1914 SAFL Season

These are the results for the 1914 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: 1914 SAFL Season
Teams: 7
Rounds: 14
Finals System: Second Amended Argus System
Matches: 45

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval
Norwood	Norwood Oval
Port Adelaide	Alberton Oval
South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	Bert Renfrey
Sturt	Unley Oval	Bill Mayman
West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval
West Torrens	Hindmarsh Oval	Stewart Geddes

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	12	-0-	0	24	67.7%	1,068	510	150	168	71	84
North Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	6	12	48.5%	723	769	97	141	109	115
Sturt	3rd	6	-0-	6	12	45.4%	665	799	92	113	114	115
West Torrens	4th	5	-1-	6	11	47.6%	715	786	100	115	107	144
West Adelaide	5th	4	-1-	7	9	44.7%	621	767	83	123	104	143
South Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	8	8	48.9%	692	722	98	104	99	128
Norwood	7th	4	-0-	8	8	45.5%	656	787	91	110	107	145

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	02/05/1914	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	62	-	43
SAT	02/05/1914	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	50	-	73
SAT	02/05/1914	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	58	-	44

Round 1 Bye: West Torrens

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	1	-0-	0	2	59.3%	73	50
Norwood	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	59.0%	62	43
Sturt	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	56.9%	58	44
West Torrens	4th	0	-0-	0	0		0	0
North Adelaide	5th	0	-0-	1	0	43.1%	44	58
West Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	1	0	41.0%	43	62
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	1	0	40.7%	50	73

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	09/05/1914	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	63	-	57
MON	11/05/1914	Norwood v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	78	-	33	12,000
MON	11/05/1914	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	59	-	57

Round 2 Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	2	-0-	0	4	64.8%	140	76
Sturt	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	53.7%	117	101
Port Adelaide	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	59.3%	73	50
North Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	1	2	48.2%	107	115
South Adelaide	5th	0	-0-	2	0	44.8%	107	132
West Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	2	0	44.4%	100	125
West Torrens	7th	0	-0-	1	0	29.7%	33	78

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/05/1914	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	81	-	54
SAT	16/05/1914	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	100	-	29
SAT	16/05/1914	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	62	-	62

Round 3 Bye: Norwood

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	2	-0-	0	4	68.7%	173	79
Norwood	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	64.8%	140	76
North Adelaide	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	52.7%	188	169
Sturt	4th	2	-0-	1	4	42.1%	146	201
West Adelaide	5th	0	-1-	2	1	46.4%	162	187
West Torrens	6th	0	-1-	1	1	40.4%	95	140
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	3	0	43.0%	161	213

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	23/05/1914	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	37	-	45
SAT	23/05/1914	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	89	-	21
SAT	23/05/1914	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	31	-	34

Round 4 Bye: North Adelaide

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	3	-0-	0	6	72.4%	262	100
Sturt	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	44.5%	191	238
Norwood	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	59.4%	177	121
North Adelaide	4th	2	-0-	1	4	52.7%	188	169
West Adelaide	5th	1	-1-	2	3	47.3%	196	218
West Torrens	6th	0	-1-	2	1	33.6%	116	229
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	4	0	43.7%	192	247

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	30/05/1914	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	60	-	56	4,200
SAT	30/05/1914	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	53	-	91
SAT	30/05/1914	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	49	-	59

Round 5 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	4	-0-	0	8	69.8%	353	153
North Adelaide	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	52.4%	248	225
Sturt	3rd	3	-0-	2	6	44.7%	240	297
West Adelaide	4th	2	-1-	2	5	48.9%	255	267
Norwood	5th	2	-0-	2	4	52.0%	230	212
West Torrens	6th	0	-1-	3	1	37.3%	172	289
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	4	0	43.7%	192	247

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	06/06/1914	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	57	-	41
SAT	06/06/1914	West Torrens v Sturt	Hindmarsh Oval	77	-	83	3,000
MON	08/06/1914	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	46	-	74

Round 6 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	5	-0-	0	10	68.2%	427	199
Sturt	2nd	4	-0-	2	8	46.3%	323	374
North Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	2	6	49.6%	294	299
West Adelaide	4th	2	-1-	2	5	48.9%	255	267
Norwood	5th	2	-0-	3	4	50.2%	271	269
South Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	4	2	46.4%	249	288
West Torrens	7th	0	-1-	4	1	40.1%	249	372

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	13/06/1914	North Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	59	-	57
SAT	13/06/1914	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	105	-	30
SAT	13/06/1914	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Jubilee Oval	68	-	53	3,000

