1913 SAFL Season

These are the results for the 1913 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. Port Adelaide were the premiers, with Jack Londrigan as the premiership captain.

Season Details

Name: 1913 SAFL Season
Teams: 7
Rounds: 14
Finals System: Second Amended Argus System
Matches: 45

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	Bert Renfrey	Murray Bannigan
West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval
West Torrens	Hindmarsh Oval

Season Results

Premiers: Port Adelaide
Runners-Up: North 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	61.6%	803	501	111	137	64	117
West Adelaide	2nd	9	-0-	3	18	54.8%	655	540	85	145	75	90
Sturt	3rd	7	-0-	5	14	56.4%	655	507	90	115	65	117
North Adelaide	4th	6	-0-	6	12	46.8%	599	680	82	107	91	134
South Adelaide	5th	5	-0-	7	10	47.2%	574	641	76	118	90	101
West Torrens	6th	3	-0-	9	6	38.7%	471	747	60	111	99	153
Norwood	7th	2	-0-	10	4	44.2%	537	678	71	111	91	132

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	03/05/1913	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	21	-	62
SAT	03/05/1913	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	56	-	59
SAT	03/05/1913	West Torrens v Sturt	Hindmarsh Oval	44	-	75	4,000

Round 1 Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	1	-0-	0	2	74.7%	62	21
Sturt	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	63.0%	75	44
South Adelaide	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	51.3%	59	56
Port Adelaide	4th	0	-0-	0	0		0	0
Norwood	5th	0	-0-	1	0	48.7%	56	59
West Torrens	6th	0	-0-	1	0	37.0%	44	75
North Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	1	0	25.3%	21	62

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	10/05/1913	North Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	65	-	28
MON	12/05/1913	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	52	-	39
MON	12/05/1913	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	48	-	95	5,000

Round 2 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	2	-0-	0	4	53.9%	111	95
West Adelaide	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	74.7%	62	21
Port Adelaide	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	66.4%	95	48
Sturt	4th	1	-0-	1	2	54.3%	114	96
North Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	1	2	48.9%	86	90
Norwood	6th	0	-0-	2	0	40.4%	84	124
West Torrens	7th	0	-0-	2	0	35.1%	92	170

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	17/05/1913	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	71	-	32
SAT	17/05/1913	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	45	-	8	5,000
SAT	17/05/1913	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	60	-	42

Round 3 Bye: North Adelaide

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	3	-0-	0	6	60.2%	156	103
Port Adelaide	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	67.5%	166	80
Sturt	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	55.8%	174	138
West Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	1	2	56.2%	104	81
North Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	1	2	48.9%	86	90
Norwood	6th	0	-0-	3	0	37.3%	116	195
West Torrens	7th	0	-0-	3	0	31.7%	100	215

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/05/1913	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	40	-	46
SAT	24/05/1913	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	36	-	77
SAT	24/05/1913	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	75	-	39

Round 4 Bye: West Torrens

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	3	-0-	0	6	67.7%	243	116
Sturt	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	58.5%	249	177
South Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	1	6	51.6%	192	180
West Adelaide	4th	2	-0-	1	4	55.4%	150	121
North Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	2	2	43.1%	125	165
Norwood	6th	0	-0-	4	0	39.3%	156	241
West Torrens	7th	0	-0-	3	0	31.7%	100	215

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	31/05/1913	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	71	-	52
SAT	31/05/1913	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	67	-	29
SAT	31/05/1913	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	57	-	28	4,000

Round 5 Bye: Norwood

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	4	-0-	1	8	60.5%	316	206
South Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	1	8	53.1%	263	232
Port Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	1	6	59.8%	272	183
West Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	1	6	58.1%	207	149
North Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	3	2	42.9%	177	236
Norwood	6th	0	-0-	4	0	39.3%	156	241
West Torrens	7th	0	-0-	4	0	32.0%	128	272

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	07/06/1913	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	69	-	18	5,000
MON	09/06/1913	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	30	-	47
MON	09/06/1913	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	32	-	47

Round 6 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	5	-0-	1	10	60.6%	363	236
Port Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	1	8	59.7%	319	215
South Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	1	8	53.1%	263	232
West Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	2	6	54.9%	239	196
North Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	3	4	49.2%	246	254
Norwood	6th	0	-0-	5	0	39.2%	186	288
West Torrens	7th	0	-0-	5	0	30.0%	146	341

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
FRI	13/06/1913	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	61	-	45
SAT	14/06/1913	West Adelaide v South Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	75	-	53
SAT	14/06/1913	West Torrens v Norwood	Hindmarsh Oval	65	-	60	3,500

Round 7 Bye: Sturt

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	5	-0-	1	10	60.6%	363	236
Port Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	2	8	56.9%	364	276
West Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	2	8	55.8%	314	249
South Adelaide	4th	4	-0-	2	8	50.7%	316	307
North Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	3	6	50.7%	307	299
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	5	2	34.5%	211	401
Norwood	7th	0	-0-	6	0	41.1%	246	353

