1918 SAPFL Grand Final explained

Match Type:Grand Final
Ground Image:File:Jubilee Oval, Adelaide, view from plane, 1936.jpg
Away:
Home Score:5.13 (43)
Away Score:3.11 (29)
Date:9 October 1918
Stadium:Jubilee Oval
Attendance:7,000[1]
Last:1917
Next:1919 (SANFL)

The 1918 SAPFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the West Torrens Football Club and the West Adelaide Football Club, held at Jubilee Oval on Saturday 9 October 1918. It was the 3rd Grand Final of the South Australian Patriotic Football League, staged to determine the premiers of the 1918 SAPFL season. The match was won by West Torrens by a margin of 14 points, marking that clubs first patriotic premiership victory.[2]

The SAFL was opposed to the formation of the Patriotic League and refused to recognise it during and after World War I.[3]

Notes and References

  1. News: FOOTBALL . . IX . 427 . South Australia . 11 October 1918 . 30 September 2021 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  2. News: FOOTBALL . . IX . 427 . South Australia . 11 October 1918 . 30 September 2021 . 4 . National Library of Australia.
  3. Web site: South Australian football in wartime. australianfootball.com. 2019-09-28.