1914 Port Adelaide Football Club season

Port Adelaide Football Club
1914 season
President	Dr Alexander Benson
Coach	Jack Londrigan
Captain(s)	Jack Londrigan
Home ground	Alberton Oval
Best and Fairest	Jack Ashley
Highest home attendance	8,500; (Round 6 vs. West Torrens)
← 1913	1915 →

The 1914 Port Adelaide Football Club season was the club's 37th year in the South Australian Football League.

1914 list changes

New recruits

New recruits
Player	Former Club
John Dunn	West Torrens
Leonard Wisdom	Port Adelaide B
Cuthbert Lincoln	Port Adelaide B

Retirements and delistings

Retirements and delistings
Player	Note
Francis Hansen	Retired mid season
Albert Chaplin
Joseph Middleton
John Londrigan
Joseph Watson
Clifford Cock

1914 squad

Due to World War I, many Port Adelaide players enlisted to take part in the conflict at season's end. Of the 1914 squad, Albert Chaplin, Joseph Watson and William Boon would be killed in action.

Port Adelaide Football Club
1914 Senior list								Coaching staff
3 Angelo Congear Jack Londrigan (c) 9 Sampson Hosking 14 Harold Oliver Jack Ashley John Dunn Francis Hansen Cuthbert Lincoln Leonard Wisdom Samuel Howie William Drummond Alan Maynard		Henry Eaton Joseph Watson Alex McFarlane Francis Magor Charles Andersen Clifford Cock Horace Pope Joseph Middleton Albert Chaplin John Robertson William Boon						Head coach Jack Londrigan Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 14 October 1914 Source(s): Playing list, Coaching staff

1914 pre-season

Game 1


	Game 1
Saturday, 4 April	Port Adelaide 14.10 (94)	def.	Semaphore Central 5.3 (33)	Alberton Oval	^[1]

Game 2


	Game 2
Saturday, 11 April	Port Adelaide 17.10 (112)	def.	Port Adelaide B 3.2 (20)	Alberton Oval	^[2]

Game 3


	Game 2
Saturday, 18 April	Port Adelaide 11.19 (85)	def.	Semaphore/Port B 4.7 (27)	Alberton Oval	^[3]

Game 4


	Game 4
Saturday, 25 April	Port Adelaide 25.25 (175)	def.	West Torrens B 4.1 (25)	Alberton Oval	^[4]

1914 home-and-away season

Round 1


	Round 1
Saturday, 2 May	South Adelaide	def. by	Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 10,500)	^[5]^[6]
	1.1 (7) 2.5 (17) 4.6 (30) 7.8 (50)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.3 (21) 6.6 (42) 8.10 (56) 10.13 (73)	Umpires: S. Coleman


C. Tredrea, J. Tredrea, Waye, Windsor, Jones, Young, Foale 1		Goals	3 Dunn, Ashley 2 Magor, Congear
Mahoney, Dugan, Mueller, Foale. C. Tredrea McKee, Barry, Wallace, J. Tredrea		Best	Ashley, Oliver, Magor, Pope, Eaton Londrigan, Middleton, Maynard, McFarlane



Record: 1 Win, 0 Losses, 0 Draws (146.00%) Ladder Position: 1st

Round 2


	Round 2
	Bye Port Adelaide

Round 3


	Round 3
Saturday, 16 May	Port Adelaide	def.	Sturt	Alberton Oval (crowd: 5,000)	^[7]^[8]
	3.5 (23) 7.10 (52) 8.14 (62) 14.16 (100)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	0.2 (2) 2.5 (17) 3.4 (22) 4.5 (29)	Umpires: Mr Hackey (replacing Mr Coleman)


Dunn 6 Magor 4 Congear 2 Chaplin, Watson 1		Goals	2 Offe 1 Sellick, Bannigan
Drummond, Middleton, Ashley, Watson, Oliver Dunn, Robertson, Magor		Best	Bannigan, Hewett, Kappler, Mayman, Sharpe Smith, Mowatt, Nicolle, Baulderstone.



