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| Date | Saturday, 1 October (2:10 pm) | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Adelaide Oval | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 59,417 | |||||||||||||||
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The 1966 SANFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football competition. Sturt beat Port Adelaide by 112 to 56.[1]
One of the most notable features of this match was the coaching of Jack Oatey who directed his players to utilise the handball as an offensive weapon.[2] Ten minutes into the third quarter Port Adelaide trailed by only 3 points, however after this point Sturt scored nine goals to one.[3] At the end of the game Sturt had used handballs five times more than Port Adelaide with the statistic sheet reading 55–11.[2]
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References
- ^ "Australian Football - SANFL Season 1966". australianfootball.com. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
- ^ a b Peter, Cornwall (23 November 2013). "Legendary Sturt coach Jack Oatey a football visionary who changed the game". The Advertiser. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
- ^ Schwerdt, Mark (6 December 2019). "SANFL 1966 Grand Final – Sturt v Port Adelaide: First of Five". The Footy Almanac. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
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