1916 SAPFL Grand Final

The 1916 SAPFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Port Adelaide Football Club and the West Torrens Football Club, held at Hindmarsh Oval on Saturday 19 August 1916.[6] It was the 1st Grand Final of the South Australian Patriotic Football League, staged to determine the premiers of the 1916 SAPFL season.[6] The match was won by Port Adelaide by a margin of 34 points, marking that clubs first patriotic premiership victory.[6]

1916 SAPFL Grand Final
Top: Advertisement for the 1916 SAPFL Grand Final that appeared in The Regent newspaper.[1]
Bottom: 1916 Port Adelaide SAPFL premiers.[2]

Port Adelaide
West Torrens
7.11 (53) 1.13 (19)
StadiumHindmarsh Oval[3]
UmpiresA. Hickey[4]
Accolades
Best on GroundSampson Hosking[5]
← 1915 (SANFL) 1917 →

The SAFL was opposed to the formation of the Patriotic League and refused to recognise it during and after World War I.[7] Hindmarsh Oval was the contingency venue for the Grand Final if an agreement with the SACA could not be reached as the Adelaide Oval was the preferred venue of the SAPFL.[8]

Teams
0Port Adelaide0
B: John Middleton[9] Otto Martiensen[10] S. Gill[11]
HB: Hercules Duthie (vc)[12] Henry Eaton (c)[13] Albert Stone[14]
C: Roy Drew[15] Sampson Hosking[16] Cuthbert Lincoln[17]
HF: Carl Perrott[18] Harold Oliver[19] John Dunn[20]
F: Loyal Lackman[21] John Hayman[22] Alex McFarlane[23]
Foll: John Taylor[24] William Quinn[25] Thomas[26]
Int:
Coach: S.Gill & D.Shand
0West Torrens0
B: Patten (c) Karney (vc) Marsh
HB: O'Loughlin Miller Johnson
C: Campbell Hele Hele
HF: Trembath Williams Curnow
F: Job Richmond Varley
Foll: Wakefield Duncan Sim
Int:
Coach: Positions not allocated.

References
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  2. "PORT ADELAIDE PATRIOTIC FOOTBALL CLUB (Premiers 1916)". Observer. Vol. LXXIII, no. 5, 609. South Australia. 2 September 1916. p. 26. Retrieved 27 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
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  6. "FOOTBALL". The Advertiser. Vol. LIX, no. 18, 051. South Australia. 21 August 1916. p. 11. Retrieved 27 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. "South Australian football in wartime". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
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