1902 SAFA Season

These are the results for the 1902 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. It should be noted that teams did not necessarily play their matches following the same order as the nominal round numbers of those matches this season. Port Adelaide were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Second Amended Argus system. By refusing to face South Adelaide in the semi final, Port Adelaide were disqualified and the committee ruled to remove its right to challenge (as part of the Second Amended Argus system). North Adelaide were the premiers, with Jack Reedman as the premiership captain.

Season Details

Name: 1902 SAFA Season
Teams: 7
Rounds: 14
Finals System: Second Amended Argus System
Matches: 45

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)	Coach (Caretaker)
North Adelaide	Adelaide 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: North Adelaide
Runners-Up: South Adelaide
Minor Premiers: Port Adelaide

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Port Adelaide	1st	10	-0-	2	20	66.4%	672	340	95	102	44	76
North Adelaide	2nd	9	-0-	3	18	62.7%	639	380	87	117	50	80
South Adelaide	3rd	8	-1-	3	17	58.8%	548	384	73	110	51	78
West Torrens	4th	6	-0-	6	12	54.8%	512	423	70	92	53	105
Norwood	5th	6	-0-	6	12	50.2%	501	497	67	99	67	95
West Adelaide	6th	1	-1-	10	3	31.5%	372	808	46	96	112	136
Sturt	7th	1	-0-	11	2	26.4%	231	643	27	69	88	115

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
North Adelaide	1st	Premiers
South Adelaide	2nd	Runners-Up
Port Adelaide	3rd	Defeated by South Adelaide (Semi Final)
West Torrens	4th	Defeated by North Adelaide (Semi Final)
Norwood	5th	Did not qualify for finals
West Adelaide	6th	Did not qualify for finals
Sturt	7th	Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/05/1902	2:10 PM	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	87	-	21
SAT	03/05/1902	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	59	-	31
SAT	03/05/1902	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	37	-	32

Round 1 Bye: Sturt

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	1	-0-	0	2	80.6%	87	21
Port Adelaide	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	65.6%	59	31
South Adelaide	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	53.6%	37	32
Sturt	4th	0	-0-	0	0		0	0
West Torrens	5th	0	-0-	1	0	46.4%	32	37
North Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	1	0	34.4%	31	59
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	1	0	19.4%	21	87

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	10/05/1902	2:10 PM	Norwood v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	46	-	43
SAT	10/05/1902	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	48	-	18
MON	12/05/1902	2:10 PM	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	11	-	66

Round 2 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	2	-0-	0	4	70.5%	103	43
Port Adelaide	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	68.6%	107	49
Norwood	3rd	2	-0-	0	4	67.5%	133	64
North Adelaide	4th	0	-0-	2	0	41.3%	74	105
West Torrens	5th	0	-0-	2	0	37.0%	50	85
West Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	1	0	19.4%	21	87
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	1	0	14.3%	11	66

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	17/05/1902	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Jubilee Oval	48	-	68
SAT	17/05/1902	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	61	-	41
SAT	17/05/1902	2:10 PM	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	40	-	42

Round 3 Bye: Norwood

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	3	-0-	0	6	66.1%	164	84
Norwood	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	67.5%	133	64
Port Adelaide	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	57.4%	148	110
West Torrens	4th	1	-0-	2	2	47.0%	118	133
West Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	1	2	33.2%	63	127
North Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	3	0	41.4%	122	173
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	2	0	32.1%	51	108

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/05/1902	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	92	-	38
SAT	24/05/1902	2:10 PM	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	28	-	47
SAT	24/05/1902	2:10 PM	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	8	-	58

Round 4 Bye: West Torrens

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	4	-0-	0	8	65.3%	211	112
Port Adelaide	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	63.6%	206	118
Norwood	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	59.2%	161	111
North Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	3	2	50.4%	214	211
West Torrens	5th	1	-0-	2	2	47.0%	118	133
West Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	2	2	31.6%	101	219
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	3	0	26.2%	59	166

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	31/05/1902	2:10 PM	Norwood v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	72	-	39
SAT	31/05/1902	2:10 PM	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	64	-	27
MON	09/06/1902	10:00 AM	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	32	-	16

Round 5 Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	4	-0-	1	8	61.2%	227	144
Port Adelaide	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	63.6%	206	118
Norwood	3rd	3	-0-	1	6	60.8%	233	150
West Torrens	4th	2	-0-	2	4	53.2%	182	160
North Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	3	4	52.0%	246	227
West Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	3	2	31.1%	128	283
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	4	0	29.2%	98	238

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	07/06/1902	2:10 PM	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	19	-	30
SAT	07/06/1902	2:10 PM	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	9	-	59
SAT	07/06/1902	2:10 PM	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	28	-	50

Round 6 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	4	-0-	1	8	63.7%	256	146
South Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	1	8	61.2%	227	144
Norwood	3rd	3	-0-	2	6	58.3%	252	180
North Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	3	6	56.4%	305	236
West Torrens	5th	3	-0-	2	6	54.2%	212	179
West Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	4	2	31.9%	156	333
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	5	0	26.5%	107	297

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result
MON	09/06/1902	2:10 PM	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	44	-	50
SAT	14/06/1902	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	44	-	44
SAT	14/06/1902	2:10 PM	West Torrens v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	49	-	5

