1889 SAFA Grand Final
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Photo of the Adelaide Oval grandstands in 1889 by photographer Ernest Gall. | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date | Saturday 5 October (2:45 pm) | |||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Adelaide Oval | |||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 7,227 tickets sold (11,000 estimated as season ticket holders entered free) | |||||||||||||||
| Favourite | Norwood | |||||||||||||||
| Umpires | Field umpire: John Trait Goal umpires: I.A. Fisher and J. McKenzie | |||||||||||||||
| Coin toss won by | Norwood | |||||||||||||||
| Kicked toward | Scoreboard End | |||||||||||||||
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| Best on Ground | Alfred Waldron (field umpire's choice) | |||||||||||||||
| Australian Football Hall of Fame | John Daly (1996) | |||||||||||||||
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The 1889 SAFA Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Norwood and Port Adelaide, held at the Adelaide Oval on the 5 October 1889. The match is recognised as "the first-ever grand final in Australian football". The game resulted in a victory for Norwood, who beat Port Adelaide by two goals, marking the club's ninth premiership and third in a row.
Norwood's captain, Alfred Waldron, was considered the best player on the ground by field umpire John Trait. The match was attended by an estimated 11,000 people.