Record: 2 Win, 0 Losses, 0 Draws (218.99%) Ladder Position: 1st

Round 4


	Round 4
Saturday, 23 May	Port Adelaide	def.	West Torrens	Alberton Oval	^[9]
	2.3 (15) 6.5 (41) 8.9 (57) 13.11 (89)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.1 (7) 1.2 (8) 2.4 (16) 2.9 (21)


Anderson 3 Drummond, Ashley, Dunn 2 McFarlane, Chaplin, Congear, Watson 1		Goals	2 Gibbons
Watson, Congear, Robertson, Pope, Ashley Oliver, Drummond		Best	Patten, Hutton, Waite, Richmond, Rimes Scott, Miller



Record: 3 Win, 0 Losses, 0 Draws (262.00%) Ladder Position: 1st

Round 5


	Round 5
Saturday, 30 May	Norwood	def. by	Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval (crowd: 9,000)	^[10]
	1.2 (8) 2.5 (17) 5.5 (35) 8.5 (53)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.3 (27) 5.5 (35) 9.8 (62) 13.13 (91)


Chamberlain 3 Packham 1 Short, Trembath, Kearney 1		Goals	4 Ashley 3 Congear 2 Magor, Dunn 1 Anderson, Druminond
Packham, Robin, Trembath, Short, Crawford, Chamberlain, Millhouse, Grantley, Kearney		Best	Oliver, Ashley, Robertson, Anderson, Maynard, McFarlane, Drummond, Pope.



Record: 4 Win, 0 Losses, 0 Draws (230.72%) Ladder Position: 1st

Round 6 (Queen's Birthday)


	Round 6
Monday, 8 June	North Adelaide	def. by	Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 15,000)	^[11]
	1.1 (7) 2.2 (14) 3.8 (26) 6.10 (46)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	4.4 (28) 6.4 (40) 9.4 (58) 11.8 (74)


Johns, LeMessurier, Lewis, Leahy, Wainwright, Jones 1		Goals	4 Dunn 2 Magor, Congear, Chaplin 1 Anderson, Watson
LeMessurier, Leahy, O'Brien, Johns, Pratten, Secombe, Sandrey, Thomas, Wainwright.		Best	Ashley, Maynard, McFarlane, Anderson, Watson, Magor, Oliver, Robertson, Lendgrigan, Hoskin.



Record: 5 Win, 0 Losses, 0 Draws (214.57%) Ladder Position: 1st

Round 7


	Round 7
Saturday, 13 June	Port Adelaide	def.	West Adelaide	Alberton Oval (crowd: 5,000)	^[12]
	3.5 (23) 6.12 (48) 10.16 (76) 14.21 (105)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	0.3 (3) 1.5 (1) 3.6 (24) 4.6 (30)


Dunn 4 McFarlane, Congear, Ashley 2 Magor, Chaplain, Anderson, Drummond 1		Goals	Hanley, Scott, Dowling, Keegan 1
Oliver, Ashley, Hoskin, Congear, Drummond, Robertson, Lendgrigan, Pope, Watson, Magor		Best	A'Court, Dwyer, Hanley, Mills, Pierce, Stearnes, Keegan



Record: 6 Win, 0 Losses, 0 Draws (232.31%) Ladder Position: 1st

Round 8


	Round 8
Saturday, 20 June	Port Adelaide 9.15 (69)	def.	South Adelaide 5.7 (37)	Alberton Oval (crowd: 5,500)	^[13]
Record: 7 Win, 0 Losses, 0 Draws (225.94%) Ladder Position: 1st

Round 9


	Round 9
Saturday, 27 June	Port Adelaide 11.15 (81)	def.	West Torrens 9.5 (59)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 8,500)	^[14]
Record: 8 Win, 0 Losses, 0 Draws (209.85%) Ladder Position: 1st

