1921 SAFL Grand Final explained

Competition:SANFL
Match Type:Grand Final
Home:
Home Abbr:NOR
Away:
Away Abbr:PTA
Home Qtr1:0.4 (4)
Home Qtr2:1.5 (11)
Home Qtr3:2.6 (18)
Home Qtr4:3.6 (24)
Away Qtr1:3.1 (19)
Away Qtr2:4.3 (27)
Away Qtr3:4.6 (30)
Away Qtr4:4.8 (32)
Home Score:3.6 (24)
Away Score:4.8 (32)
Date:Saturday, 8 October (2:10 pm)
Stadium:Adelaide Oval
Attendance:34,800
Umpire:Mr Haven
Kick End:Scoreboard End
Bog:Peter Bampton[1]
Last:1920
Next:1922

The 1921 SAFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Norwood Football Club and the Port Adelaide Football Club, held at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide on 8 October 1921. It was the 23rd annual Grand Final of the South Australian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1921 SAFL season. The match, attended by 34,000 spectators, was won by Port Adelaide by a margin of 8 points, marking the club's ninth premiership victory.[2]

Teams

Port Adelaide's team was not finalised until just before the game with Taylor, Lloyd and Mayne left out of the squad of 21 and Eric Dewar replacing Maurice Allingham.

Notes and References

  1. News: LEAGUE PREMIERSHIP. . . LXIV . 3,395 . South Australia . 15 October 1921 . 21 September 2021 . 18 . National Library of Australia.
  2. Web site: Australian Football - SANFL Season 1921. australianfootball.com. 2015-03-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20141211084311/http://australianfootball.com/seasons/season/SANFL/1921/. 11 December 2014. dead.