1921 SAFL Season

These are the results for the 1921 season of the South Australian Football League (currently known as the South Australian National Football League).

It featured sixteen 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 Harold Oliver as the premiership captain and Sampson Hosking as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1921 SAFL Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 16
Finals System: Second Amended Argus System
Matches: 61

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Glenelg	Glenelg Oval	Jack Hanley
North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	Cecil Curnow
Norwood	Norwood Oval	Billy Hutton
Port Adelaide	Alberton Oval	Sampson Hosking
South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval
Sturt	Unley Oval	Frank Golding
West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval
West Torrens	Hindmarsh Oval	Bertrand Filsell

Season Results

Premiers: Port Adelaide
Runners-Up: Norwood
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-	2	24	64.5%	1,257	691	176	201	97	109
South Adelaide	2nd	9	-0-	5	18	54.2%	1,040	879	144	176	125	129
Norwood	3rd	9	-0-	5	18	52.1%	976	898	134	172	127	136
Sturt	4th	8	-0-	6	16	52.5%	926	838	129	152	114	154
North Adelaide	5th	7	-1-	6	15	50.3%	849	840	118	141	115	150
West Torrens	6th	7	-0-	7	14	51.5%	977	920	135	167	127	158
West Adelaide	7th	3	-1-	10	7	45.5%	781	936	112	109	127	174
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	14	0	30.0%	603	1,407	85	93	201	201

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	07/05/1921	West Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	118	-	41
SAT	07/05/1921	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	77	-	88
MON	09/05/1921	North Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	51	-	54
MON	09/05/1921	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	61	-	41

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	1	-0-	0	2	74.2%	118	41
Norwood	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	59.8%	61	41
South Adelaide	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	53.3%	88	77
Sturt	4th	1	-0-	0	2	51.4%	54	51
North Adelaide	5th	0	-0-	1	0	48.6%	51	54
West Torrens	6th	0	-0-	1	0	46.7%	77	88
Port Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	1	0	40.2%	41	61
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	1	0	25.8%	41	118

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/05/1921		Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Alberton Oval	135	-	28
SAT	14/05/1921		West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	25	-	49
SAT	14/05/1921		West Torrens v Norwood	Hindmarsh Oval	120	-	77
SAT	14/05/1921	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	69	-	58

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	2	-0-	0	4	57.5%	103	76
Port Adelaide	2nd	1	-0-	1	2	66.4%	176	89
West Adelaide	3rd	1	-0-	1	2	61.4%	143	90
West Torrens	4th	1	-0-	1	2	54.4%	197	165
North Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	1	2	51.7%	120	112
South Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	1	2	50.0%	146	146
Norwood	7th	1	-0-	1	2	46.2%	138	161
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	2	0	21.4%	69	253

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	21/05/1921	Glenelg v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	60	-	92
SAT	21/05/1921	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	65	-	61
SAT	21/05/1921	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	66	-	71
SAT	21/05/1921	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	86	-	59

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	3	-0-	0	6	58.3%	189	135
Port Adelaide	2nd	2	-0-	1	4	61.4%	247	155
North Adelaide	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	55.2%	212	172
Norwood	4th	2	-0-	1	4	47.8%	203	222
West Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	2	2	56.8%	204	155
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	2	2	50.5%	256	251
South Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	2	2	49.4%	212	217
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	3	0	27.2%	129	345

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/05/1921	Glenelg v Norwood	Glenelg Oval	65	-	102
SAT	28/05/1921	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	119	-	20
SAT	28/05/1921	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	56	-	71
SAT	28/05/1921	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	78	-	40

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	4	-0-	0	8	57.6%	260	191
Port Adelaide	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	67.7%	366	175
Norwood	3rd	3	-0-	1	6	51.5%	305	287
West Torrens	4th	2	-0-	2	4	53.4%	334	291
North Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	2	4	50.2%	252	250
South Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	3	2	48.2%	268	288
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	3	2	45.0%	224	274
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	4	0	30.3%	194	447

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/06/1921	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	97	-	85
SAT	04/06/1921	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	56	-	85
MON	06/06/1921	Glenelg v West Torrens	Glenelg Oval	36	-	50
MON	06/06/1921	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	46	-	29

