1911 SAFL Season

These are the results for the 1911 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 Jos Dailey as the premiership captain.

Season Details

Name: 1911 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	Bert Renfrey
West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval
West Torrens	Hindmarsh Oval	Jack Reedman

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	11	-0-	1	22	63.1%	944	552	128	176	76	96
West Adelaide	2nd	10	-0-	2	20	57.3%	700	521	92	148	70	101
North Adelaide	3rd	7	-0-	5	14	49.9%	574	577	75	124	76	121
Sturt	4th	6	-0-	6	12	47.1%	484	543	63	106	68	135
Norwood	5th	6	-0-	6	12	46.5%	550	633	70	130	84	129
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	11	2	42.2%	544	746	72	112	100	146
South Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	11	2	41.2%	527	751	72	95	98	163

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	06/05/1911	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	30	-	62
MON	08/05/1911	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	116	-	76
MON	08/05/1911	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	33	-	55

Round 1 Bye: Norwood

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	1	-0-	0	2	67.4%	62	30
West Adelaide	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	62.5%	55	33
Port Adelaide	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	60.4%	116	76
Norwood	4th	0	-0-	0	0		0	0
West Torrens	5th	0	-0-	1	0	39.6%	76	116
Sturt	6th	0	-0-	1	0	37.5%	33	55
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	1	0	32.6%	30	62

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/05/1911	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	107	-	34
SAT	13/05/1911	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	31	-	28
SAT	13/05/1911	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	41	-	28

Round 2 Bye: West Torrens

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	2	-0-	0	4	67.0%	223	110
West Adelaide	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	61.1%	96	61
Sturt	3rd	1	-0-	1	2	43.5%	64	83
North Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	1	2	41.2%	96	137
Norwood	5th	0	-0-	1	0	40.6%	28	41
West Torrens	6th	0	-0-	1	0	39.6%	76	116
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	2	0	38.4%	58	93

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	20/05/1911	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	19	-	45
SAT	20/05/1911	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	32	-	58
SAT	20/05/1911	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	43	-	52	7,000

Round 3 Bye: North Adelaide

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	3	-0-	0	6	66.4%	281	142
West Adelaide	2nd	3	-0-	0	6	58.7%	148	104
Sturt	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	51.7%	109	102
North Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	1	2	41.2%	96	137
West Torrens	5th	0	-0-	2	0	41.5%	119	168
South Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	3	0	37.3%	90	151
Norwood	7th	0	-0-	2	0	35.3%	47	86

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	27/05/1911	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	31	-	62
SAT	27/05/1911	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	35	-	58
SAT	27/05/1911	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	39	-	42	5,000

Round 4 Bye: Sturt

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	4	-0-	0	8	66.5%	343	173
West Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	0	8	59.7%	206	139
Sturt	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	51.7%	109	102
North Adelaide	4th	2	-0-	1	4	43.9%	138	176
West Torrens	5th	0	-0-	3	0	42.9%	158	210
South Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	4	0	37.4%	125	209
Norwood	7th	0	-0-	3	0	34.5%	78	148

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/06/1911	North Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	60	-	38
MON	05/06/1911	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	72	-	26
MON	05/06/1911	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	52	-	39

Round 5 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	5	-0-	0	10	67.6%	415	199
West Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	0	8	59.7%	206	139
North Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	1	6	48.1%	198	214
Sturt	4th	2	-0-	2	4	43.7%	135	174
West Torrens	5th	1	-0-	3	2	45.8%	210	249
South Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	5	0	38.6%	164	261
Norwood	7th	0	-0-	4	0	35.8%	116	208

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	17/06/1911	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	33	-	44
SAT	17/06/1911	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	74	-	58
SAT	17/06/1911	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	37	-	22	7,000

Round 6 Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	5	-0-	0	10	67.6%	415	199
West Adelaide	2nd	5	-0-	0	10	59.2%	250	172
North Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	2	6	47.2%	231	258
Sturt	4th	3	-0-	2	6	46.7%	172	196
West Torrens	5th	1	-0-	4	2	44.8%	232	286
Norwood	6th	1	-0-	4	2	41.7%	190	266
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	6	0	39.9%	222	335

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	24/06/1911	North Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	51	-	25
MON	26/06/1911	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	69	-	33	9,000
MON	26/06/1911	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	67	-	23

Round 7 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	6	-0-	0	12	61.9%	317	195
Port Adelaide	2nd	5	-0-	1	10	62.2%	438	266
North Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	2	8	49.9%	282	283
Sturt	4th	3	-0-	3	6	44.4%	197	247
Norwood	5th	2	-0-	4	4	46.4%	259	299
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	5	2	42.7%	265	355
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	6	0	39.9%	222	335