Round 10


	Round 10
	Bye Port Adelaide

Round 11


	Round 11
Saturday, 11 July	Sturt 6.5 (41)	def. by	Port Adelaide 13.10 (88)	Unley Oval (crowd: 7,000)	^[15]^[16]
Record: 9 Win, 0 Losses, 0 Draws (210.38%) Ladder Position: 1st

Round 12


	Round 12
Saturday, 18 July	Port Adelaide 19.17 (131)	def.	Norwood 7.8 (50)	Alberton Oval
Record: 10 Win, 0 Losses, 0 Draws (216.59%) Ladder Position: 1st

Round 13


	Round 13
Saturday, 22 August	North Adelaide 8.11 (59)	def. by	Port Adelaide 11.14 (80)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 9,000)	^[17]
Record: 11 Win, 0 Losses, 0 Draws (206.53%) Ladder Position: 1st

Round 14


	Round 14
Saturday, 29 August	West Adelaide 5.5 (35)	def. by	Port Adelaide 12.15 (87)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 6,500)	^[18]
Record: 12 Win, 0 Losses, 0 Draws (209.41%) Ladder Position: 1st

Ladder

1914 SAFL Ladder
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Port Adelaide (P)	12	12	0	0	1068	510	67.68	24
2	North Adelaide	12	6	6	0	723	769	48.46	12
3	Sturt	12	6	6	0	665	799	45.42	12
4	West Torrens	12	5	6	1	715	786	47.63	11
5	West Adelaide	12	4	7	1	621	767	44.74	9
6	South Adelaide	12	4	8	0	692	722	48.94	8
7	Norwood	12	4	8	0	656	787	45.46	8

Source: ^[19]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

Semi-final


	1914 SAFL Semi-final
Saturday, 5 September	Port Adelaide	def.	Sturt	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 8,000)	Report
	3.7 (25) 3.11 (29) 6.13 (49) 12.17 (89)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	0.0 (0) 4.3 (27) 5.3 (33) 5.5 (35)	Umpires: O'Connor


Dunn 4 Chaplin, Drummond 2 Ashley, Magor, Watson, Congear 1		Goals	2 Smith 1 Golding, Sellick, Neate

Grand Final


	1914 SAFL Grand Final
Saturday, 19 September	Port Adelaide	def.	North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 11,200)	Report
	2.1 (13) 5.7 (37) 7.8 (50) 13.15 (93)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	0.3 (3) 0.4 (4) 0.8 (8) 1.8 (14)


Congear 4 Chaplin 3 Drummond, Andersen 2 Dunn, McFarlane 1		Goals	1 Thomas
Congear, Chaplin, Watson, Magor, Drummond, Andersen, Londrigan, Boon, Pope, Oliver, Robertson		Best	Secombe, Klose, Lewis, O'Brien, Pratten, Thomas, Wainwright, Russell, Trescowthick, Murch

Post season

Championship of Australia


	1914 Championship of Australia
Saturday, 3 October	Port Adelaide	def.	Carlton	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 5,000)
	2.4 (16) 5.6 (36) 6.9 (45) 9.16 (70)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.3 (9) 3.3 (21) 4.4 (28) 5.6 (36)	Umpires: O'Connor


Congear 4 Watson 2 Chaplin, Drummond, Wisdom 1		Goals	McKenzie 2 Baud, Morris, Sharp 1

Port Adelaide Patriotic Fund Match


	Port Adelaide vs. Semaphore Central (SA Amateur Premiers)
Saturday, 10 October	Port Adelaide	def.	Semaphore Central	Alberton Oval	Report
	1.2 (8) 4.12 (36) 6.12 (48) 9.17 (71)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	5.1 (31) 5.1 (31) 8.3 (51) 8.4 (52)	Umpires: Curtain

Port Adelaide vs. South Australia


	Port Adelaide vs. South Australia
Wednesday, 14 October	Port Adelaide	def.	South Australia	Jubilee Oval
	1.2 (8) 6.7 (43) 8.9 (57) 14.14 (98)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	2.3 (15) 2.7 (19) 5.10 (40) 5.10 (40)


Chaplin 4 Watson 3 Drummond, Congear, Wisdom, McFarlane, Andersen, Ashley, Oliver 1		Goals	2 Packham 1 Barry, Stephens, Fitzgerald




A medal for best on ground was awarded to Harold Oliver of Port Adelaide.

