1927 SAFL Season

These are the results for the 1927 season of the South Australian Football League (currently known as the South Australian National Football League).

It featured seventeen rounds. West Adelaide were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Second Amended Argus system. West Adelaide were the premiers, with Bruce McGregor as the premiership captain-coach.

Season Details

Name: 1927 SAFL Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 17
Finals System: Second Amended Argus System
Matches: 72

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	Sampson Hosking
South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval
Sturt	Unley Oval	Frank Golding
West Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	Bruce McGregor
West Torrens	Thebarton Oval	Roy Brown

Season Results

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

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
West Adelaide	1st	14	-0-	3	28	57.2%	1,560	1,168	227	198	167	166
North Adelaide	2nd	11	-0-	6	22	57.3%	1,397	1,040	198	209	147	158
Port Adelaide	3rd	10	-0-	7	20	54.0%	1,289	1,096	176	233	154	172
West Torrens	4th	10	-0-	7	20	50.4%	1,211	1,193	168	203	167	191
Sturt	5th	10	-0-	7	20	49.3%	1,152	1,185	161	186	163	207
Norwood	6th	7	-0-	10	14	48.1%	1,309	1,414	188	181	202	202
Glenelg	7th	4	-0-	13	8	45.8%	1,210	1,432	172	178	200	232
South Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	15	4	39.1%	1,077	1,677	149	183	239	243

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
West Adelaide	1st	Premiers
North Adelaide	2nd	Runners-Up
Port Adelaide	3rd	Defeated by West Adelaide (Semi Final)
West Torrens	4th	Defeated by North Adelaide (Semi Final)
Sturt	5th	Did not qualify for finals
Norwood	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	30/04/1927	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Prospect Oval	106	-	57
SAT	30/04/1927	Norwood v Glenelg	Norwood Oval	116	-	65
SAT	30/04/1927	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	46	-	99
SAT	30/04/1927	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Showground	71	-	69

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	1	-0-	0	2	68.3%	99	46
North Adelaide	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	65.0%	106	57
Norwood	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	64.1%	116	65
West Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	0	2	50.7%	71	69
Sturt	5th	0	-0-	1	0	49.3%	69	71
Glenelg	6th	0	-0-	1	0	35.9%	65	116
West Torrens	7th	0	-0-	1	0	35.0%	57	106
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	1	0	31.7%	46	99

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	07/05/1927	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	61	-	58
SAT	07/05/1927	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	90	-	53
SAT	07/05/1927	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Showground	113	-	71
SAT	07/05/1927	West Torrens v Glenelg	Thebarton Oval	65	-	60

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	2	-0-	0	4	60.6%	160	104
West Adelaide	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	56.8%	184	140
North Adelaide	3rd	1	-0-	1	2	58.2%	164	118
Sturt	4th	1	-0-	1	2	56.2%	159	124
Norwood	5th	1	-0-	1	2	51.2%	187	178
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	1	2	42.4%	122	166
Glenelg	7th	0	-0-	2	0	40.8%	125	181
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	2	0	34.4%	99	189

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/05/1927	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	85	-	84
SAT	14/05/1927	South Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	83	-	116
SAT	14/05/1927	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	79	-	90
SAT	14/05/1927	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	53	-	47

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	3	-0-	0	6	57.7%	250	183
West Adelaide	2nd	2	-0-	1	4	54.5%	231	193
Norwood	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	50.9%	272	262
West Torrens	4th	2	-0-	1	4	45.1%	175	213
North Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	2	2	55.0%	248	203
Sturt	6th	1	-0-	2	2	52.7%	238	214
Glenelg	7th	1	-0-	2	2	47.7%	241	264
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	3	0	37.4%	182	305

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	21/05/1927	Glenelg v Sturt	Glenelg Oval	90	-	91
SAT	21/05/1927	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	69	-	86
SAT	21/05/1927	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	54	-	44
SAT	21/05/1927	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	72	-	58

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	4	-0-	0	8	57.3%	304	227
West Adelaide	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	54.7%	303	251
Sturt	3rd	2	-0-	2	4	52.0%	329	304
Norwood	4th	2	-0-	2	4	49.5%	341	348
West Torrens	5th	2	-0-	2	4	45.1%	219	267
North Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	3	2	52.7%	306	275
Glenelg	7th	1	-0-	3	2	48.3%	331	355
South Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	3	2	41.7%	268	374

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/05/1927	Glenelg v North Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	61	-	129
SAT	28/05/1927	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	110	-	69
SAT	28/05/1927	West Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	120	-	55
SAT	28/05/1927	West Torrens v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	83	-	42

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	5	-0-	0	10	58.3%	414	296
West Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	1	8	58.0%	423	306
West Torrens	3rd	3	-0-	2	6	49.4%	302	309
North Adelaide	4th	2	-0-	3	4	56.4%	435	336
Sturt	5th	2	-0-	3	4	48.9%	371	387
Norwood	6th	2	-0-	3	4	47.2%	410	458
Glenelg	7th	1	-0-	4	2	44.7%	392	484
South Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	4	2	39.5%	323	494

