1945 SANFL Season Grand Final: Port Adelaide v West Torrens

This is the match report for the match played on 29 September 1945 between Port Adelaide and West Torrens in the grand final of the 1945 season of the South Australian National Football League. Port Adelaide hosted West Torrens at Adelaide Oval. Jack Thiele captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Bob Quinn and the visitors were coached by Mal Drury.

Port Adelaide (15.12.102) were defeated by West Torrens (15.25.115).

Match Details

Season: 1945 SANFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Port Adelaide v West Torrens
Date: Saturday 29 September 1945
Venue: Adelaide Oval

Match Results

Outcome: Port Adelaide def. by West Torrens
Score: 15.12.102 - 15.25.115

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Port Adelaide 8 . 3 9 . 7 13 . 11 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
West Torrens 2 . 7 9 . 11 13 . 17 15 . 25 15 . 25 (115)
Margin PADL by 32 WTRN by 4 WTRN by 6 WTRN by 13 WTRN by 13
Duration

Honour Roll

Port Adelaide

Captain: unknown
Coach: Bob Quinn

West Torrens

Captain: Jack Thiele
Coach: Mal Drury

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

K. Aplin

Player Statistics

Port Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Bunton, Haydn ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (1 player) 15 12

West Torrens

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Hank, Bob ? ? ? ?
Sulley, Reg ? ? ? ?
Thiele, Jack (c) ? ? ? ?
Thoms, Jim ? ? ? ?
Wood, Ken ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (5 players) 15 25

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