1906 SAFA Season

These are the results for the 1906 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 Jack Fletcher as the premiership captain.

Season Details

Name: 1906 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	Hindmarsh Oval

Season Results

Premiers: Port Adelaide
Runners-Up: North 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	11	-0-	1	22	68.0%	902	424	129	128	56	88
Norwood	2nd	11	-0-	1	22	63.2%	759	442	102	147	58	94
North Adelaide	3rd	6	-0-	6	12	55.6%	637	508	89	103	68	100
Sturt	4th	5	-1-	6	11	44.6%	532	662	71	106	93	104
South Adelaide	5th	4	-2-	6	10	51.5%	568	535	79	94	75	85
West Torrens	6th	3	-1-	8	7	42.1%	547	753	73	109	103	135
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	12	0	26.9%	362	983	47	80	137	161

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/05/1906	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	60	-	20
SAT	05/05/1906	2:10 PM	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	45	-	91
SAT	05/05/1906	2:10 PM	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	102	-	43

Round 1 Bye: Norwood

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	1	-0-	0	2	75.0%	60	20
West Torrens	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	70.3%	102	43
Port Adelaide	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	66.9%	91	45
Norwood	4th	0	-0-	0	0		0	0
Sturt	5th	0	-0-	1	0	33.1%	45	91
West Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	1	0	29.7%	43	102
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	1	0	25.0%	20	60

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	12/05/1906	2:10 PM	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	64	-	35
SAT	12/05/1906	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	95	-	5
SAT	12/05/1906	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	45	-	45

Round 2 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	2	-0-	0	4	78.8%	186	50
Norwood	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	64.6%	64	35
North Adelaide	3rd	1	-0-	1	2	53.1%	95	84
West Torrens	4th	1	-0-	1	2	43.7%	107	138
Sturt	5th	0	-1-	1	1	39.8%	90	136
South Adelaide	6th	0	-1-	1	1	38.2%	65	105
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	1	0	29.7%	43	102

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	19/05/1906	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	47	-	27
SAT	19/05/1906	2:10 PM	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	51	-	24
SAT	19/05/1906	2:10 PM	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	48	-	65

Round 3 Bye: North Adelaide

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	3	-0-	0	6	75.2%	233	77
Sturt	2nd	1	-1-	1	3	46.8%	141	160
South Adelaide	3rd	1	-1-	1	3	45.9%	130	153
North Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	1	2	53.1%	95	84
Norwood	5th	1	-0-	1	2	52.6%	91	82
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	2	2	43.3%	155	203
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	2	0	30.5%	67	153

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/05/1906	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	59	-	17
SAT	26/05/1906	2:10 PM	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	58	-	35
SAT	26/05/1906	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	56	-	48

Round 4 Bye: West Torrens

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	4	-0-	0	8	69.8%	289	125
North Adelaide	2nd	2	-0-	1	4	60.4%	154	101
Norwood	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	56.0%	149	117
South Adelaide	4th	1	-1-	2	3	46.0%	178	209
Sturt	5th	1	-1-	2	3	44.7%	176	218
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	2	2	43.3%	155	203
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	3	0	28.4%	84	212

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	02/06/1906	2:10 PM	Norwood v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	90	-	29
SAT	02/06/1906	2:10 PM	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	46	-	41
MON	04/06/1906	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	30	-	58

Round 5 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	5	-0-	0	10	69.1%	347	155
Norwood	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	62.1%	239	146
Sturt	3rd	2	-1-	2	5	46.2%	222	259
North Adelaide	4th	2	-0-	2	4	53.6%	184	159
South Adelaide	5th	1	-1-	2	3	46.0%	178	209
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	3	2	44.0%	196	249
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	4	0	27.2%	113	302

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/06/1906	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	56	-	27
SAT	09/06/1906	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	93	-	41
SAT	09/06/1906	2:10 PM	West Torrens v Norwood	Hindmarsh Oval	39	-	89

Round 6 Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	5	-0-	0	10	69.1%	347	155
Norwood	2nd	4	-0-	1	8	63.9%	328	185
North Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	2	6	56.3%	240	186
South Adelaide	4th	2	-1-	2	5	52.0%	271	250
Sturt	5th	2	-1-	3	5	44.1%	249	315
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	4	2	41.0%	235	338
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	5	0	28.1%	154	395

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/06/1906	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	36	-	57
SAT	16/06/1906	2:10 PM	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	49	-	42
SAT	16/06/1906	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	112	-	13

Round 7 Bye: Sturt

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	6	-0-	0	12	73.2%	459	168
Norwood	2nd	5	-0-	1	10	62.4%	377	227
North Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	3	6	53.2%	276	243
South Adelaide	4th	2	-1-	3	5	51.1%	313	299
Sturt	5th	2	-1-	3	5	44.1%	249	315
West Torrens	6th	2	-0-	4	4	43.8%	292	374
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	6	0	24.8%	167	507

