1954 SANFL Grand Final

1954 SANFL Grand Final

Port Adelaide
West Adelaide
11.13 (79) 10.16 (76)
1 2 3 4
PTA 2.4 (16) 3.6 (24) 9.10 (64) 11.13 (79)
WA 2.7 (19) 7.7 (49) 9.12 (66) 10.16 (76)
DateSaturday, 2 October (2:10 pm)
StadiumAdelaide Oval
Attendance42,895
FavouritePort Adelaide
UmpiresKen Aplin
Accolades
Best on GroundFos Williams[1][2]
Colin Brown[3][4][5]
Australian Football
Hall of Fame		Fos Williams (1996)
Geof Motley (2002)
John Abley (2020)
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The 1954 SANFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Port Adelaide Football Club and the West Adelaide Football Club, held at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday 2 October 1954.[6] It was the 56th annual Grand Final of the South Australian National Football League, staged to determine the premiers of the 1954 SANFL season. The match, attended by 42,895 spectators, was won by Port Adelaide by a margin of 3 points, marking that clubs fifteenth premiership victory.[6]

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  3. ^ ""MIGHTY FOOTBALLL"". Recorder. No. 14, 270. South Australia. 4 October 1954. p. 4. Retrieved 16 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "PORT WIN THRILLING GRAND FINAL". Northern Suburbs Weekly. Vol. II, no. 39. South Australia. 7 October 1954. p. 4. Retrieved 16 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "THE PREMIERSHIP STORY". Messenger. No. 184. South Australia. 7 October 1954. p. 1. Retrieved 16 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ a b "Australian Football - SANFL Season 1954". australianfootball.com. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.