1985

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Contents 1 People of 1985 2 Highlights 3 PREMIERSHIP TABLES 4 Scores

The 1985 South Australian National Football League season was the 106th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia. Glenelg finished the Minor Round in 3rd place, and progressed to the Grand Final, defeating North Adelaide in a memorable victory. This was Glenelg's first Premiership since 1973.

People of 1985

Captain: Peter Carey

Coach: Graham Cornes

Leading Goal-kicker: Stephen Copping 83 goals

Best & Fairest: Stephen Kernahan

Milestones:

• 50 games
• 100 games

Debuts: Wayne Henwood Round 1; Steven Thomson Round 4; Jim West Round 11; Craig Woodlands Round 13; Mark Donovan Round 20

Highlights

Video of season highlights (part 1)

Video of season highlights (part 2)

Video of season highlights (part 3)

Video of minor final highlights

Video of grand final highlights (first half)

Video of grand final highlights (second half)

PREMIERSHIP TABLES

1985 FINAL LADDER
POS	TEAMS
1	GLENELG
2	NORTH ADELAIDE
3	WEST ADELAIDE
4	NORWOOD
5	STURT
6	CENTRAL DISTRICT
7	PORT ADELAIDE
8	SOUTH ADELAIDE
9	WEST TORRENS
10	WOODVILLE

1985 END OF MINOR ROUND
POS	TEAMS	P	W	L	D	Pts F	Pts A	%	PTS
1	NORTH ADELAIDE	22	15	7	0	2738	2460	52.67	30
2	NORWOOD	22	14	7	1	2602	2302	53.06	29
3	GLENELG	22	14	8	0	2704	2263	54.44	28
4	WEST ADELAIDE	22	12	9	1	2856	2600	52.35	25
5	STURT	22	12	9	1	2681	2470	52.05	25
6	CENTRAL DISTRICT	22	11	10	1	2658	2517	51.36	23
7	PORT ADELAIDE	22	8	14	0	2464	2786	46.93	16
8	SOUTH ADELAIDE	22	8	14	0	2315	2693	46.23	16
9	WEST TORRENS	22	8	14	0	2481	2946	45.72	16
10	WOODVILLE	22	6	16	0	2752	3185	46.35	12