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/06/1927	Glenelg v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	59	-	91
SAT	04/06/1927	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Prospect Oval	78	-	41
MON	06/06/1927	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	86	-	74
MON	06/06/1927	Sturt v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	91	-	70

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	6	-0-	0	12	57.5%	500	370
West Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	2	8	55.9%	497	392
West Torrens	3rd	4	-0-	2	8	51.6%	393	368
North Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	3	6	57.6%	513	377
Sturt	5th	3	-0-	3	6	50.3%	462	457
Norwood	6th	2	-0-	4	4	46.6%	480	549
Glenelg	7th	1	-0-	5	2	44.0%	451	575
South Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	5	2	38.9%	364	572

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/06/1927	North Adelaide v Sturt	Prospect Oval	84	-	50
SAT	11/06/1927	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	42	-	52
SAT	11/06/1927	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	37	-	144
SAT	11/06/1927	West Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Showground	93	-	78

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	7	-0-	0	14	61.3%	644	407
West Adelaide	2nd	5	-0-	2	10	55.7%	590	470
West Torrens	3rd	5	-0-	2	10	52.0%	445	410
North Adelaide	4th	4	-0-	3	8	58.3%	597	427
Sturt	5th	3	-0-	4	6	48.6%	512	541
Norwood	6th	2	-0-	5	4	46.5%	522	601
Glenelg	7th	1	-0-	6	2	44.2%	529	668
South Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	6	2	35.9%	401	716

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	18/06/1927	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Prospect Oval	94	-	52
SAT	18/06/1927	Norwood v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	100	-	118
SAT	18/06/1927	West Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	144	-	64
SAT	18/06/1927	West Torrens v Sturt	Thebarton Oval	61	-	62

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	7	-0-	1	14	58.1%	696	501
West Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	2	12	57.9%	734	534
North Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	3	10	59.1%	691	479
West Torrens	4th	5	-0-	3	10	51.7%	506	472
Sturt	5th	4	-0-	4	8	48.8%	574	602
Norwood	6th	2	-0-	6	4	46.4%	622	719
Glenelg	7th	2	-0-	6	4	45.7%	647	768
South Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	7	2	35.1%	465	860

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	25/06/1927	Glenelg v Port Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	60	-	63
SAT	25/06/1927	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	74	-	75
SAT	25/06/1927	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	75	-	59
SAT	25/06/1927	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	80	-	72

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	1	16	57.5%	759	561
West Adelaide	2nd	7	-0-	2	14	57.3%	814	606
West Torrens	3rd	6	-0-	3	12	51.6%	581	546
North Adelaide	4th	5	-0-	4	10	57.7%	763	559
Sturt	5th	5	-0-	4	10	49.5%	649	661
Norwood	6th	2	-0-	7	4	46.2%	681	794
Glenelg	7th	2	-0-	7	4	46.0%	707	831
South Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	8	2	36.6%	539	935

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	02/07/1927	Glenelg v Sturt	Glenelg Oval	61	-	65
SAT	02/07/1927	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	85	-	111
SAT	02/07/1927	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	56	-	100
SAT	02/07/1927	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	66	-	65

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	2	16	57.2%	925	691
Port Adelaide	2nd	8	-0-	2	16	56.8%	824	627
West Torrens	3rd	7	-0-	3	14	51.4%	647	611
North Adelaide	4th	6	-0-	4	12	58.4%	863	615
Sturt	5th	6	-0-	4	12	49.7%	714	722
Glenelg	6th	2	-0-	8	4	46.2%	768	896
Norwood	7th	2	-0-	8	4	45.8%	766	905
South Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	9	2	36.5%	595	1,035

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/07/1927	Glenelg v West Torrens	Glenelg Oval	74	-	101
SAT	09/07/1927	North Adelaide v Norwood	Prospect Oval	97	-	82
SAT	09/07/1927	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	63	-	70
SAT	09/07/1927	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	104	-	38

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	9	-0-	2	18	58.5%	1,029	729
Port Adelaide	2nd	8	-0-	3	16	54.1%	862	731
West Torrens	3rd	8	-0-	3	16	52.2%	748	685
North Adelaide	4th	7	-0-	4	14	57.9%	960	697
Sturt	5th	7	-0-	4	14	50.0%	784	785
Norwood	6th	2	-0-	9	4	45.8%	848	1,002
Glenelg	7th	2	-0-	9	4	45.8%	842	997
South Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	10	2	37.3%	658	1,105

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/07/1927	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Prospect Oval	71	-	58
SAT	16/07/1927	Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Alberton Oval	43	-	45
SAT	16/07/1927	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	77	-	84
SAT	16/07/1927	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	71	-	74

