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by mal » Thu May 14, 2020 12:17 am
by FOURTH ESTATE » Thu May 14, 2020 11:35 am
by robranisgod » Thu May 14, 2020 12:13 pm
mal wrote:Did PA attempt a more defensive game plan in 1968 in the minor round ?
1965 17-3....1756...1357
1966 14-6...1813....1267
1967 14-6...1769....1324
1968 15-5...1401....1013
PA finished the minor round in 2nd spot with 1401 points for
NW finished wooden spooners with 1515 points for
Only CD 1410[8th] and WDV 1202[9th] finished with less points for
PA must have defended stoutly conceding only 1013 points at an average of 50.65 per match
The highest score in the minor round against them was WA scoring a' whopping' 13-10[88]
Sturt scored 15-15 against PA in the second semi, which ends up being the highest score against PA for the season
1968 GRAND FINAL
ST 3-3...5-11...10.-13...12-18
PA 3-4...4-4.......6-6.........9-9
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by robranisgod » Tue May 19, 2020 10:41 pm
FOURTH ESTATE wrote:Goes to the next decimal point we made the finals that way in 1991 in the SAAFL
by mal » Tue May 19, 2020 11:36 pm
by DOC » Wed May 20, 2020 1:22 am
by FlyingHigh » Wed May 20, 2020 11:53 am
robranisgod wrote:
Excellent points. In 1961 Torrens attracted the highest average home and away crowds and in a year that they didn't make the four, 1959 they had crowds of over 10,000 people in 13 of the 18 games. The only two games that didn't attract a good crowd were the two games against South.
Torrensville, Thebarton, Hindmarsh, Brompton and Croydon had been the heart of the West Torrens area, and of course, that is where a large amount of the post World War 2 immigrants settled, particularly the Greeks. I came from what is now called Renown Park but was then part of Croydon and players and recently retired past players who lived within one mile of me in the 1960s included Jimmy Slaven, Ron Ashby, Johnny Graham, Glenn Pill, Bob Gibson, Wayne Jackson, Bob WIldy and Russell Virgo. By the early 1970s Milan Faletic, Neville Mead and Terry Homan are the only players I can think of to have come from the former heartland
I never was sure whether giving Torrens the North East was a good move in the first place. They had a stupid rule whereby clubs could purchase a junior from another club for $2,000. Norwood were already poaching Torrens juniors, but when they poached David Payne from North, North woke up to the ruse and paid $2,000 each to Torrens for 17 juniors. Amongst these juniors were Andrew and Darren Jarman and lesser players like Roger Carlaw, who played in a premiership. Sure there were some who didn't make it, but you would have to say that North got some bargains.
Benny Harris went to Port from the North East area and Peter Krieg to Central District.
In about 1982 I heard Johnny Graham go on KGs program and plaintively pleaded with the league to do something about Torrens losing players from their North East zone, but the horse had bolted. In 1983 the league in their wisdom gave the area to Norwood.
We have digressed but it certainly is an interesting, and to me, mostly forgotten part of the SANFL history.
by am Bays » Wed May 20, 2020 1:49 pm
FlyingHigh wrote:
Never knew about this $2000 rule. As a kid playing for Tea Tree Gully in the later '80's there was a photo of Ben Harris in the clubrooms, and I always wondered how he got to Port (of course these days they are neighbouring Councils, another stupid idea!!)
Also, with the Jarman's being at Gaza, I just assumed that was always North because it was closer in to the city, but should they have been Torrens players? And I always assumed Krieg come from the mid-North area
Was the original intention ever for Pertaringa to become Torrens home ground?
In hindsight, would having been putting a new club at Modbury and Elizabeth right from the start and keeping West and Torrens where they were without Woodville a more viable option? Would it have been seen as too much of a risk? Would it have met with resistance from Glenelg, Sturt, South, who in comparison with the west/north-west teams had struggled since WW2?
by robranisgod » Wed May 20, 2020 3:40 pm
FlyingHigh wrote:robranisgod wrote:
Excellent points. In 1961 Torrens attracted the highest average home and away crowds and in a year that they didn't make the four, 1959 they had crowds of over 10,000 people in 13 of the 18 games. The only two games that didn't attract a good crowd were the two games against South.
