1922 SAFL Season

These are the results for the 1922 season of the South Australian Football League (currently known as the South Australian National Football League).

It featured fifteen rounds in a double round-robin format. Each team received one bye. Norwood were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Second Amended Argus system. Norwood were the premiers, with Tom Leahy as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1922 SAFL Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 15
Finals System: Second Amended Argus System
Matches: 59

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Glenelg	Glenelg Oval	Dick Head
North Adelaide	Prospect Oval	Glyn Trescowthick
Norwood	Norwood Oval	Tom Leahy
Port Adelaide	Alberton Oval
South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval
Sturt	Unley Oval	Vic Richardson
West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	Sampson Hosking
West Torrens	Thebarton Oval	Bertrand Filsell

Season Results

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

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Norwood	1st	12	-0-	2	24	63.6%	1,254	717	177	192	99	123
West Torrens	2nd	10	-1-	3	21	52.9%	964	857	133	166	118	149
South Adelaide	3rd	8	-0-	6	16	52.7%	983	881	130	203	123	143
West Adelaide	4th	7	-0-	7	14	51.7%	918	857	127	156	112	185
Port Adelaide	5th	7	-0-	7	14	50.4%	926	913	128	158	124	169
North Adelaide	6th	6	-0-	8	12	47.3%	888	988	125	138	137	166
Sturt	7th	5	-1-	8	11	50.1%	935	931	129	161	130	151
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	14	0	31.8%	633	1,357	85	123	191	211

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	06/05/1922	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	56	-	48
SAT	06/05/1922	West Torrens v Sturt	Thebarton Oval	53	-	36
MON	08/05/1922	North Adelaide v Glenelg	Prospect Oval	83	-	58
MON	08/05/1922	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	60	-	52

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	1	-0-	0	2	59.6%	53	36
North Adelaide	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	58.9%	83	58
West Adelaide	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	53.8%	56	48
South Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	0	2	53.6%	60	52
Norwood	5th	0	-0-	1	0	46.4%	52	60
Port Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	1	0	46.2%	48	56
Glenelg	7th	0	-0-	1	0	41.1%	58	83
Sturt	8th	0	-0-	1	0	40.4%	36	53

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/05/1922	Glenelg v Norwood	Glenelg Oval	41	-	95
SAT	13/05/1922	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	54	-	64
SAT	13/05/1922	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	91	-	55
SAT	13/05/1922	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	53	-	63

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	2	-0-	0	4	56.8%	146	111
West Torrens	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	56.5%	117	90
Norwood	3rd	1	-0-	1	2	59.3%	147	101
Sturt	4th	1	-0-	1	2	54.0%	127	108
West Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	1	2	49.5%	109	111
South Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	1	2	44.6%	115	143
Port Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	2	0	45.9%	102	120
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	2	0	35.7%	99	178

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/05/1922	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	145	-	29
SAT	20/05/1922	South Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	109	-	31
SAT	20/05/1922	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	53	-	41
MON	22/05/1922	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	57	-	63

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	3	-0-	0	6	56.5%	170	131
Norwood	2nd	2	-0-	1	4	69.2%	292	130
South Adelaide	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	56.3%	224	174
North Adelaide	4th	2	-0-	1	4	40.6%	175	256
Sturt	5th	1	-0-	2	2	51.8%	184	171
Port Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	2	2	48.2%	165	177
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	2	2	47.8%	150	164
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	3	0	31.2%	130	287

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/05/1922	Glenelg v West Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	46	-	60
SAT	27/05/1922	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Prospect Oval	64	-	71
SAT	27/05/1922	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	89	-	57
SAT	27/05/1922	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	77	-	43

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	4	-0-	0	8	55.3%	241	195
Norwood	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	67.1%	381	187
South Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	1	6	58.1%	301	217
West Adelaide	4th	2	-0-	2	4	50.0%	210	210
North Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	2	4	42.2%	239	327
Sturt	6th	1	-0-	3	2	48.1%	241	260
Port Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	3	2	45.0%	208	254
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	4	0	33.7%	176	347

