1901 SAFA Season

These are the results for the 1901 season of the South Australian Football Association (currently known as the South Australian National Football League).

It featured fourteen rounds in a double round-robin format. Each team received two byes. Norwood were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Full Round-Robin Argus system. Norwood were the premiers, with Garsham Barnes as the premiership captain.

Season Details

Name: 1901 SAFA Season
Teams: 7
Rounds: 14
Finals System: Full Round-Robin Argus System
Matches: 63

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)	Coach (Caretaker)
North Adelaide	Jubilee Oval
Norwood	Norwood Oval
Port Adelaide	Alberton Oval
South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval
Sturt	Unley Oval
West Adelaide	Jubilee Oval
West Torrens	Jubilee Oval

Season Results

Premiers: Norwood
Runners-Up: Port Adelaide
Minor Premiers: Norwood

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Norwood	1st	10	-0-	2	20	64.3%	684	380	94	120	48	92
North Adelaide	2nd	8	-0-	4	16	58.2%	684	492	90	144	66	96
West Torrens	3rd	6	-0-	6	12	54.0%	573	489	75	123	65	99
Port Adelaide	4th	6	-0-	6	12	53.3%	523	459	67	121	62	87
South Adelaide	5th	5	-0-	7	10	40.4%	400	590	52	88	79	116
Sturt	6th	4	-0-	8	8	38.0%	407	664	54	83	86	148
West Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	9	6	41.3%	467	664	61	101	87	142

Major Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Port Adelaide	1st	6	-0-	0	12	63.5%	306	176	41	60	21	50
North Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	2	8	53.1%	272	240	35	62	32	48
West Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	2	8	47.9%	184	200	22	52	25	50
Norwood	4th	3	-0-	3	6	48.8%	222	233	27	60	32	41
South Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	3	4	59.3%	217	149	30	37	19	35
Sturt	6th	1	-0-	4	2	37.5%	127	212	16	31	25	62
West Torrens	7th	0	-0-	6	0	38.2%	190	308	23	52	40	68

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
Norwood	1st	Premiers
Port Adelaide	2nd	Runners-Up
North Adelaide	3rd	2nd place in round-robin finals series
South Adelaide	4th	5th place in round-robin finals series
West Adelaide	5th	3rd place in round-robin finals series
West Torrens	6th	7th place in round-robin finals series
Sturt	7th	6th place in round-robin finals series

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/05/1901	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	34	-	27
SAT	04/05/1901	2:10 PM	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	71	-	38
SAT	04/05/1901	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	70	-	57

Round 1 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	1	-0-	0	2	65.1%	71	38
North Adelaide	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	55.7%	34	27
Port Adelaide	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	55.1%	70	57
South Adelaide	4th	0	-0-	0	0		0	0
West Adelaide	5th	0	-0-	1	0	44.9%	57	70
West Torrens	6th	0	-0-	1	0	44.3%	27	34
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	1	0	34.9%	38	71

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/05/1901	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	18	-	81
SAT	11/05/1901	2:10 PM	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	33	-	80
SAT	11/05/1901	2:10 PM	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	40	-	52

Round 2 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	2	-0-	0	4	73.1%	152	56
North Adelaide	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	65.5%	114	60
Port Adelaide	3rd	2	-0-	0	4	55.7%	122	97
West Adelaide	4th	0	-0-	1	0	44.9%	57	70
West Torrens	5th	0	-0-	2	0	43.8%	67	86
Sturt	6th	0	-0-	2	0	32.0%	71	151
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	1	0	18.2%	18	81

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	18/05/1901	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	93	-	58
SAT	18/05/1901	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	17	-	57
SAT	18/05/1901	2:10 PM	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	33	-	63

Round 3 Bye: Norwood

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	3	-0-	0	6	63.7%	207	118
Port Adelaide	2nd	3	-0-	0	6	61.1%	179	114
Norwood	3rd	2	-0-	0	4	73.1%	152	56
West Torrens	4th	1	-0-	2	2	52.2%	130	119
West Adelaide	5th	0	-0-	2	0	41.4%	115	163
Sturt	6th	0	-0-	3	0	32.7%	104	214
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	2	0	20.2%	35	138

