1995 SANFL Grand Final

Australian rules football match
1995 SANFL Grand Final

Port Adelaide
Central District
13.16 (94) 6.10 (46)
1 2 3 4
PA 3.7 (25) 3.11 (29) 8.14 (62) 13.16 (94)
CD 0.2 (2) 3.6 (24) 4.7 (31) 6.10 (46)
DateSunday 1 October 1995
StadiumFootball Park
Attendance45,786
UmpiresTim Pfeiffer, Kevin Chambers, and Mick Abbott.
Coin toss won byCentral District
Kicked towardSouth End
Accolades
Best on GroundAnthony Darcy
Broadcast in Australia
NetworkABC
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The 1995 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Grand Final saw the Port Adelaide Magpies defeat the Central District Bulldogs by 48 points. The match was played on Sunday 1 October 1995 at Football Park in front of a crowd of 45,786. .[1]

This was Port Adelaide's 33rd premiership, and Central District's first grand final since their admission to the league in 1964.

Teams and statistics

Port Adelaide was captained by Tim Ginever and coached by John Cahill. Central District was captained by Roger Girdham and coached by Alan Stewart.[1]

0Port Adelaide0
B: 4 George Fiacchi 7 Roger Delaney 5 Brian Leys
HB: 15 Michael Wilson 32 Paul Northeast 36 Stephen Carter
C: 9 Anthony Darcy 29 Robbie West 13 Rohan Smith
HF: 41 Clive Waterhouse 30 Darryl Poole 28 Darren Smith
F: 10 Stephen Williams 11 Scott Hodges 40 Spiro Malakellis
Foll: 33 Darren Mead 1 Tim Ginever (c) 22 Tony Malakellis
Int: 8 Greg Anderson 46 Fabian Francis 26 Richard Foster
Coach: John Cahill
0Central District0
B: Scott Lee (12) Ray Windsor (22) Roy Laird (27)
HB: Martin McKinnon (21) Brian Haraida (19) Hugh Reimers (5)
C: Scott Stevens (15) Ricky MacGowan (23) Daniel Healy (51)
HF: David Green (18) Simon Luhrs (25) Jarrod Cotton (44)
F: Anthony Ingerson (57) Michael Wakelin (9) Tim Cook (6)
Foll: D. Arnold (26) Stephen Schwerdt (40) Roger Girdham (c) (10)
Int: Chris Pyman (54) John Abbott (7) Mark Conway (33)
Coach: Alan Stewart

Umpires

The game was umpired by Tim Pfeiffer, Kevin Chambers, and Mick Abbott.

Scorecard

1995 SANFL Grand Final
1 October 1995 (2:10 pm) Port Adelaide def. Central District Football Park (crowd: 45,786)
3.7 (25)
3.11 (29)
8.14 (62)
 13.16 (94) 		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final 		0.2 (2)
3.6 (24)
4.7 (31)
 6.10 (46) 		Jack Oatey Medallist: Anthony Darcy
Television broadcast: ABC
C. Waterhouse, A. Darcy, T. Malakellis 2
F. Francis, R. West, S. Williams, S. Carter, T. Ginever, S. Hodges, D. Mead 1 		Goals 2 R. Windsor
1 M. Wakelin, J. Cotton, S. Schwerdt, S. Stevens
A. Darcy, T. Ginever, B. Leys, D. Mead Best R. Macgowan, H. Reimers

Jack Oatey Medal

The Jack Oatey Medal for best player in the Grand Final was awarded to Anthony Darcy of Port Adelaide. For the third year in a row, the St Kilda Football Club in the AFL drafted the Jack Oatey medallist, following on from Steven Sziller and Darryl Wakelin.

External links

  • Port Adelaide Magpies Official Website
  • Central District Football Club Official Website
  • SANFL Official Website

References

  1. ^ a b The Advertiser (Adelaide) newspaper 2 October 1995, pages 1,19,20
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