1920 SAFLB Season

This page displays the results for the 1920 season of the South Australian Football League B-Grade (currently known as the South Australian National Football League Reserves).

It featured fourteen rounds in a double round-robin format. The West Torrens B-Grade were the minor premiers.

The premiership ended with a finals series following the Second Amended Argus system. The West Torrens B-Grade were the premiers.

Premiership Details

Name: 1920 South Australian Football League B-Grade Season
Known As: 1920 SAFLB Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 14
Finals System: Second Amended Argus System
Matches: 59

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)	Coach (Caretaker)
Glenelg		Roy Kappler
North Adelaide (B)
Norwood (B)
Port Adelaide (B)
South Adelaide (B)
Sturt (B)
West Adelaide (B)
West Torrens (B)

Premiership Results

Premiers: West Torrens B-Grade
Runners-Up: Sturt B-Grade
Minor Premiers: West Torrens B-Grade

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
West Torrens (B)	1st	13	-0-	1	26	66.6%	1,085	543	145	215	67	141
Norwood (B)	2nd	11	-0-	3	22	60.9%	963	619	132	171	86	103
West Adelaide (B)	3rd	9	-0-	5	18	44.7%	489	606	67	87	82	114
Sturt (B)	4th	7	-0-	7	14	57.9%	862	628	123	124	83	130
North Adelaide (B)	5th	7	-0-	7	14	52.0%	610	562	79	136	75	112
Port Adelaide (B)	6th	6	-0-	8	12	40.3%	457	678	59	103	91	132
Glenelg	7th	3	-0-	11	6	38.0%	577	940	74	133	127	178
South Adelaide (B)	8th	0	-0-	14	0	30.5%	364	831	49	70	117	129

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
West Torrens (B)	1st	Premiers
Sturt (B)	2nd	Runners-Up
Norwood (B)	3rd	Defeated by Sturt (B) (Semi Final)
West Adelaide (B)	4th	Defeated by West Torrens (B) (Semi Final)
North Adelaide (B)	5th	Did not qualify for finals
Port Adelaide (B)	6th	Did not qualify for finals
Glenelg	7th	Did not qualify for finals
South Adelaide (B)	8th	Did not qualify for finals

Premiership Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/05/1920	Glenelg v South Adelaide (B)	Glenelg Oval	31	-	30
SAT	01/05/1920	Port Adelaide (B) v Norwood (B)	Alberton Oval	46	-	39
SAT	01/05/1920	West Torrens (B) v North Adelaide (B)	Hindmarsh Oval	45	-	29
SAT	08/05/1920	Sturt (B) v West Adelaide (B)	Unley Oval	116	-	2

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/05/1920	Port Adelaide (B) v South Adelaide (B)	Alberton Oval	73	-	46
SAT	08/05/1920	West Torrens (B) v Glenelg	Hindmarsh Oval	126	-	52
MON	10/05/1920	Norwood (B) v Sturt (B)	Norwood Oval	59	-	48
SAT	15/05/1920	West Adelaide (B) v North Adelaide (B)	Hindmarsh Oval	56	-	39

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/05/1920	Glenelg v Port Adelaide (B)	Glenelg Oval	43	-	29
SAT	15/05/1920	Sturt (B) v South Adelaide (B)	Unley Oval	57	-	36
SAT	22/05/1920	Norwood (B) v North Adelaide (B)	Norwood Oval	78	-	54
SAT	22/05/1920	West Torrens (B) v West Adelaide (B)	Hindmarsh Oval	85	-	57

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/06/1920	Glenelg v Sturt (B)	Unley Oval	43	-	137
SAT	05/06/1920	North Adelaide (B) v South Adelaide (B)	Jubilee Oval	85	-	23
SAT	05/06/1920	Port Adelaide (B) v West Torrens (B)	Alberton Oval	34	-	81
SAT	05/06/1920	West Adelaide (B) v Norwood (B)	Hindmarsh Oval	40	-	70

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	12/06/1920	North Adelaide (B) v Glenelg	Glenelg Oval	53	-	50
SAT	12/06/1920	Norwood (B) v West Torrens (B)	Norwood Oval	75	-	39
SAT	12/06/1920	South Adelaide (B) v West Adelaide (B)	Jubilee Oval
SAT	12/06/1920	Sturt (B) v Port Adelaide (B)	Alberton Oval	76	-	13

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	19/06/1920	Glenelg v Norwood (B)	Glenelg Oval	45	-	63
SAT	19/06/1920	North Adelaide (B) v Sturt (B)	Jubilee Oval	58	-	48
SAT	19/06/1920	Port Adelaide (B) v West Adelaide (B)	Alberton Oval
SAT	19/06/1920	West Torrens (B) v South Adelaide (B)	Hindmarsh Oval	149	-	19

