1912 SAFL Season

These are the results for the 1912 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: 1912 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	Jack Reedman
Sturt	Unley Oval	Bert Renfrey
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	12	-0-	0	24	67.2%	868	423	121	142	55	93
West Adelaide	2nd	7	-0-	5	14	52.5%	632	572	82	140	78	104
West Torrens	3rd	7	-0-	5	14	48.1%	611	658	85	101	87	136
Sturt	4th	5	-0-	7	10	45.0%	482	589	61	116	77	127
South Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	8	8	47.4%	553	613	74	109	83	115
Norwood	6th	4	-0-	8	8	44.3%	607	762	82	115	106	126
North Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	9	6	44.5%	555	691	74	111	93	133

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	04/05/1912	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	57	-	81
MON	06/05/1912	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	52	-	23
MON	06/05/1912	West Torrens v Sturt	Hindmarsh Oval	59	-	43	5,000

Round 1 Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	1	-0-	0	2	69.3%	52	23
Norwood	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	58.7%	81	57
West Torrens	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	57.8%	59	43
Port Adelaide	4th	0	-0-	0	0		0	0
Sturt	5th	0	-0-	1	0	42.2%	43	59
South Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	1	0	41.3%	57	81
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	1	0	30.7%	23	52

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/05/1912	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	83	-	33
SUN	12/05/1912	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	69	-	53
SUN	12/05/1912	West Adelaide v South Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	51	-	36

Round 2 Bye: West Torrens

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	2	-0-	0	4	57.7%	150	110
Port Adelaide	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	71.6%	83	33
West Torrens	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	57.8%	59	43
North Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	1	2	53.3%	105	92
West Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	1	2	45.7%	74	88
South Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	2	0	41.3%	93	132
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	2	0	34.9%	76	142

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	18/05/1912	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	37	-	97
SAT	18/05/1912	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	51	-	45
SAT	18/05/1912	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	70	-	51	4,500

Round 3 Bye: Norwood

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	2	-0-	0	4	72.0%	180	70
West Torrens	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	57.8%	129	94
Norwood	3rd	2	-0-	0	4	57.7%	150	110
West Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	2	2	44.2%	125	158
North Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	2	2	42.9%	142	189
Sturt	6th	1	-0-	2	2	40.4%	127	187
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	3	0	43.0%	138	183

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	25/05/1912	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	33	-	81
SAT	25/05/1912	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	31	-	41
SAT	25/05/1912	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	68	-	48	4,000

Round 4 Bye: North Adelaide

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	3	-0-	0	6	71.7%	261	103
West Torrens	2nd	3	-0-	0	6	58.1%	197	142
Norwood	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	48.9%	183	191
Sturt	4th	2	-0-	2	4	43.5%	168	218
West Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	3	2	43.9%	156	199
North Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	2	2	42.9%	142	189
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	4	0	42.6%	186	251

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	01/06/1912	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	52	-	43
MON	03/06/1912	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	42	-	75
MON	03/06/1912	West Torrens v Norwood	Hindmarsh Oval	66	-	60	7,000

Round 5 Bye: Sturt

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	4	-0-	0	8	69.9%	336	145
West Torrens	2nd	4	-0-	0	8	56.6%	263	202
Norwood	3rd	2	-0-	2	4	48.6%	243	257
Sturt	4th	2	-0-	2	4	43.5%	168	218
South Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	4	2	44.7%	238	294
North Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	3	2	43.4%	185	241
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	4	2	41.9%	198	274

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	08/06/1912	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	34	-	63
SAT	08/06/1912	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	48	-	57
SAT	08/06/1912	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	81	-	65	3,000

Round 6 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	5	-0-	0	10	69.0%	399	179
West Torrens	2nd	5	-0-	0	10	56.3%	344	267
Norwood	3rd	3	-0-	2	6	49.6%	300	305
Sturt	4th	2	-0-	3	4	44.0%	216	275
North Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	4	2	43.7%	250	322
South Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	5	2	43.2%	272	357
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	4	2	41.9%	198	274

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	15/06/1912	North Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	48	-	27
SAT	15/06/1912	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	35	-	58
SAT	15/06/1912	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	71	-	27	10,000

Round 7 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	6	-0-	0	12	69.5%	470	206
West Torrens	2nd	5	-0-	1	10	52.3%	371	338
Norwood	3rd	3	-0-	3	6	48.0%	335	363
North Adelaide	4th	2	-0-	4	4	46.1%	298	349
West Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	4	4	45.3%	256	309
Sturt	6th	2	-0-	4	4	42.9%	243	323
South Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	5	2	43.2%	272	357

