1915 SAFL Season

These are the results for the 1915 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. Sturt were the premiers, with Bill Mayman as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1915 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	Bert Renfrey
Sturt	Unley Oval	Bill Mayman
West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval
West Torrens	Hindmarsh Oval	Stewart Geddes

Season Results

Premiers: Sturt
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	-1-	2	19	63.6%	792	453	108	144	57	111
South Adelaide	2nd	8	-1-	3	17	52.4%	602	547	81	116	75	97
West Adelaide	3rd	6	-0-	6	12	51.0%	578	556	76	122	74	112
Sturt	4th	6	-0-	6	12	48.7%	638	671	86	122	89	137
West Torrens	5th	5	-0-	7	10	45.1%	564	686	73	126	93	128
North Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	8	8	48.6%	584	618	75	134	82	126
Norwood	7th	3	-0-	9	6	40.3%	474	701	65	84	94	137

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/05/1915	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	65	-	48
SAT	01/05/1915	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	32	-	70
SAT	01/05/1915	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	60	-	102

Round 1 Bye: West Torrens

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	1	-0-	0	2	68.6%	70	32
West Adelaide	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	63.0%	102	60
Norwood	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	57.5%	65	48
West Torrens	4th	0	-0-	0	0		0	0
North Adelaide	5th	0	-0-	1	0	42.5%	48	65
Sturt	6th	0	-0-	1	0	37.0%	60	102
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	1	0	31.4%	32	70

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	08/05/1915	West Torrens v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	65	-	34	5,000
MON	10/05/1915	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	51	-	36
MON	10/05/1915	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	41	-	62

Round 2 Bye: North Adelaide

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	2	-0-	0	4	64.4%	132	73
West Torrens	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	65.7%	65	34
West Adelaide	3rd	1	-0-	1	2	55.4%	138	111
Norwood	4th	1	-0-	1	2	46.7%	99	113
South Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	1	2	43.9%	83	106
North Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	1	0	42.5%	48	65
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	2	0	38.1%	101	164

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/05/1915	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	28	-	16
SAT	15/05/1915	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	18	-	46
SAT	15/05/1915	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	26	-	38

Round 3 Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	2	-0-	0	4	64.4%	132	73
South Adelaide	2nd	2	-0-	1	4	47.8%	121	132
West Torrens	3rd	1	-0-	1	2	55.8%	91	72
West Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	2	2	52.6%	154	139
North Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	1	2	48.4%	76	81
Sturt	6th	1	-0-	2	2	44.7%	147	182
Norwood	7th	1	-0-	2	2	42.4%	117	159

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	22/05/1915	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	61	-	32	6,500
SAT	22/05/1915	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	85	-	21
SAT	22/05/1915	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	56	-	90

Round 4 Bye: Norwood

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	3	-0-	0	6	69.8%	217	94
South Adelaide	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	52.9%	211	188
North Adelaide	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	54.8%	137	113
West Torrens	4th	1	-0-	2	2	48.0%	123	133
West Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	3	2	43.9%	175	224
Sturt	6th	1	-0-	3	2	42.7%	203	272
Norwood	7th	1	-0-	2	2	42.4%	117	159

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	05/06/1915	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	53	-	42
MON	07/06/1915	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	30	-	48
MON	07/06/1915	West Torrens v Sturt	Hindmarsh Oval	60	-	57	1,950

Round 5 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	4	-0-	0	8	68.1%	265	124
South Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	1	8	53.4%	264	230
North Adelaide	3rd	2	-0-	2	4	50.9%	167	161
West Torrens	4th	2	-0-	2	4	49.1%	183	190
West Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	3	2	43.9%	175	224
Sturt	6th	1	-0-	4	2	43.9%	260	332
Norwood	7th	1	-0-	3	2	42.9%	159	212

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	12/06/1915	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	58	-	57
SAT	12/06/1915	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	41	-	78
SAT	12/06/1915	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	63	-	36

Round 6 Bye: Sturt

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	5	-0-	0	10	67.5%	343	165
South Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	2	8	52.7%	321	288
North Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	2	6	50.8%	225	218
West Adelaide	4th	2	-0-	3	4	47.8%	238	260
West Torrens	5th	2	-0-	3	4	46.4%	219	253
Sturt	6th	1	-0-	4	2	43.9%	260	332
Norwood	7th	1	-0-	4	2	40.8%	200	290

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	19/06/1915	North Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	58	-	60
SAT	19/06/1915	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	48	-	56
SAT	19/06/1915	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	93	-	33

