1992 SANFL Grand Final
association football match
The 1992 South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Grand Final saw the Port Adelaide Magpies defeat the Glenelg Tigers by 56 points. The match was played on Saturday 3 October 1992 at Football Park in wet weather in front of a crowd of 42,242.
This was Port Adelaide's 31st SANFL Premiership. In the 24-year period of 1969–1992, Glenelg had appeared in 14 Grand Finals for only 3 Premiership victories (all over North Adelaide). Of the 11 Grand Final defeats, 5 were at the hands of Port Adelaide.
Teams
Port Adelaide was captained by Greg Phillips and coached by John Cahill. Glenelg was captained by Scott Salisbury and coached by Kym Hodgeman.
For Port Adelaide, Nathan Buckley had 26 disposals (22 kicks, 4 handballs), followed by Bruce Abernethy and Rohan Smith with 25. Roger Delaney took 7 marks.
For Glenelg, Darren Mansell had 33 disposals (24 kicks, 9 handballs) and took 9 marks.
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