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1917 SAPFL Grand Final

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1917 SAPFL Grand Final

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The 1917 SAPFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Port Adelaide Football Club and the West Torrens Football Club, held at Alberton Oval on Saturday 1 September 1917.^[3] It was the 2nd Grand Final of the South Australian Patriotic Football League, staged to determine the premiers of the 1917 SAPFL season. The match was won by Port Adelaide by a margin of 16 points, marking that clubs second patriotic premiership victory.

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The SAFL was opposed to the formation of the Patriotic League and refused to recognise it during and after World War I.^[4]

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Teams

West Torrens made two late changes with Campbell and Marsh.^[5]

Port Adelaide
B:	Alex McFarlane	T. Trimble	Cuthbert Lincoln
HB:	Henry Eaton (c)	Albert Hembury	Hercules Duthie
C:	Leonard Wisdom	Sampson Hosking	Roy Drew
HF:	Alf Causby	Harold Oliver	John Middleton
F:	Loyal Lackman	Clarence Hoffman	John Hayman
Foll:	Jack Ashley	John Taylor	Angelo Congear

West Torrens
B:	Stan Patten (C)	Jack Karney (VC)	Burns
HB:	Campbell	Curnow	Edwin Daviess
C:	Hele	Hegarty	Johnson
HF:	Les Marvell	Manning	George Richmond
F:	Sim	Ernie Stone	Tonkin
Foll:	Alf Walker	Williams	Wakefield
Coach:	Positions not allocated

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