1918 SAPFL season
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The 1918 SAPFL season was the 3rd and final season of the South Australian Patriotic Football League, a competition formed in the absence of the South Australian Football League during World War I. West Torrens finished minor Premiers and defeated West Adelaide in a Challenge Grand Final by a margin of 14 points, marking that club's first patriotic premiership victory after losing the two previous Grand Finals both to Port Adelaide.
| 1918 Patriotic season | |
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3rd SAPFL season Pictured above is the 1918 West Torrens SAPFL premiership team. | |
| Premiers | West Torrens 1st premiership |
The SAFL was opposed to the formation of the Patriotic League and refused to recognise it during and after World War I.[1]
Ladder
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Torrens (P) | 15 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 1065 | 567 | 65.26 | 26 |
| 2 | Port Adelaide | 15 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 844 | 689 | 55.06 | 25 |
| 3 | West Adelaide | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 923 | 644 | 58.90 | 21 |
| 4 | South Adelaide | 15 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 668 | 676 | 49.70 | 16 |
| 5 | Kenilworth | 15 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 645 | 643 | 50.08 | 15 |
| 6 | Sturt | 15 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 483 | 649 | 42.67 | 13 |
| 7 | Mitcham | 15 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 443 | 798 | 35.70 | 8 |
Notes - Kenilworth Football Club ("Kookas") was founded in 1907 and is a historic South Australian Amateur Football League (SAAFL) team, now based in St Marys. Originally from the southern Parklands, they are the second-oldest club in the SAAFL.
Final Series
Week One â 1st Semi-final
Saturday 21 September 1918 - South Adelaide (4th Place) and Port Adelaide (2nd Place) met in the association semi-final on Hindmarsh Oval.
Port Adelaide 10 goals 10 behinds (70 points) defeated South Adelaide 6 goals 9 behinds (57 points). [3]
Week two â 2nd Semi-final
Saturday 28 September 1918 - West Torrens (Minor Premiers) and West Adelaide (3rd Place) at Jubilee Oval. [4]. Crowd 4000.
West Adelaide 4 goals 13 behinds (37 points) defeated West Torrens 2 goals 12 behinds (24 points). [5] [6]
Week three â Preliminary Final
Saturday 5 October 1918 - Port Adelaide and West Adelaide Teams. [7]
Game Played at Jubilee Oval. Crowd 5000.
West Adelaide 13 goals 16 behinds (94 points) defeated Port Adelaide 10 goals 13 behinds (73 points).
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Goal Kickers - West â Golding 5 (making 83 for the season), Gipp, Bishop, Dreyer (2 each), Guy and Cooper (1 each).
For Portâ Theodore, Congear, Fullarton, Hosking and MacFarlane. [9]
Week four - Challenge Grand Final for the Premiership
The Challenge Grand Final was played on the 8hr Day (Labor) Public Holiday - Wednesday 9th October 1918. As West Torrens had lost it's semi final to West Adelaide, as a result of being the Minor Premiers, they had the right to play the winner of the Final between the two winning Semi Final Teams, Port Adelaide and West Adelaide, in a Challenge Final for the Premiership.
| 1918 SAPFL Grand Final | |||||
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| Wednesday, 9 October 1918 | West Torrens | def. | West Adelaide | Jubilee Oval (Adelaide) | |
| 2.3 (15) 4.? 4.10 (34) 5.13 (43) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
1.4 (10) 1.? 3.10 (28) 3.11 (29) |
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West Torrens lead by 3 goals at Half Time. | |||||
