1943 SANFL Grand Final: Port-Torrens v Norwood-North

This is the match report for the match played on 2 October 1943 between Port-Torrens and Norwood-North in the grand final of the 1943 SANFL season. Port-Torrens hosted Norwood-North at Adelaide Oval. Lew Roberts captained the hosts. Alby Sawley captained the visitors with Owen Martin as vice-captain. The hosts were coached by Sampson Hosking and the visitors were coached by Jack Smith.

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

Match Details

Season: 1943 SANFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Port-Torrens v Norwood-North
Date: Saturday 2 October 1943
Venue: Adelaide Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Port-Torrens def. by Norwood-North
Score: 8.13.61 - 12.10.82

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Port-Torrens 3 . 6 3 . 6 7 . 9 8 . 13 8 . 13 (61)
Norwood-North 3 . 1 6 . 7 7 . 9 12 . 10 12 . 10 (82)
Margin POTO by 5 NONO by 19 level NONO by 21 NONO by 21
Duration

Honour Roll

Coaches: Sampson Hosking (Port-Torrens), Jack Smith (Norwood-North)
Captains: Lew Roberts (Port-Torrens), Alby Sawley (Norwood-North)
Vice-Captains: unknown (Port-Torrens), Owen Martin (Norwood-North)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: K. Aplin

Player Statistics

Port-Torrens

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Cox, Stan HBFR ? ? ?
Dangerfield, Ivor CHF ? ? ?
Franklin, Arthur HFFR ? ? ?
Hoffmann, Ron RO ? ? ?
Kellaway, Thomas FF ? ? ?
Nicholls, Frank FPR ? ? ?
Nicholls, Max WR ? ? ?
Obst, Ken FB ? ? ?
Reval, Allan RU ? ? ?
Roberts, Lew (c) C ? ? ?
Roberts, Ray WL ? ? ?
Shaw, Merv FPL ? ? ?
Thiele, Jack CHB ? ? ?
Wood, Ken HFFL ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (14 players) 8 13

Norwood-North

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Arbon, Morrie FPL ? ? ?
Bell, John WL ? ? ?
Dangerfield, Len SUB ? ? ?
Hancock, Stanley WR ? ? ?
Isaac, William FF ? ? ?
Le Page, Keith HFFR ? ? ?
Martin, Owen (vc) FB ? ? ?
Oatey, Jack RO ? ? ?
Pash, Jeff C ? ? ?
Price, Tom BPR ? ? ?
Sawley, Alby (c) HFFL ? ? ?
Solomon, Myer RU ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (12 players) 12 10

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