1975 A Grade premiership

It had been a long time since two Old Boys teams fromCatholic Colleges fought out an A Section Grand Final, and neither of the day’saspirants for premiership honours had ever won a premiership in the top grade. 1975’sA Section Grand Final teams St. Bernards Old Collegians and North Old Boys hadbeen very keen rivals since both were admitted to the Association in 1963. Theteams represent old boys of two Christian Brothers' Colleges – St Joseph'sNorth Melbourne and St. Bernard's Essendon. St Bernard's won the 1963 E Sectionpremiership and repeated their success in D Section in 1964. They then spentthree seasons in both C and B Sections before their promotion to A Section in1971 where they remained ever since, being runners-up to Ormond in 1973. "Bothteams had now played each other 15 times, St. Bernard's winning 9 times andNorth, 5 with one match drawn. To carry things a little further, St Bernard'swere also in the A Grade Reserve Section Grand Final, so it was setting up tobe a great day. And that it was, with both Seniors and Reserves premiers,making club history!