| 1975 SANFL Home-and-away | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 23 August 1975 | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Glenelg Oval | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 6,960 | |||||||||||||||
| Umpires | Bob Scholefield | |||||||||||||||
| Result | Glenelg won by 238 points | |||||||||||||||
The 1975 Glenelg v. Central District SANFL match was a home-and-away fixture of the 1975 SANFL season, played on 23 August 1975 at Glenelg Oval in Adelaide, South Australia. Glenelg defeated Central District by 238 points, the largest winning margin in the history of the SANFL. [1] The result is regarded as one of the most one-sided matches in senior Australian rules football.
The 1975 SANFL season featured ten clubs competing across 18 rounds before the finals series. Glenelg was one of the stronger sides of the decade, having won the 1973 Premiership, while Central District were still in finals reckoning when they arrived at the Bay in Round 17, 1975, one win and percentage behind fifth-placed North. But, with a growing injury list, they fielded 11 players aged 20 or younger against the fit, experienced Tigers. [1] [2]
The previous SANFL record was owned by North Adelaide, which kicked 34.22 (226) against South Adelaide 6.12 (48) at Adelaide Oval on 13 May 1972.
Earlier in the season, on 31 May 1975, Glenelg 33.14 (212) had defeated Central 9.17 (71) by 141 points at Football Park.
The previous season, on 8 June 1974, Central District 17.16 (118) defeated Glenelg 18.9 (117) by 1 point at Elizabeth Oval.
The following season, on 7 August 1976, Central District 23.12 (150) defeated Glenelg 16.16 (112) by 38 points at Glenelg Oval.
Glenelg dominated from the opening bounce and continued to score heavily across all four quarters. By quarter time, they led by nine goals, and the margin expanded relentlessly.
The final score was Glenelg 49.23 (317) to Central District 11.13 (79). [1] Full forward Fred Phillis kicked 18 goals, with ruckman Peter Carey contributing eight. [1]
The 317 point scored by Glenelg and 238 point margin have remained as the SANFL records. [3] [4] Glenelg qualified for the 1975 finals but lost to Norwood in the Grand Final. [2]
Fred Phillis's 18 goals are among the largest individual tallies[ vague ] in SANFL history. [1]
Central District score of 11.13 (79) on its own wasn't poor. In comparison, that score was higher than the winner's score in that Season's Grand Final. They finished the season in seventh place with 6 wins and 12 losses.
| 1975 SANFL Grand Final | |||||
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| Saturday, 27 September (2:10 pm) | Glenelg | def. by | Norwood | Football Park (crowd: 53,283) | |
| 1.3 (9) 5.4 (34) 6.7 (43) 7.10 (52) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 3.5 (23) 4.6 (30) 6.9 (45) 9.10 (64) | |||