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/06/1922	North Adelaide v Sturt	Prospect Oval	57	-	79
SAT	03/06/1922	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	92	-	59
MON	05/06/1922	Glenelg v West Torrens	Glenelg Oval	60	-	103
MON	05/06/1922	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	113	-	30

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	5	-0-	0	10	57.4%	344	255
Norwood	2nd	4	-0-	1	8	69.5%	494	217
South Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	1	8	58.7%	393	276
Sturt	4th	2	-0-	3	4	50.2%	320	317
West Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	3	4	47.1%	269	302
North Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	3	4	42.2%	296	406
Port Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	4	2	39.3%	238	367
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	5	0	34.4%	236	450

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	10/06/1922	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	116	-	44
SAT	10/06/1922	Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Alberton Oval	115	-	41
SAT	10/06/1922	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	66	-	53
SAT	10/06/1922	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	79	-	52

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	5	-0-	1	10	70.0%	610	261
South Adelaide	2nd	5	-0-	1	10	58.2%	459	329
West Torrens	3rd	5	-0-	1	10	51.1%	388	371
Sturt	4th	3	-0-	3	6	52.0%	399	369
Port Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	4	4	46.4%	353	408
West Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	4	4	45.7%	321	381
North Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	4	4	42.5%	349	472
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	6	0	32.9%	277	565

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/06/1922	Sturt v Glenelg	Unley Oval	127	-	46
SAT	24/06/1922	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	54	-	83
MON	26/06/1922	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	65	-	79
MON	26/06/1922	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	60	-	70

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	6	-0-	1	12	68.8%	693	315
West Torrens	2nd	6	-0-	1	12	51.5%	458	431
South Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	2	10	56.5%	519	399
Sturt	4th	4	-0-	3	8	55.9%	526	415
North Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	4	6	44.4%	428	537
Port Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	5	4	46.2%	418	487
West Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	5	4	44.7%	375	464
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	7	0	31.8%	323	692

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/07/1922	Glenelg v North Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	51	-	85
SAT	01/07/1922	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	76	-	52
SAT	01/07/1922	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	72	-	56
SAT	01/07/1922	West Torrens v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	49	-	49

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	7	-0-	1	14	67.7%	769	367
West Torrens	2nd	6	-1-	1	13	51.4%	507	480
South Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	3	10	54.6%	571	475
Sturt	4th	4	-1-	3	9	55.3%	575	464
North Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	4	8	46.6%	513	588
Port Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	5	6	47.4%	490	543
West Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	6	4	44.6%	431	536
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	8	0	32.5%	374	777

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/07/1922	Glenelg v Port Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	63	-	71
SAT	15/07/1922	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Prospect Oval	64	-	86
SAT	15/07/1922	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	129	-	72

Round 9 Byes: Norwood, West Torrens

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	7	-0-	1	14	67.7%	769	367
West Torrens	2nd	6	-1-	1	13	51.4%	507	480
South Adelaide	3rd	6	-0-	3	12	56.1%	700	547
Sturt	4th	4	-1-	4	9	52.2%	647	593
Port Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	5	8	48.1%	561	606
North Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	5	8	46.1%	577	674
West Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	6	6	46.3%	517	600
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	9	0	34.0%	437	848

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/07/1922	Glenelg v South Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	34	-	84
SAT	22/07/1922	North Adelaide v Norwood	Prospect Oval	45	-	71
SAT	22/07/1922	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	78	-	68
SAT	22/07/1922	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	65	-	62

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	8	-0-	1	16	67.1%	840	412
South Adelaide	2nd	7	-0-	3	14	57.4%	784	581
West Torrens	3rd	6	-1-	2	13	51.1%	569	545
Port Adelaide	4th	5	-0-	5	10	48.7%	639	674
Sturt	5th	4	-1-	5	9	51.6%	715	671
West Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	6	8	46.8%	582	662
North Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	6	8	45.5%	622	745
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	10	0	33.6%	471	932

