1942 SANFL Grand Final
Official program cover.

Port–Torrens
West–Glenelg
18.12 (120) 16.13 (109)
1 2 3 4
PWT 7.2 (44) 10.6 (66) 12.12 (84) 18.12 (120)
WG 2.7 (19) 9.9 (63) 15.9 (99) 16.3 (109)
DateSaturday, 19 September (2:10 pm)
StadiumAdelaide Oval
Attendance35,000
UmpiresE.J. Hine[1]
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The 1942 SANFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between a merger teams of Port Adelaide–West Torrens ("Port–Torrens") and West Adelaide–Glenelg ("West–Glenelg"), held at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday 19 September 1942. It was the 44th annual Grand Final of the South Australian National Football League, stated to determine the premiers of the 1942 SANFL season. The match, attended by 35,000 spectators, was won by Port–Torrens by a margin of 11 points, marking that mergers first premiership.[2]

Background

Due to logistics and a lack of resources the SANFL decided, starting in 1942, that the league would reduce from eight teams to four with geographical mergers between the neighbouring clubs the preferable configuration of the competition during World War II.[3] The main justification for holding the competition during this period was to raise money for patriotic and charitable funds along with providing entertainment for troops stationed in Adelaide.[4]

Before the game a curtain raiser match was played between an RAAF station and an anti-aircraft station of the AIF.[5]

Teams

Port–Torrens
West–Glenelg
0Port–Torrens0
B: 3. Louis Martyn 17. Ken Obst Christopher Johnstone
HB: Leslie McLean 2. Jack Thiele 6. Bill McFarlane
C: 14. Max Nicholls 1. Lew Roberts (c) Stuart Glastonbury
HF: Clarence Dayman 9. Ivor Dangerfield 8. Arthur Franklin
F: Gordon Scott Thomas Kellaway 7. Merv Shaw
Foll: 5. Bob McLean 4. Allan Reval John Skelley
Int: William Tonkin
Coach: Sampson Hosking
0West–Glenelg0
B: Richard Corbett Merv Waite Richard Codd
HB: Ron Keane Harry Powell Ray McArthur
C: Simons Jack Broadstock Gillespie
HF: Allan Crabbe Keith Miller Ted Robjent
F: Summersides Mel Brock Ned Hender
Foll: Smith Taylor Jim Coad
Int: Burt
Coach:

Scorecard

Grand final
Saturday, 19 September Port–Torrens def. West–Glenelg Adelaide Oval (crowd: 35,000)
7.2 (44)
10.6 (66)
12.12 (84)
 18.12 (120) 		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final 		2.7 (19)
9.9 (63)
15.9 (99)
 16.13 (109) 		Umpires: E.J. Hine
McLean – 6
Skelley — 4
Kelleway – 3
Shaw – 2
Scott, Hayman, Dangerfield – 1 		Goals 4 – Coad
3 – Brock
2 – Miller, Hender, Smith
1 — Robjent, Summersides, Taylor
Injuries Brock (leg)

References

  1. ^ "HARD FOOTBALL GRAND FINAL EXPECTED". News. Vol. 39, no. 5, 973. South Australia. 18 September 1942. p. 6. Retrieved 30 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  2. ^ "PORT-TORRENS 1942 PREMIERS". The Mail. Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 19 September 1942. p. 8. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  3. ^ "League Football May Start On May 9". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 8 April 1942. p. 7. Retrieved 30 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "FOOTBALL TEAMS WILL HAVE NEW NAMES". News. Vol. 38, no. 5, 840. South Australia. 16 April 1942. p. 8. Retrieved 30 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "CLOSE FOOTBALL TUSSLE LIKELY". The Advertiser (Adelaide). South Australia. 19 September 1942. p. 3. Retrieved 30 September 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
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