1920 SAFL Season

These are the results for the 1920 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. North Adelaide were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Second Amended Argus system. North Adelaide were the premiers, with Tom Leahy as the premiership captain and Alby Klose as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1920 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	Alby Klose
Norwood	Norwood Oval	Billy Hutton
Port Adelaide	Alberton Oval
South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval
Sturt	Unley Oval	Vic Richardson
West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval
West Torrens	Hindmarsh Oval	Bertrand Filsell

Season Results

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

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
North Adelaide	1st	9	-0-	3	18	59.7%	643	434	88	115	59	80
Port Adelaide	2nd	8	-0-	4	16	54.4%	743	622	103	125	84	118
West Torrens	3rd	6	-0-	6	12	52.8%	689	617	91	143	84	113
Norwood	4th	6	-0-	6	12	47.2%	573	641	76	117	86	125
Sturt	5th	5	-1-	6	11	50.3%	626	618	82	134	83	120
South Adelaide	6th	5	-0-	7	10	45.8%	552	653	77	90	86	137
West Adelaide	7th	2	-1-	9	5	40.6%	520	761	70	100	105	131

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/05/1920	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	78	-	52
SAT	01/05/1920	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	41	-	33
SAT	01/05/1920	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	54	-	38

Round 1 Bye: North Adelaide

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	1	-0-	0	2	60.0%	78	52
Sturt	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	58.7%	54	38
South Adelaide	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	55.4%	41	33
North Adelaide	4th	0	-0-	0	0		0	0
West Adelaide	5th	0	-0-	1	0	44.6%	33	41
West Torrens	6th	0	-0-	1	0	41.3%	38	54
Port Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	1	0	40.0%	52	78

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/05/1920	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	75	-	64
MON	10/05/1920	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	42	-	32
MON	10/05/1920	West Torrens v Norwood	Hindmarsh Oval	69	-	34

Round 2 Bye: Sturt

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	2	-0-	0	4	56.1%	83	65
Sturt	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	58.7%	54	38
West Torrens	3rd	1	-0-	1	2	54.9%	107	88
West Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	1	2	50.7%	108	105
Norwood	5th	1	-0-	1	2	48.1%	112	121
North Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	1	0	43.2%	32	42
Port Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	2	0	43.1%	116	153

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/05/1920	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	19	-	62
SAT	15/05/1920	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	29	-	55
SAT	15/05/1920	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	24	-	31

Round 3 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	2	-0-	0	4	67.1%	116	57
South Adelaide	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	56.1%	83	65
West Torrens	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	55.2%	138	112
North Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	1	2	55.1%	87	71
West Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	2	2	49.3%	132	136
Norwood	6th	1	-0-	2	2	41.7%	131	183
Port Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	3	0	41.1%	145	208

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/05/1920	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	42	-	56
SAT	22/05/1920	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	62	-	53
SAT	22/05/1920	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	78	-	58

Round 4 Bye: Norwood

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	3	-0-	0	6	62.8%	194	115
West Torrens	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	55.7%	194	154
South Adelaide	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	51.7%	136	127
North Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	2	2	50.4%	129	127
West Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	3	2	47.0%	190	214
Port Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	3	2	44.2%	207	261
Norwood	7th	1	-0-	2	2	41.7%	131	183

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/06/1920	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	73	-	46
SAT	05/06/1920	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	48	-	41
MON	07/06/1920	North Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	66	-	44

Round 5 Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	3	-0-	1	6	56.8%	238	181
West Torrens	2nd	3	-0-	2	6	53.8%	235	202
South Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	1	6	52.3%	184	168
North Adelaide	4th	2	-0-	2	4	53.3%	195	171
Norwood	5th	2	-0-	2	4	47.1%	204	229
West Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	4	2	45.1%	236	287
Port Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	3	2	44.2%	207	261

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	12/06/1920	North Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	63	-	18
SAT	12/06/1920	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	88	-	27
SAT	12/06/1920	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	69	-	73

Round 6 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	4	-0-	1	8	61.0%	326	208
North Adelaide	2nd	3	-0-	2	6	57.7%	258	189
West Torrens	3rd	3	-0-	3	6	52.5%	304	275
South Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	2	6	45.2%	211	256
Port Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	3	4	45.9%	280	330
Norwood	6th	2	-0-	3	4	43.2%	222	292
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	4	2	45.1%	236	287

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	19/06/1920	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	68	-	16
SAT	19/06/1920	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	62	-	40
SAT	19/06/1920	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	56	-	78

Round 7 Bye: West Torrens

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	4	-0-	2	8	61.4%	326	205
Sturt	2nd	4	-0-	2	8	57.2%	382	286
West Torrens	3rd	3	-0-	3	6	52.5%	304	275
Port Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	3	6	48.1%	358	386
Norwood	5th	3	-0-	3	6	46.1%	284	332
South Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	3	6	44.1%	251	318
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	5	2	41.5%	252	355

