1926 SAFL Season

These are the results for the 1926 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. Sturt were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Second Amended Argus system. Sturt were the premiers, with Frank Golding as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1926 SAFL Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 14
Finals System: Second Amended Argus System
Matches: 60

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Glenelg	Glenelg Oval	Jim Handby
North Adelaide	Prospect Oval	Wally Steele
Norwood	Norwood Oval	Walter Scott
Port Adelaide	Alberton Oval
South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	Sampson Hosking
Sturt	Unley Oval	Frank Golding
West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	Bruce McGregor
West Torrens	Thebarton Oval	Roy Brown

Season Results

Premiers: Sturt
Runners-Up: North Adelaide
Minor Premiers: Sturt

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Sturt	1st	10	-0-	4	20	56.0%	1,052	825	147	170	118	117
Port Adelaide	2nd	10	-0-	4	20	55.1%	1,046	851	142	194	125	101
Norwood	3rd	9	-0-	5	18	52.6%	1,095	985	159	141	137	163
North Adelaide	4th	8	-0-	6	16	50.0%	899	899	124	155	124	155
West Torrens	5th	7	-1-	6	15	54.3%	1,004	844	141	158	115	154
West Adelaide	6th	7	-0-	7	14	51.5%	1,005	945	140	165	131	159
Glenelg	7th	4	-0-	10	8	42.2%	830	1,139	118	122	158	191
South Adelaide	8th	0	-1-	13	1	40.3%	916	1,359	129	142	192	207

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/05/1926	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Prospect Oval	60	-	56
SAT	01/05/1926	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	61	-	52
SAT	01/05/1926	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	81	-	37
SAT	01/05/1926	West Torrens v Glenelg	Thebarton Oval	81	-	22

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	1	-0-	0	2	78.6%	81	22
West Adelaide	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	68.6%	81	37
Sturt	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	54.0%	61	52
North Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	0	2	51.7%	60	56
South Adelaide	5th	0	-0-	1	0	48.3%	56	60
Norwood	6th	0	-0-	1	0	46.0%	52	61
Port Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	1	0	31.4%	37	81
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	1	0	21.4%	22	81

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/05/1926	Glenelg v West Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	39	-	76
SAT	08/05/1926	North Adelaide v Sturt	Prospect Oval	69	-	54
SAT	08/05/1926	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	66	-	98
SAT	08/05/1926	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	82	-	33

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	2	-0-	0	4	74.8%	163	55
West Adelaide	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	67.4%	157	76
North Adelaide	3rd	2	-0-	0	4	54.0%	129	110
Norwood	4th	1	-0-	1	2	54.2%	150	127
Sturt	5th	1	-0-	1	2	48.7%	115	121
South Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	2	0	43.6%	122	158
Port Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	2	0	30.0%	70	163
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	2	0	28.0%	61	157

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/05/1926	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	91	-	75
SAT	15/05/1926	Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Alberton Oval	123	-	58
SAT	15/05/1926	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	132	-	69
SAT	15/05/1926	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	49	-	89

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	3	-0-	0	6	70.8%	252	104
Sturt	2nd	2	-0-	1	4	56.5%	247	190
West Adelaide	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	55.5%	206	165
Norwood	4th	2	-0-	1	4	54.4%	241	202
North Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	1	4	50.4%	204	201
Port Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	2	2	46.6%	193	221
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	3	0	39.7%	191	290
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	3	0	29.8%	119	280

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/05/1926	Glenelg v Sturt	Glenelg Oval	64	-	95
SAT	22/05/1926	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Prospect Oval	66	-	60
SAT	22/05/1926	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	96	-	42
SAT	22/05/1926	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	54	-	58

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	3	-0-	1	6	64.7%	312	170
Sturt	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	57.4%	342	254
Norwood	3rd	3	-0-	1	6	53.9%	299	256
North Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	1	6	50.8%	270	261
West Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	2	4	53.8%	260	223
Port Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	2	4	52.4%	289	263
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	4	0	37.6%	233	386
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	4	0	32.8%	183	375

