1985 SANFL Grand Final
| 1985 SANFL Grand Final | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date | Saturday, 5 October (2:10 pm) | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Football Park | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 50,289 | |||||||||||||||
| Umpires | , | |||||||||||||||
| Coin toss won by | North Adelaide | |||||||||||||||
| Kicked toward | Lake End | |||||||||||||||
| Broadcast in Australia | ||||||||||||||||
| Network | Seven Network | |||||||||||||||
| Commentators | Peter Marker Ian Day Robert Oatey | |||||||||||||||
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The 1985 SANFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Glenelg Football Club and North Adelaide Football Club at Football Park on 5 October 1985. It was the 87th grand final of the South Australian National Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1985 SANFL season. The match, attended by 50,289 spectators, was won by Glenelg by a margin of 57 points, marking the club's third SANFL premiership, having previously won the premiership in 1973. Glenelg's Stephen Kernahan won the Jack Oatey Medal as the player judged best on ground.
Background[]
Teams[]
| B: | 2 Ross Gibbs | 26 Chris Duthy | 6 Michael Murphy |
| HB: | 11 Tony Hall | 31 John Seebohm | 14 |
| C: | 9 Tony Symonds | 25 | 37 David Kernahan |
| HF: | 16 David Marshall | 4 Stephen Kernahan (v/c) | 19 Stephen Copping |
| F: | 8 Tony McGuinness | 22 Adam Garton | 5 Peter Carey (c) |
| Foll: | 29 Wayne Henwood | 30 Peter Maynard | 10 Chris McDermott |
| Int: | 17 | 36 Scott Salisbury | |
| Coach: | Graham Cornes | ||
NORTH ADELAIDE: 4. David Tiller (c) 1. John Riley 3. Darel Hart 6. Trevor Hill 7. 9. 12. 13. Tony Antrobus 14. 15. 16. 17. Andrew Jarman 22. 23. 25. Matthew Campbell 27. Brenton Phillips, 28. Michael Parsons 32. 34. David Robertson 35. 42. Mick Redden (v/c)
Coach: Michael Nunan
Match Summary[]
Retiring champion Malcolm Blight was given the honour of tossing the coin. North skipper David Tiller called correctly and elected to kick to the Lake End.
Midway through the second quarter, the Roosters had opened up a 29-point lead after restricting the Tigers to just two goals.
But then, in one moment, the momentum of the match shifted dramatically.
Aftermath[]
Years later, when reflecting on the sudden change in momentum in the second quarter that swung the result in Glenelg's favour, Graham Cornes remarked: ”It was as if someone flicked the switch and it all turned.”[1]
Scorecard[]
References[]
- ^ Milbank, Zac (5 June 2020). "AAMI Footy Flashbacks – 1985 SANFL Grand Final".
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