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/06/1920	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	52	-	52
MON	28/06/1920	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	49	-	89
MON	28/06/1920	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	51	-	59

Round 8 Bye: Norwood

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	5	-0-	2	10	60.1%	385	256
Sturt	2nd	4	-1-	2	9	56.2%	434	338
Port Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	3	8	50.7%	447	435
West Torrens	4th	3	-0-	4	6	51.5%	355	334
Norwood	5th	3	-0-	3	6	46.1%	284	332
South Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	4	6	42.4%	300	407
West Adelaide	7th	1	-1-	5	3	42.8%	304	407

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/07/1920	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	30	-	58
SAT	03/07/1920	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	64	-	33
SAT	03/07/1920	West Torrens v Sturt	Hindmarsh Oval	56	-	43

Round 9 Bye: South Adelaide

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	6	-0-	2	12	60.8%	443	286
Port Adelaide	2nd	5	-0-	3	10	52.2%	511	468
Sturt	3rd	4	-1-	3	9	54.8%	477	394
West Torrens	4th	4	-0-	4	8	52.2%	411	377
Norwood	5th	3	-0-	4	6	44.6%	314	390
South Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	4	6	42.4%	300	407
West Adelaide	7th	1	-1-	6	3	41.7%	337	471

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	10/07/1920	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	55	-	36
SAT	10/07/1920	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	76	-	25
MON	12/07/1920	North Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	64	-	16

Round 10 Bye: West Torrens

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	7	-0-	2	14	62.7%	507	302
Port Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	3	12	52.9%	566	504
Sturt	3rd	4	-1-	4	9	51.8%	493	458
West Torrens	4th	4	-0-	4	8	52.2%	411	377
South Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	4	8	46.5%	376	432
Norwood	6th	3	-0-	5	6	44.0%	350	445
West Adelaide	7th	1	-1-	7	3	39.8%	362	547

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	17/07/1920	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	46	-	33
SAT	17/07/1920	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	37	-	42
SAT	17/07/1920	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	113	-	58

Round 11 Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	2	16	62.3%	553	335
Port Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	3	12	52.9%	566	504
West Torrens	3rd	5	-0-	4	10	54.6%	524	435
Sturt	4th	4	-1-	5	9	51.5%	530	500
South Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	5	8	46.1%	409	478
Norwood	6th	4	-0-	5	8	44.9%	392	482
West Adelaide	7th	1	-1-	8	3	38.9%	420	660

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	31/07/1920	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	84	-	42
SAT	31/07/1920	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	36	-	58
SAT	31/07/1920	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	79	-	43

Round 12 Bye: North Adelaide

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	2	16	62.3%	553	335
Port Adelaide	2nd	7	-0-	3	14	54.3%	650	546
West Torrens	3rd	6	-0-	4	12	55.8%	603	478
Norwood	4th	5	-0-	5	10	46.5%	450	518
Sturt	5th	4	-1-	6	9	49.5%	572	584
South Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	6	8	44.8%	452	557
West Adelaide	7th	1	-1-	9	3	38.8%	456	718

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	07/08/1920	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	43	-	64
SAT	07/08/1920	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	58	-	29
SAT	21/08/1920	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	66	-	42

Round 13 Bye: Sturt

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	3	16	59.9%	596	399
Port Adelaide	2nd	8	-0-	3	16	55.2%	708	575
West Torrens	3rd	6	-0-	5	12	54.1%	632	536
South Adelaide	4th	5	-0-	6	10	46.4%	518	599
Norwood	5th	5	-0-	6	10	45.7%	492	584
Sturt	6th	4	-1-	6	9	49.5%	572	584
West Adelaide	7th	2	-1-	9	5	40.6%	520	761

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/08/1920	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	47	-	35
SAT	28/08/1920	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	81	-	57
SAT	28/08/1920	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	34	-	54

Round 14 Bye: West Adelaide

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	9	-0-	3	18	59.7%	643	434
Port Adelaide	2nd	8	-0-	4	16	54.4%	743	622
West Torrens	3rd	6	-0-	6	12	52.8%	689	617
Norwood	4th	6	-0-	6	12	47.2%	573	641
Sturt	5th	5	-1-	6	11	50.3%	626	618
South Adelaide	6th	5	-0-	7	10	45.8%	552	653
West Adelaide	7th	2	-1-	9	5	40.6%	520	761

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	04/09/1920		North Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	44	-	29	20,000
SAT	11/09/1920		Port Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	41	-	63	20,000

Final Round 2

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	18/09/1920		North Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	69	-	21	31,000

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