▁ 1 9 6 2 . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁mid - 1 9 5 0 s , ▁West ▁Ad ela ide , ▁under ▁the ▁co aching ▁of ▁Laur ie ▁C ah ill ▁and ▁with ▁strong ▁players ▁such ▁as ▁Neil ▁Ker ley , ▁Brian ▁F ae h se , ▁Doug ▁Thomas , ▁Ken ▁E ust ice , ▁Ken ▁McG reg or ▁and ▁ 1 9 5 7 ▁Mag are y ▁Mad al ist ▁Ron ▁Bent on , ▁became ▁regular ▁final s ▁visitors ▁and ▁finished ▁as ▁be aten ▁grand ▁final ists ▁in ▁ 1 9 5 4 , ▁losing ▁the ▁grand ▁final ▁to ▁the ▁F os ▁Williams ▁led ▁Port ▁Ad ela ide ▁by ▁just ▁three ▁points . ▁The ▁ 1 9 5 4 ▁final ▁was ▁mar red ▁by ▁a ▁b raw l ▁which ▁broke ▁out ▁at ▁half ▁time ▁of ▁the ▁match ▁when ▁angry ▁Port ▁supp or ters ▁set ▁upon ▁West s ▁players ▁as ▁they ▁attempted ▁to ▁enter ▁the ▁dress ing ▁room ▁located ▁in ▁the ▁Sir ▁Ed win ▁Smith ▁Stand . ▁This ▁was ▁a ▁reaction ▁to ▁a ▁heavy ▁but ▁legal ▁cl ash ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁end ▁of ▁the ▁half ▁between ▁West s ▁captain ▁Brian ▁F ae h se ▁and ▁Port s ▁Dave ▁Bo yd ▁in ▁which ▁Bo yd ▁had ▁come ▁off ▁second ▁best . ▁West s ▁had ▁been ▁leading ▁by ▁ 2 5 ▁points ▁at ▁half ▁time ▁but ▁the ▁me lee ▁in ▁the ▁crowd ▁proved ▁un sett ling ▁with ▁some ▁batter ed ▁West s ▁players ▁not ▁making ▁it ▁back ▁to ▁the ▁dress ing ▁room ▁until ▁the