1945 SANFL Grand Final

1945 SANFL Grand Final
West Torrens Port Adelaide 15.25 (115) 15.12 (102)
1 2 3 4 WT 2.7 (19) 9.11 (65) 13.17 (83) 15.25 (115) PTA 8.3 (51) 9.7 (61) 13.11 (89) 15.12 (102)
Date	Saturday, 29 September (2:10 pm)
Stadium	Adelaide Oval
Attendance	47,500
← 1944 1946 →

The 1945 SANFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football competition. West Torrens beat Port Adelaide 115 to 102.^[1]

Background

Haydn Bunton Sr. was recruited by Port Adelaide secretary Charles Hayter for the 1945 season. The 1945 SANFL Grand Final was his final game.

This was the first SANFL Grand Final held after World War Two, with Japan surrendering 27 days prior to the game.^[2]

Match Summary

First Quarter

Port Adelaide's first quarter score of 8.3 (51) remains the largest opening term to any SANFL grand final.

Teams

Port Adelaide B: Victor Serotzki Donald Fletcher William McFarlane HB: Colin Herbert Leslie McLean Lindsay Darling C: Lyall Kretschmer Lew Roberts Louis Mangan HF: Ronald Hall John Faulkhead Clarence Dayman F: Ronald Hoffman Colin Grimm Ken Jolly Foll: Bob McLean Haydn Bunton Sr Bob Quinn Int: Kevin Growden Coach: Bob Quinn

West Torrens B: Sully A Roberts Hammerstein HB: Cox Thiele R Roberts C: Edwards Hank Barnes HF: Wood McInnes Phillips F: Nicholls Hodgins Turner Foll: Prior Bill Tonkin Thoms Int: Coverlid Coach:

Scorecard

	Grand Final
	Port Adelaide	def. by	West Torrens	Adelaide Oval (Crowd: 47,500)
	8.3 (51) 9.7 (61) 13.11 (81) 15.12 (102)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.7 (19) 9.11 (65) 13.17 (83) 15.25 (115)
Quinn 5 Grimm, Hoffman 3 A. McLean 2 Hall, Dayman 1		Goals	4 Turner 3 Nicholls, McInnes 2 Thoms 1 Hodgens, Prior, Coverlid
Fletcher, L. McLean, Bunton, A. McLean, McFarlane, Quinn, Hall		Best	R. Roberts, Edwards, Wood, THoms, Nicholls, Turner, Prior

Post Game

Record Attendance

The crowd of 47,500 broke the attendance for a football match in South Australia that was previously 44,300 held by the 1924 SAFL Grand Final.

Haydn Bunton Sr last game

The 1945 SANFL Grand Final was Haydn Bunton Sr's last game.

References

1. "Australian Football - SANFL Season 1945". australianfootball.com. Retrieved 2015-03-07.
2. Beevor 2012, p. 776.