Sampson Hosking
Sampson Hosking (4 January 1888 – 20 October 1974) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League, South Australian Football League (SAFL). He was twice a recipient of the Magarey Medal, an individual award given in recognition of being the best and fairest player in the SAFL. After his playing career Hosking was also an accomplished football coach successfully leading Port Adelaide and the West Torrens Football Club to a combined six premierships. In 1929 he was described in the South Australian Register, ''Register'' as "one of the most prominent figures in the game during the past 20 years. Combining exceptional pace with a football brain of rare fertility". Early life Hosking was born on 4 January 1888 in Glanville, South Australia. He was the son of Cornish Australians, Cornish immigrant James Hosking and Port Adelaide local Jane Hampton McKenzie. Hosking grew up in close proximity to ...
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1910 SAFL Grand Final
The 1910 SAFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football championship match. Port Adelaide Port Adelaide is a port-side region of Adelaide, approximately northwest of the Adelaide city centre, Adelaide CBD. It is also the namesake of the City of Port Adelaide Enfield council, a suburb, a federal and state electoral division and is t ... beat 60 to 41 to claim the 1910 SAFL season premiership. References SANFL Grand Finals SAFL Grand Final, 1910 {{AFL-competition-stub ...
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