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/06/1912	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	52	-	38
MON	24/06/1912	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	85	-	40
MON	24/06/1912	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	60	-	33

Round 8 Bye: Norwood

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	7	-0-	0	14	69.3%	555	246
West Torrens	2nd	5	-0-	2	10	51.2%	409	390
Norwood	3rd	3	-0-	3	6	48.0%	335	363
West Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	4	6	47.0%	308	347
South Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	5	4	46.0%	332	390
North Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	5	4	44.7%	331	409
Sturt	7th	2	-0-	5	4	41.0%	283	408

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	29/06/1912	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	55	-	40
SAT	29/06/1912	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	50	-	62
SAT	29/06/1912	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	48	-	19	5,000

Round 9 Bye: North Adelaide

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	0	16	68.1%	610	286
West Torrens	2nd	5	-0-	3	10	49.4%	428	438
West Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	4	8	48.2%	370	397
Norwood	4th	3	-0-	4	6	47.3%	375	418
Sturt	5th	3	-0-	5	6	43.7%	331	427
South Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	6	4	45.8%	382	452
North Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	5	4	44.7%	331	409

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	13/07/1912	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	55	-	84	6,000
SAT	13/07/1912	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	46	-	26
SAT	13/07/1912	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	77	-	43

Round 10 Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	0	16	68.1%	610	286
West Torrens	2nd	6	-0-	3	12	50.9%	512	493
West Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	4	10	50.4%	447	440
South Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	6	6	47.2%	428	478
Norwood	5th	3	-0-	5	6	46.1%	430	502
Sturt	6th	3	-0-	6	6	43.0%	357	473
North Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	6	4	43.5%	374	486

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/07/1912	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	46	-	30
SAT	27/07/1912	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	38	-	23
SAT	27/07/1912	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	70	-	20

Round 11 Bye: West Torrens

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	9	-0-	0	18	67.5%	656	316
West Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	4	12	52.9%	517	460
West Torrens	3rd	6	-0-	3	12	50.9%	512	493
Sturt	4th	4	-0-	6	8	44.3%	395	496
South Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	7	6	46.6%	458	524
Norwood	6th	3	-0-	6	6	44.0%	450	572
North Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	7	4	43.1%	397	524

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	03/08/1912	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	40	-	42	5,500
SAT	03/08/1912	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	68	-	55
SAT	03/08/1912	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	68	-	45

Round 12 Bye: Sturt

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	10	-0-	0	20	66.7%	724	361
West Torrens	2nd	7	-0-	3	14	51.0%	554	533
West Adelaide	3rd	6	-0-	5	12	51.6%	562	528
Norwood	4th	4	-0-	6	8	45.2%	518	627
Sturt	5th	4	-0-	6	8	44.3%	395	496
South Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	8	6	46.4%	513	592
North Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	8	4	43.6%	437	566

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	17/08/1912	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	23	-	43
SAT	17/08/1912	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	59	-	26
SAT	17/08/1912	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	40	-	21	4,000

Round 13 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	11	-0-	0	22	66.9%	783	387
West Torrens	2nd	7	-0-	4	14	50.1%	575	573
West Adelaide	3rd	6	-0-	5	12	51.6%	562	528
Sturt	4th	5	-0-	6	10	45.8%	438	519
South Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	8	8	47.4%	553	613
Norwood	6th	4	-0-	7	8	44.7%	541	670
North Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	9	4	42.6%	463	625

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	24/08/1912	North Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	92	-	66
SAT	24/08/1912	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	44	-	70
SAT	24/08/1912	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	36	-	85	7,000

Round 14 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	12	-0-	0	24	67.2%	868	423
West Adelaide	2nd	7	-0-	5	14	52.5%	632	572
West Torrens	3rd	7	-0-	5	14	48.1%	611	658
Sturt	4th	5	-0-	7	10	45.0%	482	589
South Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	8	8	47.4%	553	613
Norwood	6th	4	-0-	8	8	44.3%	607	762
North Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	9	6	44.5%	555	691

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	07/09/1912		Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	70	-	29	12,000
SAT	14/09/1912		West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	55	-	24	8,000

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	21/09/1912		Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	46	-	63	28,000

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	28/09/1912		West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	46	-	32	28,500

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