe there is an official VFL Film of this game and I think Tony Charlton was the commentator on that.
Tony went to the ABC for a couple seasons. Cannot recall if he called the 73 grand final for abc. I know he did 1970 for the ABC
@@WOSHSV7 Nine paid Ted Whitten big money after he retired from playing to switch over from 7, he also did the wrestling & other stuff, he was the main face of 9's football at this stage.
Wow, this is fantastic. Loving the Teddy Whitten and Butch commentary.
Terrific Rhett! Love the shots of the crowd, ground, skills, the commentary, everything. Mum and Dad were married a year later. Crazy. Love the youtube time machine.
Skills, about 3 blokes can kick a drop punt the rest just mongrel it forward.
simply brilliant this will go straight to my aussie collection with Paul Hogan, Mother and Son and kingswood country. Gold
Oh, WOW !! Never has this media which has been done in B/W ever before ! Great Uploading of the 1970's Final classic. We thinks that the founder who unearthed this masterpiece probably has screamed himself off to discovering this fantastic gem, as I am only a Sainter fan, thru. Great stuff !!
Fantastic. I was 10 years old, so I remember bits of this...especially Big Nick taking that knock. That was a talking point at school on Monday.
Sensational upload. Surprised it took 50 years to be shown in public domain
You’ve pulled out some incredible stuff over time Rhett but this is something else
Great to see this game in colour and to listen to Ted Whitten and Butch Gale. Thanks for Downloading this classic.
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I was12 years old, get very emotional watching this, cried my eyes out the year before.
Great footage. But to all those fans who wax lyrically about what a fantastic he-man's game it was back then, I'm not sure if king hitting a player from behind (49.05) is something to get too nostalgic about.
Brilliant stuff Rhett. I was just 11yo but I remember watching the game with my mum like it was yesterday!!
This is fantastic footage. Such a different game back then. Neil Balmes hair is glorious, and it looks like Kevin Bartlett only had a narrow window in his life of actually having hair.
Fantastic, didn't know this existed, so great to see this in colour, thanks Rhett. Went to this game, first GF at 9 years of age in standing room well back at the city end. Stood on a canvas stool so I could see. Crowds amazing back then. Wonder if you have the prelim in colour, what a game that was.
The vision switching is amazing for that era and it would appear that 9 were light years ahead of 7
Amazing upload! To see this in colour makes all the difference especially as the quality is so good. The old grainy B&W footage from channel 7 just doesn't do the footy from this era any justice makes it look completely benign where as this shows the real human side of it complete with emotion.
What a wonderful find! Thanks mate, for this. Listen to those accents! How the country has changed, lol.
Michael Christian would have laid 628 charges out of this game.
Just brutal.
This is great. I was at this game, it was a really warm day. I was 14 years old. Nice seeing it in colour, I have the dvd but it’s B/W. I’d love a copy of this one.
Sensational Rhett!! Thanks for enabling us Tiger fans of that era to relive this fantastic day in colour again.
Thanks for the upload Rhett you're a marvel just like your dad was, go tiges!!
Brilliant work Rhett. Amazing how many people souvenired a gameday ball. Imagine trying to do that today!
Great view of the centre diamond too.
Even as a Bagger, its great to see this in colour.
Thanks very much for uploading Rhett. Great to see some of the tiger champions of old.
thanx much for this.... a fantastic game. such a fast (and furious) display of non-stop skills and athleticism. no idea what the game is like these days, but compare this with current football (soccer) and rugby, with stoppage after stoppage, VAR, all that.... a different world. thanx again.
Gotta say the drop punt is a better statistical option, most of those torps are wobblers. Nice to see John O'Connell who was my coach in the diamond valley league, and umpire Robinson, a computer science lecturer I had at uni.
Thankyou Rhett and Channel 9, What a wonderful find.
How good is this . Not only get to see the tigers belt Carlton in colour but KB run around the middle. People forget how good this bloke was. When I was a kid he was the best by a mile. It’s said if the norm smith was awarded in his time he would have 4 of em.
How’s these stats
5 flags
403 games
778 goals and 781 behinds
No small forward comes close to that and he was a rover for most of his career. Legend
Best upload in UA-cam’s history. As much as I love the current day tigers the only joy I had as a kid was tuning in the radio and kicking socks around my room.
Errrrrrr handball stats please 🤣
Loved the way KB used to immediately bounce the ball when he was tackled. Would often get Free Kicks that way. Unfortunately that ploy would not work in the modern game thanks to the rule change. Today his illegal disposal stat would outnumber any of his other ones.
It’s interesting seeing the the crowd dressed in everyday clothes. I wonder when team merchandise started to find its way into crowds.