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	29/05/1926	Glenelg v North Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	60	-	68
SAT	29/05/1926	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	64	-	66
SAT	29/05/1926	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	68	-	68
SAT	29/05/1926	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	77	-	37

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	4	-0-	1	8	59.0%	419	291
North Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	1	8	51.3%	338	321
West Torrens	3rd	3	-1-	1	7	61.5%	380	238
Norwood	4th	3	-0-	2	6	53.0%	363	322
Port Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	2	6	52.1%	355	327
West Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	3	4	49.7%	297	300
South Adelaide	7th	0	-1-	4	1	39.9%	301	454
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	5	0	35.4%	243	443

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/06/1926	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	74	-	59
SAT	05/06/1926	South Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	71	-	81
MON	07/06/1926	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	51	-	29
MON	07/06/1926	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	79	-	87

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	5	-0-	1	10	51.5%	425	400
Sturt	2nd	4	-0-	2	8	56.7%	448	342
Norwood	3rd	4	-0-	2	8	53.4%	437	381
Port Adelaide	4th	4	-0-	2	8	53.3%	406	356
West Torrens	5th	3	-1-	2	7	58.5%	439	312
West Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	4	4	49.3%	376	387
Glenelg	7th	1	-0-	5	2	38.7%	324	514
South Adelaide	8th	0	-1-	5	1	41.0%	372	535

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	19/06/1926	Glenelg v Norwood	Glenelg Oval	70	-	66
SAT	19/06/1926	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Prospect Oval	41	-	63
SAT	19/06/1926	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	76	-	117
SAT	19/06/1926	West Torrens v Sturt	Thebarton Oval	91	-	64

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	5	-0-	2	10	54.2%	469	397
North Adelaide	2nd	5	-0-	2	10	50.2%	466	463
West Torrens	3rd	4	-1-	2	9	58.5%	530	376
Sturt	4th	4	-0-	3	8	54.2%	512	433
Norwood	5th	4	-0-	3	8	52.7%	503	451
West Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	4	6	51.6%	493	463
Glenelg	7th	2	-0-	5	4	40.5%	394	580
South Adelaide	8th	0	-1-	6	1	40.7%	448	652

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/06/1926	Glenelg v West Torrens	Glenelg Oval	55	-	49
SAT	26/06/1926	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	70	-	59
SAT	26/06/1926	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	72	-	83
SAT	26/06/1926	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	50	-	71

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	6	-0-	2	12	51.1%	537	513
Port Adelaide	2nd	5	-0-	3	10	53.0%	541	480
Norwood	3rd	5	-0-	3	10	52.9%	573	510
West Torrens	4th	4	-1-	3	9	57.3%	579	431
Sturt	5th	4	-0-	4	8	53.2%	571	503
West Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	4	8	51.8%	576	535
Glenelg	7th	3	-0-	5	6	41.7%	449	629
South Adelaide	8th	0	-1-	7	1	40.8%	498	723

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	10/07/1926	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	95	-	65
SAT	10/07/1926	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	83	-	62
SAT	10/07/1926	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	66	-	58
SAT	10/07/1926	West Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	77	-	49

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	6	-0-	3	12	53.7%	668	575
Port Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	3	12	53.5%	624	542
North Adelaide	3rd	6	-0-	3	12	50.7%	595	579
Sturt	4th	5	-0-	4	10	53.2%	637	561
West Adelaide	5th	5	-0-	4	10	52.8%	653	584
West Torrens	6th	4	-1-	4	9	55.5%	641	514
Glenelg	7th	3	-0-	6	6	41.4%	498	706
South Adelaide	8th	0	-1-	8	1	40.8%	563	818

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	17/07/1926	Glenelg v Port Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	71	-	77
SAT	17/07/1926	North Adelaide v Norwood	Prospect Oval	66	-	83
SAT	17/07/1926	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	74	-	132
SAT	17/07/1926	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	59	-	82

