1959 SANFL Season Grand Final: West Adelaide v Port Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 3 October 1959 between West Adelaide and Port Adelaide in the grand final of the 1959 season of the South Australian National Football League. West Adelaide hosted Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval. Geof Motley captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Jack Oatey and the visitors were coached by Geof Motley.

West Adelaide (11.11.77) were defeated by Port Adelaide (13.9.87).

Match Details

Season: 1959 SANFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: West Adelaide v Port Adelaide
Date: Saturday 3 October 1959
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Adelaide Oval
Attendance: 48,884

Match Results

Outcome: West Adelaide def. by Port Adelaide
Score: 11.11.77 - 13.9.87

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
West Adelaide 1 . 5 3 . 5 7 . 9 11 . 11 11 . 11 (77)
Port Adelaide 5 . 1 9 . 5 11 . 8 13 . 9 13 . 9 (87)
Margin PADL by 20 PADL by 36 PADL by 23 PADL by 10 PADL by 10
Duration

Honour Roll

West Adelaide

Captain: unknown
Coach: Jack Oatey

Port Adelaide

Captain: Geof Motley
Coach: Geof Motley

Player Statistics

West Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Rushed ?
Total (0 players) 11 11

Port Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH
Abley, John ? ? ? ?
Boyd, Davey ? ? ? ?
Cahill, John ? ? ? ?
Motley, Geof (c) ? ? ? ?
Obst, Peter ? ? ? ?
Obst, Trevor ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (6 players) 13 9

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