GLENELG WIN PREMIERSHIP
GAIN VICTORY BY NINE POINTS
For the first time since they entered league football in 1921 Glenelg won the premiership today, defeating Port Adelaide by nine points.
By setting a cracking pace from the outset Glenelg gained a lead which proved too much for Port. It was inspiring football, which delighted the crowd present at the Adelaide Oval.
Glenelg had never previously been higher than sixth on the premiership list, although it had a number of first-class players in its ranks. Their combination today was excellent.
Port -
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Backs - | V. Johnson, | Eden, | R. Johnson
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Half-backs - | Wilkinson, | Obst, | McFarlane
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Centres - | Whicker, | Bampton, | Dermody
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Half-forwards - | Wightman, | Hollingsworth, | Prideaux
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Forwards - | Quinn, | Ween, | Hender
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Ruck - | Yates, | Reval, | Hooper
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| | | Jacquier (19th).
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Glenelg -
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Backs - | Griffiths, | James, | Hale
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Half-backs - | Birrell, | Brock, | Whitaker
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Centres - | Hill, | Sallis, | Shakes
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Half-forwards - | Bergin, | Goldsworthy, | Leak
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Forwards - | Owens, | Percy, | Colyer
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Ruck - | Johnston, | Olliver, | Link
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| | | Rosewarne (19th).
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Glenelg received an encouraging cheer as they filed on to the ground. Port, who were wearing white knickers, were given an equally rousing reception when they bounded on to the arena a minute later. Owens (Glenelg) won the toss and took advantage of a fresh breeze that blew diagonally across the ground, slightly favouring the northern goal.
Shakes got the ball away from a centre, and a free to Link saw Glenelg hot in attack. An overhead shot by Goldsworthy went out of bounds and Port cleared. A brilliant chain of passes by Reval, Bampton, Hollingsworth, and Hender flashed the ball to the other end, and Quinn goaled from a free.
Link was prominent in the Glenelg attack, and when Owens manoeuvred cleverly to outmark R. Johnson, he equalled the score. Outpacing the opposition, Leak and Link raced goalward again. Percy marked safely and goaled.
The game was opening in brilliant fashion, and kept the crowd on its toes. Sallis drove into Percy who marked against two opponents. His shot from a long way out brought a point. Reval and Bampton brought Port into attack, and Hollingsworth ran in leisurely to even the scores with a goal.
Goldsworthy kicked a goal for Glenelg, and narrowly missed another with a left-foot snap. Percy, who was marking brilliantly, got a point with a long shot. Glenelg were outpacing Port, and were doing practically all the attacking.
Hender led out cleverly to receive from Hollingsworth and brought Port within a point of the opposition. From the bounce Leak raced straight down the field and goaled.
A free to Bampton put Port in attack but Percy returned the ball. Sallis was getting into his stride at centre and twice drove the ball forward. Dermody was prominent in a Port breakaway, but after marking well Hooper got only a behind from easy range.
Dermody eclipsed Hill who had sustained a heavy fall in the early stages of play and was Port's main avenue of attack. But the Port's forwards could make little use of the opportunities provided, being cleverly checked.
Goldsworthy added a goal fro Glenelg before the bell.
First Quarter
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| G. | B. | Pts
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GLENELG . . | 5 | 4 | 34
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PORT . . . . | 3 | 4 | 22
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Percy and Link attacked when the second quarter opened, but Owens failed to hold the ball. Hill and Goldsworthy drove it in again, and Owens scored a goal from a free on the boundary.
Once more Dermody showed his brilliance, but Hollingworth's long shot was not accurate. Port maintained the pressure and success came when Reval found the goal. Glenelg responded with a fierce thrust capped by a goal from Colyer.
It was inspiring football. Dermody put Hollingworth in the way of getting his next goal. Goldsworthy retaliated with a goal from a long shot for Glenelg. Obst, who had been consistently beaten by Goldsworthy, was taken from half-back and replaced by McFarlane, a Port recruit.
A shot by Owens was touched on the line by Eden, and R. Johnson marked a hot shot from Colyer in the goalmouth a moment later.
Weight was now being used freely by Port in an effort to unsettle Glenelg. Both teams temporarily lost their accuracy, Glenelg scoring three behinds and port two before Johnston at the throw-in from the boundary and ran in to goal. James went a long way out of the goal to cover Ween, and a long shot by Hollingworth bounced through for full points.