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| Date | Saturday, 3 October (2:10 pm) | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Adelaide Oval | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 48,884 | |||||||||||||||
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The 1959 SANFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football competition. Port Adelaide beat West Adelaide 87 to 77 to claim its sixth consecutive premiership. [1]
| 1959 SANFL Grand Final | |||||
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| Saturday, 3 October 1959 (2:10 pm) | Port Adelaide | def. | West Adelaide | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 48,884) | [2] |
| 5.1 (31) 9.5 (59) 11.8 (74) 13.9 (87) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 1.5 (11) 3.5 (23) 7.9 (51) 11.11 (77) | |||
By winning the 1959 SANFL Grand Final, Port Adelaide set a senior Australian rules football record winning six consecutive Grand Finals. [3]
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