Round 7 Bye: North Adelaide

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	5	-0-	1	10	61.7%	306	190
South Adelaide	2nd	4	-1-	1	9	59.0%	271	188
West Torrens	3rd	4	-0-	2	8	58.7%	261	184
North Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	3	6	56.4%	305	236
Norwood	5th	3	-0-	3	6	56.3%	296	230
West Adelaide	6th	1	-1-	4	3	34.7%	200	377
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	6	0	24.5%	112	346

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	21/06/1902	2:10 PM	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	52	-	33
SAT	21/06/1902	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	39	-	43
SAT	21/06/1902	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Jubilee Oval	72	-	32

Round 8 Bye: Sturt

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	5	-1-	1	11	60.9%	343	220
Port Adelaide	2nd	5	-0-	2	10	59.7%	345	233
Norwood	3rd	4	-0-	3	8	57.0%	348	263
North Adelaide	4th	4	-0-	3	8	55.9%	348	275
West Torrens	5th	4	-0-	3	8	53.4%	293	256
West Adelaide	6th	1	-1-	5	3	35.2%	233	429
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	6	0	24.5%	112	346

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/07/1902	2:10 PM	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	20	-	83
SAT	05/07/1902	2:10 PM	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	27	-	58
SAT	05/07/1902	2:10 PM	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	15	-	49

Round 9 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	6	-1-	1	13	61.9%	401	247
Port Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	2	12	61.4%	394	248
North Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	3	10	59.4%	431	295
Norwood	4th	4	-0-	4	8	51.5%	368	346
West Torrens	5th	4	-0-	4	8	50.2%	308	305
West Adelaide	6th	1	-1-	5	3	35.2%	233	429
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	7	0	25.6%	139	404

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	12/07/1902	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Jubilee Oval	64	-	14
SAT	12/07/1902	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	58	-	34
SAT	12/07/1902	2:10 PM	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	26	-	38

Round 10 Bye: Norwood

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	7	-0-	2	14	61.6%	452	282
South Adelaide	2nd	6	-1-	2	13	58.8%	435	305
North Adelaide	3rd	6	-0-	3	12	61.6%	495	309
Norwood	4th	4	-0-	4	8	51.5%	368	346
West Torrens	5th	4	-0-	5	8	46.6%	322	369
West Adelaide	6th	1	-1-	6	3	35.7%	259	467
Sturt	7th	1	-0-	7	2	29.2%	177	430

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	19/07/1902	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	68	-	41
SAT	19/07/1902	2:10 PM	Norwood v South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	24	-	55
SAT	19/07/1902	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	57	-	10

Round 11 Bye: West Torrens

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	2	16	63.5%	509	292
South Adelaide	2nd	7	-1-	2	15	59.8%	490	329
North Adelaide	3rd	7	-0-	3	14	61.7%	563	350
Norwood	4th	4	-0-	5	8	49.4%	392	401
West Torrens	5th	4	-0-	5	8	46.6%	322	369
West Adelaide	6th	1	-1-	7	3	35.9%	300	535
Sturt	7th	1	-0-	8	2	27.7%	187	487

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	02/08/1902	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	27	-	14
SAT	02/08/1902	2:10 PM	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	60	-	19
SAT	02/08/1902	2:10 PM	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Jubilee Oval	13	-	114

Round 12 Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	2	16	63.5%	509	292
North Adelaide	2nd	8	-0-	3	16	61.8%	590	364
South Adelaide	3rd	7	-1-	3	15	58.6%	504	356
West Torrens	4th	5	-0-	5	10	53.3%	436	382
Norwood	5th	5	-0-	5	10	51.8%	452	420
West Adelaide	6th	1	-1-	8	3	32.5%	313	649
Sturt	7th	1	-0-	9	2	27.4%	206	547

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/08/1902	2:10 PM	Norwood v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	32	-	29
SAT	16/08/1902	2:10 PM	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	16	-	49
SAT	16/08/1902	2:10 PM	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	31	-	115

Round 13 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	9	-0-	2	18	65.9%	624	323
North Adelaide	2nd	9	-0-	3	18	62.7%	639	380
South Adelaide	3rd	7	-1-	3	15	58.6%	504	356
Norwood	4th	6	-0-	5	12	51.9%	484	449
West Torrens	5th	5	-0-	6	10	52.9%	465	414
West Adelaide	6th	1	-1-	9	3	31.0%	344	764
Sturt	7th	1	-0-	10	2	27.1%	222	596

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	23/08/1902	2:10 PM	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	17	-	48
SAT	23/08/1902	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	44	-	28
SAT	23/08/1902	2:10 PM	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	9	-	47

Round 14 Bye: North Adelaide

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	10	-0-	2	20	66.4%	672	340
North Adelaide	2nd	9	-0-	3	18	62.7%	639	380
South Adelaide	3rd	8	-1-	3	17	58.8%	548	384
West Torrens	4th	6	-0-	6	12	54.8%	512	423
Norwood	5th	6	-0-	6	12	50.2%	501	497
West Adelaide	6th	1	-1-	10	3	31.5%	372	808
Sturt	7th	1	-0-	11	2	26.4%	231	643

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	30/08/1902	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	45	-	9
CANCELLED			Port Adelaide v South Adelaide

Final Round 2

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	06/09/1902	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	68	-	31

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