It’s also interesting seeing how quickly the trophy presentation is done.
By the late 70s and early 80s, supporters were wearing duffle coats with their favourite players' numbers and names sewn on plus pinned on badges you could buy at stalls at the grounds.
The VFL created their Properties Division in 1976. The old shield logos you still sometimes see today are a product of that time. Before that, there was no 'sanctioned' gear.
I loved the old cricket fence and lack of signage. By the time I started going the game in 82 the fence was replaced with advertising signage. ("Join the club. Escort.")
I’m actually enjoying this I’m a Collingwood fan but I was born in 1972 so I was 1 year old
Wow, what a great catch. Thank you (though not for the outcome).
Top blokes letting you use the footage, cheers to them.
Fantastic, love watching Laurie Fowler's kinghit on Big Nick in colour!!!
That was considered illegal but not reportable in those days, because he tucked his arm into his chest. Did not raise an elbow. Therefor, not a king hit. Balme on the other hand ... well, what can you say.
This is so incredible, the vision is so clear, sound is crisp. Crowd noise is noise, not sure if that is just post production. I wish you could re master the Essendon Carlton clashes when Essendon wishes in 1965 with Coleman as coach
Was just a twinkle in me dads eye... back in the day! 😂 still love my footy! Go the Power! Thx mate, great job!
Love the shots of the scoreboard between goals.
Amazing. This is definitely historically significant. They probably didn't think it was on the day. I wonder how many other wonderful nuggets like this are tucked away somewhere.
Stuff like that is the reason why people like Rhett were put on this earth
Thanks Rhett absolutely great find to finally see 73 in glorious colour….. would love to see or know if 9…. Have the First semi from 73 v St.Kilda…(win)…. And the 74 second semi v North Melbourne as these 2 games would complete the 73, 74 winning finals….. well done…💛🖤🐯.
Back in the days when it was the Centre Diamond, not the centre square.
Hey Rhett,
Im pretty sure I copped KB handball during this gem.
Thanks a lot mate for the upload.
The names… endless list of great players..
Great game....I was 30 yrs old & listened to it in Perth.... cheers 😊
Love ya work Balmey lucky it was 1973 and not 2023 otherwise he wouldve missed the first half of the 74 season with suspension
Well done Rhett. I’ve always what happened to 9’s VFL tapes. Interesting to see how it differs from 7’s coverage. Camera use is the first thing that I noticed.
Fantastic stuff Rhett thanks for getting this out.
Much better camera work than today.
Absolutely Smashing Game plan that day :)
This was the era when football was football, no beg pardons, just tough footy without all the girlie rules they have brought in now. The footy is so benign now they are all like robots, following the "process" and the "system" and trying to occupy "territory" and going to the "fat side". It's interesting that no one had colour TV so this is a historic bit of footage.........
Wonderful - thanks for sharing this piece of Australian sporting history :)
its funny there's a player called Rex Hunt who has the same name as that guy who was on the radio!
They are the same person! He was a great commentator, and used to sing "game over", late in a game when he thought the game was done and dusted! He also played for St. Kilda and Geelong.
Geez the skills difference is wild. Even from 70s to 90s. Surprised they could even kick goals.
Yeah agree, massive difference but keep in mind most players had jobs and weren't full time professional players.
Also players didn't rotate like they do today and only 2 on the bench. Another factor is the ground condition not as good as today either.
The most skilful players of that era were still very highly skilled. And they were pretty much all part time players. The VFL wasn't a fully professional league in those days. I think the main difference between then and now is that virtually every player in the modern teams is highly skilled. Although the great players still stand out from the rest, the gap is not as wide as it was back in those days. And the modern game is much more focused on athleticism that it was back then. This feeds into a much faster game requiring much faster decision making and much more structured play. Both forms of the sport have their pros and cons. But at the end of the day, the main focus of the sport is to still get the ball and kick it through the big sticks while preventing the opposition from doing so.
They were testing colour TV way back in 1968 as it was supposed to be introduced on about 1970.
I like how the commentator (EJ?) mentions the other stations taking the GTV telecast on relay before the opening bounce... you don't really see or hear that anymore
oh! and the camera-work is excellent!
Very cool to see this.. hope theres more matches filmed by Channel 9 in colour.. Be great to see them.
4:19 Perhaps the moment the game was decided.
I was too young to remember this but I do recall the asbestos roof of the old Southern Stand and some of the Carlton players from 1979 to 1982, 3 GFs.
How dirty were the players back then, no wonder many of them have CTE. Good that the game now is more based on talent than biff.