Round 7 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	6	-0-	0	12	68.8%	436	198
South Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	2	8	52.7%	321	288
North Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	3	6	50.4%	283	278
West Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	3	6	48.8%	294	308
Sturt	5th	2	-0-	4	4	45.1%	320	390
West Torrens	6th	2	-0-	4	4	42.1%	252	346
Norwood	7th	1	-0-	5	2	41.8%	248	346

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/06/1915	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	32	-	32
MON	28/06/1915	North Adelaide v Norwood	Jubilee Oval	59	-	26
MON	28/06/1915	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	27	-	31

Round 8 Bye: West Torrens

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	6	-1-	0	13	67.0%	468	230
South Adelaide	2nd	4	-1-	2	9	52.5%	353	320
North Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	3	8	52.9%	342	304
West Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	4	6	48.6%	321	339
Sturt	5th	3	-0-	4	6	45.7%	351	417
West Torrens	6th	2	-0-	4	4	42.1%	252	346
Norwood	7th	1	-0-	6	2	40.4%	274	405

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/07/1915	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	46	-	40
SAT	03/07/1915	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	69	-	31
SAT	03/07/1915	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	51	-	40

Round 9 Bye: North Adelaide

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	7	-1-	0	15	67.3%	537	261
South Adelaide	2nd	5	-1-	2	11	52.9%	404	360
North Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	3	8	52.9%	342	304
West Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	5	6	48.1%	361	390
Sturt	5th	3	-0-	5	6	44.0%	382	486
West Torrens	6th	2	-0-	5	4	42.7%	292	392
Norwood	7th	2	-0-	6	4	41.8%	320	445

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/07/1915	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	56	-	39
SAT	24/07/1915	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	67	-	47
SAT	24/07/1915	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	56	-	48

Round 10 Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	7	-1-	0	15	67.3%	537	261
South Adelaide	2nd	6	-1-	2	13	53.6%	460	399
North Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	4	8	52.0%	390	360
West Adelaide	4th	4	-0-	5	8	48.8%	417	438
Sturt	5th	4	-0-	5	8	45.7%	449	533
West Torrens	6th	2	-0-	6	4	42.5%	331	448
Norwood	7th	2	-0-	7	4	41.8%	367	512

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	31/07/1915	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	53	-	51
SAT	31/07/1915	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	52	-	35
SAT	31/07/1915	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	69	-	60

Round 11 Bye: Norwood

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	7	-1-	1	15	64.6%	572	313
South Adelaide	2nd	7	-1-	2	15	53.3%	513	450
West Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	5	10	49.8%	469	473
North Adelaide	4th	4	-0-	5	8	51.2%	450	429
Sturt	5th	4	-0-	6	8	46.0%	500	586
West Torrens	6th	3	-0-	6	6	44.1%	400	508
Norwood	7th	2	-0-	7	4	41.8%	367	512

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	07/08/1915	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	49	-	70
SAT	07/08/1915	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	53	-	40
SAT	07/08/1915	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	68	-	44

Round 12 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	8	-1-	1	17	63.9%	642	362
South Adelaide	2nd	7	-1-	3	15	52.4%	553	503
West Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	5	10	49.8%	469	473
Sturt	4th	5	-0-	6	10	47.4%	568	630
North Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	6	8	50.0%	499	499
West Torrens	6th	3	-0-	7	6	43.5%	444	576
Norwood	7th	3	-0-	7	6	43.2%	420	552

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/08/1915	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	81	-	20
SAT	14/08/1915	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	49	-	44
SAT	14/08/1915	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	49	-	41

Round 13 Bye: Sturt

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	9	-1-	1	19	65.4%	723	382
South Adelaide	2nd	8	-1-	3	17	52.4%	602	547
West Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	6	10	49.4%	510	522
Sturt	4th	5	-0-	6	10	47.4%	568	630
North Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	7	8	49.8%	543	548
West Torrens	6th	4	-0-	7	8	44.4%	493	617
Norwood	7th	3	-0-	8	6	41.0%	440	633

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/08/1915	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	70	-	41
SAT	28/08/1915	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	68	-	34
SAT	28/08/1915	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	71	-	69

Round 14 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	9	-1-	2	19	63.6%	792	453
South Adelaide	2nd	8	-1-	3	17	52.4%	602	547
West Adelaide	3rd	6	-0-	6	12	51.0%	578	556
Sturt	4th	6	-0-	6	12	48.7%	638	671
West Torrens	5th	5	-0-	7	10	45.1%	564	686
North Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	8	8	48.6%	584	618
Norwood	7th	3	-0-	9	6	40.3%	474	701

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	04/09/1915		Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	38	-	43	4,400
SAT	11/09/1915		South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	36	-	60	6,000

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	18/09/1915		West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	25	-	45	7,500

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	25/09/1915		Sturt v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	46	-	34	13,000

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