1925 SAFL Season

These are the results for the 1925 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 Sid White as the premiership captain-coach.

Season Details

Name: 1925 SAFL Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 14
Finals System: Second Amended Argus System
Matches: 59

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Glenelg	Glenelg Oval	Cyril Hoft
North Adelaide	Prospect Oval	Percy Lewis
Norwood	Norwood Oval	Sid White
Port Adelaide	Alberton Oval
South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval
Sturt	Unley Oval	Frank Golding
West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	Jack Hamilton
West Torrens	Thebarton Oval	Roy Brown

Season Results

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

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Norwood	1st	11	-0-	3	22	59.7%	1,203	812	169	189	108	164
Port Adelaide	2nd	10	-0-	4	20	53.5%	1,033	898	148	145	127	136
Sturt	3rd	8	-0-	6	16	54.8%	1,075	885	156	139	122	153
West Torrens	4th	8	-0-	6	16	50.6%	1,078	1,052	149	184	154	128
West Adelaide	5th	7	-0-	7	14	50.5%	889	872	125	139	123	134
North Adelaide	6th	6	-0-	8	12	49.2%	949	981	132	157	139	147
South Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	10	8	43.4%	883	1,151	125	133	162	179
Glenelg	8th	2	-0-	12	4	38.8%	796	1,255	111	130	180	175

Overall Premiership Results

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

Ladder Chart

This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic. You can click on the teams in the legend to add/remove their respective results.

Season Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	02/05/1925	Glenelg v West Torrens	Glenelg Oval	78	-	70
SAT	02/05/1925	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Prospect Oval	76	-	65
SAT	02/05/1925	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	77	-	67
SAT	02/05/1925	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	39	-	113

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	1	-0-	0	2	74.3%	113	39
North Adelaide	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	53.9%	76	65
Sturt	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	53.5%	77	67
Glenelg	4th	1	-0-	0	2	52.7%	78	70
West Torrens	5th	0	-0-	1	0	47.3%	70	78
Port Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	1	0	46.5%	67	77
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	1	0	46.1%	65	76
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	1	0	25.7%	39	113

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/05/1925	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Prospect Oval	25	-	42
SAT	09/05/1925	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	90	-	67
SAT	09/05/1925	Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Alberton Oval	76	-	66
SAT	09/05/1925	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	80	-	64

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	2	-0-	0	4	65.7%	203	106
South Adelaide	2nd	1	-0-	1	2	50.9%	145	140
Port Adelaide	3rd	1	-0-	1	2	50.0%	143	143
Glenelg	4th	1	-0-	1	2	49.7%	144	146
North Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	1	2	48.6%	101	107
Sturt	6th	1	-0-	1	2	47.8%	144	157
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	1	2	37.0%	81	138
West Torrens	8th	0	-0-	2	0	45.9%	134	158

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/05/1925	Glenelg v West Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	47	-	112
SAT	16/05/1925	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	103	-	66
SAT	16/05/1925	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	74	-	93
SAT	16/05/1925	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	69	-	51

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	3	-0-	0	6	64.0%	306	172
South Adelaide	2nd	2	-0-	1	4	52.8%	214	191
West Adelaide	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	51.1%	193	185
West Torrens	4th	1	-0-	2	2	49.5%	227	232
Port Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	2	2	47.9%	217	236
Sturt	6th	1	-0-	2	2	46.3%	195	226
North Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	2	2	44.3%	167	210
Glenelg	8th	1	-0-	2	2	42.5%	191	258

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	23/05/1925	Norwood v Glenelg	Norwood Oval	81	-	40
SAT	23/05/1925	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	112	-	65
SAT	23/05/1925	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	69	-	66
SAT	23/05/1925	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	93	-	71

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	4	-0-	0	8	64.6%	387	212
West Adelaide	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	51.1%	262	251
Port Adelaide	3rd	2	-0-	2	4	52.2%	329	301
West Torrens	4th	2	-0-	2	4	51.4%	320	303
South Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	2	4	47.9%	279	303
Sturt	6th	1	-0-	3	2	46.9%	261	295
North Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	3	2	44.0%	238	303
Glenelg	8th	1	-0-	3	2	40.5%	231	339

