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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]
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| Date | Saturday, 30 September (2:10 pm) | |||||||||||||||
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| 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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