title: 1917 SAPFL Grand Final
text: # 1917 SAPFL Grand Final
  
  The 1917 SAPFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Port Adelaide Football Club and the West Torrens Football Club, held at Alberton Oval on Saturday 1 September 1917. It was the 2nd Grand Final of the South Australian Patriotic Football League, staged to determine the premiers of the 1917 SAPFL season. The match was won by Port Adelaide by a margin of 16 points, marking that clubs second patriotic premiership victory.
  
  The SAFL was opposed to the formation of the Patriotic League and refused to recognise it during and after World War I.
  
  ## Teams
  
  West Torrens made two late changes with Campbell and Marsh.
  
  0Port Adelaide0 :
  
  | B: | Alex McFarlane | T. Trimble | Cuthbert Lincoln |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | HB: | Henry Eaton (c) | Albert Hembury | Hercules Duthie |
  | C: | Leonard Wisdom | Sampson Hosking | Roy Drew |
  | HF: | Alf Causby | Harold Oliver | John Middleton |
  | F: | Loyal Lackman | Clarence Hoffman | John Hayman |
  | Foll: | Jack Ashley | John Taylor | Angelo Congear |
  | Int: | | | |
  | Coach: | | | |
  
  0West Torrens0 :
  
  | B: | Stan Patten (C) | Jack Karney (VC) | Burns |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | HB: | Campbell | Curnow | Edwin Daviess |
  | C: | Hele | Hegarty | Johnson |
  | HF: | Les Marvell | Manning | George Richmond |
  | F: | Sim | Ernie Stone | Tonkin |
  | Foll: | Alf Walker | Williams | Wakefield |
  | Int: | | Nicholson (emg) | O'Brien (emg) |
  | Coach: | Positions not allocated | Positions not allocated | Positions not allocated |
  