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	25/05/1901	2:10 PM	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	59	-	23
SAT	25/05/1901	2:10 PM	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	41	-	14
SAT	25/05/1901	2:10 PM	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	44	-	40

Round 4 Bye: North Adelaide

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	3	-0-	0	6	72.8%	211	79
North Adelaide	2nd	3	-0-	0	6	63.7%	207	118
Port Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	1	6	53.9%	202	173
West Torrens	4th	2	-0-	2	4	52.3%	174	159
Sturt	5th	1	-0-	3	2	38.9%	145	228
West Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	3	0	42.8%	155	207
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	3	0	21.5%	49	179

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/06/1901	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	30	-	37
SAT	01/06/1901	2:10 PM	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	60	-	33
SAT	01/06/1901	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Jubilee Oval	36	-	73

Round 5 Bye: Sturt

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	4	-0-	0	8	70.8%	271	112
Port Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	1	8	54.1%	239	203
North Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	1	6	60.5%	237	155
West Torrens	4th	3	-0-	2	6	55.9%	247	195
Sturt	5th	1	-0-	3	2	38.9%	145	228
West Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	4	0	41.3%	188	267
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	4	0	25.2%	85	252

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result
MON	03/06/1901	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	40	-	20
MON	03/06/1901	2:10 PM	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	51	-	32
MON	03/06/1901	2:10 PM	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	33	-	47

Round 6 Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	5	-0-	0	10	69.1%	322	144
North Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	1	8	61.3%	277	175
Port Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	1	8	54.1%	239	203
West Torrens	4th	3	-0-	3	6	53.1%	279	246
West Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	4	2	43.9%	235	300
Sturt	6th	1	-0-	4	2	39.3%	178	275
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	5	0	26.4%	105	292

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/06/1901	2:10 PM	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	41	-	51
SAT	08/06/1901	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Jubilee Oval	35	-	49
SAT	08/06/1901	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	27	-	44

Round 7 Bye: West Torrens

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	5	-0-	1	10	65.1%	363	195
North Adelaide	2nd	5	-0-	1	10	60.3%	328	216
Port Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	2	8	52.1%	274	252
West Torrens	4th	3	-0-	3	6	53.1%	279	246
West Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	4	4	46.0%	279	327
Sturt	6th	2	-0-	4	4	42.3%	227	310
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	6	0	28.2%	132	336

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/06/1901	2:10 PM	Norwood v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	60	-	10
SAT	22/06/1901	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	72	-	14
SAT	22/06/1901	2:10 PM	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	49	-	67

Round 8 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	6	-0-	1	12	67.4%	423	205
North Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	1	12	59.8%	395	265
Port Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	2	10	56.5%	346	266
West Torrens	4th	3	-0-	4	6	51.2%	328	313
West Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	5	4	42.3%	293	399
Sturt	6th	2	-0-	5	4	39.0%	237	370
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	6	0	28.2%	132	336

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	29/06/1901	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v Sturt	Jubilee Oval	101	-	21
SAT	29/06/1901	2:10 PM	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	76	-	37
SAT	29/06/1901	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	27	-	43

Round 9 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	7	-0-	1	14	67.3%	499	242
North Adelaide	2nd	7	-0-	1	14	63.4%	496	286
Port Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	3	10	54.7%	373	309
West Torrens	4th	4	-0-	4	8	52.2%	371	340
West Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	5	4	42.3%	293	399
Sturt	6th	2	-0-	6	4	35.4%	258	471
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	7	0	29.1%	169	412

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	06/07/1901	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	49	-	58
SAT	06/07/1901	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	19	-	13
SAT	06/07/1901	2:10 PM	West Torrens v Sturt	Alberton Oval	83	-	1

Round 10 Bye: Norwood

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	7	-0-	1	14	67.3%	499	242
North Adelaide	2nd	7	-0-	2	14	61.3%	545	344
West Torrens	3rd	5	-0-	4	10	57.1%	454	341
Port Adelaide	4th	5	-0-	4	10	54.1%	386	328
West Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	5	6	43.9%	351	448
Sturt	6th	2	-0-	7	4	31.9%	259	554
South Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	7	2	30.7%	188	425

