1989 SANFL Grand Final

The 1989 SANFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Port Adelaide Football Club and the North Adelaide Football Club, held at Football Park on 7 October 1989. It was the 88th annual Grand Final of the South Australian National Football League, staged to determine the premiers of the 1989 SANFL season. The match, attended by 50,487 spectators, was won by Port Adelaide by a margin of 94 points, marking that clubs twenty-ninth premiership.[3]

1989 SANFL Grand Final

Port Adelaide

North Adelaide
15.18 (108) 1.8 (14)
1 2 3 4
PTA 5.5 (35) 9.7 (61) 11.11 (77) 15.18 (108)
NA 0.2 (2) 0.3 (3) 1.6 (12) 1.8 (14)
DateSaturday, 7 October (2:10 pm)
StadiumFootball Park
Attendance50,487
UmpiresLaurie Argent, Michael Abbott[1]
Coin toss won byPort Adelaide
Kicked towardSouth End
Accolades
Jack Oatey MedallistRussell Johnston[2]
Australian Football
Hall of Fame
John Cahill (2002)
Darren Jarman (2007)
Greg Phillips (2020)
Broadcast in Australia
NetworkChannel 9
CommentatorsIan Day, Kym Dillon, Neville Roberts, Graham Campbell, Peter Carey, Brian Cunningham
 1988 1990 

Played in blustery conditions the normally precise North Adelaide could not hit the mark with their passes and were dominated at ground level by a well coached Port Adelaide.

In a pre-game press conference before the game North Adelaide coach Mick Nunan quipped that "We have one goal in mind".[4] North Adelaide would end up only kicking one for the whole Grand Final.[4]

Game entertainment was provided by the Pembroke Girls choir, under the direction of Mr. Colin Curtis.

Scorecard

1989 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday 7 October (2:10 pm) Port Adelaide def. North Adelaide Football Park (crowd: 50,487)
5.5 (35)
9.7 (61)
11.11 (77)
 15.18 (108)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
0.2 (2)
0.3 (3)
1.6 (12)
 1.8 (14)
Hodges, D. Smith – 4 Goals 1 – Burton
0Port Adelaide0
B: 4 George Fiacchi 7 Roger Delaney 22 Greg Boyd
HB: 5 Bruce Abernethy 20 Greg Phillips 32 Paul Northeast
C: 27 David Hutton 10 Stephen Williams 12 Simon Tregenza
HF: 13 Rohan Smith 28 Darren Smith 14 Wayne Mahney
F: 15 David Hynes 11 Scott Hodges 21 David Brown
Foll: 1 Russell Johnston (c) 3 Andrew Obst 2 Tim Ginever
Int: 35 Russell Boyd 6 Phil Harrison
Coach: John Cahill

References

  1. "TV replay". SAfootballarchive. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  2. "List of Jack Oatey Medal winners". South Australian National Football League. Archived from the original on 3 February 2018. Retrieved 3 February 2018.
  3. "Australian Football - SANFL Season 1989". Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2015.
  4. "Footy players in the 1980s". Gold Coast Bulletin. 11 July 2020. Retrieved 14 September 2021.
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