1965 SANFL Grand Final

The 1965 SANFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football competition. Port Adelaide beat Sturt 80 to 77.[1]

1965 SANFL Grand Final
Port Adelaide Sturt 12.8 (80) 12.5 (77)
1 2 3 4 PTA 3.3 (21) 6.3 (39) 11.7 (73) 12.8 (80) STU 2.1 (13) 6.2 (38) 7.2 (44) 12.5 (77)
Date	Saturday, 2 October (2:10 pm)
Stadium	Adelaide Oval
Attendance	62,543
Umpires	Ken Cunningham
← 1964 1966 →

The attendance of 62,543 was a record attendance at Adelaide Oval, and stood for 51 years, until the Adele concert of 2017.[2] It remains the record attendance for a sporting event at Adelaide Oval.

Teams

Port Adelaide B: 27. Kevin Salmon 4. Ronald Elleway 14. Bob Fabian HB: 12. Bob Elix 6. Graham Cooper 17. Geof Motley (c) C: 24. Bruce Nyland 14. John Cahill (vc) 1. Dennis Errey HF: 11. Douglas Spiers 18. Eric Freeman 25. Peter Mead F: 3. Trevor Obst 30. Reg Beaufoy 13. Bob Philp Foll: 8. Steven Traynor 7. David Gill 21. Jeff Potter Int: 19. Graham Matters 9. Richie Bray Coach: Fos Williams

Sturt B: Brenton Adcock Bruce Jarrett John Murphy HB: Terry Short Brian Schwarz Neville Cunningham C: Darryl Hicks Rick Schoff Trevor Clarke HF: Thomas John Halbert John Tilbrook F: Malcolm Hill M.S. Jones Roger Dunn Foll: Tony Clarkson Paul Bagshaw Roger Rigney Int: M.E. Jones Leigh Whicker Coach: Jack Oatey

Scorecard

	1965 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 2 October	Port Adelaide	def.	Sturt	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 62,543)
	3.3 (21) 6.3 (39) 11.7 (73)  12.8 (80)	Q1 Q2 Q3  Final	2.1 (13) 6.2 (38) 7.2 (44)  12.5 (77)
Freeman 3 Potter, Mead 2 Beaufoy, Obst, Cahill, Philp, Traynor 1		Goals

References

1. "Australian Football - SANFL Season 1965". australianfootball.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
2. ADELE CONCERT SMASHES CROWD RECORDS, Adelaide Oval, 13 March 2017