1917 SAPFL Grand Final explained

Match Type:Grand Final
Ground Image:File:1917_The_Register_Adelaide_Advertisment_Patriotic_Football_Grand_Final_1_Sep.png
Home:
Home Abbr:PA
Away Abbr:WT
Home Qtr1:0.1 (1)
Home Qtr2:4.3 (27)
Home Qtr3:7.5 (47)
Home Qtr4:10.12 (72)
Away Qtr1:3.1 (19)
Away Qtr2:4.1 (25)
Away Qtr3:6.7 (43)
Away Qtr4:8.8 (56)
Home Score:10.12 (72)
Away Score:8.8 (56)
Date:1 September 1917 (3:10pm)[1]
Stadium:Alberton Oval
Umpire:S. Coleman[2]
Bog:Jack Ashley
Last:1916
Next:1918

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.

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]

Notes and References

  1. News: FOOTBALL . . LIV . 16,225 . South Australia . 6 September 1917 . 30 September 2021 . 4 (5 O'CLOCK EDITION. SPORTS NUMBER.) . National Library of Australia.
  2. News: Advertising . . 8 . 2325 . South Australia . 1 September 1917 . 30 September 2021 . 2 . National Library of Australia.
  3. News: PORT ADELAIDE PREMIERS . . 8 . 2326 . South Australia . 3 September 1917 . 30 September 2021 . 7 . National Library of Australia.
  4. Web site: South Australian football in wartime. australianfootball.com. 2019-09-28.
  5. News: 6 September 1917. FOOTBALL. LIV. 4 (5 O'CLOCK EDITION. SPORTS NUMBER.). The Express and Telegraph. 16,225. South Australia. National Library of Australia. 30 September 2021.