1909 SAFL Season

These are the results for the 1909 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. West Adelaide were the premiers, with Bernie Leahy as the premiership captain.

Season Details

Name: 1909 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: West Adelaide
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	9	-0-	3	18	57.3%	619	462	84	115	61	96
West Adelaide	2nd	8	-0-	4	16	56.2%	704	548	94	140	74	104
Norwood	3rd	7	-0-	5	14	53.7%	586	506	79	112	67	104
West Torrens	4th	7	-0-	5	14	52.7%	661	593	89	127	74	149
Sturt	5th	6	-0-	6	12	55.2%	669	544	86	153	74	100
North Adelaide	6th	5	-0-	7	10	44.9%	510	625	68	102	84	121
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	12	0	32.7%	446	917	60	86	126	161

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	01/05/1909	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	60	-	50	6,000
SAT	01/05/1909	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	87	-	35
SAT	01/05/1909	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	66	-	35

Round 1 Bye: North Adelaide

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	1	-0-	0	2	71.3%	87	35
West Adelaide	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	65.3%	66	35
Norwood	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	54.5%	60	50
North Adelaide	4th	0	-0-	0	0		0	0
West Torrens	5th	0	-0-	1	0	45.5%	50	60
Port Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	1	0	34.7%	35	66
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	1	0	28.7%	35	87

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	08/05/1909	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	17	-	63
SAT	08/05/1909	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	35	-	66
SAT	08/05/1909	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	49	-	42	6,000

Round 2 Bye: Sturt

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	2	-0-	0	4	65.3%	132	70
North Adelaide	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	78.8%	63	17
Sturt	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	71.3%	87	35
West Torrens	4th	1	-0-	1	2	49.3%	99	102
Norwood	5th	1	-0-	1	2	40.5%	77	113
Port Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	2	0	40.1%	77	115
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	2	0	31.4%	70	153

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/05/1909	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	10	-	5
SAT	15/05/1909	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	12	-	27
SAT	15/05/1909	West Adelaide v Sturt	Jubilee Oval	66	-	18

Round 3 Bye: West Torrens

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	3	-0-	0	6	69.2%	198	88
North Adelaide	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	75.6%	90	29
Sturt	3rd	1	-0-	1	2	51.0%	105	101
West Torrens	4th	1	-0-	1	2	49.3%	99	102
Port Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	2	2	42.0%	87	120
Norwood	6th	1	-0-	2	2	40.0%	82	123
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	3	0	31.3%	82	180

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	22/05/1909	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	25	-	44
SAT	22/05/1909	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	43	-	66
SAT	22/05/1909	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	48	-	73	8,000

Round 4 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	4	-0-	0	8	66.6%	271	136
North Adelaide	2nd	2	-0-	1	4	61.2%	115	73
Sturt	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	54.3%	171	144
Port Adelaide	4th	2	-0-	2	4	47.5%	131	145
West Torrens	5th	1	-0-	2	2	45.7%	147	175
Norwood	6th	1	-0-	3	2	39.8%	125	189
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	3	0	31.3%	82	180

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	29/05/1909	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	40	-	35
SAT	29/05/1909	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	62	-	42
SAT	29/05/1909	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	72	-	37	6,000

Round 5 Bye: Norwood

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	4	-0-	1	8	63.5%	306	176
North Adelaide	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	58.9%	155	108
Sturt	3rd	3	-0-	1	6	57.3%	243	181
Port Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	2	6	50.8%	193	187
West Torrens	5th	1	-0-	3	2	42.7%	184	247
Norwood	6th	1	-0-	3	2	39.8%	125	189
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	4	0	33.9%	124	242

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	05/06/1909	North Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	41	-	38
SAT	05/06/1909	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	79	-	46	4,000
MON	07/06/1909	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	47	-	39

Round 6 Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	5	-0-	1	10	62.1%	353	215
North Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	1	8	57.3%	196	146
Sturt	3rd	3	-0-	2	6	55.9%	281	222
Port Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	2	6	50.8%	193	187
West Torrens	5th	2	-0-	3	4	47.3%	263	293
Norwood	6th	1	-0-	4	2	41.0%	164	236
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	5	0	34.6%	170	321

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	12/06/1909	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	23	-	68	5,000
SAT	12/06/1909	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	76	-	34
SAT	12/06/1909	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	31	-	38

Round 7 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	5	-0-	1	10	62.1%	353	215
Port Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	2	8	51.4%	231	218
North Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	2	8	50.6%	219	214
Sturt	4th	3	-0-	3	6	54.5%	312	260
West Torrens	5th	3	-0-	3	6	51.2%	331	316
Norwood	6th	2	-0-	4	4	47.1%	240	270
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	6	0	33.9%	204	397

