1903 SAFA Season

These are the results for the 1903 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. Port Adelaide were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Second Amended Argus system. Port Adelaide were the premiers, with Archibald Hosie as the premiership captain.

Season Details

Name: 1903 SAFA Season
Teams: 7
Rounds: 14
Finals System: Second Amended Argus System
Matches: 46

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: Port 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	-1-	1	21	71.3%	801	323	113	123	41	77
North Adelaide	2nd	10	-0-	2	20	66.7%	858	428	123	120	57	86
Norwood	3rd	8	-0-	4	16	60.0%	573	382	74	129	51	76
South Adelaide	4th	4	-2-	6	10	49.7%	521	527	68	113	73	89
West Torrens	5th	3	-0-	9	6	37.7%	421	696	57	79	90	156
West Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	9	6	27.9%	350	905	45	80	128	137
Sturt	7th	2	-1-	9	5	35.4%	320	583	39	86	79	109

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
Port Adelaide	1st	Premiers
South Adelaide	2nd	Runners-Up
North Adelaide	3rd	Defeated by South Adelaide (Semi Final)
Norwood	4th	Defeated by Port Adelaide (Semi Final)
West Torrens	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	02/05/1903	2:10 PM	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	38	-	23
SAT	02/05/1903	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	41	-	41
SAT	02/05/1903	2:10 PM	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	23	-	73

Round 1 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	1	-0-	0	2	76.0%	73	23
Norwood	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	62.3%	38	23
Port Adelaide	3rd	0	-1-	0	1	50.0%	41	41
South Adelaide	3rd	0	-1-	0	1	50.0%	41	41
West Adelaide	5th	0	-0-	0	0		0	0
West Torrens	6th	0	-0-	1	0	37.7%	23	38
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	1	0	24.0%	23	73

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/05/1903	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	83	-	16
SAT	09/05/1903	2:10 PM	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	108	-	7
SAT	09/05/1903	2:10 PM	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	31	-	31

Round 2 Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	2	-0-	0	4	83.0%	146	30
North Adelaide	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	80.0%	156	39
South Adelaide	3rd	0	-2-	0	2	50.0%	72	72
Port Adelaide	4th	0	-1-	0	1	50.0%	41	41
Sturt	5th	0	-1-	1	1	34.2%	54	104
West Torrens	6th	0	-0-	2	0	24.4%	39	121
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	1	0	6.1%	7	108

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/05/1903	2:10 PM	Norwood v South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	24	-	49
SAT	16/05/1903	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	50	-	66
SAT	16/05/1903	2:10 PM	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	74	-	9

Round 3 Bye: Sturt

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	3	-0-	0	6	71.4%	222	89
Norwood	2nd	2	-0-	1	4	68.3%	170	79
South Adelaide	3rd	1	-2-	0	4	55.8%	121	96
West Torrens	4th	1	-0-	2	2	46.5%	113	130
Port Adelaide	5th	0	-1-	1	1	46.0%	91	107
Sturt	6th	0	-1-	1	1	34.2%	54	104
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	2	0	8.1%	16	182

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	23/05/1903	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	82	-	39
SAT	23/05/1903	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Jubilee Oval	56	-	61
SAT	23/05/1903	2:10 PM	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	17	-	57

Round 4 Bye: Norwood

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	4	-0-	0	8	70.4%	304	128
Norwood	2nd	2	-0-	1	4	68.3%	170	79
South Adelaide	3rd	1	-2-	1	4	53.0%	177	157
West Torrens	4th	2	-0-	2	4	48.3%	174	186
Port Adelaide	5th	1	-1-	1	3	54.4%	148	124
Sturt	6th	0	-1-	2	1	30.6%	71	161
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	3	0	17.2%	55	264

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	30/05/1903	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	67	-	20
SAT	30/05/1903	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	66	-	36
SAT	30/05/1903	2:10 PM	Sturt v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	36	-	31

Round 5 Bye: North Adelaide

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	4	-0-	0	8	70.4%	304	128
South Adelaide	2nd	2	-2-	1	6	55.7%	243	193
Port Adelaide	3rd	2	-1-	1	5	59.9%	215	144
Norwood	4th	2	-0-	2	4	56.5%	190	146
West Torrens	5th	2	-0-	3	4	48.0%	205	222
Sturt	6th	1	-1-	2	3	35.8%	107	192
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	4	0	21.6%	91	330

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	06/06/1903	2:10 PM	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	7	-	27
SAT	06/06/1903	2:10 PM	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	24	-	50
MON	08/06/1903	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	30	-	41

Round 6 Bye: West Torrens

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	5	-0-	0	10	68.6%	345	158
Port Adelaide	2nd	3	-1-	1	7	61.2%	265	168
Norwood	3rd	3	-0-	2	6	58.6%	217	153
South Adelaide	4th	2	-2-	2	6	53.8%	273	234
West Torrens	5th	2	-0-	3	4	48.0%	205	222
Sturt	6th	1	-1-	3	3	34.2%	114	219
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	5	0	23.2%	115	380

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/06/1903	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	47	-	46
SAT	13/06/1903	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	68	-	28
SAT	13/06/1903	2:10 PM	West Adelaide v Sturt	Jubilee Oval	40	-	37

