1995 SANFL Grand Final

The 1995 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Grand Final saw the Port Adelaide Magpies defeat the Central District Bulldogs by 48 points. The match was played on Sunday 1 October 1995 at Football Park in front of a crowd of 45,786. .^[1]

1995 SANFL Grand Final
Port Adelaide Central District 13.16 (94) 6.10 (46)
1 2 3 4 PA 3.7 (25) 3.11 (29) 8.14 (62) 13.16 (94) CD 0.2 (2) 3.6 (24) 4.7 (31) 6.10 (46)
Date	Sunday 1 October 1995
Stadium	Football Park
Attendance	45,786
Umpires	Tim Pfeiffer, Kevin Chambers, and Mick Abbott.
Coin toss won by	Central District
Kicked toward	South End
Accolades
Best on Ground	Anthony Darcy
Broadcast in Australia
Network	ABC
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This was Port Adelaide's 33rd premiership, and Central District's first grand final since their admission to the league in 1964.

Teams and statistics

Port Adelaide was captained by Tim Ginever and coached by John Cahill. Central District was captained by Roger Girdham and coached by Alan Stewart.^[1]

0Port Adelaide0 B: 4 George Fiacchi 7 Roger Delaney 5 Brian Leys HB: 15 Michael Wilson 32 Paul Northeast 36 Stephen Carter C: 9 Anthony Darcy 29 Robbie West 13 Rohan Smith HF: 41 Clive Waterhouse 30 Darryl Poole 28 Darren Smith F: 10 Stephen Williams 11 Scott Hodges 40 Spiro Malakellis Foll: 33 Darren Mead 1 Tim Ginever (c) 22 Tony Malakellis Int: 8 Greg Anderson 46 Fabian Francis 26 Richard Foster Coach: John Cahill

0Central District0 B: Scott Lee (12) Ray Windsor (22) Roy Laird (27) HB: Martin McKinnon (21) Brian Haraida (19) Hugh Reimers (5) C: Scott Stevens (15) Ricky MacGowan (23) Daniel Healy (51) HF: David Green (18) Simon Luhrs (25) Jarrod Cotton (44) F: Anthony Ingerson (57) Michael Wakelin (9) Tim Cook (6) Foll: D. Arnold (26) Stephen Schwerdt (40) Roger Girdham (c) (10) Int: Chris Pyman (54) John Abbott (7) Mark Conway (33) Coach: Alan Stewart

Umpires

The game was umpired by Tim Pfeiffer, Kevin Chambers, and Mick Abbott.

Scorecard

	1995 SANFL Grand Final
1 October 1995 (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide	def.	Central District	Football Park (crowd: 45,786)
	3.7 (25) 3.11 (29) 8.14 (62) 13.16 (94)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	0.2 (2) 3.6 (24) 4.7 (31) 6.10 (46)	Jack Oatey Medallist: Anthony Darcy Television broadcast: ABC
C. Waterhouse, A. Darcy, T. Malakellis 2 F. Francis, R. West, S. Williams, S. Carter, T. Ginever, S. Hodges, D. Mead 1		Goals	2 R. Windsor 1 M. Wakelin, J. Cotton, S. Schwerdt, S. Stevens
A. Darcy, T. Ginever, B. Leys, D. Mead		Best	R. Macgowan, H. Reimers

Jack Oatey Medal

The Jack Oatey Medal for best player in the Grand Final was awarded to Anthony Darcy of Port Adelaide. For the third year in a row, the St Kilda Football Club in the AFL drafted the Jack Oatey medallist, following on from Steven Sziller and Darryl Wakelin.

External links

• Port Adelaide Magpies Official Website
• Central District Football Club Official Website
• SANFL Official Website