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/06/1920	Port Adelaide (B) v North Adelaide (B)	Alberton Oval
SAT	26/06/1920	South Adelaide (B) v Norwood (B)	Unley Oval	41	-	71
SAT	26/06/1920	Sturt (B) v West Torrens (B)	Hindmarsh Oval	21	-	81
SAT	26/06/1920	West Adelaide (B) v Glenelg	Jubilee Oval	89	-	41

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/07/1920	Glenelg v West Adelaide (B)	Glenelg Oval	43	-	58
SAT	03/07/1920	South Adelaide (B) v North Adelaide (B)	Adelaide Oval
SAT	03/07/1920	Sturt (B) v Norwood (B)	Unley Oval	77	-	56
SAT	10/07/1920	West Torrens (B) v Port Adelaide (B)	Hindmarsh Oval	99	-	22

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	10/07/1920	North Adelaide (B) v West Adelaide (B)	Jubilee Oval	18	-	31
SAT	17/07/1920	Norwood (B) v Glenelg	Glenelg Oval	70	-	21
SAT	17/07/1920	Port Adelaide (B) v Sturt (B)	Alberton Oval	84	-	72
SAT	17/07/1920	South Adelaide (B) v West Torrens (B)	Jubilee Oval	51	-	116

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	31/07/1920	Glenelg v West Torrens (B)	Glenelg Oval	48	-	76
SAT	31/07/1920	Norwood (B) v Port Adelaide (B)		106	-	35
SAT	31/07/1920	Sturt (B) v North Adelaide (B)		55	-	58
SAT	31/07/1920	West Adelaide (B) v South Adelaide (B)	Jubilee Oval	68	-	47

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	07/08/1920	Glenelg v North Adelaide (B)	Glenelg Oval	17	-	30
SAT	07/08/1920	South Adelaide (B) v Port Adelaide (B)	Unley Oval
SAT	07/08/1920	West Adelaide (B) v Sturt (B)	Jubilee Oval	47	-	42
SAT	07/08/1920	West Torrens (B) v Norwood (B)	Hindmarsh Oval	45	-	35

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/08/1920	North Adelaide (B) v Port Adelaide (B)	Jubilee Oval	78	-	47
SAT	14/08/1920	Norwood (B) v South Adelaide (B)		114	-	40
SAT	14/08/1920	Sturt (B) v Glenelg	Glenelg Oval	74	-	38
SAT	14/08/1920	West Adelaide (B) v West Torrens (B)		14	-	41

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	21/08/1920	North Adelaide (B) v West Torrens (B)	Jubilee Oval	47	-	49
SAT	21/08/1920	Norwood (B) v West Adelaide (B)	Norwood Oval	64	-	27
SAT	21/08/1920	Port Adelaide (B) v Glenelg	Alberton Oval	74	-	38
SAT	21/08/1920	South Adelaide (B) v Sturt (B)	Unley Oval

Round 14

Date		Match	Result
SAT	28/08/1920	North Adelaide (B) v Norwood (B)	61	-	63
SAT	28/08/1920	South Adelaide (B) v Glenelg	31	-	67
SAT	28/08/1920	West Adelaide (B) v Port Adelaide (B)
SAT	28/08/1920	West Torrens (B) v Sturt (B)	53	-	39

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
West Torrens (B)	1st	13	-0-	1	26	66.6%	1,085	543	145	215	67	141
Norwood (B)	2nd	11	-0-	3	22	60.9%	963	619	132	171	86	103
West Adelaide (B)	3rd	9	-0-	5	18	44.7%	489	606	67	87	82	114
Sturt (B)	4th	7	-0-	7	14	57.9%	862	628	123	124	83	130
North Adelaide (B)	5th	7	-0-	7	14	52.0%	610	562	79	136	75	112
Port Adelaide (B)	6th	6	-0-	8	12	40.3%	457	678	59	103	91	132
Glenelg	7th	3	-0-	11	6	38.0%	577	940	74	133	127	178
South Adelaide (B)	8th	0	-0-	14	0	30.5%	364	831	49	70	117	129

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	04/09/1920		Norwood (B) v Sturt (B)	Glenelg Oval	52	-	69
SAT	04/09/1920		West Torrens (B) v West Adelaide (B)	Norwood Oval	60	-	38

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team	Pos.
West Torrens (B)*	1st
Sturt (B)	2nd
Norwood (B)	3rd
West Adelaide (B)	4th

* ^{: right to challenge}

Final Round 2

Final (Grand Final)

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	11/09/1920		West Torrens (B) v Sturt (B)	Norwood Oval	63	-	6

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team	Pos.
West Torrens (B)*	1st
Sturt (B)	2nd
Norwood (B)	3rd
West Adelaide (B)	4th

* ^{: right to challenge}

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