| 1984 SANFL Grand Final | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date | Sunday, 30 September (2:10 pm) | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Football Park | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 50,271 | |||||||||||||||
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The 1984 SANFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football competition. Norwood beat Port Adelaide beat by 100 to 91. [1]
Norwood won their 26th SANFL premiership, their second under coach Neil Balme. The Redlegs created history by becoming the first team that finished fifth at the end of the home-and-away season to win the SANFL premiership. [2]
The match was played in front of a sell-out crowd in fine conditions.
| B: | 22 Bruce Winter | 6 Craig Balme | 10 Lester Ross, Jr. |
| HB: | 47 Andrew Jarvis | 44 Tom Warhurst, Jr. | 21 Justin Scanlon (dvc) |
| C: | 11 Phil Gallagher | 14 Garry McIntosh | 25 Duncan Fosdike |
| HF: | 52 David Payne | 31 Jim Michalanney | 41 Glen Vardenaga |
| F: | 2 Greg Thomas | 15 Peter Laughlin | 9 Neville Roberts |
| Foll: | 37 John Hall | 8 Michael Aish (vc) | 7 Keith Thomas |
| Res: | 5 Neil Hein | 3 Danny Jenkins (c) | |
| Coach: | Neil Balme | ||
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