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1901 SANFL Grand Final
Date and Held
Date: Sat 5 Oct 1901 2:10 pm, Adelaide Oval
Field Umpires
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Scores
4.9 33 Norwood, 4.5 29 Port Adelaide
Crowd
Unknown
Television broadcast
None
Most Goals
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Best on Ground
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Result
Norwood Win

The 1901 SANFL Grand Final would be played against close rivals Port Adelaide and Norwood. The Grand final was won by Norwood by 4 points at Adelaide Oval.

1901 Season[]

Norwood[]

The Redlegs finished on top of the ladder with 13 wins and 5 losses, this assured them a spot in the Grand Final.

Port Adelaide[]

Port Adelaide finished third on the ladder and proceeded to the Grand Final after beating North Adelaide.

1901 SANFL Finals[]

Norwood finished 1st on the ladder and 3rd placed Port Adelaide challenged the Redlegs in 1901

1901 SANFL Grand Final[]

First Quarter[]

A low scoring quarter for both the Magpies and the Redlegs in the first quarter with Port Adelaide leading Norwood on 2.1 13.

Second Quarter[]

No goals were scored in this quarter but Norwood scored 2 points and the Magpies scored 1 point.

Third Quarter[]

Norwood powered through the third quarter scoring 3 goals and Port Adelaide not even scoring 1 goal by 3 quarter time, this left Norwood on 4.5 29 and Port Adelaide on 2.5 17.

Fourth Quarter[]

Norwood looked hot favourite to win but Port staged a comeback by scoring 2 goals in the final term and Norwood only scoring 4 points but it was too late. Norwood won by 4 points.

Score[]

Norwood Port Adelaide
1.1 7 Q1 2.1 13
1.3 9 Q2 2.2 14
4.5 29 Q3 2.5 17
4.9 33 Q4 4.5 29

See Also[]

Two Norwood players who played in the Grand Final and both fought in the Boer War.

William Plunkett

Horace MacFarlane

Sources[]

http://australianfootball.com/seasons/season/SANFL/1901/

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