1972 SANFL Grand Final | ||||||||||||||||
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Date | Saturday, 30 September (2:10 pm) | |||||||||||||||
Stadium | Adelaide Oval | |||||||||||||||
Attendance | 55,790 | |||||||||||||||
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The 1972 SANFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football competition. North Adelaide beat Port Adelaide by 128 to 72. [1]
B: | Geoff Paull (6) | Bob Hammond (29) | John Spry (38) |
HB: | Geoff Strang (3) | Bohdan Jaworskyj (27) | Allan Howard (15) |
C: | John Phillips (7) | Barrie Robran (10) | Barry Stringer (9) |
HF: | Darryl Webb (19) | Rodney Robran (20) | Adrian Rebbeck (18) |
F: | Barry Hearl (14) | Dennis Sachse (30) | David Marsh (36) |
Foll: | Garry Sporn (26) | John Plummer (13) | Terry von Bertouch (2) |
Int: | Rick Schubert (37) | Kevin Barr (17) | |
Coach: | Mike Patterson |
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