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	7	-0-	3	14	54.0%	751	641
Port Adelaide	2nd	7	-0-	3	14	53.3%	701	613
Sturt	3rd	6	-0-	4	12	54.8%	769	635
West Adelaide	4th	6	-0-	4	12	53.3%	735	643
North Adelaide	5th	6	-0-	4	12	50.0%	661	662
West Torrens	6th	4	-1-	5	9	54.0%	700	596
Glenelg	7th	3	-0-	7	6	42.1%	569	783
South Adelaide	8th	0	-1-	9	1	40.1%	637	950

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/07/1926	Glenelg v South Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	112	-	85
SAT	24/07/1926	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Prospect Oval	76	-	45
SAT	24/07/1926	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	58	-	46
SAT	24/07/1926	West Torrens v Norwood	Thebarton Oval	110	-	68

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	7	-0-	4	14	54.8%	827	681
Port Adelaide	2nd	7	-0-	4	14	52.7%	747	671
Norwood	3rd	7	-0-	4	14	52.2%	819	751
North Adelaide	4th	7	-0-	4	14	51.0%	737	707
West Adelaide	5th	6	-0-	5	12	52.0%	780	719
West Torrens	6th	5	-1-	5	11	55.0%	810	664
Glenelg	7th	4	-0-	7	8	44.0%	681	868
South Adelaide	8th	0	-1-	10	1	40.5%	722	1,062

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	07/08/1926	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	72	-	55
SAT	07/08/1926	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	64	-	112
SAT	07/08/1926	Sturt v Glenelg	Unley Oval	72	-	27
SAT	07/08/1926	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	62	-	51

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	8	-0-	4	16	55.9%	899	708
Port Adelaide	2nd	8	-0-	4	16	53.9%	859	735
Norwood	3rd	8	-0-	4	16	52.5%	891	806
North Adelaide	4th	7	-0-	5	14	50.6%	788	769
West Torrens	5th	6	-1-	5	13	54.9%	872	715
West Adelaide	6th	6	-0-	6	12	51.4%	835	791
Glenelg	7th	4	-0-	8	8	43.0%	708	940
South Adelaide	8th	0	-1-	11	1	40.1%	786	1,174

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/08/1926	North Adelaide v Glenelg	Prospect Oval	69	-	60
SAT	14/08/1926	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	117	-	74
SAT	14/08/1926	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	75	-	93
SAT	14/08/1926	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	90	-	69

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	9	-0-	4	18	55.9%	992	783
Port Adelaide	2nd	9	-0-	4	18	54.7%	976	809
Norwood	3rd	8	-0-	5	16	51.1%	965	923
North Adelaide	4th	8	-0-	5	16	50.8%	857	829
West Torrens	5th	7	-1-	5	15	55.1%	962	784
West Adelaide	6th	6	-0-	7	12	50.7%	910	884
Glenelg	7th	4	-0-	9	8	43.2%	768	1,009
South Adelaide	8th	0	-1-	12	1	40.3%	855	1,264

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/09/1926	Norwood v Glenelg	Norwood Oval	130	-	62
SAT	04/09/1926	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	70	-	42
SAT	04/09/1926	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	61	-	95
SAT	04/09/1926	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	60	-	42

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	10	-0-	4	20	56.0%	1,052	825
Port Adelaide	2nd	10	-0-	4	20	55.1%	1,046	851
Norwood	3rd	9	-0-	5	18	52.6%	1,095	985
North Adelaide	4th	8	-0-	6	16	50.0%	899	899
West Torrens	5th	7	-1-	6	15	54.3%	1,004	844
West Adelaide	6th	7	-0-	7	14	51.5%	1,005	945
Glenelg	7th	4	-0-	10	8	42.2%	830	1,139
South Adelaide	8th	0	-1-	13	1	40.3%	916	1,359

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	11/09/1926		Sturt v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	48	-	65	32,000
SAT	18/09/1926		Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	67	-	104	32,000

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	25/09/1926		Norwood v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	68	-	77	40,000

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	02/10/1926		North Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	51	-	64	30,000

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