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	4	-0-	1	8	53.4%	316	276
Norwood	2nd	4	-0-	1	8	53.2%	390	343
Port Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	2	6	64.1%	395	221
West Torrens	4th	3	-0-	2	6	54.0%	384	327
North Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	2	6	51.6%	298	279
South Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	3	4	49.5%	365	373
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	4	2	45.4%	309	371
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	5	0	31.6%	230	497

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/06/1921	Glenelg v South Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	35	-	71
SAT	11/06/1921	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	63	-	32
SAT	11/06/1921	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	56	-	57
SAT	11/06/1921	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	53	-	56

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	5	-0-	1	10	54.7%	453	375
Port Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	2	8	62.0%	452	277
West Torrens	3rd	4	-0-	2	8	53.7%	440	380
Sturt	4th	4	-0-	2	8	52.8%	372	333
South Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	3	6	51.7%	436	408
North Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	3	6	49.1%	330	342
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	5	2	45.9%	362	427
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	6	0	31.8%	265	568

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	18/06/1921	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	85	-	47
SAT	18/06/1921	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	78	-	48
SAT	18/06/1921	Sturt v Glenelg	Unley Oval	108	-	46
SAT	18/06/1921	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	70	-	70

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	5	-0-	2	10	62.4%	537	324
Sturt	2nd	5	-0-	2	10	55.9%	480	379
Norwood	3rd	5	-0-	2	10	52.5%	501	453
South Adelaide	4th	4	-0-	3	8	53.0%	514	456
West Torrens	5th	4	-0-	3	8	51.2%	487	465
North Adelaide	6th	3	-1-	3	7	49.3%	400	412
West Adelaide	7th	1	-1-	5	3	46.5%	432	497
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	7	0	31.5%	311	676

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	25/06/1921	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	69	-	39
SAT	25/06/1921	West Torrens v Sturt	Hindmarsh Oval	71	-	49
MON	27/06/1921	Glenelg v Port Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	37	-	158
MON	27/06/1921	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	68	-	86

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	6	-0-	2	12	65.8%	695	361
Sturt	2nd	5	-0-	3	10	54.0%	529	450
West Torrens	3rd	5	-0-	3	10	52.1%	558	514
Norwood	4th	5	-0-	3	10	50.8%	540	522
North Adelaide	5th	4	-1-	3	9	50.3%	486	480
South Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	4	8	51.8%	582	542
West Adelaide	7th	2	-1-	5	5	48.3%	501	536
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	8	0	29.4%	348	834

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	02/07/1921	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	86	-	46
SAT	02/07/1921	South Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	106	-	31
SAT	02/07/1921	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	49	-	46

Round 9 Byes: North Adelaide, Sturt

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	7	-0-	2	14	65.7%	781	407
West Torrens	2nd	6	-0-	3	12	52.0%	607	560
South Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	4	10	54.6%	688	573
Sturt	4th	5	-0-	3	10	54.0%	529	450
Norwood	5th	5	-0-	4	10	49.1%	586	608
North Adelaide	6th	4	-1-	3	9	50.3%	486	480
West Adelaide	7th	2	-1-	6	5	48.3%	547	585
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	9	0	28.7%	379	940

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/07/1921	Glenelg v Sturt	Glenelg Oval	51	-	82
SAT	09/07/1921	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	66	-	27
SAT	09/07/1921	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	77	-	72

Round 10 Byes: Port Adelaide, South Adelaide

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	7	-0-	2	14	65.7%	781	407
Sturt	2nd	6	-0-	3	12	54.9%	611	501
West Torrens	3rd	6	-0-	4	12	51.6%	679	637
Norwood	4th	6	-0-	4	12	49.4%	663	680
North Adelaide	5th	5	-1-	3	11	52.1%	552	507
South Adelaide	6th	5	-0-	4	10	54.6%	688	573
West Adelaide	7th	2	-1-	7	5	46.9%	574	651
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	10	0	29.6%	430	1,022

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/07/1921	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	78	-	70
SAT	16/07/1921	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	78	-	60
SAT	16/07/1921	West Adelaide v South Adelaide	Jubilee Oval	70	-	98
SAT	16/07/1921	West Torrens v Glenelg	Hindmarsh Oval	135	-	61

