1919 SAFL Season

These are the results for the 1919 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. Sturt 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 captain-coach.

Season Details

Name: 1919 SAFL Season
Teams: 7
Rounds: 14
Finals System: Second Amended Argus System
Matches: 48

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval
Norwood	Norwood Oval	Billy Hutton
Port Adelaide	Alberton Oval
South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	Bert Renfrey
Sturt	Unley Oval	Bill Mayman
West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval
West Torrens	Hindmarsh Oval	Bertrand Filsell

Season Results

Premiers: Sturt
Runners-Up: North Adelaide
Minor Premiers: Sturt

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Sturt	1st	10	-0-	2	20	57.8%	771	563	108	123	75	113
West Torrens	2nd	9	-0-	3	18	54.9%	692	569	88	164	76	113
North Adelaide	3rd	7	-0-	5	14	56.4%	610	471	82	118	62	99
Port Adelaide	4th	6	-1-	5	13	56.0%	693	544	91	147	74	100
South Adelaide	5th	4	-1-	7	9	47.4%	605	671	83	107	90	131
West Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	8	8	41.1%	595	854	82	103	117	152
Norwood	7th	1	-0-	11	2	39.6%	558	852	78	90	118	144

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/05/1919	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	111	-	50
SAT	03/05/1919	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	26	-	51
SAT	03/05/1919	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	69	-	55

Round 1 Bye: Norwood

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	1	-0-	0	2	68.9%	111	50
North Adelaide	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	66.2%	51	26
Sturt	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	55.6%	69	55
Norwood	4th	0	-0-	0	0		0	0
West Torrens	5th	0	-0-	1	0	44.4%	55	69
South Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	1	0	33.8%	26	51
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	1	0	31.1%	50	111

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	10/05/1919	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	38	-	34
MON	12/05/1919	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	78	-	69
MON	12/05/1919	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	39	-	52

Round 2 Bye: West Torrens

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	2	-0-	0	4	59.7%	89	60
Sturt	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	54.2%	147	124
Port Adelaide	3rd	1	-0-	1	2	62.2%	145	88
Norwood	4th	1	-0-	0	2	57.1%	52	39
West Torrens	5th	0	-0-	1	0	44.4%	55	69
South Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	2	0	42.4%	95	129
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	2	0	35.3%	89	163

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	17/05/1919	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	15	-	82
SAT	17/05/1919	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	46	-	46
SAT	17/05/1919	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	38	-	48

Round 3 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	3	-0-	0	6	62.2%	229	139
North Adelaide	2nd	3	-0-	0	6	58.3%	137	98
Port Adelaide	3rd	1	-1-	1	3	58.8%	191	134
Norwood	4th	1	-0-	1	2	35.6%	67	121
South Adelaide	5th	0	-1-	2	1	44.6%	141	175
West Torrens	6th	0	-0-	2	0	44.3%	93	117
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	2	0	35.3%	89	163

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/05/1919	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	47	-	59
SAT	24/05/1919	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	34	-	52
SAT	24/05/1919	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	58	-	42

Round 4 Bye: Sturt

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	4	-0-	0	8	57.5%	196	145
Sturt	2nd	3	-0-	0	6	62.2%	229	139
Port Adelaide	3rd	1	-1-	2	3	54.7%	225	186
South Adelaide	4th	1	-1-	2	3	47.8%	199	217
West Torrens	5th	1	-0-	2	2	49.0%	145	151
Norwood	6th	1	-0-	2	2	38.8%	114	180
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	3	0	37.2%	131	221

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	31/05/1919	North Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	26	-	45
SAT	31/05/1919	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	41	-	51
SAT	31/05/1919	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	75	-	34

Round 5 Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	4	-0-	0	8	62.4%	274	165
North Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	1	8	53.9%	222	190
South Adelaide	3rd	2	-1-	2	5	49.2%	250	258
West Torrens	4th	2	-0-	2	4	54.3%	220	185
Port Adelaide	5th	1	-1-	2	3	54.7%	225	186
Norwood	6th	1	-0-	3	2	40.2%	155	231
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	4	0	35.8%	165	296

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
TUE	03/06/1919	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	53	-	49
SAT	07/06/1919	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	89	-	21
SAT	07/06/1919	West Torrens v Norwood	Hindmarsh Oval	81	-	70

Round 6 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	5	-0-	0	10	60.4%	327	214
North Adelaide	2nd	5	-0-	1	10	59.6%	311	211
West Torrens	3rd	3	-0-	2	6	54.1%	301	255
South Adelaide	4th	2	-1-	2	5	49.2%	250	258
Port Adelaide	5th	1	-1-	3	3	53.4%	274	239
Norwood	6th	1	-0-	4	2	41.9%	225	312
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	5	0	32.6%	186	385

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/06/1919	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	38	-	108
SAT	14/06/1919	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	26	-	65
SAT	14/06/1919	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	110	-	32

