1939 SANFL Grand Final: Port Adelaide v West Torrens

This is the match report for the match played on 30 September 1939 between Port Adelaide and West Torrens in the grand final of the 1939 SANFL season. Port Adelaide hosted West Torrens at Adelaide Oval. The hosts were coached by Bob Quinn and the visitors were coached by Sampson Hosking.

As a result of this match, Port Adelaide were the premiers and West Torrens were the runners-up.

Match Details

Season: 1939 SANFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Port Adelaide v West Torrens
Date: Saturday 30 September 1939
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 44,885

Match Results

Outcome: Port Adelaide def. West Torrens
Score: 16.28.124 - 11.11.77

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Port Adelaide 2 . 11 8 . 18 14 . 23 16 . 28 16 . 28 (124)
West Torrens 1 . 0 5 . 1 7 . 5 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Margin PADL by 17 PADL by 35 PADL by 60 PADL by 47 PADL by 47
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Bob Quinn (Port Adelaide), Sampson Hosking (West Torrens)
Captains: unknown (Port Adelaide), unknown (West Torrens)

Player Statistics

Port Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Hender, Ned ? ? ? ?
Hollingworth, Alby ? ? ? ?
Schumann, Reg ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (3 players) 16 28

West Torrens

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Mullins, Reg ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (1 player) 11 11

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s