The 1967 VFA Division 1 Grand Final was an Australian rules football match played between the Dandenong Redlegs and the Port Melbourne Borough.

The match was held on Sunday 24 September 1967 at the Punt Road Oval in Jolimont, Melbourne, to decide the Division 1 Premiership for the 1967 Victorian Football Association season.

[1] after Port Melbourne captain-coach Brian Buckley nearly led his team off the field in protest at the performance of umpire David Jackson.

[7] In the lead-up to the Preliminary Final, Dandenong captain-coach Alan Morrow had invited Allan Jeans, then the senior coach at the VFL's St Kilda Football Club, to lead a training session, which was focussed on maximising the team's physical strength; the session was described by players as one of the toughest the team had faced during the season.

Following the success of this, Jeans was invited to sit on the Dandenong bench during the Grand Final, to allow Morrow to concentrate more fully on the play.

Midway through the second quarter, after a free kick was paid against a team-mate, Port Melbourne's John Peck approached and argued with Jackson.

[10] Dandenong dominated the final quarter of the match, kicking five quick goals to put the game beyond Port Melbourne's reach.

[9] Dandenong had an important input from its two ruckmen, Morrow and Eddie Melai, who were strong in the midfield and contributed seven goals between them while resting in the forward line.

This opinion was also held by some outside of the Port Melbourne Football Club; future Hall of Fame football writer Alf Brown of the Herald had noted this during the year, and speculated that the Association umpires may have been showing bias against Peck because he was such a well-established League player – in Brown's exact words, "we'll show this League slicker he is not going to put anything over us.

Those reporting on the game agreed that Jackson had made many errors in Dandenong's favour, with Chris de Kretser describing some of his decisions against Port Melbourne in the second quarter as "shocking",[10] and The Sporting Globe reporter Jim Blake agreeing that Jackson had made several mistakes during the game.

[15] In a separate incident early in the second quarter, and prior to the walk-off, Jackson was knocked unconscious in an accidental collision with Dandenong's Eddie Melai.

[14] VFA umpires adviser, Fred Allen, controversially spoke out against the Port Melbourne Football Club for the walk-off, describing the conduct as "disgraceful, undisciplined and unsporting", and stating "when a side is influenced from outside the fence to leave the ground it is beyond my comprehension."

Anticipating a hostile response from Port Melbourne in the event of findings against its players, the commission requested two policemen to attend the hearing; Goss considered this to be insulting towards his club.

When the suspension was handed down, Port Melbourne team advocate Charles Chrimes stood up and loudly denounced the commission, accusing it of being biased against his club, and shouting "Peck has been victimised out of VFA football", before slamming his chair against the table and storming out.

In this case, both the Richmond players and committee were in favour of forfeiting the game, and the major premiership was awarded to North Melbourne.