References

^ "FOOTBALL". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 6 April 1914. p. 5. Retrieved 15 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "FOOTBALL". The Mail. Adelaide. 11 April 1914. p. 2 Section: SATURDAY'S NEWS SECTION. Retrieved 15 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "FOOTBALL". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 20 April 1914. p. 7. Retrieved 15 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "FOOTBALL". The Register. Adelaide. 29 April 1914. p. 6. Retrieved 15 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "PORT V. SOUTH". Daily Herald. Adelaide. 4 May 1914. p. 7. Retrieved 15 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "THE SEASON OPENS". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 4 May 1914. p. 12. Retrieved 15 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "THE LEAGUE GAMES". Daily Herald. Adelaide. 21 May 1914. p. 7. Retrieved 15 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "SPORTING NEWS". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 18 May 1914. p. 19. Retrieved 15 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "PORT ADELAIDE V. WEST TORRENS". The Mail. Adelaide. 23 May 1914. p. 4 Section: SATURDAY'S NEWS SECTION. Retrieved 15 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "PORTONIANS STILL TRIUMPHANT". The Register. Adelaide. 1 June 1914. p. 7. Retrieved 5 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "FOOTBALL". Daily Herald. Adelaide. 9 June 1914. p. 7. Retrieved 28 December 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "FOOTBALL". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 15 June 1914. p. 7. Retrieved 28 December 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Football". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 22 June 1914. p. 18. Archived from the original on 11 March 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "FOOTBALL". The Register. Adelaide. 29 June 1914. p. 5. Retrieved 28 December 2014 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "PORT V. STURT". The Mail. Adelaide. 11 July 1914. p. 4 Section: SATURDAY'S NEWS SECTION. Retrieved 14 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "FOOTBALL NOTES FACTS ABOUT SATURDAY'S GAMES". Daily Herald. Adelaide. 16 July 1914. p. 7. Retrieved 8 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "SATURDAY'S FOOTBALL MATCHES PORT ADELAIDE STILL ON TOP". Daily Herald. Adelaide. 24 August 1914. p. 3. Retrieved 8 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "TORRENS DEFEATED SOUTH". The Register. Adelaide. 31 August 1914. p. 6. Retrieved 14 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
^ "Australian Football – SANFL Season 1913". Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.

[1] "FOOTBALL". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 6 April 1914. p. 5. Retrieved 15 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[2] "FOOTBALL". The Mail. Adelaide. 11 April 1914. p. 2 Section: SATURDAY'S NEWS SECTION. Retrieved 15 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[3] "FOOTBALL". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 20 April 1914. p. 7. Retrieved 15 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[4] "FOOTBALL". The Register. Adelaide. 29 April 1914. p. 6. Retrieved 15 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[5] "PORT V. SOUTH". Daily Herald. Adelaide. 4 May 1914. p. 7. Retrieved 15 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[6] "THE SEASON OPENS". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 4 May 1914. p. 12. Retrieved 15 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[7] "THE LEAGUE GAMES". Daily Herald. Adelaide. 21 May 1914. p. 7. Retrieved 15 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[8] "SPORTING NEWS". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 18 May 1914. p. 19. Retrieved 15 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[9] "PORT ADELAIDE V. WEST TORRENS". The Mail. Adelaide. 23 May 1914. p. 4 Section: SATURDAY'S NEWS SECTION. Retrieved 15 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[10] "PORTONIANS STILL TRIUMPHANT". The Register. Adelaide. 1 June 1914. p. 7. Retrieved 5 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[11] "FOOTBALL". Daily Herald. Adelaide. 9 June 1914. p. 7. Retrieved 28 December 2014 – via National Library of Australia.

