1915 SAFL Grand Final

1915 SAFL Grand Final: Sturt v Port Adelaide

11e3c Oliverinflight — Harold Oliver jumps in the air to spoil the ball during the 1915 Grand Final

Date and Held

Sat 25-Sep-1915, Adelaide Oval

Field Umpires

Unknown

Scores

Sturt: 6.10 46
Port Adelaide: 4.10 34

Crowd

13,000

Television broadcast

None

Most Goals

B.Noal (5, Sturt)

Best on Ground

Bill Mayman (Sturt)

Result

Sturt's 1st Premiership

Line up[]

Sturt[]

Forward: T.Richardson L.Smith J.Kappler
Half-Forward: H.Rayner F.Golding A.Limb
Centre: E.McNamara B.Mayman (c) H.Bruce
Half-Back: P.Edwards V.Richardson C.Sharp
Back: C.Ryan D.McDougall H.Hicks
Ruck: C.Curnow I.Nicolle B.Noal
Captain Coach: B.Mayman

1915 Premiership 548976 331294820267377 953056214 n — Sturt's 1915 Premiership Side

Match Report[]

Courtesy of Sturtfc.com.au
The Blues were to face Port Adelaide in the 1915 Grand Final, the second Grand Final for the club and a chance to forget the heartbreak of 1910, which was the club's first Grand Final and the loss to the Magpies by only 4 points, after Frank Golding's place kick had hit the post with only 50 seconds remaining in the game. Port Adelaide were favourites to win and were playing in their third consecutive Grand Final, they wanted the Premiership hat-trick, could the Double Blues overcome the Magpie's and finally claim their first Premiership? Sturt got off to a great start, scoring an early goal and the game ebbed and flowed, with the Magpies in front by only one goal at quarter time. The Blues held Port goal less in the second quarter and scored 1.4 to Port's 3 points to take into half-time a 1 point lead. The young Sturt side took control of the game in the third quarter, scoring 3.2 and keeping the Magpies to only 1.1, the Blues had a 14 point lead at three quarter time, could this be the year of the Double Blue? Captain-Coach Billy Mayman wouldn't let this one slip away and was inspirational to his team in the last quarter, throughout the term both teams had their chances to score, but no goals were kicked, the Double Blues had done it, winning the Club's first ever Premiership by 12 points! Billy Mayman was best on ground ánd Bill Noal kicked an amazing 5.5 out of Sturt's 6.10 for the game.

Scores[]

STURT 2.1 3.5 6.7 6.10 (46)
Port Adelaide 3.1 3.4 4.5 4.10 (34)

Best on Ground[]

Sturt: B.Mayman, B.Noal, H.Rayner, I.Nicolle, C.Ryan, D.McDougall, V.Richardson J.Kappler, F.Golding, T.Richardson, C.Curnow, A.Limb, C.Sharp, L.Smith
Port Adelaide: Ashley, Robertson, Eaton, Congear, Causby, Oliver, Tobin, Andersen, and Lackmann.

Goal Scorers[]

Sturt: B.Noal 5, H.Hicks 1
Port Adelaide: Congear (2), Oliver, and Anderson.

Sources[]

http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/87237488?searchTerm=1915 SAFL&searchLimits=

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