The 1966 SANFL Grand Final was an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an Australian rules football playing field, oval field, often a modified ...

competition. beat

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by 112 to 56. 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. Ten minutes into the third quarter Port Adelaide trailed by only 3 points, however after this point Sturt scored nine goals to one. At the end of the game Sturt had used handballs five times more than Port Adelaide with the statistic sheet reading 55–11.

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South Australian National Football League Grand Finals SANFL Grand Final, 1966 {{AFL-competition-stub