1908 SAFL Season

These are the results for the 1908 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. Norwood were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Second Amended Argus system. West Adelaide were the premiers, with Bernie Leahy as the premiership captain and Jack Reedman as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1908 SAFL Season
Teams: 7
Rounds: 14
Finals System: Second Amended Argus System
Matches: 46

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval
Norwood	Norwood Oval
Port Adelaide	Alberton Oval
South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval
Sturt	Unley Oval
West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	Jack Reedman
West Torrens	Hindmarsh Oval

Season Results

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

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Norwood	1st	10	-1-	1	21	61.4%	792	498	106	156	64	114
West Adelaide	2nd	10	-0-	2	20	56.1%	676	529	92	124	71	103
Port Adelaide	3rd	8	-0-	4	16	57.8%	716	522	98	128	69	108
North Adelaide	4th	6	-1-	5	13	52.4%	697	632	95	127	87	110
West Torrens	5th	4	-0-	8	8	45.0%	605	739	82	113	98	151
South Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	9	6	46.4%	665	768	89	131	108	120
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	12	0	33.0%	449	912	61	83	126	156

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	02/05/1908	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	28	-	36
SAT	02/05/1908	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	72	-	34
SAT	02/05/1908	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	38	-	16

Round 1 Bye: Sturt

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	1	-0-	0	2	70.4%	38	16
Norwood	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	67.9%	72	34
West Adelaide	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	56.3%	36	28
Sturt	4th	0	-0-	0	0		0	0
North Adelaide	5th	0	-0-	1	0	43.8%	28	36
South Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	1	0	32.1%	34	72
West Torrens	7th	0	-0-	1	0	29.6%	16	38

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/05/1908	North Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	44	-	52
SAT	09/05/1908	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	101	-	13
SAT	09/05/1908	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	34	-	74

Round 2 Bye: West Torrens

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	2	-0-	0	4	82.7%	139	29
Norwood	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	61.4%	124	78
South Adelaide	3rd	1	-0-	1	2	50.5%	108	106
West Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	1	2	27.5%	49	129
North Adelaide	5th	0	-0-	2	0	45.0%	72	88
Sturt	6th	0	-0-	1	0	31.5%	34	74
West Torrens	7th	0	-0-	1	0	29.6%	16	38

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	16/05/1908	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	72	-	63
SAT	16/05/1908	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	29	-	77
SAT	16/05/1908	West Torrens v Norwood	Hindmarsh Oval	38	-	104	7,000

Round 3 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	3	-0-	0	6	78.8%	216	58
Norwood	2nd	3	-0-	0	6	66.3%	228	116
South Adelaide	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	51.6%	180	169
West Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	1	2	27.5%	49	129
North Adelaide	5th	0	-0-	3	0	45.8%	135	160
Sturt	6th	0	-0-	2	0	29.4%	63	151
West Torrens	7th	0	-0-	2	0	27.6%	54	142

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	23/05/1908	North Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	90	-	29
SAT	23/05/1908	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	31	-	41
SAT	23/05/1908	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	68	-	48	5,000

Round 4 Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	3	-0-	0	6	78.8%	216	58
Norwood	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	62.3%	259	157
South Adelaide	3rd	2	-0-	2	4	49.0%	228	237
West Adelaide	4th	2	-0-	1	4	36.0%	90	160
North Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	3	2	54.3%	225	189
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	2	2	39.1%	122	190
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	3	0	27.6%	92	241

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	30/05/1908	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	85	-	33
SAT	30/05/1908	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	58	-	61
SAT	30/05/1908	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	45	-	59	4,000

Round 5 Bye: North Adelaide

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	4	-0-	0	8	70.5%	277	116
Norwood	2nd	4	-0-	1	8	64.4%	344	190
West Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	1	6	42.1%	149	205
South Adelaide	4th	2	-0-	3	4	49.0%	286	298
North Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	3	2	54.3%	225	189
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	3	2	40.1%	167	249
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	4	0	27.7%	125	326

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	06/06/1908	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	39	-	36	6,000
SAT	06/06/1908	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	26	-	39
MON	08/06/1908	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	39	-	27

Round 6 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	5	-0-	1	10	63.8%	383	217
Port Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	1	8	66.2%	304	155
West Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	1	8	44.9%	188	231
North Adelaide	4th	2	-0-	3	4	54.0%	264	225
South Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	3	4	49.0%	286	298
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	4	2	41.3%	203	288
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	5	0	29.3%	151	365

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/06/1908	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	71	-	33
SAT	13/06/1908	West Adelaide v South Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	98	-	34
SAT	13/06/1908	West Torrens v Sturt	Hindmarsh Oval	54	-	47

