Round 16 1936
From Snoutslouts
from The Mail 29 August 1936
AGGREGATE RECORD BROKEN AT OVAL
The huge score of Port and Glenelg at Adelaide — 319 points in all — is the highest ever recorded in a South Australian League match.
The previous record was 303 points when the same teams were opposed at Alberton in 1934. Port kicked 33—19 to 12—14 then.
Season's Best Tally to Port
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final | Pts | |
| Glenelg | 6.6 | 12.14 | 18.21 | 27.26 | 188 |
| Port | 3.4 | 9.7 | 12.10 | 20.11 | 131 |
By Highflier
PORT scored an easy victory over Glenelg at Adelaide Oval today. The magpies played their game in patches, but they were far too good for Glenelg and were not troubled to win by 57 points.
Port owed their victory to their pace and the fine work of their ruckmen and rovers. They were superior in the air and their small men had by far the better of the ground work.
It was a quiet game, with few thrilling incidents for Port always appeared to be going easily in putting up the highest score for the season. It was a very high scoring game, for Glenelg scored 20-11, and were well beaten.
Port seemed likely to run up a huge lead early in the first. The magpies kicked against a slight breeze, from the first bounce, but their rucks were all over the opposition. Quinn played brilliantly and with Kellaway marking everything that came to the goal front, Port had 27 points on the board before Glenelg scored.
The superiority of Port was most marked at centre and on the ruck fringes.
Late in the quarter Glenelg did pick up mainly through the ruck work or Johnston and the roving of Link. It was from this point that Glenelg put up a fine exhibition of accurate goal kicking.
Although Port streaked away again at the start of the second quarter, Glenelg continued to put on goals, but after they had scored eight straight, Link missed the easiest of chances after running into an open goal.
Glenelg picked up mainly through the improved form of their ruckmen. Half-way through this term Bampton was sent into the ruck and Trigg was sent to half-forward right. The move should have been made earlier, for it was obvious that Trigg was not at home in the packs.
PORT PLAY IN BURSTS
Port played their game in bursts, but even so there were few thrills in the game. There were times when the magpies appeared to be altogether too good for Glenelg, only to slump to almost impotence in the next minute or so.
Except for one burst by Glenelg, Port were on the offensive all through the third term. They had a lead of 52 points at one stage of the term. Although the tigers put on 21 points. Port held the play for easily 80 per cent of the time.
Glenelg made a mistake by keeping Elsdon at full back, where he was unable to cope with the high-flying Port ruckmen who rested at full forward.
When Port changed over for the last time they held a lead of 47 points, and on the play on the previous three terms did not look to have a chance of being beaten.
FOREGONE CONCLUSION
When Port ran to a 60-point lead in the last quarter, the only point in doubt was the winning margin in favor of the magpies. Glenelg staged an attack towards the end of the game, but were too far behind to challenge the magpies.
West dropped out of the Port eighteen through injury. Doyle was included, and Rudd made nineteenth man.
| Glenelg | |||
| Backs | Corbett | Elsdon | Griffiths |
| Half-backs | Shearing | Brock | Bungey |
| Centres | Gilligan | Hunt | Seeley |
| Half-forwards | Cornelius | Richter | Maples |
| Forwards | Colyer | Percy | Winkler |
| Ruck | Johnston | McInerney | Link |
| Harford (19th) |
| Port | |||
| Backs | Reval | Doyle | Meers |
| Half-backs | Hagan | Obst | Eaton |
| Centres | Whicker | Heath | Dermody |
| Half-forwards | Johnston | Hollingworth | Bampton |
| Forwards | Hender | Kellaway | Hay |
| Ruck | Wightman | Trigg | Quinn |
| Rudd (19th) |
Umpire — E. C. Gyss.
Best Players. —
Port — Quinn, Kellaway, Reval, Heath. Wightman. Bampton. Dermody.
Glenelg — Link, Johnston, Seeley, Colyer, Percy. Griffiths, Brock.
Goalkickers.—
Port — Kellaway (7), Hender (4), Wightman, Hay, Quinn, and Hollingworth (each 3). Reval (2), Heath, Whicker.
Glenelg— Colyer (4), Percy. Johnston, and McInerney (each 3), Richter, Link (each 2), Maples, Winkler, Cornelius.
See also
- 1936 - full season details
