1907 SAFL Season

These are the results for the 1907 season of the South Australian Football League (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. Norwood were the premiers, with Alby Bahr as the premiership captain.

Season Details

Name: 1907 SAFL 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	Adelaide Oval
West Torrens	Hindmarsh Oval

Season Results

Premiers: Norwood
Runners-Up: Port 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	65.7%	774	404	105	144	54	80
Norwood	2nd	9	-0-	3	18	57.8%	707	516	96	131	68	108
West Torrens	3rd	7	-0-	5	14	48.0%	537	581	71	111	78	113
North Adelaide	4th	5	-0-	7	10	50.5%	597	585	80	117	78	117
South Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	8	8	45.0%	543	665	70	123	89	131
West Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	8	8	40.8%	452	657	58	104	84	153
Sturt	7th	3	-0-	9	6	41.6%	500	702	65	110	94	138

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
Norwood	1st	Premiers
Port Adelaide	2nd	Runners-Up
West Torrens	3rd	Defeated by Port Adelaide (Semi Final)
North Adelaide	4th	Defeated by Norwood (Semi Final)
South Adelaide	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	04/05/1907	North Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	33	-	53
SAT	04/05/1907	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	37	-	81
SAT	04/05/1907	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	36	-	30

Round 1 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	1	-0-	0	2	68.6%	81	37
Norwood	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	61.6%	53	33
West Torrens	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	54.5%	36	30
West Adelaide	4th	0	-0-	0	0		0	0
South Adelaide	5th	0	-0-	1	0	45.5%	30	36
North Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	1	0	38.4%	33	53
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	1	0	31.4%	37	81

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/05/1907	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	68	-	35
SAT	11/05/1907	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	44	-	31
SAT	11/05/1907	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	67	-	36

Round 2 Bye: Sturt

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	2	-0-	0	4	64.8%	125	68
West Torrens	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	60.9%	103	66
North Adelaide	3rd	1	-0-	1	2	53.4%	101	88
Norwood	4th	1	-0-	1	2	52.2%	84	77
South Adelaide	5th	0	-0-	2	0	38.5%	65	104
West Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	1	0	35.0%	36	67
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	1	0	31.4%	37	81

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	18/05/1907	North Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	47	-	58
SAT	18/05/1907	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	91	-	48
SAT	18/05/1907	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	54	-	35

Round 3 Bye: West Torrens

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	3	-0-	0	6	63.5%	179	103
West Torrens	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	60.9%	103	66
Norwood	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	58.3%	175	125
North Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	2	2	50.3%	148	146
Sturt	5th	1	-0-	1	2	42.6%	95	128
West Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	2	0	37.0%	71	121
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	3	0	36.7%	113	195

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	25/05/1907	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	37	-	42
SAT	25/05/1907	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	78	-	37
SAT	25/05/1907	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	61	-	25

Round 4 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	4	-0-	0	8	65.2%	240	128
Norwood	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	61.0%	253	162
West Torrens	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	50.2%	128	127
North Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	3	2	49.6%	185	188
West Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	2	2	41.7%	113	158
Sturt	6th	1	-0-	2	2	39.1%	132	206
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	3	0	36.7%	113	195

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/06/1907	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	34	-	43
SAT	01/06/1907	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	49	-	28
MON	03/06/1907	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	56	-	52

Round 5 Bye: Norwood

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	4	-0-	1	8	61.3%	292	184
Norwood	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	61.0%	253	162
North Adelaide	3rd	2	-0-	3	4	50.1%	241	240
West Torrens	4th	2	-0-	2	4	47.0%	156	176
West Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	2	4	44.8%	156	192
Sturt	6th	2	-0-	2	4	43.6%	181	234
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	4	0	38.2%	147	238

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/06/1907	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	81	-	32
SAT	15/06/1907	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	51	-	28
SAT	15/06/1907	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	69	-	41

Round 6 Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	4	-0-	1	8	63.3%	334	194
Port Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	1	8	61.3%	292	184
West Torrens	3rd	3	-0-	2	6	50.9%	225	217
North Adelaide	4th	2	-0-	4	4	47.7%	282	309
Sturt	5th	2	-0-	3	4	42.3%	209	285
West Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	3	4	40.8%	188	273
South Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	4	2	42.7%	198	266

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/06/1907	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	73	-	18
SAT	22/06/1907	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	30	-	78
SAT	22/06/1907	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	43	-	49