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	9	-0-	3	18	57.6%	1,087	800
West Torrens	2nd	9	-0-	3	18	52.1%	822	756
North Adelaide	3rd	8	-0-	4	16	57.7%	1,031	755
Port Adelaide	4th	8	-0-	4	16	53.8%	905	776
Sturt	5th	7	-0-	5	14	49.9%	855	859
Norwood	6th	3	-0-	9	6	46.3%	932	1,079
Glenelg	7th	3	-0-	9	6	46.0%	887	1,040
South Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	11	2	38.2%	735	1,189

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	23/07/1927	Glenelg v Norwood	Glenelg Oval	75	-	80
SAT	23/07/1927	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	108	-	50
SAT	23/07/1927	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	71	-	39
SAT	23/07/1927	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Showground	118	-	103

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	10	-0-	3	20	57.2%	1,205	903
Port Adelaide	2nd	9	-0-	4	18	55.1%	1,013	826
West Torrens	3rd	9	-0-	4	18	51.4%	925	874
North Adelaide	4th	8	-0-	5	16	56.4%	1,070	826
Sturt	5th	8	-0-	5	16	50.8%	926	898
Norwood	6th	4	-0-	9	8	46.7%	1,012	1,154
Glenelg	7th	3	-0-	10	6	46.2%	962	1,120
South Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	12	2	37.7%	785	1,297

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	30/07/1927	Glenelg v South Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	73	-	55
SAT	30/07/1927	Norwood v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	81	-	61
SAT	30/07/1927	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	51	-	79
SAT	30/07/1927	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	50	-	87

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	11	-0-	3	22	57.6%	1,292	953
North Adelaide	2nd	9	-0-	5	18	56.7%	1,149	877
Port Adelaide	3rd	9	-0-	5	18	54.0%	1,064	905
West Torrens	4th	9	-0-	5	18	50.8%	986	955
Sturt	5th	8	-0-	6	16	49.8%	976	985
Norwood	6th	5	-0-	9	10	47.4%	1,093	1,215
Glenelg	7th	4	-0-	10	8	46.8%	1,035	1,175
South Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	13	2	38.0%	840	1,370

Round 15

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	06/08/1927	North Adelaide v Glenelg	Prospect Oval	94	-	41
SAT	06/08/1927	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	50	-	58
SAT	06/08/1927	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	64	-	73
SAT	06/08/1927	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	94	-	99

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	12	-0-	3	24	57.3%	1,365	1,017
North Adelaide	2nd	10	-0-	5	20	57.5%	1,243	918
Port Adelaide	3rd	9	-0-	6	18	53.6%	1,128	978
West Torrens	4th	9	-0-	6	18	50.6%	1,080	1,054
Sturt	5th	9	-0-	6	18	50.0%	1,034	1,035
Norwood	6th	5	-0-	10	10	47.3%	1,143	1,273
Glenelg	7th	4	-0-	11	8	45.9%	1,076	1,269
South Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	13	4	39.1%	939	1,464

Round 16

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/08/1927	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	82	-	74
SAT	27/08/1927	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	80	-	114
SAT	27/08/1927	Sturt v Glenelg	Unley Oval	82	-	63
SAT	27/08/1927	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	64	-	55

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	13	-0-	3	26	57.4%	1,479	1,097
North Adelaide	2nd	10	-0-	6	20	56.9%	1,298	982
West Torrens	3rd	10	-0-	6	20	50.8%	1,144	1,109
Sturt	4th	10	-0-	6	20	50.4%	1,116	1,098
Port Adelaide	5th	9	-0-	7	18	53.1%	1,202	1,060
Norwood	6th	6	-0-	10	12	47.6%	1,225	1,347
Glenelg	7th	4	-0-	12	8	45.7%	1,139	1,351
South Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	14	4	39.2%	1,019	1,578

Round 17

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/09/1927	Glenelg v West Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	71	-	81
SAT	03/09/1927	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	87	-	36
SAT	03/09/1927	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	58	-	99
SAT	03/09/1927	West Torrens v Norwood	Thebarton Oval	67	-	84

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	14	-0-	3	28	57.2%	1,560	1,168
North Adelaide	2nd	11	-0-	6	22	57.3%	1,397	1,040
Port Adelaide	3rd	10	-0-	7	20	54.0%	1,289	1,096
West Torrens	4th	10	-0-	7	20	50.4%	1,211	1,193
Sturt	5th	10	-0-	7	20	49.3%	1,152	1,185
Norwood	6th	7	-0-	10	14	48.1%	1,309	1,414
Glenelg	7th	4	-0-	13	8	45.8%	1,210	1,432
South Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	15	4	39.1%	1,077	1,677

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	10/09/1927		North Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	69	-	37	35,244
SAT	17/09/1927		West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	107	-	57	34,000

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	24/09/1927		West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	47	-	51	34,274

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	01/10/1927		North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	64	-	71	33,222

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