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	30/05/1925	Glenelg v South Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	92	-	69
SAT	30/05/1925	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	102	-	65
SAT	30/05/1925	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	40	-	36
SAT	30/05/1925	West Torrens v Norwood	Thebarton Oval	88	-	63

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	4	-0-	1	8	60.0%	450	300
West Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	1	8	51.3%	302	287
West Torrens	3rd	3	-0-	2	6	52.7%	408	366
Port Adelaide	4th	2	-0-	3	4	51.7%	365	341
Sturt	5th	2	-0-	3	4	50.2%	363	360
South Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	3	4	46.8%	348	395
Glenelg	7th	2	-0-	3	4	44.2%	323	408
North Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	4	2	42.8%	303	405

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	06/06/1925	Sturt v Glenelg	Unley Oval	107	-	70
SAT	06/06/1925	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	44	-	88
MON	08/06/1925	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	71	-	66
MON	08/06/1925	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	59	-	90

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	5	-0-	1	10	60.1%	540	359
West Torrens	2nd	4	-0-	2	8	54.7%	496	410
West Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	2	8	48.0%	346	375
Sturt	4th	3	-0-	3	6	52.2%	470	430
Port Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	3	6	51.7%	436	407
South Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	4	4	45.6%	407	485
Glenelg	7th	2	-0-	4	4	43.3%	393	515
North Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	5	2	43.7%	369	476

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/06/1925	North Adelaide v Glenelg	Prospect Oval	82	-	53
SAT	13/06/1925	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	80	-	70
SAT	13/06/1925	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	79	-	77
SAT	13/06/1925	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	100	-	52

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	5	-0-	2	10	58.2%	610	439
Sturt	2nd	4	-0-	3	8	54.2%	570	482
Port Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	3	8	52.0%	516	477
West Torrens	4th	4	-0-	3	8	51.8%	548	510
West Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	3	8	48.2%	423	454
South Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	4	6	46.4%	486	562
North Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	5	4	46.0%	451	529
Glenelg	8th	2	-0-	5	4	42.8%	446	597

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/06/1925	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	69	-	56
SAT	27/06/1925	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	81	-	75
SAT	27/06/1925	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	49	-	76
SAT	27/06/1925	West Torrens v Glenelg	Thebarton Oval	88	-	59

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	6	-0-	2	12	57.8%	679	495
West Torrens	2nd	5	-0-	3	10	52.8%	636	569
Port Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	3	10	52.0%	597	552
Sturt	4th	4	-0-	4	8	53.4%	645	563
West Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	4	8	47.8%	479	523
North Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	5	6	47.7%	527	578
South Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	5	6	45.6%	535	638
Glenelg	8th	2	-0-	6	4	42.4%	505	685

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/07/1925	Glenelg v Port Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	47	-	115
SAT	11/07/1925	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	44	-	42
SAT	11/07/1925	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	52	-	51
SAT	11/07/1925	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	106	-	82

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	6	-0-	3	12	57.2%	721	539
Port Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	3	12	54.3%	712	599
West Torrens	3rd	6	-0-	3	12	53.3%	742	651
Sturt	4th	5	-0-	4	10	53.2%	689	605
West Adelaide	5th	5	-0-	4	10	48.1%	531	574
North Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	6	6	47.8%	578	630
South Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	6	6	45.3%	617	744
Glenelg	8th	2	-0-	7	4	40.8%	552	800

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	18/07/1925	North Adelaide v Norwood	Prospect Oval	66	-	67
SAT	18/07/1925	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	70	-	46
SAT	18/07/1925	West Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	88	-	50
SAT	18/07/1925	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	57	-	76

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	7	-0-	3	14	56.6%	788	605
Port Adelaide	2nd	7	-0-	3	14	54.6%	788	656
Sturt	3rd	6	-0-	4	12	53.8%	759	651
West Torrens	4th	6	-0-	4	12	52.4%	799	727
West Adelaide	5th	6	-0-	4	12	49.8%	619	624
North Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	7	6	48.0%	644	697
South Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	7	6	44.9%	663	814
Glenelg	8th	2	-0-	8	4	40.4%	602	888

