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) Coach (Caretaker)
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 Alfred Ryan Bill Oliver
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

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 Attendance
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 Attendance
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 Attendance
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 Attendance
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 Attendance
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 Attendance
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 Attendance
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 Attendance
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 Attendance
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 Attendance
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 Attendance
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 Attendance
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 Attendance
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 Attendance
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 Attendance
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 Attendance
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 Attendance
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

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

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

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 1 Ladder

Team Pos.
West Adelaide* 1st
North Adelaide 2nd
Port Adelaide 3rd
West Torrens 4th
* : right to challenge

Final Round 2

Final (Preliminary Final)

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

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team Pos.
North Adelaide 1st
West Adelaide* 2nd
Port Adelaide 3rd
West Torrens 4th
* : right to challenge

Final Round 3

Challenge Final (Grand Final)

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

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team Pos.
West Adelaide 1st
North Adelaide 2nd
Port Adelaide 3rd
West Torrens 4th