[12] "FOOTBALL". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 15 June 1914. p. 7. Retrieved 28 December 2014 – via National Library of Australia.

[13] "Football". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 22 June 1914. p. 18. Archived from the original on 11 March 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[14] "FOOTBALL". The Register. Adelaide. 29 June 1914. p. 5. Retrieved 28 December 2014 – via National Library of Australia.

[15] "PORT V. STURT". The Mail. Adelaide. 11 July 1914. p. 4 Section: SATURDAY'S NEWS SECTION. Retrieved 14 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[16] "FOOTBALL NOTES FACTS ABOUT SATURDAY'S GAMES". Daily Herald. Adelaide. 16 July 1914. p. 7. Retrieved 8 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[17] "SATURDAY'S FOOTBALL MATCHES PORT ADELAIDE STILL ON TOP". Daily Herald. Adelaide. 24 August 1914. p. 3. Retrieved 8 January 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[18] "TORRENS DEFEATED SOUTH". The Register. Adelaide. 31 August 1914. p. 6. Retrieved 14 July 2015 – via National Library of Australia.

[19] "Australian Football – SANFL Season 1913". Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 4 January 2015.

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[16]

[17]

[18]

[19]

v t e Port Adelaide Football Club
Nickname: Power (AFL/AFLW), Magpies (SANFL) History Drafting and trading history Records Club achievements Players (pre-1997) Players (post-1997) Current squad Captains Coaches Awards John Cahill Medal Leading goalkickers AFL coach: Ken Hinkley AFL captain: Connor Rozee AFLW coach: Lauren Arnell AFLW captain: Janelle Cuthbertson
AFL home grounds	Football Park (1997–2013) Adelaide Oval (2014–)
SAFA/SAFL/SANFL home grounds	Glanville Estate (1870–1879) Alberton Oval (1880–1974, 1977–) Adelaide Oval (1975–1976)
AFLW home grounds	Alberton Oval (2022–) Adelaide Oval (2022–)
AFL premierships (1)	2004
SAFA/SAFL/SANFL premierships (37)	1884 1890 1897 1903 1906 1910 1913 1914 1921 1928 1936 1937 1939 1942 1951 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1962 1963 1965 1977 1979 1980 1981 1988 1989 1990 1992 1994 1995 1996 1998 1999
Seasons	1872 1873 1874 1875 1876 1877 1878 1879 1880 1881 1882 1883 1884 1885 1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Related articles	Port Adelaide Football Club (AFLW) "Allan Scott – You were wrong!" Cheltenham cemetery curse Collingwood–Port Adelaide rivalry Norwood–Port Adelaide rivalry Port Adelaide v South Australia (1914) Showdown Sammy Lunn
The club participated in the SAPFL while the SAFL was in recess from 1916–1918; The club merged with West Torrens from 1942–1944.

v t e 1914 Champions of Australia – Port Adelaide
Port Adelaide 9.16 (70) defeated Carlton 5.6 (36), at Adelaide Oval
Londrigan (captain) Oliver (vc) Congear Hosking Magor Eaton McFarlane J Watson A Chaplin Drummond Boon Pope Robertson C Lincoln Watson C Andersen J Middleton A Maynard L Wisdom
Coach: Londrigan

v t e Port Adelaide Football Club • 1914 SAFL premiers
Port Adelaide 13.15 (93) defeated North Adelaide 1.8 (14), at Adelaide Oval
Anderson Ashley Boon Chaplin Congear Dunn Drummond Eaton Hosking Londrigan (c) Magor Maynard McFarlane Middleton Oliver Pope Robertson Watson
Coach: Londrigan

v t e Championship of Australia
Bodies	Victorian Football League South Australian National Football League Australian National Football Council
Seasons	1888 1890 1893 1896 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1913 1914 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975
Winners	Carlton Collingwood Essendon Hawthorn North Adelaide North Melbourne Norwood Port Adelaide Richmond South Melbourne West Adelaide
Australian rules football in Australia