Round 7 Bye: Sturt

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	6	-0-	0	12	69.9%	532	229
North Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	2	8	49.8%	353	356
Sturt	3rd	4	-0-	2	8	46.3%	323	374
West Adelaide	4th	2	-1-	3	5	43.4%	285	372
Norwood	5th	2	-0-	4	4	50.0%	328	328
South Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	4	4	48.2%	317	341
West Torrens	7th	0	-1-	5	1	40.7%	302	440

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/06/1914	North Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	64	-	71
SAT	20/06/1914	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	69	-	37
SAT	20/06/1914	West Adelaide v Norwood	Jubilee Oval	67	-	57

Round 8 Bye: West Torrens

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	7	-0-	0	14	69.3%	601	266
Sturt	2nd	5	-0-	2	10	47.4%	394	438
North Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	3	8	49.4%	417	427
West Adelaide	4th	3	-1-	3	7	45.1%	352	429
Norwood	5th	2	-0-	5	4	49.4%	385	395
South Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	5	4	46.3%	354	410
West Torrens	7th	0	-1-	5	1	40.7%	302	440

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	27/06/1914	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	81	-	59	8,500
MON	29/06/1914	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	76	-	37
MON	29/06/1914	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	69	-	39

Round 9 Bye: North Adelaide

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	0	16	67.7%	682	325
Sturt	2nd	6	-0-	2	12	49.3%	463	477
North Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	3	8	49.4%	417	427
West Adelaide	4th	3	-1-	4	7	43.5%	389	505
South Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	5	6	49.0%	430	447
Norwood	6th	2	-0-	6	4	47.7%	424	464
West Torrens	7th	0	-1-	6	1	40.9%	361	521

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	04/07/1914	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	64	-	55
SAT	04/07/1914	South Adelaide v Sturt	Jubilee Oval	72	-	71
SAT	04/07/1914	West Torrens v Norwood	Hindmarsh Oval	87	-	66	3,000

Round 10 Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	0	16	67.7%	682	325
Sturt	2nd	6	-0-	3	12	49.3%	534	549
North Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	3	10	49.9%	481	482
South Adelaide	4th	4	-0-	5	8	49.2%	502	518
West Adelaide	5th	3	-1-	5	7	43.8%	444	569
Norwood	6th	2	-0-	7	4	47.1%	490	551
West Torrens	7th	1	-1-	6	3	43.3%	448	587

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/07/1914	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	81	-	80
SAT	11/07/1914	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	41	-	88
TUE	14/07/1914	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	51	-	62

Round 11 Bye: Norwood

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	9	-0-	0	18	67.8%	770	366
North Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	3	12	50.0%	562	562
Sturt	3rd	6	-0-	4	12	47.4%	575	637
South Adelaide	4th	4	-0-	6	8	49.3%	582	599
West Adelaide	5th	3	-1-	6	7	44.0%	495	631
West Torrens	6th	2	-1-	6	5	44.4%	510	638
Norwood	7th	2	-0-	7	4	47.1%	490	551

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	18/07/1914	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	131	-	50
SAT	18/07/1914	West Adelaide v Sturt	Jubilee Oval	91	-	49
SAT	18/07/1914	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	69	-	51	5,000

Round 12 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	10	-0-	0	20	68.4%	901	416
North Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	4	12	49.3%	613	631
Sturt	3rd	6	-0-	5	12	46.2%	624	728
West Adelaide	4th	4	-1-	6	9	46.3%	586	680
South Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	6	8	49.3%	582	599
West Torrens	6th	3	-1-	6	7	45.7%	579	689
Norwood	7th	2	-0-	8	4	44.2%	540	682

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/08/1914	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	59	-	80
SAT	22/08/1914	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	58	-	54
SAT	22/08/1914	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	41	-	71

Round 13 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	11	-0-	0	22	67.4%	981	475
North Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	5	12	48.6%	672	711
Sturt	3rd	6	-0-	6	12	45.4%	665	799
West Torrens	4th	4	-1-	6	9	47.1%	650	730
West Adelaide	5th	4	-1-	6	9	46.3%	586	680
South Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	7	8	49.2%	636	657
Norwood	7th	3	-0-	8	6	44.8%	598	736

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	29/08/1914	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	58	-	51
SAT	29/08/1914	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	35	-	87
SAT	29/08/1914	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	65	-	56	4,000

Round 14 Bye: Sturt

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	12	-0-	0	24	67.7%	1,068	510
North Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	6	12	48.5%	723	769
Sturt	3rd	6	-0-	6	12	45.4%	665	799
West Torrens	4th	5	-1-	6	11	47.6%	715	786
West Adelaide	5th	4	-1-	7	9	44.7%	621	767
South Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	8	8	48.9%	692	722
Norwood	7th	4	-0-	8	8	45.5%	656	787

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	05/09/1914		Port Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	89	-	35	7,000
SAT	12/09/1914		North Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	40	-	31	8,300

Final Round 2

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	19/09/1914		Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	93	-	14	11,000

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