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/06/1909	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	41	-	50
SAT	26/06/1909	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	41	-	114
SAT	26/06/1909	West Torrens v Norwood	Hindmarsh Oval	36	-	55

Round 8 Bye: North Adelaide

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	6	-0-	1	12	61.2%	403	256
Sturt	2nd	4	-0-	3	8	58.6%	426	301
North Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	2	8	50.6%	219	214
Port Adelaide	4th	4	-0-	3	8	50.4%	272	268
West Torrens	5th	3	-0-	4	6	49.7%	367	371
Norwood	6th	3	-0-	4	6	49.1%	295	306
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	7	0	32.4%	245	511

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/07/1909	North Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	37	-	63
SAT	03/07/1909	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	68	-	35
SAT	03/07/1909	West Adelaide v South Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	106	-	59

Round 9 Bye: Sturt

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	7	-0-	1	14	61.8%	509	315
Port Adelaide	2nd	5	-0-	3	10	52.9%	340	303
Sturt	3rd	4	-0-	3	8	58.6%	426	301
Norwood	4th	4	-0-	4	8	51.1%	358	343
North Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	3	8	48.0%	256	277
West Torrens	6th	3	-0-	5	6	47.8%	402	439
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	8	0	33.0%	304	617

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	17/07/1909	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	64	-	52
SAT	17/07/1909	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	39	-	54
SAT	17/07/1909	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Jubilee Oval	38	-	59

Round 10 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	7	-0-	2	14	59.4%	547	374
Port Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	3	12	53.2%	404	355
Norwood	3rd	5	-0-	4	10	51.9%	412	382
Sturt	4th	4	-0-	4	8	56.7%	465	355
West Torrens	5th	4	-0-	5	8	49.1%	461	477
North Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	4	8	47.5%	308	341
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	8	0	33.0%	304	617

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/07/1909	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	76	-	42
SAT	24/07/1909	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	61	-	24
SAT	24/07/1909	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	45	-	23

Round 11 Bye: West Torrens

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	7	-0-	3	14	57.6%	570	419
Port Adelaide	2nd	7	-0-	3	14	55.1%	465	379
Sturt	3rd	5	-0-	4	10	57.4%	510	378
North Adelaide	4th	5	-0-	4	10	50.1%	384	383
Norwood	5th	5	-0-	5	10	49.6%	436	443
West Torrens	6th	4	-0-	5	8	49.1%	461	477
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	9	0	33.3%	346	693

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	31/07/1909	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	50	-	78
SAT	31/07/1909	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	94	-	57
SAT	31/07/1909	West Torrens v Sturt	Hindmarsh Oval	56	-	54	5,000

Round 12 Bye: Norwood

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	3	16	58.2%	664	476
Port Adelaide	2nd	8	-0-	3	16	55.9%	543	429
Sturt	3rd	5	-0-	5	10	56.5%	564	434
Norwood	4th	5	-0-	5	10	49.6%	436	443
West Torrens	5th	5	-0-	5	10	49.3%	517	531
North Adelaide	6th	5	-0-	5	10	48.0%	441	477
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	10	0	33.9%	396	771

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/08/1909	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	72	-	40
SAT	14/08/1909	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	27	-	68
SAT	14/08/1909	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	72	-	34

Round 13 Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	4	16	56.2%	704	548
Port Adelaide	2nd	8	-0-	3	16	55.9%	543	429
Sturt	3rd	6	-0-	5	12	57.6%	636	468
Norwood	4th	6	-0-	5	12	51.3%	508	483
West Torrens	5th	6	-0-	5	12	51.2%	585	558
North Adelaide	6th	5	-0-	6	10	46.4%	475	549
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	11	0	33.5%	423	839

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	21/08/1909	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	76	-	33
SAT	21/08/1909	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	23	-	78
SAT	21/08/1909	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	76	-	35	4,000

Round 14 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	9	-0-	3	18	57.3%	619	462
West Adelaide	2nd	8	-0-	4	16	56.2%	704	548
Norwood	3rd	7	-0-	5	14	53.7%	586	506
West Torrens	4th	7	-0-	5	14	52.7%	661	593
Sturt	5th	6	-0-	6	12	55.2%	669	544
North Adelaide	6th	5	-0-	7	10	44.9%	510	625
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	12	0	32.7%	446	917

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
WED	01/09/1909		West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	60	-	25	16,000
SAT	04/09/1909		Port Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	28	-	78	22,000

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	11/09/1909		West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	66	-	38	20,000

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	18/09/1909		West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	59	-	41	25,000

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