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	29/07/1922	Glenelg v Sturt	Glenelg Oval	40	-	83
SAT	29/07/1922	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Prospect Oval	53	-	80
SAT	29/07/1922	Norwood v West Adelaide	Prospect Oval	81	-	48
SAT	29/07/1922	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	50	-	69

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	9	-0-	1	18	66.7%	921	460
South Adelaide	2nd	8	-0-	3	16	57.5%	853	631
West Torrens	3rd	6	-1-	3	13	50.2%	619	614
Port Adelaide	4th	6	-0-	5	12	49.7%	719	727
Sturt	5th	5	-1-	5	11	52.9%	798	711
West Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	7	8	45.9%	630	743
North Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	7	8	45.0%	675	825
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	11	0	33.5%	511	1,015

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/08/1922	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	68	-	44
SAT	05/08/1922	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	51	-	84
SAT	05/08/1922	West Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	121	-	27
SAT	05/08/1922	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	78	-	62

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	10	-0-	1	20	66.3%	1,005	511
South Adelaide	2nd	8	-0-	4	16	56.2%	897	699
West Torrens	3rd	7	-1-	3	15	50.8%	697	676
Port Adelaide	4th	7	-0-	5	14	50.5%	787	771
Sturt	5th	5	-1-	6	11	51.6%	849	795
West Adelaide	6th	5	-0-	7	10	49.4%	751	770
North Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	8	8	44.9%	737	903
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	12	0	32.1%	538	1,136

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	19/08/1922	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Prospect Oval	69	-	51
SAT	19/08/1922	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	54	-	52
SAT	19/08/1922	West Torrens v Norwood	Thebarton Oval	91	-	62

Round 13 Byes: Glenelg, Port Adelaide

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	10	-0-	2	20	63.9%	1,067	602
West Torrens	2nd	8	-1-	3	17	51.6%	788	738
South Adelaide	3rd	8	-0-	5	16	55.2%	948	768
Port Adelaide	4th	7	-0-	5	14	50.5%	787	771
West Adelaide	5th	6	-0-	7	12	49.5%	805	822
Sturt	6th	5	-1-	7	11	51.5%	901	849
North Adelaide	7th	5	-0-	8	10	45.8%	806	954
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	12	0	32.1%	538	1,136

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	02/09/1922	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	66	-	68
SAT	02/09/1922	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	34	-	82
SAT	02/09/1922	West Torrens v Glenelg	Thebarton Oval	102	-	46

Round 14 Byes: South Adelaide, West Adelaide

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	11	-0-	2	22	63.0%	1,135	668
West Torrens	2nd	9	-1-	3	19	53.2%	890	784
South Adelaide	3rd	8	-0-	5	16	55.2%	948	768
Port Adelaide	4th	7	-0-	6	14	50.4%	853	839
West Adelaide	5th	6	-0-	7	12	49.5%	805	822
North Adelaide	6th	6	-0-	8	12	47.3%	888	988
Sturt	7th	5	-1-	8	11	50.1%	935	931
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	13	0	32.1%	584	1,238

Round 15

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/09/1922	Norwood v Glenelg	Norwood Oval	119	-	49
SAT	09/09/1922	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	35	-	113
SAT	09/09/1922	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	74	-	73

Round 15 Byes: North Adelaide, Sturt

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	12	-0-	2	24	63.6%	1,254	717
West Torrens	2nd	10	-1-	3	21	52.9%	964	857
South Adelaide	3rd	8	-0-	6	16	52.7%	983	881
West Adelaide	4th	7	-0-	7	14	51.7%	918	857
Port Adelaide	5th	7	-0-	7	14	50.4%	926	913
North Adelaide	6th	6	-0-	8	12	47.3%	888	988
Sturt	7th	5	-1-	8	11	50.1%	935	931
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	14	0	31.8%	633	1,357

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	16/09/1922		Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	88	-	77	22,000
SAT	23/09/1922		West Torrens v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	75	-	108	28,000

Final Round 2

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	30/09/1922		Norwood v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	61	-	28	31,000

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