1923 SAFL Season

These are the results for the 1923 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. 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: 1923 SAFL Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 14
Finals System: Second Amended Argus System
Matches: 59

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Glenelg	Glenelg Oval	Dick Head
North Adelaide	Prospect Oval	Cecil Curnow
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: North Adelaide
Minor Premiers: Norwood

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Norwood	1st	11	-1-	2	23	55.5%	1,000	801	140	160	108	153
Sturt	2nd	10	-0-	4	20	57.7%	1,031	757	145	161	101	151
South Adelaide	3rd	9	-0-	5	18	53.5%	1,002	871	141	156	119	157
North Adelaide	4th	7	-1-	6	15	53.6%	905	785	124	161	107	143
West Torrens	5th	7	-0-	7	14	49.8%	960	967	129	186	137	145
West Adelaide	6th	6	-0-	8	12	48.1%	782	844	102	170	116	148
Port Adelaide	7th	5	-0-	9	10	49.8%	911	918	126	155	128	150
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	14	0	32.4%	594	1,242	78	126	169	228

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/05/1923	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Prospect Oval	72	-	47
SAT	05/05/1923	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	65	-	58
SAT	05/05/1923	Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Alberton Oval	75	-	34
SAT	05/05/1923	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	56	-	58

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	1	-0-	0	2	68.8%	75	34
North Adelaide	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	60.5%	72	47
Norwood	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	52.8%	65	58
West Torrens	4th	1	-0-	0	2	50.9%	58	56
West Adelaide	5th	0	-0-	1	0	49.1%	56	58
Sturt	6th	0	-0-	1	0	47.2%	58	65
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	1	0	39.5%	47	72
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	1	0	31.2%	34	75

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	12/05/1923	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	59	-	38
SAT	12/05/1923	South Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	100	-	34
SAT	12/05/1923	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	65	-	78
SAT	12/05/1923	West Torrens v Norwood	Thebarton Oval	61	-	105

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	2	-0-	0	4	65.0%	134	72
Norwood	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	58.8%	170	119
North Adelaide	3rd	2	-0-	0	4	57.3%	150	112
South Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	1	2	58.1%	147	106
West Torrens	5th	1	-0-	1	2	42.5%	119	161
Sturt	6th	0	-0-	2	0	46.2%	123	143
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	2	0	44.5%	94	117
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	2	0	28.0%	68	175

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	19/05/1923	Glenelg v North Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	43	-	71
SAT	19/05/1923	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	88	-	50
SAT	19/05/1923	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	62	-	98
SAT	19/05/1923	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	55	-	86

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	3	-0-	0	6	60.4%	258	169
North Adelaide	2nd	3	-0-	0	6	58.8%	221	155
South Adelaide	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	59.1%	233	161
Port Adelaide	4th	2	-0-	1	4	53.5%	184	160
Sturt	5th	1	-0-	2	2	51.9%	221	205
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	2	2	41.3%	174	247
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	3	0	42.0%	156	215
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	3	0	31.1%	111	246

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/05/1923	Glenelg v Norwood	Glenelg Oval	52	-	102
SAT	26/05/1923	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Prospect Oval	58	-	66
SAT	26/05/1923	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	63	-	67
SAT	26/05/1923	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	57	-	54

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	4	-0-	0	8	62.0%	360	221
South Adelaide	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	57.4%	290	215
North Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	1	6	55.8%	279	221
Port Adelaide	4th	2	-0-	2	4	52.1%	247	227
West Torrens	5th	2	-0-	2	4	43.7%	241	310
Sturt	6th	1	-0-	3	2	51.2%	275	262
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	3	2	44.8%	222	273
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	4	0	31.9%	163	348

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	02/06/1923	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	96	-	70
SAT	02/06/1923	Sturt v Glenelg	Unley Oval	89	-	32
SAT	02/06/1923	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	52	-	57
MON	04/06/1923	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	41	-	49

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	5	-0-	0	10	61.0%	409	262
South Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	1	8	57.5%	386	285
North Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	1	8	55.2%	336	273
Sturt	4th	2	-0-	3	4	55.3%	364	294
Port Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	3	4	49.5%	317	323
West Torrens	6th	2	-0-	3	4	44.4%	293	367
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	4	2	45.0%	263	322
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	5	0	30.9%	195	437

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/06/1923	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Prospect Oval	100	-	54
SAT	16/06/1923	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	60	-	44
SAT	16/06/1923	West Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	67	-	31
SAT	16/06/1923	West Torrens v Sturt	Thebarton Oval	63	-	90

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	6	-0-	0	12	60.5%	469	306
North Adelaide	2nd	5	-0-	1	10	57.1%	436	327
South Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	2	8	55.5%	430	345
Sturt	4th	3	-0-	3	6	56.0%	454	357
West Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	4	4	48.3%	330	353
Port Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	4	4	46.7%	371	423
West Torrens	7th	2	-0-	4	4	43.8%	356	457
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	6	0	31.0%	226	504

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	23/06/1923	North Adelaide v Norwood	Prospect Oval	28	-	41
SAT	23/06/1923	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	74	-	55
SAT	23/06/1923	West Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	69	-	37
SAT	23/06/1923	West Torrens v Glenelg	Thebarton Oval	91	-	49

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	7	-0-	0	14	60.4%	510	334
North Adelaide	2nd	5	-0-	2	10	55.8%	464	368
Sturt	3rd	4	-0-	3	8	56.2%	528	412
South Adelaide	4th	4	-0-	3	8	53.0%	467	414
West Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	4	6	50.6%	399	390
West Torrens	6th	3	-0-	4	6	46.9%	447	506
Port Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	5	4	46.2%	426	497
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	7	0	31.6%	275	595