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/07/1901	2:10 PM	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	43	-	33
SAT	13/07/1901	2:10 PM	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	62	-	70
SAT	13/07/1901	2:10 PM	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	68	-	45

Round 11 Bye: North Adelaide

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	8	-0-	1	16	66.3%	542	275
North Adelaide	2nd	7	-0-	2	14	61.3%	545	344
West Torrens	3rd	6	-0-	4	12	57.5%	522	386
Port Adelaide	4th	5	-0-	5	10	53.0%	419	371
West Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	6	6	43.4%	396	516
South Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	7	4	34.6%	258	487
Sturt	7th	2	-0-	8	4	34.0%	321	624

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/07/1901	2:10 PM	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	54	-	30
SAT	20/07/1901	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	69	-	48
SAT	20/07/1901	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	50	-	26

Round 12 Bye: Sturt

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	9	-0-	1	18	66.1%	596	305
North Adelaide	2nd	7	-0-	3	14	58.9%	593	413
West Torrens	3rd	6	-0-	5	12	55.7%	548	436
Port Adelaide	4th	6	-0-	5	12	53.8%	488	419
West Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	7	6	42.8%	426	570
South Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	7	6	37.5%	308	513
Sturt	7th	2	-0-	8	4	34.0%	321	624

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/07/1901	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	41	-	44
SAT	27/07/1901	2:10 PM	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	53	-	25
SAT	27/07/1901	2:10 PM	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	5	-	46

Round 13 Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	10	-0-	1	20	66.3%	649	330
North Adelaide	2nd	7	-0-	4	14	58.1%	634	457
West Torrens	3rd	6	-0-	6	12	54.0%	573	489
Port Adelaide	4th	6	-0-	5	12	53.8%	488	419
South Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	7	8	38.9%	352	554
West Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	8	6	41.2%	431	616
Sturt	7th	3	-0-	8	6	36.8%	367	629

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	10/08/1901	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	50	-	35
SAT	10/08/1901	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	35	-	40
SAT	10/08/1901	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	48	-	36

Round 14 Bye: West Torrens

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	10	-0-	2	20	64.3%	684	380
North Adelaide	2nd	8	-0-	4	16	58.2%	684	492
West Torrens	3rd	6	-0-	6	12	54.0%	573	489
Port Adelaide	4th	6	-0-	6	12	53.3%	523	459
South Adelaide	5th	5	-0-	7	10	40.4%	400	590
Sturt	6th	4	-0-	8	8	38.0%	407	664
West Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	9	6	41.3%	467	664

Final Round 1

Round-Robin Final 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	17/08/1901	2:00 PM	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	9	-	26
SAT	17/08/1901	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	54	-	46
SAT	17/08/1901	2:10 PM	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	49	-	55

Final Round 2

Round-Robin Final 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/08/1901	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v Sturt	Jubilee Oval	58	-	29
SAT	24/08/1901	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	61	-	35
SAT	24/08/1901	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	83	-	25

Final Round 3

Round-Robin Final 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	31/08/1901	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	73	-	36
SAT	31/08/1901	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	55	-	44
SAT	31/08/1901	2:10 PM	West Torrens v Sturt	Jubilee Oval	50	-	58

Final Round 4

Round-Robin Final 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/09/1901	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	61	-	11
SAT	28/09/1901	2:10 PM	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	20	-	8
CANCELLED			South Adelaide v Sturt

Final Round 5

Round-Robin Final 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	07/09/1901	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	30	-	34
SAT	07/09/1901	2:10 PM	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	44	-	45
SAT	07/09/1901	2:10 PM	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	25	-	54

Final Round 6

Round-Robin Final 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result
MON	02/09/1901	2:10 PM	Norwood v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	60	-	23
SAT	14/09/1901	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	44	-	36
SAT	14/09/1901	2:10 PM	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	21	-	37

Final Round 7

Round-Robin Final 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	21/09/1901	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	12	-	56
SAT	21/09/1901	2:10 PM	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	10	-	41
CANCELLED			South Adelaide v West Adelaide

Final Round 8

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	05/10/1901	2:10 PM	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	33	-	29	6,500

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