1924 SAFL Season

These are the results for the 1924 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. West Torrens were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Second Amended Argus system. West Torrens were the premiers, with Roy Brown as the premiership captain-coach.

Season Details

Name: 1924 SAFL Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 14
Finals System: Second Amended Argus System
Matches: 60

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)	Coach (Caretaker)
Glenelg	Glenelg Oval	Fred Pincombe	Dave Smith
North Adelaide	Prospect Oval	Jack Tredrea
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	Roy Brown

Season Results

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

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
West Torrens	1st	11	-1-	2	23	57.4%	1,189	883	168	181	121	157
Sturt	2nd	10	-0-	4	20	56.2%	1,249	975	180	169	139	141
Norwood	3rd	9	-1-	4	19	57.9%	1,199	872	170	179	115	182
Port Adelaide	4th	9	-0-	5	18	54.7%	1,163	965	159	209	135	155
South Adelaide	5th	9	-0-	5	18	51.2%	1,092	1,041	152	180	146	165
North Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	10	8	43.5%	848	1,101	116	152	154	177
West Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	11	6	41.7%	849	1,189	116	153	168	181
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	14	0	37.0%	799	1,362	109	145	192	210

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
West Torrens	1st	Premiers
Sturt	2nd	Runners-Up
Norwood	3rd	Defeated by Sturt (Preliminary Final)
Port Adelaide	4th	Defeated by Sturt (Semi Final)
South Adelaide	5th	Did not qualify for finals
North Adelaide	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	03/05/1924	Glenelg v West Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	82	-	90
SAT	03/05/1924	North Adelaide v Sturt	Prospect Oval	65	-	54
SAT	03/05/1924	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	66	-	55
SAT	03/05/1924	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	94	-	65

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	1	-0-	0	2	59.1%	94	65
North Adelaide	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	54.6%	65	54
South Adelaide	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	54.5%	66	55
West Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	0	2	52.3%	90	82
Glenelg	5th	0	-0-	1	0	47.7%	82	90
Norwood	6th	0	-0-	1	0	45.5%	55	66
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	1	0	45.4%	54	65
Port Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	1	0	40.9%	65	94

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	10/05/1924	Glenelg v Sturt	Glenelg Oval	54	-	159
SAT	10/05/1924	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	57	-	66
SAT	10/05/1924	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	65	-	51
SAT	10/05/1924	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	72	-	56

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	2	-0-	0	4	57.8%	166	121
West Adelaide	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	53.8%	155	133
Sturt	3rd	1	-0-	1	2	64.2%	213	119
North Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	1	2	49.4%	116	119
South Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	1	2	49.0%	122	127
Port Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	1	2	46.5%	131	151
Norwood	7th	0	-0-	2	0	45.9%	112	132
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	2	0	35.3%	136	249

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	17/05/1924	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Prospect Oval	54	-	77
SAT	17/05/1924	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	84	-	40
SAT	17/05/1924	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	68	-	72
SAT	17/05/1924	South Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	96	-	33

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	3	-0-	0	6	58.1%	243	175
Sturt	2nd	2	-0-	1	4	60.4%	285	187
South Adelaide	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	57.7%	218	160
West Adelaide	4th	2	-0-	1	4	47.3%	195	217
Norwood	5th	1	-0-	2	2	53.3%	196	172
Port Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	2	2	47.2%	199	223
North Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	2	2	46.4%	170	196
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	3	0	32.9%	169	345

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/05/1924	Glenelg v North Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	53	-	63
SAT	24/05/1924	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	69	-	69
SAT	24/05/1924	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	102	-	51
SAT	24/05/1924	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	59	-	78

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	3	-1-	0	7	56.1%	312	244
Sturt	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	59.6%	363	246
Port Adelaide	3rd	2	-0-	2	4	52.3%	301	274
South Adelaide	4th	2	-0-	2	4	50.7%	269	262
North Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	2	4	48.3%	233	249
West Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	2	4	46.3%	254	295
Norwood	7th	1	-1-	2	3	52.4%	265	241
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	4	0	35.2%	222	408

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	31/05/1924	North Adelaide v Norwood	Prospect Oval	70	-	84
SAT	31/05/1924	Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Alberton Oval	110	-	68
SAT	31/05/1924	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	80	-	49
SAT	31/05/1924	West Torrens v Sturt	Thebarton Oval	49	-	59

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	4	-0-	1	8	58.9%	422	295
West Torrens	2nd	3	-1-	1	7	54.4%	361	303
Port Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	2	6	54.6%	411	342
South Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	2	6	52.9%	349	311
Norwood	5th	2	-1-	2	5	52.9%	349	311
North Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	3	4	47.6%	303	333
West Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	3	4	44.7%	303	375
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	5	0	35.9%	290	518

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	07/06/1924	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	68	-	70
SAT	07/06/1924	West Torrens v Glenelg	Thebarton Oval	100	-	44
MON	09/06/1924	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	81	-	70
MON	09/06/1924	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	90	-	78

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	5	-0-	1	10	57.9%	512	373
West Torrens	2nd	4	-1-	1	9	57.1%	461	347
Port Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	2	8	54.0%	481	410
South Adelaide	4th	4	-0-	2	8	53.0%	430	381
Norwood	5th	2	-1-	3	5	51.6%	427	401
North Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	4	4	47.4%	373	414
West Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	4	4	45.5%	371	445
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	6	0	35.1%	334	618

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/06/1924	Glenelg v Norwood	Glenelg Oval	71	-	72
SAT	14/06/1924	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Prospect Oval	34	-	97
SAT	14/06/1924	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	110	-	53
SAT	14/06/1924	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	76	-	94

