| Team | 1st Quarter | 2nd Quarter | 3rd Quarter | 4th Quarter |
| Sturt | 1.3-9 | 7.6-48 | 11.8-74 | 17.14-116 |
| Port Adelaide | 2.5-17 | 3.8-26 | 7.13-55 | 10.15-75 |
Best Players
R.Davies, P.Bagshaw, M.Graham, R.Klomp, J.Murphy
B.Howard, B.Miels, M.Nunan, R.Barton, T.Sims
Goal Kickers
P.Bagshaw 3, M.Graham 3, R.Klomp 2, R.Barton 2
J.Murphy 2, G.Wild 2, B.Miels 1, M.Nunan 1, R.Davies 1
Captain
P.Bagshaw
Coach
J.Oatey
Best on Ground
R.Davies
Attendance
66,897 (Football Park)
| Premiership Team | |||
| Forward: | T.Sims | G.Wild | R.Barton |
| Half-Forward: | M.Graham | R.Klomp | J.Murphy |
| Centre: | T.Burgan | B.Howard | B.Miels |
| Half-Back: | T.Lloyd | P.Nelson | P.Sanders |
| Back: | N.Wark | C.Casey | G.Lauder |
| Ruck: | R.Davies | P.Bagshaw | M.Nunan |
| Reserves: | P.Heinrich | R.Hill | |
Match Report
Captain Paul Bagshaw held the Thomas Seymour Hill Premiership Cup above his head and proclaimed, “This is the finest hour in the history of the Sturt Football Club”, after 7 Premierships in Sturt’s golden era who was going to argue with him. Port Adelaide had been the best performed team all season and red hot favourite going into this Grand Final, but if you ever needed to see a team reach their peak on the day then this was it. Port Adelaide led early in an even first quarter and held an 8 point lead at the first break. The Double Blues took control in the second quarter, kicking 6.3 to 1.3 and taking a lead of 22 points into half time. The Magpies came back in the third quarter to narrow the margin to 19 points at three quarter time, but the “Too Old and Too Slow” as Oatey’s men had been labeled played all over Port in the final quarter to kick 6.6 to 3.2 and run out winners by 41 points. The ubiquitous Rick Davies was superhuman, taking marks all around the ground and was clearly best on ground with the amazing statistics of – 21 kicks, 21 handballs, 21 hit outs, 15 marks and 1 goal, it was one of the finest individual performances ever seen in a SANFL Grand Final. Captain Paul Bagshaw with 3 goals, the powerful Robert Klomp at centre half forward and lightning fast Michael Graham were also high in the best players for Sturt along with veteran John Murphy. The highest crowd ever assembled of 66,897 for a SANFL Grand Final was recorded on this day, however this did not take into account those that were not counted when gate staff could no longer cope with the throngs of people which has been estimated to be in excess of 75,000, with people sitting on the boundary line to witness one of the Double Blues greatest victories and the seventh flag to Jack ‘The Master Coach’ Oatey during his time at Unley.