Round 7 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	6	-0-	0	12	65.8%	392	204
Port Adelaide	2nd	4	-1-	1	9	62.9%	333	196
Norwood	3rd	3	-0-	3	6	56.8%	263	200
South Adelaide	4th	2	-2-	2	6	53.8%	273	234
West Torrens	5th	2	-0-	4	4	44.6%	233	290
Sturt	6th	1	-1-	4	3	36.8%	151	259
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	5	2	27.1%	155	417

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/06/1903	2:10 PM	Norwood v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	62	-	11
SAT	20/06/1903	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	76	-	14
SAT	20/06/1903	2:10 PM	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	25	-	65

Round 8 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	7	-0-	0	14	66.6%	457	229
Port Adelaide	2nd	5	-1-	1	11	66.1%	409	210
Norwood	3rd	4	-0-	3	8	60.6%	325	211
South Adelaide	4th	2	-2-	3	6	48.1%	287	310
West Torrens	5th	2	-0-	5	4	40.9%	244	352
Sturt	6th	1	-1-	5	3	35.2%	176	324
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	5	2	27.1%	155	417

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/07/1903	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Jubilee Oval	152	-	47
SAT	04/07/1903	2:10 PM	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	45	-	32
SAT	04/07/1903	2:10 PM	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	12	-	61

Round 9 Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	0	16	68.8%	609	276
Port Adelaide	2nd	5	-1-	1	11	66.1%	409	210
Norwood	3rd	5	-0-	3	10	63.4%	386	223
South Adelaide	4th	2	-2-	4	6	47.3%	319	355
Sturt	5th	2	-1-	5	5	38.3%	221	356
West Torrens	6th	2	-0-	6	4	36.6%	291	504
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	6	2	25.9%	167	478

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	18/07/1903	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	21	-	25
SAT	18/07/1903	2:10 PM	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	45	-	44
SAT	18/07/1903	2:10 PM	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	29	-	36

Round 10 Bye: Sturt

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	1	16	67.7%	630	301
Port Adelaide	2nd	6	-1-	1	13	65.3%	434	231
Norwood	3rd	6	-0-	3	12	61.7%	431	267
South Adelaide	4th	2	-2-	5	6	47.6%	363	400
Sturt	5th	2	-1-	5	5	38.3%	221	356
West Torrens	6th	2	-0-	7	4	37.2%	320	540
West Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	6	4	28.6%	203	507

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	25/07/1903	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	115	-	46
SAT	25/07/1903	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	65	-	15
SAT	25/07/1903	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	40	-	32

Round 11 Bye: Norwood

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	9	-0-	1	18	68.2%	745	347
Port Adelaide	2nd	7	-1-	1	15	67.0%	499	246
Norwood	3rd	6	-0-	3	12	61.7%	431	267
South Adelaide	4th	3	-2-	5	8	48.3%	403	432
Sturt	5th	2	-1-	6	5	35.9%	236	421
West Torrens	6th	2	-0-	8	4	37.8%	352	580
West Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	7	4	28.6%	249	622

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/08/1903	2:10 PM	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	27	-	42
SAT	08/08/1903	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	87	-	23
SAT	08/08/1903	2:10 PM	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	42	-	45

Round 12 Bye: North Adelaide

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	9	-0-	1	18	68.2%	745	347
Port Adelaide	2nd	8	-1-	1	17	66.5%	541	273
Norwood	3rd	6	-0-	4	12	59.7%	458	309
South Adelaide	4th	4	-2-	5	10	51.9%	490	455
West Torrens	5th	3	-0-	8	6	39.0%	397	622
Sturt	6th	2	-1-	7	5	37.4%	278	466
West Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	8	4	27.7%	272	709

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/08/1903	2:10 PM	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	50	-	41
SAT	15/08/1903	2:10 PM	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	10	-	52
SAT	15/08/1903	2:10 PM	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	24	-	74

Round 13 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	9	-1-	1	19	67.4%	615	297
North Adelaide	2nd	9	-0-	2	18	66.4%	786	397
Norwood	3rd	7	-0-	4	14	59.2%	508	350
South Adelaide	4th	4	-2-	5	10	51.9%	490	455
West Torrens	5th	3	-0-	9	6	37.7%	421	696
West Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	8	6	31.1%	324	719
Sturt	7th	2	-1-	8	5	35.7%	288	518

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/08/1903	2:10 PM	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	65	-	32
SAT	22/08/1903	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	186	-	26
SAT	22/08/1903	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	31	-	72

Round 14 Bye: West Torrens

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	10	-1-	1	21	71.3%	801	323
North Adelaide	2nd	10	-0-	2	20	66.7%	858	428
Norwood	3rd	8	-0-	4	16	60.0%	573	382
South Adelaide	4th	4	-2-	6	10	49.7%	521	527
West Torrens	5th	3	-0-	9	6	37.7%	421	696
West Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	9	6	27.9%	350	905
Sturt	7th	2	-1-	9	5	35.4%	320	583

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	29/08/1903	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	23	-	42
TUE	01/09/1903	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	51	-	35	10,000

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	05/09/1903	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	16	-	24

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	12/09/1903	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	35	-	42	14,000

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