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	2	16	64.8%	859	467
West Torrens	2nd	7	-0-	4	14	53.8%	814	698
Norwood	3rd	7	-0-	4	14	49.7%	741	750
South Adelaide	4th	6	-0-	4	12	55.0%	786	643
Sturt	5th	6	-0-	4	12	54.0%	681	579
North Adelaide	6th	5	-1-	4	11	51.1%	612	585
West Adelaide	7th	2	-1-	8	5	46.2%	644	749
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	11	0	29.8%	491	1,157

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	23/07/1921	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	38	-	63
SAT	23/07/1921	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	86	-	50
SAT	23/07/1921	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	54	-	106

Round 12 Byes: Glenelg, West Torrens

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	9	-0-	2	18	64.9%	965	521
South Adelaide	2nd	7	-0-	4	14	55.5%	849	681
Sturt	3rd	7	-0-	4	14	54.9%	767	629
West Torrens	4th	7	-0-	4	14	53.8%	814	698
Norwood	5th	7	-0-	5	14	48.9%	779	813
North Adelaide	6th	5	-1-	5	11	49.7%	662	671
West Adelaide	7th	2	-1-	9	5	44.9%	698	855
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	11	0	29.8%	491	1,157

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	30/07/1921	Glenelg v West Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	27	-	38
SAT	30/07/1921	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	103	-	47
SAT	30/07/1921	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	80	-	29

Round 13 Byes: North Adelaide, Norwood

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	10	-0-	2	20	65.3%	1,068	568
South Adelaide	2nd	8	-0-	4	16	56.7%	929	710
Sturt	3rd	7	-0-	5	14	52.7%	814	732
West Torrens	4th	7	-0-	5	14	52.0%	843	778
Norwood	5th	7	-0-	5	14	48.9%	779	813
North Adelaide	6th	5	-1-	5	11	49.7%	662	671
West Adelaide	7th	3	-1-	9	7	45.5%	736	882
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	12	0	30.2%	518	1,195

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/08/1921	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	64	-	61
SAT	20/08/1921	Norwood v Glenelg	Norwood Oval	137	-	37
SAT	20/08/1921	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	58	-	61

Round 14 Byes: Port Adelaide, West Adelaide

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	10	-0-	2	20	65.3%	1,068	568
South Adelaide	2nd	9	-0-	4	18	56.3%	990	768
Norwood	3rd	8	-0-	5	16	51.9%	916	850
Sturt	4th	7	-0-	6	14	52.4%	872	793
West Torrens	5th	7	-0-	6	14	51.8%	904	842
North Adelaide	6th	6	-1-	5	13	49.8%	726	732
West Adelaide	7th	3	-1-	9	7	45.5%	736	882
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	13	0	29.4%	555	1,332

Round 15

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/08/1921	North Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	75	-	48
SAT	27/08/1921	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	54	-	45
SAT	27/08/1921	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Hindmarsh Oval	73	-	78

Round 15 Byes: Norwood, South Adelaide

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	11	-0-	2	22	64.1%	1,146	641
South Adelaide	2nd	9	-0-	4	18	56.3%	990	768
Sturt	3rd	8	-0-	6	16	52.5%	926	838
Norwood	4th	8	-0-	5	16	51.9%	916	850
North Adelaide	5th	7	-1-	5	15	50.7%	801	780
West Torrens	6th	7	-0-	7	14	51.5%	977	920
West Adelaide	7th	3	-1-	10	7	45.5%	781	936
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	14	0	30.0%	603	1,407

Round 16

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	03/09/1921		Norwood v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	60	-	48
SAT	03/09/1921		Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	111	-	50

Round 16 Byes: Glenelg, Sturt, West Adelaide, West Torrens

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	12	-0-	2	24	64.5%	1,257	691
South Adelaide	2nd	9	-0-	5	18	54.2%	1,040	879
Norwood	3rd	9	-0-	5	18	52.1%	976	898
Sturt	4th	8	-0-	6	16	52.5%	926	838
North Adelaide	5th	7	-1-	6	15	50.3%	849	840
West Torrens	6th	7	-0-	7	14	51.5%	977	920
West Adelaide	7th	3	-1-	10	7	45.5%	781	936
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	14	0	30.0%	603	1,407

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	10/09/1921	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	66	-	66	30,000
SAT	17/09/1921	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	83	-	55	19,406
SAT	24/09/1921	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	37	-	88	31,000

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	01/10/1921		South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	37	-	42	32,600

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	08/10/1921		Norwood v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	24	-	32	34,800

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