Torrensville, Thebarton, Hindmarsh, Brompton and Croydon had been the heart of the West Torrens area, and of course, that is where a large amount of the post World War 2 immigrants settled, particularly the Greeks. I came from what is now called Renown Park but was then part of Croydon and players and recently retired past players who lived within one mile of me in the 1960s included Jimmy Slaven, Ron Ashby, Johnny Graham, Glenn Pill, Bob Gibson, Wayne Jackson, Bob WIldy and Russell Virgo. By the early 1970s Milan Faletic, Neville Mead and Terry Homan are the only players I can think of to have come from the former heartland
I never was sure whether giving Torrens the North East was a good move in the first place. They had a stupid rule whereby clubs could purchase a junior from another club for $2,000. Norwood were already poaching Torrens juniors, but when they poached David Payne from North, North woke up to the ruse and paid $2,000 each to Torrens for 17 juniors. Amongst these juniors were Andrew and Darren Jarman and lesser players like Roger Carlaw, who played in a premiership. Sure there were some who didn't make it, but you would have to say that North got some bargains.
Benny Harris went to Port from the North East area and Peter Krieg to Central District.
In about 1982 I heard Johnny Graham go on KGs program and plaintively pleaded with the league to do something about Torrens losing players from their North East zone, but the horse had bolted. In 1983 the league in their wisdom gave the area to Norwood.
We have digressed but it certainly is an interesting, and to me, mostly forgotten part of the SANFL history.
Never knew about this $2000 rule. As a kid playing for Tea Tree Gully in the later '80's there was a photo of Ben Harris in the clubrooms, and I always wondered how he got to Port (of course these days they are neighbouring Councils, another stupid idea!!)
Also, with the Jarman's being at Gaza, I just assumed that was always North because it was closer in to the city, but should they have been Torrens players? And I always assumed Krieg come from the mid-North area
Was the original intention ever for Pertaringa to become Torrens home ground?
In hindsight, would having been putting a new club at Modbury and Elizabeth right from the start and keeping West and Torrens where they were without Woodville a more viable option? Would it have been seen as too much of a risk? Would it have met with resistance from Glenelg, Sturt, South, who in comparison with the west/north-west teams had struggled since WW2?
by mal » Wed May 20, 2020 4:23 pm
am Bays wrote:FlyingHigh wrote:
Never knew about this $2000 rule. As a kid playing for Tea Tree Gully in the later '80's there was a photo of Ben Harris in the clubrooms, and I always wondered how he got to Port (of course these days they are neighbouring Councils, another stupid idea!!)
Also, with the Jarman's being at Gaza, I just assumed that was always North because it was closer in to the city, but should they have been Torrens players? And I always assumed Krieg come from the mid-North area
Was the original intention ever for Pertaringa to become Torrens home ground?
In hindsight, would having been putting a new club at Modbury and Elizabeth right from the start and keeping West and Torrens where they were without Woodville a more viable option? Would it have been seen as too much of a risk? Would it have met with resistance from Glenelg, Sturt, South, who in comparison with the west/north-west teams had struggled since WW2?
Without want to take this thread off track Woodville were basically brought in to weaken Port on the back of their six in a row during the 1950s. Centrals were put in recognition that, that area of Adelaide was the future population growth area. AS has been discussed the plan was to get rid South at the time, too. (South out Centrals in - stay as an 8 team competition) but when that became to difficult politically Woodville was created and a 10 team comp it became.
It is interesting that the NSW Rugby League did the same in 1967. They brought in Cronulla-Sutherland to weaken St George on the back of their 11 in a row premierships from 1956 to 1966. Cronulla were the equivalent of Woodville established in the adjacent Southern suburbs of the St George area. Penrith entered in 1967 in the growth western suburbs area of Sydney, aka Centrals.
Anyway I sure RIG has a better and more factual recollection of this and I eagerly await his 1970 season summary and JO nomination.
There, thread back on track.
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