I posted Semi .. here is the Grand Final summary
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12 yrs old hanging off the cyclone fence that divided the Creswell stand from the plebs. The only way I could see the game.
Lived slap bang in the middle of Sturt territory and surrounded by Sturt barracking kids at school. Did any of it rub off onto me?
Nah f'ck Sturt.
Well truth is they went to another level in '66 when they doubled our score 16:16 to 8:8 (the crap that sticks in your mind eh).
Speaking of which coke bottle tops with the players on them and VFL late on Saturday night ahh..... the memories.
oh plus that huge picket sign we had at AO that is CreightonS avi.
For all the crap i've taken over the years being a Port supporter it's never dulled my passion or my pride.
Can't help you there m8I'm trying to imagine a 12 yo B F hanging off that fence, but the images aren't coming through clearly.
My recollections of being at that game were how the blue baggers had the ball bottled up in their forward line at the river end for most, if not all of the last 5 minutes of the game, and how blokes who were regularly very reliable kicks, eg Clarke, Hicks, and Adcock either turned the ball over, or missed very gettable set shots.
Adcock was a state back pocket who could kick the ball a mile and had followed his man down to his own forward line because Fos had put both rovers, (Jeff Potter was one and the other may have been Graeme Matters?), on the ball for that very hectic late part of the game.
He took a mark about 40 metres out on the grandstand half forward flank and tonked it to the right side of the goal post.
I can still recall the feeling of invincibility I had as a Port supporter back then though, that even if Sturt had kicked a goal to put them in front the Maggies would always find a way to win the close ones.
Seeing the Maggie's number 30 Reg Beaufoy brought back memories, a local Port boy who was built like a brick outhouse and could kick the ball a country mile.
Reg had to give the game away only a few seasons after that 1965 gf due to heart trouble and I believe he passed away in his early to mid 30's.
Ol' cagey was too clever for us hey. Even as a boy I started to wonder about the umpiring but not to the critical level of an adult.KG Cunningham.
I can remember Sturt hitting the post and I crapped myself.My recollections of being at that game were how the blue baggers had the ball bottled up in their forward line at the river end for most, if not all of the last 5 minutes of the game, and how blokes who were regularly very reliable kicks, eg Clarke, Hicks, and Adcock either turned the ball over, or missed very gettable set shots.
Adcock was a state back pocket who could kick the ball a mile and had followed his man down to his own forward line because Fos had put both rovers, (Jeff Potter was one and the other may have been Graeme Matters?), on the ball for that very hectic late part of the game.
He took a mark about 40 metres out on the grandstand half forward flank and tonked it to the right side of the goal post.
I can still recall the feeling of invincibility I had as a Port supporter back then though, that even if Sturt had kicked a goal to put them in front the Maggies would always find a way to win the close ones.
Seeing the Maggie's number 30 Reg Beaufoy brought back memories, a local Port boy who was built like a brick outhouse and could kick the ball a country mile.
Reg had to give the game away only a few seasons after that 1965 gf due to heart trouble and I believe he passed away in his early to mid 30's.
Always hated KG from the day he reported Fritz Freeman for calling him a peanut causing him to miss the GF.Well Mick my recollections were mainly of KG Cunningham. I think Sturt had 19 more free kicks on the day than we did and I reckon we only had one free in the first half. I think Brenton Adcock also had a couple of running shots in the last quarter and missed the lot. Those were the days when we won the close ones.
I remember a final in which Reg Beaufoy took a mark on the boundary then went back and outside of the boundary to take his kick. He could not run into play as the man on the mark was on the line so he kicked from outside of the boundary. The umpire, who I suspect was the same KG Cunningham, took the ball off of him and ordered a throw in. The crowd went berserk and the incident was all over the TV that night. That may have happened in the '65 GF.
Great win and a great feeling to have beaten Sturt and Kenneth George Cunningham.
Cunningham is an ********, always was, always will be. A lightweight shithead. He and wrinkles are like boils and pus.Always hated KG from the day he reported Fritz Freeman for calling him a peanut causing him to miss the GF.
I posted Semi .. here is the Grand Final summary
Yes Ian (Daisy) Day played for South as a rover his brother Robert Day was a very good footballer for West Adelaide played mostly in the centre if I remember right.1965 and the next link on You Tube is the 1990 Grand Final... both with Ian Day commentating. Decent commentator compared to some of the idiots we've suffered through. 25 years is a fair run, thought he played for the Panthers in 1964 so maybe 1965 that was his first. I wonder when he gave up the gig?
Amusing to see KG call "game over" as we get the obvious HTB on the siren