1979 SANFL Season Grand Final: Port Adelaide v South Adelaide

This is the match report for the match played on 29 September 1979 between Port Adelaide and South Adelaide in the grand final of the 1979 season of the South Australian National Football League. Port Adelaide hosted South Adelaide at Football Park. Brian Cunningham captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by John Cahill and the visitors were coached by Haydn Bunton.

Port Adelaide (9.9.63) defeated South Adelaide (3.14.32).

Match Details

Season: 1979 SANFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Port Adelaide v South Adelaide
Date: Saturday 29 September 1979
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: Football Park
Attendance: 50,428

Match Results

Outcome: Port Adelaide def. South Adelaide
Score: 9.9.63 - 3.14.32

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Port Adelaide 5 . 0 5 . 3 9 . 7 9 . 9 9 . 9 (63)
South Adelaide 0 . 0 3 . 7 3 . 8 3 . 14 3 . 14 (32)
Margin PADL by 30 PADL by 8 PADL by 35 PADL by 31 PADL by 31
Duration

Honour Roll

Port Adelaide

Captain: Brian Cunningham
Coach: John Cahill

South Adelaide

Captain: unknown
Coach: Haydn Bunton

Player Statistics

Port Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
Abernethy, Bruce ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Cahill, Darrell ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Cunningham, Brian (c) ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Giles, Tony ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Hofner, Peter ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Phillips, Greg ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Williams, Mark ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Rushed ?
Total (7 players) 9 9 0+ 0+ 0+ 0+ 0+ 0+ 0+

South Adelaide

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
Rushed ?
Total (0 players) 3 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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