Round 7 Bye: Norwood

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	5	-0-	1	10	63.8%	383	217
West Adelaide	2nd	5	-0-	1	10	51.9%	286	265
Port Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	2	8	59.9%	337	226
North Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	3	6	56.5%	335	258
South Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	4	4	44.7%	320	396
West Torrens	6th	2	-0-	4	4	43.4%	257	335
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	6	0	32.1%	198	419

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/06/1908	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	57	-	46
SAT	27/06/1908	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	103	-	47
SAT	27/06/1908	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	47	-	110

Round 8 Bye: Sturt

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	6	-0-	1	12	62.6%	440	263
West Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	1	12	55.5%	389	312
Port Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	2	10	62.1%	447	273
North Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	4	6	51.4%	382	361
South Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	5	4	44.7%	366	453
West Torrens	6th	2	-0-	5	4	40.6%	304	445
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	6	0	32.1%	198	419

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/07/1908	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	70	-	70
SAT	04/07/1908	South Adelaide v Sturt	Jubilee Oval	87	-	41
SAT	04/07/1908	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	39	-	33

Round 9 Bye: West Torrens

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	7	-0-	1	14	55.4%	428	345
Norwood	2nd	6	-1-	1	13	60.5%	510	333
Port Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	3	10	60.6%	480	312
North Adelaide	4th	3	-1-	4	7	51.2%	452	431
South Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	5	6	47.8%	453	494
West Torrens	6th	2	-0-	5	4	40.6%	304	445
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	7	0	32.1%	239	506

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	11/07/1908	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	46	-	26	5,000
SAT	11/07/1908	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	68	-	29
SAT	11/07/1908	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	33	-	55

Round 10 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	7	-1-	1	15	60.8%	556	359
West Adelaide	2nd	7	-0-	1	14	55.4%	428	345
Port Adelaide	3rd	6	-0-	3	12	61.6%	548	341
North Adelaide	4th	4	-1-	4	9	52.2%	507	464
South Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	6	6	47.0%	486	549
West Torrens	6th	2	-0-	6	4	40.2%	330	491
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	8	0	31.8%	268	574

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	18/07/1908	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	76	-	32
SAT	18/07/1908	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Jubilee Oval	78	-	83	3,000
SAT	18/07/1908	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	51	-	60

Round 11 Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	8	-1-	1	17	61.8%	632	391
West Adelaide	2nd	7	-0-	2	14	52.2%	460	421
Port Adelaide	3rd	6	-0-	3	12	61.6%	548	341
North Adelaide	4th	5	-1-	4	11	52.4%	567	515
South Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	7	6	47.2%	564	632
West Torrens	6th	3	-0-	6	6	42.1%	413	569
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	9	0	33.5%	319	634

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	25/07/1908	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	70	-	65
SAT	25/07/1908	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	57	-	89
SAT	25/07/1908	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	53	-	31	6,000

Round 12 Bye: North Adelaide

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	9	-1-	1	19	61.7%	721	448
West Adelaide	2nd	8	-0-	2	16	53.2%	513	452
Port Adelaide	3rd	7	-0-	3	14	60.4%	618	406
North Adelaide	4th	5	-1-	4	11	52.4%	567	515
South Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	8	6	47.3%	629	702
West Torrens	6th	3	-0-	7	6	41.7%	444	622
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	10	0	34.2%	376	723

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/08/1908	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	71	-	50
SAT	01/08/1908	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	97	-	41
SAT	01/08/1908	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	69	-	85

Round 13 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	10	-1-	1	21	61.4%	792	498
West Adelaide	2nd	9	-0-	2	18	55.3%	610	493
Port Adelaide	3rd	7	-0-	4	14	58.3%	668	477
North Adelaide	4th	6	-1-	4	13	52.8%	652	584
South Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	8	6	47.3%	629	702
West Torrens	6th	3	-0-	8	6	42.0%	513	707
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	11	0	33.7%	417	820

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/08/1908	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	48	-	45
SAT	15/08/1908	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	36	-	66
SAT	15/08/1908	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	32	-	92

Round 14 Bye: Norwood

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	10	-1-	1	21	61.4%	792	498
West Adelaide	2nd	10	-0-	2	20	56.1%	676	529
Port Adelaide	3rd	8	-0-	4	16	57.8%	716	522
North Adelaide	4th	6	-1-	5	13	52.4%	697	632
West Torrens	5th	4	-0-	8	8	45.0%	605	739
South Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	9	6	46.4%	665	768
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	12	0	33.0%	449	912

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	05/09/1908		West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	61	-	46	10,000
SAT	12/09/1908		Norwood v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	78	-	40	20,000

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	19/09/1908		Norwood v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	24	-	51	22,000

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	26/09/1908		West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	52	-	49	22,000

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