The 1985 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 ...

game contested between the

Glenelg Football Club The Glenelg Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers or the Bays, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the South Australian National Football League. Their home ground is Stratarama Stadium (formerly Glenelg Oval), located in the so ...

and

North Adelaide Football Club The North Adelaide Football Club, nicknamed the Roosters, is an Australian rules football club affiliated with the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and SANFL Women's League (SANFLW). The club plays its home games at Prospect ...

Football Park Football Park, known commercially as AAMI Stadium, was an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, the state capital of South Australia, Australia. It was built in 1973 by the South Australian N ...

on 5 October 1985. It was the 87th grand final of the

South Australian National Football League The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's sports governing body, governing body for the sport. ...

, staged to determine the

premiers Premier is a title for the head of government in central governments, state governments and local governments of some countries. A second in command to a premier is designated as a deputy premier. A premier will normally be a head of governm ...

for the 1985 SANFL season. The match, attended by 50,289 spectators, was won by Glenelg by a margin of 57 points, marking the club's third SANFL premiership, having previously won the premiership in

1973 Events January * January 1 – The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 14 - The 16-0 19 ...

. Glenelg's

Stephen Kernahan Stephen Scott Kernahan (born 1 September 1963) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) and for the Glenelg Football Club in the South Australian National Football ...

won the Jack Oatey Medal as the player judged best on ground.

Background

Teams

NORTH ADELAIDE: 4.

David Tiller David Tiller (born 30 May 1958) is a former Australian rules footballer in the South Australian National Football League The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league ...

Darel Hart Darel Hart (born 3 January 1964) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) and for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). From Salisbury North, Hart ...

6. Trevor Hill 7. Kim Klomp 9. David Sanders 12. Paul Zoontjens 13. Tony Antrobus 14. Stephen Hay 15. John Brealey 16.

Michael Armfield Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * he He ..., a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name * Michael (bishop elect)">Michael (surname)">he He ..., a given nam ...

17.

Andrew Jarman Andrew Newton Jarman (born 14 January 1966) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the North Adelaide Football Club and Norwood Football Club i ...

22. Stephen Riley 23. David Wildy 25. Matthew Campbell 27. Brenton Phillips, 28. Michael Parsons 32. Paul Arnold 34. David Robertson 35. Peter Bennett 42. Mick Redden (v/c)
Coach: Michael Nunan

Match Summary

Retiring champion

Malcolm Blight Malcolm Jack Blight AM (born 16 February 1950) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and coached the North Melbourne Football Club in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Woodville Football Club in the South Australian Na ...

was given the honour of tossing the coin. North skipper

called correctly and elected to kick to the Lake End. Midway through the second quarter, the Roosters had opened up a 29-point lead after restricting the Tigers to just two goals. But then, in one moment, the momentum of the match shifted dramatically.

Aftermath

Years later, when reflecting on the sudden change in momentum in the second quarter that swung the result in Glenelg's favour,

Graham Cornes Graham Studley Cornes OAM (born 31 March 1948 in Melbourne, Victoria) is a former Australian rules footballer and coach, as well as a media personality. From 1995 until early 2013, Cornes co-hosted a weekday drivetime sports program that he ho ...

remarked: ”It was as if someone flicked the switch and it all turned.”

Scorecard

References

External links

* South Australian National Football League Grand Finals SANFL Grand Final, 1985 {{AFL-competition-stub