1917 SAPFL Grand Final

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 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]

  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.