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	6	-0-	1	12	59.4%	622	426
West Torrens	2nd	5	-1-	1	11	56.7%	555	423
Port Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	2	10	56.6%	578	444
South Adelaide	4th	4	-0-	3	8	49.6%	483	491
Norwood	5th	3	-1-	3	7	51.4%	499	472
West Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	5	4	45.3%	447	539
North Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	5	4	44.3%	407	511
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	7	0	37.0%	405	690

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	21/06/1924	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	87	-	55
SAT	21/06/1924	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	60	-	107
SAT	21/06/1924	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	127	-	59
SAT	21/06/1924	West Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	86	-	46

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	7	-0-	1	14	60.7%	749	485
West Torrens	2nd	6	-1-	1	13	57.8%	662	483
Port Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	3	10	53.7%	638	551
Norwood	4th	4	-1-	3	9	52.7%	586	527
South Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	4	8	48.2%	538	578
West Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	5	6	47.7%	533	585
North Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	6	4	42.2%	466	638
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	8	0	36.8%	451	776

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/06/1924	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Prospect Oval	74	-	53
SAT	28/06/1924	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	78	-	70
SAT	28/06/1924	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	72	-	99
SAT	28/06/1924	Sturt v Glenelg	Unley Oval	116	-	58

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	8	-0-	1	16	61.4%	865	543
West Torrens	2nd	7	-1-	1	15	57.8%	761	555
Port Adelaide	3rd	6	-0-	3	12	53.6%	716	621
Norwood	4th	4	-1-	4	9	52.0%	656	605
South Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	5	8	47.4%	610	677
West Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	6	6	47.1%	586	659
North Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	6	6	43.9%	540	691
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	9	0	36.3%	509	892

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/07/1924	Glenelg v South Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	60	-	83
SAT	05/07/1924	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	101	-	72
SAT	05/07/1924	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	41	-	141
SAT	05/07/1924	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	71	-	55

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	9	-0-	1	18	61.1%	966	615
West Torrens	2nd	8	-1-	1	17	57.7%	832	610
Port Adelaide	3rd	6	-0-	4	12	52.2%	788	722
Norwood	4th	5	-1-	4	11	55.2%	797	646
South Adelaide	5th	5	-0-	5	10	48.5%	693	737
West Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	7	6	43.9%	627	800
North Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	7	6	43.8%	595	762
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	10	0	36.9%	569	975

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	19/07/1924	Glenelg v Port Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	47	-	88
SAT	19/07/1924	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	97	-	60
SAT	19/07/1924	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	108	-	70
SAT	19/07/1924	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	73	-	98

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	9	-1-	1	19	57.7%	930	683
Sturt	2nd	9	-0-	2	18	59.3%	1,039	713
Port Adelaide	3rd	7	-0-	4	14	53.3%	876	769
Norwood	4th	6	-1-	4	13	55.9%	894	706
South Adelaide	5th	6	-0-	5	12	49.8%	801	807
West Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	8	6	43.4%	697	908
North Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	8	6	43.3%	655	859
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	11	0	36.7%	616	1,063

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/07/1924	Glenelg v West Torrens	Glenelg Oval	72	-	83
SAT	26/07/1924	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Prospect Oval	53	-	86
SAT	26/07/1924	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	95	-	44
SAT	26/07/1924	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	92	-	43

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	10	-1-	1	21	57.3%	1,013	755
Sturt	2nd	9	-0-	3	18	57.3%	1,083	808
Port Adelaide	3rd	8	-0-	4	16	54.4%	968	812
Norwood	4th	7	-1-	4	15	56.9%	989	750
South Adelaide	5th	7	-0-	5	14	50.8%	887	860
North Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	9	6	42.8%	708	945
West Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	9	6	42.5%	740	1,000
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	12	0	37.5%	688	1,146

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	23/08/1924	North Adelaide v Glenelg	Prospect Oval	84	-	52
SAT	23/08/1924	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	97	-	91
SAT	23/08/1924	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	76	-	59
SAT	23/08/1924	West Torrens v Norwood	Thebarton Oval	63	-	78

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	10	-1-	2	21	56.4%	1,076	833
Sturt	2nd	10	-0-	3	20	57.2%	1,159	867
Norwood	3rd	8	-1-	4	17	56.8%	1,067	813
Port Adelaide	4th	8	-0-	5	16	53.8%	1,059	909
South Adelaide	5th	8	-0-	5	16	50.9%	984	951
North Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	9	8	44.3%	792	997
West Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	10	6	42.6%	799	1,076
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	13	0	37.6%	740	1,230

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	30/08/1924	Norwood v Glenelg	Norwood Oval	132	-	59
SAT	30/08/1924	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	104	-	56
SAT	30/08/1924	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	108	-	90
SAT	30/08/1924	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	113	-	50

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	11	-1-	2	23	57.4%	1,189	883
Sturt	2nd	10	-0-	4	20	56.2%	1,249	975
Norwood	3rd	9	-1-	4	19	57.9%	1,199	872
Port Adelaide	4th	9	-0-	5	18	54.7%	1,163	965
South Adelaide	5th	9	-0-	5	18	51.2%	1,092	1,041
North Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	10	8	43.5%	848	1,101
West Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	11	6	41.7%	849	1,189
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	14	0	37.0%	799	1,362

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	06/09/1924		West Torrens v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	88	-	103	33,000
SAT	13/09/1924		Sturt v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	93	-	59	27,000

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	20/09/1924		Sturt v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	63	-	49	42,360

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	27/09/1924		Sturt v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	58	-	66	44,345

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