1917 SAPFL Grand Final

The 1917 SAPFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Port Adelaide Football Club and the West Torrens Football Club, held at Alberton Oval on Saturday 1 September 1917.[3] It was the 2nd Grand Final of the South Australian Patriotic Football League, staged to determine the premiers of the 1917 SAPFL season. The match was won by Port Adelaide by a margin of 16 points, marking that clubs second patriotic premiership victory.

1917 SAPFL Grand Final

Port Adelaide
West Torrens
10.12 (72) 8.8 (56)
1 2 3 4
PA 0.1 (1) 4.3 (27) 7.5 (47) 10.12 (72)
WT 3.1 (19) 4.1 (25) 6.7 (43) 8.8 (56)
Date1 September 1917 (3:10pm)[1]
StadiumAlberton Oval
UmpiresS. Coleman[2]
Accolades
Best on GroundJack Ashley
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The SAFL was opposed to the formation of the Patriotic League and refused to recognise it during and after World War I.[4]

Teams

West Torrens made two late changes with Campbell and Marsh.[5]
0Port Adelaide0
B: Alex McFarlane T. Trimble Cuthbert Lincoln
HB: Henry Eaton (c) Albert Hembury Hercules Duthie
C: Leonard Wisdom Sampson Hosking Roy Drew
HF: Alf Causby Harold Oliver John Middleton
F: Loyal Lackman Clarence Hoffman John Hayman
Foll: Jack Ashley John Taylor Angelo Congear
Int:
Coach:
0West Torrens0
B: Stan Patten (C) Jack Karney (VC) Burns
HB: Campbell Curnow Edwin Daviess
C: Hele Hegarty Johnson
HF: Les Marvell Manning George Richmond
F: Sim Ernie Stone Tonkin
Foll: Alf Walker Williams Wakefield
Int: Nicholson (emg) O'Brien (emg)
Coach: Positions not allocated

References
  1. "FOOTBALL". The Express and Telegraph. Vol. LIV, no. 16, 225. South Australia. 6 September 1917. p. 4 (5 O'CLOCK EDITION. SPORTS NUMBER.). Retrieved 30 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. "Advertising". Daily Herald. Vol. 8, no. 2325. South Australia. 1 September 1917. p. 2. Retrieved 30 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. "PORT ADELAIDE PREMIERS". Daily Herald. Vol. 8, no. 2326. South Australia. 3 September 1917. p. 7. Retrieved 30 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. "South Australian football in wartime". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 2019-09-28.
  5. "FOOTBALL". The Express and Telegraph. Vol. LIV, no. 16, 225. South Australia. 6 September 1917. p. 4 (5 O'CLOCK EDITION. SPORTS NUMBER.). Retrieved 30 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
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