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	21/06/1913	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	87	-	51
MON	23/06/1913	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	39	-	28
MON	23/06/1913	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	74	-	46	4,000

Round 8 Bye: North Adelaide

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	5	-0-	2	10	58.7%	391	275
Port Adelaide	2nd	5	-0-	2	10	58.0%	451	327
West Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	2	10	56.0%	353	277
South Adelaide	4th	4	-0-	3	8	48.7%	362	381
North Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	3	6	50.7%	307	299
West Torrens	6th	2	-0-	5	4	38.9%	285	447
Norwood	7th	0	-0-	7	0	40.3%	297	440

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/06/1913	North Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	40	-	33
SAT	28/06/1913	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	49	-	39
SAT	28/06/1913	West Adelaide v Norwood	Jubilee Oval	59	-	55

Round 9 Bye: West Torrens

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	6	-0-	2	12	57.7%	500	366
West Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	2	12	55.4%	412	332
Sturt	3rd	5	-0-	3	10	57.4%	424	315
North Adelaide	4th	4	-0-	3	8	51.1%	347	332
South Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	4	8	48.3%	401	430
West Torrens	6th	2	-0-	5	4	38.9%	285	447
Norwood	7th	0	-0-	8	0	41.4%	352	499

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	05/07/1913	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	65	-	41
SAT	05/07/1913	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	54	-	58
SAT	05/07/1913	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	54	-	57	3,000

Round 10 Bye: Norwood

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	7	-0-	2	14	58.1%	565	407
West Adelaide	2nd	7	-0-	2	14	54.9%	469	386
Sturt	3rd	5	-0-	4	10	55.0%	465	380
North Adelaide	4th	5	-0-	3	10	51.2%	405	386
South Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	5	8	48.3%	455	488
West Torrens	6th	2	-0-	6	4	40.2%	339	504
Norwood	7th	0	-0-	8	0	41.4%	352	499

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	19/07/1913	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	50	-	57
SAT	19/07/1913	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	52	-	72
SAT	19/07/1913	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	47	-	75	3,000

Round 11 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	2	16	58.1%	637	459
West Adelaide	2nd	7	-0-	3	14	53.2%	521	458
North Adelaide	3rd	6	-0-	3	12	52.6%	480	433
Sturt	4th	5	-0-	5	10	54.1%	515	437
South Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	5	8	48.3%	455	488
West Torrens	6th	2	-0-	7	4	40.0%	386	579
Norwood	7th	1	-0-	8	2	42.7%	409	549

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	26/07/1913	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	26	-	23
SAT	26/07/1913	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	56	-	20	7,000
SAT	26/07/1913	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	88	-	39

Round 12 Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	2	16	58.1%	637	459
West Adelaide	2nd	8	-0-	3	16	55.1%	609	497
Sturt	3rd	6	-0-	5	12	55.5%	571	457
North Adelaide	4th	6	-0-	4	12	49.9%	519	521
South Adelaide	5th	5	-0-	5	10	48.5%	481	511
West Torrens	6th	2	-0-	8	4	39.0%	406	635
Norwood	7th	1	-0-	9	2	42.9%	432	575

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	02/08/1913	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	36	-	41
SAT	02/08/1913	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	90	-	18
SAT	02/08/1913	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	43	-	46

Round 13 Bye: Sturt

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	9	-0-	2	18	60.4%	727	477
West Adelaide	2nd	9	-0-	3	18	54.8%	655	540
Sturt	3rd	6	-0-	5	12	55.5%	571	457
North Adelaide	4th	6	-0-	5	12	46.8%	537	611
South Adelaide	5th	5	-0-	6	10	48.5%	524	557
West Torrens	6th	3	-0-	8	6	40.0%	447	671
Norwood	7th	1	-0-	10	2	43.2%	468	616

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/08/1913	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	84	-	50
SAT	23/08/1913	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	69	-	62
SAT	23/08/1913	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	76	-	24

Round 14 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	10	-0-	2	20	61.6%	803	501
West Adelaide	2nd	9	-0-	3	18	54.8%	655	540
Sturt	3rd	7	-0-	5	14	56.4%	655	507
North Adelaide	4th	6	-0-	6	12	46.8%	599	680
South Adelaide	5th	5	-0-	7	10	47.2%	574	641
West Torrens	6th	3	-0-	9	6	38.7%	471	747
Norwood	7th	2	-0-	10	4	44.2%	537	678

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	06/09/1913		Port Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	50	-	31	10,500
SAT	13/09/1913		West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	24	-	62	12,000

Final Round 2

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	20/09/1913		Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	54	-	40	22,000

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