TOMORROW is Footy Colours Day, the Bone Marrow Donor Institute's national fundraising event when supporters are encouraged to wear their club's colours to raise money for children and young people living with cancer. For more information: www.footycoloursday.com.au
TICKET UPDATE
Second qualifying final Port Adelaide v West Coast (AAMI) - 28,100 tickets sold.First elimination final Hawthorn v Adelaide (TD) - 28,500 tickets sold.
Second elimination final Collingwood v Sydney (MCG) - 41,600 tickets sold.
First qualifying final (series ticket match) Geelong v Kangaroos (MCG) - 52,600 tickets sold.
CROWDS
THE biggest crowd to attend an elimination final was at last year's Collingwood versus Western Bulldogs match won by the Dogs before 84,284 people. The lowest crowd was the year before when just 25,195 went to see Port Adelaide beat the Kangaroos by 87 points.IT'S HISTORY
FIFTY years ago, in the 1957 grand final, Melbourne defeated Essendon to win its third consecutive flag. Essendon had given the Dees a scare in the second semi-final, defeating them by 16 points but in the grand final it was a different story with the great Ron Barassi kicking five goals in Melbourne's 61-point victory before a crowd of 100,324.FINALS WORDS
"I will be flying out today and playing on Friday night."DEAN COX, West Coast ruckman, who went off with a leg injury last week against Essendon.