Round 7 Bye: North Adelaide

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	5	-0-	1	10	65.8%	407	212
Port Adelaide	2nd	5	-0-	1	10	63.4%	370	214
West Torrens	3rd	3	-0-	3	6	45.6%	243	290
West Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	3	6	42.9%	237	316
North Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	4	4	47.7%	282	309
Sturt	6th	2	-0-	4	4	43.0%	252	334
South Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	5	2	39.9%	228	344

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	29/06/1907	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	51	-	48
SAT	29/06/1907	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	121	-	26
SAT	29/06/1907	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	37	-	40

Round 8 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	6	-0-	1	12	67.2%	491	240
Norwood	2nd	6	-0-	1	12	63.8%	458	260
West Torrens	3rd	4	-0-	3	8	46.4%	283	327
West Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	3	6	42.9%	237	316
North Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	5	4	47.8%	330	360
Sturt	6th	2	-0-	5	4	37.9%	278	455
South Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	6	2	40.8%	265	384

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/07/1907	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	65	-	39
SAT	13/07/1907	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	56	-	67
SAT	13/07/1907	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	49	-	87

Round 9 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	7	-0-	1	14	66.7%	578	289
Norwood	2nd	7	-0-	1	14	62.4%	525	316
West Torrens	3rd	4	-0-	4	8	44.5%	332	414
North Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	5	6	49.7%	395	399
West Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	4	6	42.0%	276	381
Sturt	6th	2	-0-	6	4	39.0%	334	522
South Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	6	2	40.8%	265	384

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/07/1907	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	48	-	34
SAT	20/07/1907	West Adelaide v South Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	58	-	82
SAT	20/07/1907	West Torrens v Sturt	Hindmarsh Oval	24	-	50

Round 10 Bye: North Adelaide

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	1	16	66.0%	626	323
Norwood	2nd	7	-0-	2	14	60.6%	559	364
West Torrens	3rd	4	-0-	5	8	43.4%	356	464
North Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	5	6	49.7%	395	399
West Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	5	6	41.9%	334	463
Sturt	6th	3	-0-	6	6	41.3%	384	546
South Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	6	4	44.0%	347	442

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	10/08/1907	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	27	-	31	3,500
SAT	10/08/1907	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	42	-	25
SAT	10/08/1907	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	36	-	41

Round 11 Bye: Sturt

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	2	16	64.5%	662	364
Norwood	2nd	8	-0-	2	16	60.7%	601	389
West Torrens	3rd	5	-0-	5	10	44.1%	387	491
North Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	6	6	49.5%	422	430
South Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	6	6	44.8%	388	478
West Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	6	6	41.6%	359	505
Sturt	7th	3	-0-	6	6	41.3%	384	546

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	17/08/1907	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	69	-	29
SAT	17/08/1907	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	49	-	50
SAT	17/08/1907	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	74	-	40

Round 12 Bye: Norwood

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	9	-0-	2	18	65.0%	731	393
Norwood	2nd	8	-0-	2	16	60.7%	601	389
West Torrens	3rd	6	-0-	5	12	46.5%	461	531
South Adelaide	4th	4	-0-	6	8	45.4%	438	527
North Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	7	6	47.5%	451	499
Sturt	6th	3	-0-	7	6	42.1%	433	596
West Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	7	6	40.8%	399	579

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/08/1907	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	54	-	82
SAT	24/08/1907	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	35	-	42
SAT	24/08/1907	West Torrens v Norwood	Hindmarsh Oval	76	-	50

Round 13 Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	9	-0-	2	18	65.0%	731	393
Norwood	2nd	8	-0-	3	16	58.3%	651	465
West Torrens	3rd	7	-0-	5	14	48.0%	537	581
North Adelaide	4th	4	-0-	7	8	49.1%	533	553
South Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	7	8	44.7%	492	609
West Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	7	8	41.8%	441	614
Sturt	7th	3	-0-	8	6	42.3%	468	638

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	31/08/1907	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	43	-	11
SAT	31/08/1907	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	51	-	56
SAT	31/08/1907	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	32	-	64

Round 14 Bye: West Torrens

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	10	-0-	2	20	65.7%	774	404
Norwood	2nd	9	-0-	3	18	57.8%	707	516
West Torrens	3rd	7	-0-	5	14	48.0%	537	581
North Adelaide	4th	5	-0-	7	10	50.5%	597	585
South Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	8	8	45.0%	543	665
West Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	8	8	40.8%	452	657
Sturt	7th	3	-0-	9	6	41.6%	500	702

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
MON	02/09/1907		Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	82	-	13	14,500
SAT	07/09/1907		Norwood v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	47	-	35	12,000

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	14/09/1907		Port Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	42	-	56	20,000

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	21/09/1907		Norwood v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	55	-	27	25,000

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