The 1985 SANFL Grand Final was an

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game contested between the Glenelg Football Club and North Adelaide Football Club at Football Park on 5 October 1985. It was the 87th grand final of the

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, staged to determine the premiers for the

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. 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

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. Glenelg's

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

Background

Teams

NORTH ADELAIDE: 4. David Tiller (c) 1. John Riley 3.

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, Ha ...

Trevor Hill Trevor ( Trefor in the Welsh language) is a common given name or surname of Welsh origin. It is an habitational name, deriving from the Welsh ''tre(f)'', meaning "homestead", or "settlement" and ''fawr'', meaning "large, big". The Cornish langua ...

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

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27.

Brenton Phillips Brenton Phillips (born 5 November 1962) is a former Australian rules footballer who played mainly for the Brisbane Bears in the VFL/AFL and North Adelaide in the SANFL. Phillips spent most of his time on the field playing as wing, half forward ...

, 28. Michael Parsons 32. Paul Arnold 34. David Robertson 35. Peter Bennett 42.

Mick Redden Michael John Redden (born 17 May 1957) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the North Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). He is the holder of the club games record for North Adelaid ...

(v/c)
Coach:

Michael Nunan Michael Allen Nunan (born 12 April 1949) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Sturt Football Club, Norwood Football Club and the North Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL), as wel ...

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 Nati ...

was given the honour of tossing the coin. North skipper David Tiller 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,

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Background

Teams

Match Summary

Aftermath

Scorecard

References

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