1959 SANFL 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 SANFL season. West Adelaide hosted Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval. The hosts were coached by Jack Oatey and the visitors were coached by Geof Motley.

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

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

Coaches: Jack Oatey (West Adelaide), Geof Motley (Port Adelaide)
Captains: unknown (West Adelaide), unknown (Port Adelaide)

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 ? ? ? ?
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