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	30/06/1906	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	24	-	39
SAT	30/06/1906	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	84	-	41
SAT	30/06/1906	2:10 PM	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	57	-	43

Round 8 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	7	-0-	0	14	72.2%	543	209
Norwood	2nd	6	-0-	1	12	62.4%	416	251
North Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	4	6	51.5%	300	282
West Torrens	4th	3	-0-	4	6	45.6%	349	417
South Adelaide	5th	2	-1-	3	5	51.1%	313	299
Sturt	6th	2	-1-	4	5	42.1%	290	399
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	7	0	27.1%	210	564

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	07/07/1906	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	39	-	51
SAT	07/07/1906	2:10 PM	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	84	-	37
SAT	07/07/1906	2:10 PM	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	37	-	114

Round 9 Bye: North Adelaide

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	0	16	72.8%	657	246
Norwood	2nd	7	-0-	1	14	61.7%	467	290
Sturt	3rd	3	-1-	4	7	46.2%	374	436
North Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	4	6	51.5%	300	282
West Torrens	5th	3	-0-	5	6	42.1%	386	531
South Adelaide	6th	2	-1-	4	5	50.1%	352	350
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	8	0	27.6%	247	648

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/07/1906	2:10 PM	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	51	-	37
SAT	14/07/1906	2:10 PM	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	40	-	31
SAT	14/07/1906	2:10 PM	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	49	-	109

Round 10 Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	0	16	72.8%	657	246
Norwood	2nd	8	-0-	1	16	61.3%	518	327
Sturt	3rd	4	-1-	4	9	47.0%	414	467
North Adelaide	4th	4	-0-	4	8	55.3%	409	331
West Torrens	5th	3	-0-	6	6	42.1%	423	582
South Adelaide	6th	2	-1-	5	5	49.5%	383	390
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	9	0	28.1%	296	757

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	21/07/1906	2:10 PM	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	79	-	51
SAT	21/07/1906	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	76	-	26
SAT	21/07/1906	2:10 PM	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	31	-	67

Round 11 Bye: West Torrens

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	9	-0-	1	18	61.2%	597	378
Port Adelaide	2nd	8	-0-	1	16	68.5%	708	325
North Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	4	10	56.8%	476	362
Sturt	4th	4	-1-	5	9	45.5%	445	534
South Adelaide	5th	3	-1-	5	7	52.5%	459	416
West Torrens	6th	3	-0-	6	6	42.1%	423	582
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	10	0	27.9%	322	833

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/07/1906	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	67	-	12
SAT	28/07/1906	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	37	-	26
SAT	28/07/1906	2:10 PM	West Torrens v Sturt	Hindmarsh Oval	49	-	51

Round 12 Bye: Norwood

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	9	-0-	1	18	69.7%	775	337
Norwood	2nd	9	-0-	1	18	61.2%	597	378
Sturt	3rd	5	-1-	5	11	46.0%	496	583
North Adelaide	4th	5	-0-	5	10	55.7%	502	399
South Adelaide	5th	4	-1-	5	9	52.9%	496	442
West Torrens	6th	3	-0-	7	6	42.7%	472	633
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	11	0	27.1%	334	900

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/08/1906	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	69	-	50
SAT	04/08/1906	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	35	-	35
SAT	04/08/1906	2:10 PM	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	36	-	79

Round 13 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	10	-0-	1	20	68.6%	844	387
Norwood	2nd	10	-0-	1	20	62.0%	676	414
Sturt	3rd	5	-1-	6	11	44.6%	532	662
North Adelaide	4th	5	-0-	6	10	54.1%	552	468
South Adelaide	5th	4	-2-	5	10	52.7%	531	477
West Torrens	6th	3	-1-	7	7	43.1%	507	668
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	11	0	27.1%	334	900

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	18/08/1906	2:10 PM	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	83	-	28
SAT	18/08/1906	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	37	-	58
SAT	18/08/1906	2:10 PM	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	40	-	85

Round 14 Bye: Sturt

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	11	-0-	1	22	68.0%	902	424
Norwood	2nd	11	-0-	1	22	63.2%	759	442
North Adelaide	3rd	6	-0-	6	12	55.6%	637	508
Sturt	4th	5	-1-	6	11	44.6%	532	662
South Adelaide	5th	4	-2-	6	10	51.5%	568	535
West Torrens	6th	3	-1-	8	7	42.1%	547	753
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	12	0	26.9%	362	983

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	01/09/1906	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	12	-	34
MON	03/09/1906	2:10 PM	Norwood v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	70	-	22	13,000

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	08/09/1906	2:10 PM	Norwood v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	34	-	67	12,000

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	15/09/1906	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	39	-	60	20,000

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