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	07/07/1923	Glenelg v Port Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	33	-	99
SAT	07/07/1923	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	50	-	36
SAT	07/07/1923	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	47	-	56
SAT	07/07/1923	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	71	-	47

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	8	-0-	0	16	59.8%	566	381
North Adelaide	2nd	5	-0-	3	10	54.5%	500	418
South Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	3	10	53.5%	517	450
Sturt	4th	4	-0-	4	8	55.1%	575	468
West Torrens	5th	4	-0-	4	8	48.4%	518	553
Port Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	5	6	49.8%	525	530
West Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	5	6	49.2%	446	461
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	8	0	30.7%	308	694

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/07/1923	Glenelg v South Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	60	-	115
SAT	14/07/1923	North Adelaide v Sturt	Prospect Oval	39	-	56
SAT	14/07/1923	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	106	-	50
SAT	14/07/1923	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	61	-	57

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	9	-0-	0	18	60.9%	672	431
South Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	3	12	55.3%	632	510
Sturt	3rd	5	-0-	4	10	55.4%	631	507
North Adelaide	4th	5	-0-	4	10	53.2%	539	474
West Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	5	8	49.5%	507	518
West Torrens	6th	4	-0-	5	8	46.3%	568	659
Port Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	6	6	49.6%	582	591
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	9	0	31.3%	368	809

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/07/1923	Glenelg v Sturt	Glenelg Oval	34	-	72
SAT	28/07/1923	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Prospect Oval	55	-	78
SAT	28/07/1923	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	49	-	48
SAT	28/07/1923	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	62	-	46

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	10	-0-	0	20	60.1%	721	479
Sturt	2nd	6	-0-	4	12	56.5%	703	541
South Adelaide	3rd	6	-0-	4	12	54.2%	678	572
North Adelaide	4th	5	-0-	5	10	51.8%	594	552
West Torrens	5th	5	-0-	5	10	47.5%	646	714
Port Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	6	8	50.3%	644	637
West Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	6	8	49.5%	555	567
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	10	0	31.3%	402	881

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/08/1923	Norwood v Glenelg	Norwood Oval	71	-	45
SAT	04/08/1923	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	83	-	53
SAT	04/08/1923	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	54	-	36
SAT	04/08/1923	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	52	-	37

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	11	-0-	0	22	60.2%	792	524
Sturt	2nd	7	-0-	4	14	57.0%	786	594
South Adelaide	3rd	6	-0-	5	12	52.7%	731	655
West Torrens	4th	6	-0-	5	12	48.2%	698	751
North Adelaide	5th	5	-0-	6	10	51.0%	630	606
West Adelaide	6th	5	-0-	6	10	50.2%	609	603
Port Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	7	8	49.7%	681	689
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	11	0	32.0%	447	952

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/08/1923	North Adelaide v Glenelg	Prospect Oval	100	-	46
SAT	11/08/1923	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	116	-	55
SAT	11/08/1923	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	90	-	86
SAT	11/08/1923	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	82	-	44

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	11	-0-	1	22	57.0%	847	640
Sturt	2nd	8	-0-	4	16	57.6%	868	638
South Adelaide	3rd	7	-0-	5	14	52.6%	821	741
North Adelaide	4th	6	-0-	6	12	52.8%	730	652
West Torrens	5th	6	-0-	6	12	48.2%	784	841
Port Adelaide	6th	5	-0-	7	10	51.7%	797	744
West Adelaide	7th	5	-0-	7	10	48.8%	653	685
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	12	0	31.9%	493	1,052

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	25/08/1923	Glenelg v West Torrens	Glenelg Oval	41	-	117
SAT	25/08/1923	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	79	-	79
SAT	25/08/1923	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	60	-	78
SAT	25/08/1923	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	99	-	56

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	11	-1-	1	23	56.3%	926	719
Sturt	2nd	9	-0-	4	18	57.5%	946	698
South Adelaide	3rd	8	-0-	5	16	53.6%	920	797
West Torrens	4th	7	-0-	6	14	50.5%	901	882
North Adelaide	5th	6	-1-	6	13	52.5%	809	731
Port Adelaide	6th	5	-0-	8	10	51.0%	857	822
West Adelaide	7th	5	-0-	8	10	47.5%	709	784
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	13	0	31.4%	534	1,169

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/09/1923	Glenelg v West Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	60	-	73
SAT	08/09/1923	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	54	-	96
SAT	08/09/1923	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	82	-	74
SAT	08/09/1923	Sturt v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	85	-	59

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	11	-1-	2	23	55.5%	1,000	801
Sturt	2nd	10	-0-	4	20	57.7%	1,031	757
South Adelaide	3rd	9	-0-	5	18	53.5%	1,002	871
North Adelaide	4th	7	-1-	6	15	53.6%	905	785
West Torrens	5th	7	-0-	7	14	49.8%	960	967
West Adelaide	6th	6	-0-	8	12	48.1%	782	844
Port Adelaide	7th	5	-0-	9	10	49.8%	911	918
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	14	0	32.4%	594	1,242

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	15/09/1923		Norwood v South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	58	-	21	15,000
SAT	22/09/1923		Sturt v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	45	-	49	27,150

Final Round 2

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	29/09/1923		Norwood v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	66	-	40	37,000

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