1903 SAFA Grand Final

Port Adelaide
South Adelaide
6.6 (42) 5.5 (35)
1 2 3 4
PTA 2.0 (12) 5.3 (33) 6.4 (40) 6.6 (42)
STH 2.2 (14) 2.3 (15) 4.4 (28) 5.5 (35)
DateSaturday, 12 September (2:10 pm)
StadiumAdelaide Oval
Attendance14,000
UmpiresG. Carris
← 1902 1904 →

The 1903 SAFA Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between Port Adelaide and the South Adelaide Football Club at the Adelaide Oval on 12 September 1903.[1] It was the 8th instalment of the Grand Final of the South Australian Football Association, staged to determine the premiers for the 1903 SAFA season. The match, attended by 14,000 spectators, was won by Port Adelaide by a margin of 7 points, marking the club's first premiership in its Wharf Pylon guernsey and the club's fourth SAFA premiership victory overall.[2]

Teams

Port Adelaide
B: Walter Butler William Wisdom Harold Ashby
HB: Archibald Gosling Archibald Hosie Richard James
C: Percy Whicker Lewis Corston Joseph Earle
HF: Wagga Davis Jack Mack Edward Stawns
F: Matthew Healy James Tompkins James Mathison
Foll: John Davis Robert Fraser John Quinn
Int:
Coach: Archibald Hosie
South Adelaide
B: C.Adcock H.Cockburn H.Forgie
HB: J.Hansen W.Huston M.Herbert
C: J.Kay H.Kruss P.Kelly
HF: A.Morton C.E.Nalty F.O'Brien
F: W. Paternoster A. Ramsay B. Rounsevell
Foll: A. Swift Jack Tredrea J. Windsor
Int:
Coach: Unknown

References

  1. ^ "Australian Football - SANFL Season 1903". australianfootball.com. Archived from the original on 4 October 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
  2. ^ "1903 SAFA Premiership - Port Adelaide v South Adelaide - portadelaidefc.com.au". portadelaidefc.com.au. Archived from the original on 5 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
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