Scores

1985
08.04.1985	ROUND 1				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	GLENELG		4.	6.	30		9.	12.	66		20.	17.	137		31.	18.	204
	PORT ADELAIDE		7.	5.	47		11.	11.	77		14.	14.	98		16.	20.	116
	GLENELG OVAL
13.04.1985	ROUND 2				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	NORWOOD		2.	0.	12		3.	3.	21		8.	7.	55		12.	9.	81
	GLENELG		4.	3.	27		7.	6.	48		9.	9.	63		9.	13.	67
	NORWOOD OVAL
20.04.1985	ROUND 3				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	GLENELG		4.	2.	26		7.	5.	47		16.	5.	101		18.	7.	115
	WEST TORRENS		4.	2.	26		7.	4.	46		12.	5.	77		16.	8.	104
	FOOTBALL PARK
27.04.1985	ROUND 4				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	GLENELG		7.	3.	45		10.	7.	67		17.	10.	112		25.	17.	167
	STURT		2.	3.	15		6.	4.	40		10.	7.	67		14.	12.	96
	FOOTBALL PARK
04.05.1985	ROUND 5				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	WEST ADELAIDE		3.	2.	20		8.	5.	53		14.	14.	98		20.	14.	134
	GLENELG		7.	5.	47		10.	9.	69		15.	13.	103		23.	17.	155
	RICHMOND OVAL
11.05.1985	ROUND 6				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	GLENELG		6.	3.	39		12.	8.	80		18.	13.	121		28.	17.	185
	WOODVILLE		2.	4.	16		5.	11.	41		9.	16.	70		14.	18.	102
	GLENELG OVAL
18.05.1985	ROUND 7				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	GLENELG		1.	0.	6		4.	7.	31		4.	8.	32		11.	12.	78
	NORTH ADELAIDE		5.	3.	33		7.	4.	46		13.	11.	89		14.	14.	98
	GLENELG OVAL
25.05.1985	ROUND 8				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	SOUTH ADELAIDE		7.	4.	46		12.	6.	78		15.	7.	97		19.	8.	122
	GLENELG		2.	2.	14		6.	3.	39		10.	5.	65		14.	8.	92
	ADELAIDE OVAL
01.06.1985	ROUND 9				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	GLENELG		3.	0.	18		8.	6.	54		10.	10.	70		15.	12.	102
	CENTRAL DISTRICT		3.	1.	19		7.	3.	45		12.	8.	80		17.	9.	111
	FOOTBALL PARK
08.06.1985	ROUND 10				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	PORT ADELAIDE		3.	3.	21		12.	6.	78		15.	9.	99		19.	15.	129
	GLENELG		5.	6.	36		7.	9.	51		13.	14.	92		17.	15.	117
	FOOTBALL PARK
22.06.1985	ROUND 11				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	GLENELG		3.	3.	21		9.	9.	63		13.	9.	87		19.	14.	128
	NORWOOD		4.	2.	26		7.	2.	44		16.	3.	99		17.	6.	108
	GLENELG OVAL
29.06.1985	ROUND 12				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	WEST TORRENS		3.	2.	20		5.	10.	40		10.	17.	77		15.	18.	108
	GLENELG		1.	8.	14		8.	13.	61		9.	15.	69		14.	23.	107
	THEBARTON OVAL
06.07.1985	ROUND 13				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	GLENELG		3.	5.	23		11.	5.	71		14.	12.	96		19.	15.	129
	STURT		5.	4.	34		9.	8.	62		10.	11.	71		14.	15.	99
	GLENELG OVAL
13.07.1985	ROUND 14				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	WEST ADELAIDE		4.	7.	31		8.	9.	57		10.	11.	71		15.	14.	104
	GLENELG		2.	3.	15		4.	12.	36		8.	14.	62		13.	19.	97
	FOOTBALL PARK
20.07.1985	ROUND 15				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	GLENELG		3.	4.	22		6.	9.	45		10.	16.	76		12.	20.	92
	SOUTH ADELAIDE		3.	3.	21		4.	4.	28		6.	7.	43		8.	9.	57
	GLENELG OVAL
27.07.1985	ROUND 16				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	CENTRAL DISTRICT		4.	4.	28		4.	6.	30		8.	11.	59		12.	14.	86
	GLENELG		2.	2.	14		9.	4.	58		12.	7.	79		13.	12.	90
	ELIZABETH OVAL
03.08.1985	ROUND 17				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	GLENELG		6.	5.	41		13.	7.	85		15.	14.	104		22.	19.	151
	WOODVILLE		3.	5.	23		10.	9.	69		16.	11.	107		20.	14.	134
	GLENELG OVAL
10.08.1985	ROUND 18				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	NORTH ADELAIDE		5.	3.	33		6.	8.	44		11.	11.	77		14.	15.	99
	GLENELG		4.	1.	25		9.	4.	58		16.	11.	107		18.	14.	122
	PROSPECT OVAL
17.08.1985	ROUND 19				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	PORT ADELAIDE		1.	5.	11		1.	7.	13		5.	10.	40		9.	11.	65
	GLENELG		1.	1.	7		7.	4.	46		9.	5.	59		17.	7.	109
	ALBERTON OVAL
24.08.1985	ROUND 20				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	GLENELG		2.	2.	14		9.	8.	62		10.	9.	69		19.	13.	127
	NORWOOD		2.	7.	19		6.	8.	44		11.	9.	75		13.	9.	87
	FOOTBALL PARK
31.08.1985	ROUND 21				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	GLENELG		3.	3.	21		9.	7.	61		13.	11.	89		24.	20.	164
	WEST TORRENS		5.	3.	33		6.	4.	40		11.	5.	71		13.	5.	83
	GLENELG OVAL
07.09.1985	ROUND 22				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	STURT		7.	3.	45		12.	9.	81		16.	12.	108		21.	14.	140
	GLENELG		3.	9.	27		7.	13.	55		10.	20.	80		14.	22.	106
	UNLEY OVAL
15.09.1985	QUALIFYING FINAL				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	NORWOOD		3.	3.	21		10.	9.	69		11.	15.	81		15.	19.	109
	GLENELG		7.	3.	45		11.	7.	73		16.	10.	106		21.	13.	139
	FOOTBALL PARK
22.09.1985	2nd SEMI-FINAL				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	NORTH ADELAIDE		7.	4.	46		11.	6.	72		11.	9.	75		16.	12.	108
	GLENELG		5.	1.	31		12.	6.	78		14.	11.	95		18.	14.	122
	FOOTBALL PARK
05.10.1985	GRAND FINAL				Q1				Q2				Q3		Final
	GLENELG		2.	5.	17		9.	7.	61		14.	10.	94		21.	15.	141
	NORTH ADELAIDE		4.	4.	28		7.	7.	49		9.	10.	64		12.	12.	84
	FOOTBALL PARK

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