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	25/07/1925	Glenelg v Sturt	Glenelg Oval	29	-	109
SAT	25/07/1925	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Prospect Oval	42	-	61
SAT	25/07/1925	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	128	-	58
SAT	25/07/1925	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	81	-	61

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	8	-0-	3	16	58.0%	916	663
Port Adelaide	2nd	8	-0-	3	16	54.9%	849	698
Sturt	3rd	7	-0-	4	14	56.1%	868	680
West Torrens	4th	7	-0-	4	14	52.8%	880	788
West Adelaide	5th	6	-0-	5	12	49.1%	680	705
North Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	8	6	47.5%	686	758
South Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	8	6	43.4%	721	942
Glenelg	8th	2	-0-	9	4	38.8%	631	997

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
THU	06/08/1925	Glenelg v Norwood	Glenelg Oval	51	-	108
THU	06/08/1925	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Prospect Oval	93	-	75
THU	06/08/1925	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	58	-	70
THU	06/08/1925	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	60	-	49

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	9	-0-	3	18	58.9%	1,024	714
Port Adelaide	2nd	9	-0-	3	18	54.9%	919	756
Sturt	3rd	8	-0-	4	16	56.0%	928	729
West Torrens	4th	7	-0-	5	14	52.0%	955	881
West Adelaide	5th	6	-0-	6	12	48.8%	729	765
North Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	8	8	48.3%	779	833
South Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	9	6	43.5%	779	1,012
Glenelg	8th	2	-0-	10	4	38.2%	682	1,105

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/08/1925	North Adelaide v Sturt	Prospect Oval	75	-	70
SAT	22/08/1925	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	94	-	42
SAT	22/08/1925	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	58	-	57
SAT	22/08/1925	South Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	55	-	36

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	10	-0-	3	20	59.7%	1,118	756
Port Adelaide	2nd	10	-0-	3	20	54.6%	977	813
Sturt	3rd	8	-0-	5	16	55.4%	998	804
West Torrens	4th	7	-0-	6	14	50.6%	997	975
West Adelaide	5th	6	-0-	7	12	48.9%	786	823
North Adelaide	6th	5	-0-	8	10	48.6%	854	903
South Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	9	8	44.3%	834	1,048
Glenelg	8th	2	-0-	11	4	38.2%	718	1,160

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/09/1925	Glenelg v North Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	78	-	95
SAT	05/09/1925	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	85	-	56
SAT	05/09/1925	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	49	-	103
SAT	05/09/1925	West Torrens v Sturt	Thebarton Oval	81	-	77

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	11	-0-	3	22	59.7%	1,203	812
Port Adelaide	2nd	10	-0-	4	20	53.5%	1,033	898
Sturt	3rd	8	-0-	6	16	54.8%	1,075	885
West Torrens	4th	8	-0-	6	16	50.6%	1,078	1,052
West Adelaide	5th	7	-0-	7	14	50.5%	889	872
North Adelaide	6th	6	-0-	8	12	49.2%	949	981
South Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	10	8	43.4%	883	1,151
Glenelg	8th	2	-0-	12	4	38.8%	796	1,255

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Norwood	1st	11	-0-	3	22	59.7%	1,203	812	169	189	108	164
Port Adelaide	2nd	10	-0-	4	20	53.5%	1,033	898	148	145	127	136
Sturt	3rd	8	-0-	6	16	54.8%	1,075	885	156	139	122	153
West Torrens	4th	8	-0-	6	16	50.6%	1,078	1,052	149	184	154	128
West Adelaide	5th	7	-0-	7	14	50.5%	889	872	125	139	123	134
North Adelaide	6th	6	-0-	8	12	49.2%	949	981	132	157	139	147
South Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	10	8	43.4%	883	1,151	125	133	162	179
Glenelg	8th	2	-0-	12	4	38.8%	796	1,255	111	130	180	175

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	12/09/1925		Norwood v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	71	-	64	28,060
SAT	19/09/1925		Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	53	-	60	35,500

Final Round 1 Ladder

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

* ^{: right to challenge}

Final Round 2

Final (Grand Final)

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	26/09/1925		Norwood v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	52	-	51	37,750

Final Round 2 Ladder

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

* ^{: right to challenge}

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