Great I have an old record album with the 3KZ commentary, well highlights, of this game ,it's made by W&G, but says custom record,so I'm not sure if it was commercially available, probably not,I'd say.I remember Dad had tickets for the 74 grand final but wouldn't take me as they were standing room tickets, I was nine, and bitterly disappointed, I had to wait till 1980 to go to a grand final with the Tigers in it, but it was worth the wait. Take it easy.
They were sold every year from the late 1960s into the '80s IIRC. The GF Footy Record usually carried ads for them.
No distractions from garish hoardings, adverts and painted grass logos...within 5 years all that changed (after 1975 brought colour.) Great!
Incredible - what an amazing upload.
1st match I ever went to, thanks to my friends dad... been a tigers supporter ever since.
Anyone notice what's missing? No merchandise in the crowd. Everyone's just wearing their casuals from home. 😊
Nicholls was built like a Sherman Tank .
How good is this !
I looked up the weather for that day. The high was 23.8 degrees in Melbourne. Tell all ya friends 🙂🤣
The holy grail of footy cards in my primary school was Alex Jesaulenko. I never saw one but always hoped to and once heard of a kid that knew someone who had one.
Notice the centre diamond….😱… this only lasted a few years !!!!
IIRC, the Centre Diamond was introduced in 1973 and then replaced by the Centre Square in 1975. The main reason for introducing the Centre Diamond was to relieve player congestion at Centre Bounces in order to free up the play. It worked too well because players outside the Diamond were not quick enough to get to the ball after the bounce. Changing to a Square meant that key position players at Centre Half Foward and on the Wings had less distance to run to get to the centre after the bounce. Given the significant increase in athleticism and speed in the modern game it might be appropriate to revert to a Centre Diamond. But the introduction of the 6,6,6 Rule probably mitigates the need for that now.
Cracker; we’ll done mate. Amazing to look back at how scrappy it was
Would have been hard to come out then. Umpire deserves some respect for getting to that level in the game in that era :P
The result was even better
Absolutely amazing to see this in colour! So in 73 Ted Whitten, Butch Gale, Wes Lofts.
As another said further down the comments, what else is in the Ch9 archives????
Also, is there any video of Football Inquest....can’t believe there isnt anything in the 7 archive. Im a Hawthorn support but love your work Rhett.
Ps - does anyone remember Mike Williamson doing the Arnotts butternut snaps ad on Football Inquest. Also International Harvester truck ads associated with Football Inquest and The Big Reply.
Loved watching the Bluebirds supporters heading home @ 2:12:19
I hope they get to the grand final this year just half of them leave at 3/4 time 😂
The game was noticeably non-stop compared to nowadays. It was play on at all costs but they didn't worry much about retaining possession.
Watching in 2023 looking at what Balme did ( listening to ppl make light of it ) I’m wondering how many Carlton players ended up with CTE brain damage from this
Same. Those old timers like Clarko, Lethal and Balme love to play the "I'm just a nice old granddad who wouldn't hurt a fly" routine these days. But in their playing days they were legitimate thugs on the field.
Just unacceptable levels of violence.
Football has improved as has the commentary
Awesome work Rhett!!! 💛🖤💛🖤💛🖤
Wow, didn't realise Carlton Football Club was carrying handbags even back then.
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Great stuff Rhett. Interestingly, I recall watching what I believe is the official VFL film of the 1973 Grand Final. It was in glorious colour and had a wider aspect than the typical 4:3 television aspect ratio of the time. We viewed it at a junior football club presentation pie night way back in 1974. I cannot be one hundred percent certain but I think the commentary was provided by the late great Tony Charlton.
1973 was a great year to be a supporter of the Richmond Tigers Football Club. That year the club won the Premiership in the Seniors, Reserves and U19 competitions. IIRC, all three Grand Finals were played at the MCG on the same day. So any Richmond fans in attendance must have felt like they had gone to Football Heaven. It's mentioned elsewhere in the comments, the 1973 SANFL Senior Premiers was the Glenelg TIGERS !!! And the 1973 WAFL Senior Premiers was the Subiaco LIONS!
So 1973 really was a FELINE year in Australian Rules Football.
And funnily enough 1974 was the Chinese YEAR OF THE TIGER. So makes sense that many of the reigning Premiers during 1974 were Tiger related. Cheers!
Wow! ..and I thought the 1974 GF was the first in colour
How Robinson missed Balme’s hits of Southby and Waite beggars belief.
Brilliant upload well done.
Better quality than Olympic Games Track & Field videos. Technology moves on but Olympic Games video highlights just deteriorate.
Can’t help but think it was a more entertaining style of game played under what I would call traditional rules.