ost ers ▁and ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁ 3 9 , 2 7 6 , ▁the ▁smallest ▁S AN FL ▁Grand ▁Final ▁crowd ▁since ▁the ▁ 1 9 5 0 s , ▁the ▁game ▁became ▁a ▁spite ful ▁affair ▁with ▁many ▁b raw ls ▁er upt ing ▁between ▁oppos ing ▁players ▁following ▁North s ▁Steven ▁Sim s ▁knock ing ▁out ▁West s ▁Matthew ▁Sim pson ▁early ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁quarter ▁( it ▁was ▁alleg ed ▁after ▁the ▁game ▁that ▁Sim s ▁had ▁hit ▁Sim pson , ▁not ▁to ▁knock ▁him ▁out ▁but ▁to ▁stop ▁his ▁over ly ▁close ▁tag ging ▁of ▁North ' s ▁D arel ▁Hart ). ▁From ▁that ▁point ▁on , ▁West ▁t ended ▁to ▁forget ▁about ▁playing ▁football ▁and ▁seemed ▁more ▁intent ▁on ▁pun ishing ▁Sim s , ▁who ▁finished ▁the ▁game ▁with ▁his ▁right ▁eye ▁badly ▁sw ol len ▁and ▁requiring ▁ 5 ▁st itch es . ▁West ▁Ad ela ide ▁may ▁have ▁won ▁the ▁f ights , ▁but ▁North ▁Ad ela ide ▁won ▁the ▁football ▁game ▁would ▁go ▁on ▁to ▁win ▁easily ▁by ▁the ▁score ▁of ▁ 2 1 . 2 2 ▁( 1 4 8 ) ▁to ▁ 1 1 . 7 ▁( 7 3 ). ▁C rows ▁player ▁D arel ▁Hart ▁( who ▁had ▁played ▁ 1 8 ▁A FL ▁games ▁for ▁Ad ela ide ▁during ▁the ▁year ▁but ▁had ▁enough ▁S AN FL ▁games ▁to ▁qual ify ▁for ▁the ▁final s ) ▁k icked ▁seven ▁goals ▁for ▁the ▁Ro ost ers ▁on ▁his ▁way ▁to ▁winning