baggy8 wrote:He probably meant the goal that Wedgie was referring to in 1952
What the roosters stalwart was referring to was the winning goal in the 1952 Second Semi final. Port were leading by 3 points when McKay threw himself into the ruck. He grabbed the ball from a boundary throw-in in the forward pocket and snapped the winning goal.
In the 1960 Grand Final, Norwood led by 8 points with 10 minutes to go. Malcolm Whitford, Barrie Barbary (the reigning Magarey Medallist) and Barry Potts all then goaled for North to lead by 11 points (North had also added a point in that surge), before John Vickers replied with a kick from almost the centre which bounced through. The last five minutes of the game were played predominantly in the North forward line. Trevor Hughes, later of West Adelaide, had a chance to sew up the game but kicked out of bounds from 40 yards. Norwood were starting to mount an attack when the siren rang. I have an audio copy of the last quarter as called by Tom Warhurst and max Hall. It is great listening for any footy historian.
As another aside the audio ends with Tom Warhurst saying 18 year old Bob Hammond is the best first year full back he has ever seen. Fairly astute comment I would have thought.