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	01/07/1911	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	83	-	67
SAT	01/07/1911	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	77	-	34
SAT	01/07/1911	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	54	-	104	7,000

Round 8 Bye: Norwood

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	7	-0-	0	14	63.2%	394	229
Port Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	1	12	62.9%	542	320
North Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	2	10	51.0%	365	350
Sturt	4th	3	-0-	4	6	41.6%	231	324
Norwood	5th	2	-0-	4	4	46.4%	259	299
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	6	2	41.0%	319	459
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	7	0	40.9%	289	418

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/07/1911	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	90	-	48
SAT	15/07/1911	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	47	-	29
SAT	15/07/1911	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Jubilee Oval	88	-	54

Round 9 Bye: North Adelaide

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	0	16	63.0%	482	283
Port Adelaide	2nd	7	-0-	1	14	63.2%	632	368
North Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	2	10	51.0%	365	350
Sturt	4th	4	-0-	4	8	44.1%	278	353
Norwood	5th	2	-0-	5	4	45.4%	288	346
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	7	2	40.5%	373	547
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	8	0	39.9%	337	508

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	22/07/1911	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	44	-	36	3,000
SAT	22/07/1911	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	117	-	40
SAT	22/07/1911	West Adelaide v South Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	65	-	47

Round 10 Bye: Sturt

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	9	-0-	0	18	62.4%	547	330
Port Adelaide	2nd	8	-0-	1	16	64.7%	749	408
North Adelaide	3rd	6	-0-	2	12	51.4%	409	386
Sturt	4th	4	-0-	4	8	44.1%	278	353
Norwood	5th	2	-0-	6	4	41.5%	328	463
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	8	2	40.9%	409	591
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	9	0	40.1%	384	573

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	19/08/1911	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	51	-	42
SAT	19/08/1911	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	57	-	56
SAT	19/08/1911	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	65	-	66

Round 11 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	9	-0-	1	18	63.3%	815	473
West Adelaide	2nd	9	-0-	0	18	62.4%	547	330
North Adelaide	3rd	6	-0-	3	12	50.8%	451	437
Sturt	4th	4	-0-	5	8	45.0%	343	419
Norwood	5th	3	-0-	6	6	42.9%	379	505
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	9	2	41.8%	465	648
South Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	9	2	41.2%	441	629

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	26/08/1911	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	46	-	61
SAT	26/08/1911	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	72	-	38
SAT	26/08/1911	West Torrens v Sturt	Hindmarsh Oval	40	-	58	2,500

Round 12 Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	10	-0-	0	20	62.7%	619	368
Port Adelaide	2nd	9	-0-	1	18	63.3%	815	473
North Adelaide	3rd	6	-0-	4	12	49.0%	489	509
Sturt	4th	5	-0-	5	10	46.6%	401	459
Norwood	5th	4	-0-	6	8	44.4%	440	551
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	10	2	41.7%	505	706
South Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	10	2	41.4%	487	690

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	02/09/1911	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	83	-	38
SAT	02/09/1911	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	22	-	44
SAT	02/09/1911	West Torrens v Norwood	Hindmarsh Oval	39	-	40	2,000

Round 13 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	10	-0-	1	20	63.7%	898	511
West Adelaide	2nd	10	-0-	1	20	59.3%	657	451
North Adelaide	3rd	7	-0-	4	14	50.1%	533	531
Sturt	4th	5	-0-	6	10	45.7%	423	503
Norwood	5th	5	-0-	6	10	44.9%	480	590
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	11	2	42.2%	544	746
South Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	10	2	41.4%	487	690

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/09/1911	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	41	-	46
SAT	09/09/1911	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	70	-	43
SAT	09/09/1911	South Adelaide v Sturt	Jubilee Oval	40	-	61

Round 14 Bye: West Torrens

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	11	-0-	1	22	63.1%	944	552
West Adelaide	2nd	10	-0-	2	20	57.3%	700	521
North Adelaide	3rd	7	-0-	5	14	49.9%	574	577
Sturt	4th	6	-0-	6	12	47.1%	484	543
Norwood	5th	6	-0-	6	12	46.5%	550	633
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	11	2	42.2%	544	746
South Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	11	2	41.2%	527	751

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	16/09/1911		West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	59	-	38	12,000
SAT	23/09/1911		Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	71	-	45	14,000

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	30/09/1911		Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	35	-	53	20,000

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	07/10/1911		West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	51	-	46	19,000

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