The incident Scrutiny occurred Coming_to_be during the presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower and the premiership of Nikita Khrushchev , around two weeks before the scheduled opening Social_event of an east–west summit Social_event in Paris .

The match , attended despite the conditions by 97,457 spectators , was won by Melbourne by a margin of 48 points , marking Recording that club 's 11th premiership victory .

This was Melbourne 's seventh premiership appearance in successive seasons , having won all these contests except the 1954 VFL Grand Final and 1958 VFL Grand Final .

This was Port Adelaide 's 34th premiership Competition , third premiership Competition in a row , and seventh in nine years .

This was Port Adelaide 's 34th premiership Competition , third premiership Competition in a row , and seventh in nine years .

The match , attended by 119,165 spectators , was won by Richmond by a margin of 25 points , marking Recording that club 's seventh premiership victory .

The game 's attendance of 119,165 represented the most spectators to have witnessed a premiership decider in VFL Grand Final history , breaking Removing the record of 116,828 spectators who witnessed the 1968 VFL Grand Final .

It was the first time that Victorian Football League premiership was decided in a final match , after the 1897 premiership was won under a different finals Process_end system by Essendon , when they finished above three other clubs Bodily_harm in the finals Process_end series ladder .

It was the first time that Victorian Football League premiership was decided in a final match , after the 1897 premiership was won under a different finals Process_end system by Essendon , when they finished above three other clubs Bodily_harm in the finals Process_end series ladder .

The match , attended Participation by 107,935 spectators , was won by Hawthorn by a margin of 43 points , marking Recording that club 's first premiership victory .

Footscray , the 1954 premiership winners , had finished Process_end the home and away season in fourth place but upset Perception_active the Ron Barassi-led Melbourne by 27 points in the Preliminary Final to end Process_end the Demons ' sequence of seven consecutive Grand Final appearances .