Round 7 Bye: North Adelaide

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	6	-0-	0	12	64.0%	437	246
North Adelaide	2nd	5	-0-	1	10	59.6%	311	211
West Torrens	3rd	4	-0-	2	8	56.6%	366	281
Port Adelaide	4th	2	-1-	3	5	58.0%	382	277
South Adelaide	5th	2	-1-	3	5	46.1%	276	323
Norwood	6th	1	-0-	5	2	38.5%	263	420
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	6	0	30.6%	218	495

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	21/06/1919	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	41	-	59
MON	23/06/1919	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	33	-	39
MON	23/06/1919	West Torrens v Sturt	Hindmarsh Oval	64	-	61

Round 8 Bye: Norwood

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	6	-0-	1	12	61.6%	498	310
North Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	1	12	58.9%	350	244
West Torrens	3rd	5	-0-	2	10	55.7%	430	342
Port Adelaide	4th	3	-1-	3	7	58.1%	441	318
South Adelaide	5th	2	-1-	4	5	46.1%	309	362
Norwood	6th	1	-0-	5	2	38.5%	263	420
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	7	0	31.9%	259	554

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/06/1919	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	69	-	71
SAT	28/06/1919	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	37	-	27
SAT	28/06/1919	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	49	-	64

Round 9 Bye: West Torrens

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	7	-0-	1	14	61.0%	562	359
North Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	2	12	57.3%	377	281
West Torrens	3rd	5	-0-	2	10	55.7%	430	342
Port Adelaide	4th	4	-1-	3	9	58.1%	478	345
South Adelaide	5th	2	-1-	5	5	45.7%	358	426
Norwood	6th	1	-0-	6	2	40.3%	332	491
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	7	2	34.6%	330	623

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	12/07/1919	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	32	-	35
SAT	12/07/1919	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	44	-	34
SAT	12/07/1919	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	55	-	41

Round 10 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	8	-0-	1	16	60.7%	617	400
North Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	3	12	56.4%	409	316
West Torrens	3rd	6	-0-	2	12	55.4%	465	374
Port Adelaide	4th	5	-1-	3	11	57.9%	522	379
South Adelaide	5th	2	-1-	6	5	45.5%	392	470
Norwood	6th	1	-0-	7	2	40.6%	373	546
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	7	2	34.6%	330	623

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	19/07/1919	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	45	-	62
SAT	19/07/1919	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	43	-	48
SAT	19/07/1919	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	72	-	70

Round 11 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	9	-0-	1	18	60.0%	665	443
West Torrens	2nd	7	-0-	2	14	55.7%	527	419
North Adelaide	3rd	6	-0-	4	12	55.2%	479	388
Port Adelaide	4th	5	-1-	4	11	57.0%	565	427
South Adelaide	5th	2	-1-	6	5	45.5%	392	470
West Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	7	4	36.7%	402	693
Norwood	7th	1	-0-	8	2	40.7%	418	608

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/07/1919	North Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	79	-	23
SAT	26/07/1919	West Adelaide v South Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	74	-	77
SAT	26/07/1919	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	72	-	54

Round 12 Bye: Sturt

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	9	-0-	1	18	60.0%	665	443
West Torrens	2nd	8	-0-	2	16	55.9%	599	473
North Adelaide	3rd	7	-0-	4	14	57.6%	558	411
Port Adelaide	4th	5	-1-	5	11	55.4%	619	499
South Adelaide	5th	3	-1-	6	7	46.3%	469	544
West Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	8	4	38.2%	476	770
Norwood	7th	1	-0-	9	2	39.1%	441	687

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/08/1919	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	91	-	72
SAT	09/08/1919	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	60	-	52
SAT	09/08/1919	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	51	-	38

Round 13 Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	10	-0-	1	20	59.4%	725	495
West Torrens	2nd	8	-0-	3	16	54.9%	637	524
North Adelaide	3rd	7	-0-	5	14	56.4%	610	471
Port Adelaide	4th	5	-1-	5	11	55.4%	619	499
South Adelaide	5th	4	-1-	6	9	47.6%	560	616
West Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	8	6	39.5%	527	808
Norwood	7th	1	-0-	10	2	39.7%	513	778

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/08/1919	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	74	-	45
SAT	16/08/1919	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	68	-	46
TUE	19/08/1919	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	55	-	45

Round 14 Bye: North Adelaide

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	10	-0-	2	20	57.8%	771	563
West Torrens	2nd	9	-0-	3	18	54.9%	692	569
North Adelaide	3rd	7	-0-	5	14	56.4%	610	471
Port Adelaide	4th	6	-1-	5	13	56.0%	693	544
South Adelaide	5th	4	-1-	7	9	47.4%	605	671
West Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	8	8	41.1%	595	854
Norwood	7th	1	-0-	11	2	39.6%	558	852

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	30/08/1919		Sturt v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	23	-	60	16,000
SAT	06/09/1919		West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	59	-	35	15,000

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	13/09/1919		West Torrens v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	15	-	15	10,000
SAT	20/09/1919		West Torrens v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	33	-	38	30,000

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	27/09/1919		North Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	39	-	39	30,000
WED	08/10/1919		North Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	18	-	23	35,000

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