1914 Championship of Australia

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1914 Championship of Australia
Port Adelaide Carlton
9.16 (70) 5.6 (36)
1 2 3 4
PTA 2.4 (16) 5.6 (36) 6.9 (45) 9.16 (70)
CAR 1.3 (9) 3.4 (22) 4.4 (28) 5.6 (36)
DateSaturday, 3 October
StadiumAdelaide Oval
Attendance5,000
Accolades
Australian Football
Hall of Fame
1. Rod McGregor (1996)
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The 1914

Port Adelaide. The match was played at Adelaide Oval in Adelaide, South Australia. The match, played in front of 5,000, was won by Port Adelaide by a margin of 34 points, giving Port Adelaide its record 4th Championship of Australia Title.[1]
This was the last Championship of Australia match to be held until 1968.

Teams

Port Adelaide were without the services of Ashley, Dunn and Cocks with their respective places taken by Wisdom, Middleton and Lincoln respectively.[2]

Scorecard

Championship of Australia
Wednesday, 3 October 1914
Port Adelaide
def. Carlton Adelaide Oval (crowd: 5,000)
2.4 (16)
5.6 (36)
6.9 (45)
 9.16 (70)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
1.3 (9)
3.3 (21)
4.4 (28)
 5.6 (36)
Umpires: O'Connor
A Congear 4
J Watson 2
A Chaplin, W Drummond, L Wisdom 1
Goals S McKenzie 2
A Baud, J Morris, A Sharp 1

References

  1. The Mail
    . 4 October 1914.
  2. The Mail (Adelaide)
    . Vol. 3, no. 127. South Australia. 3 October 1914. p. 1 (7 P.M. EDITION.). Retrieved 25 March 2017 – via National Library of Australia.