1928 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1928 season of the South Australian National Football League.

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

The season ended with a finals series following the Second Amended Argus system. Port Adelaide were the premiers, with Sampson Hosking as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1928 SANFL 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 Roy Brown
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 Jack Karney

Season Results

Premiers: Port Adelaide
Runners-Up: Norwood
Minor Premiers: Port Adelaide

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Port Adelaide 1st 14 -0- 3 28 54.3% 1,487 1,251 208 239 179 177
West Adelaide 2nd 13 -0- 4 26 58.0% 1,694 1,228 244 230 168 220
Norwood 3rd 10 -0- 7 20 51.3% 1,323 1,258 183 225 171 232
North Adelaide 4th 9 -1- 7 19 49.8% 1,355 1,368 187 233 198 180
West Torrens 5th 7 -2- 8 16 48.9% 1,184 1,235 163 206 170 215
Sturt 6th 6 -2- 9 14 47.3% 1,294 1,442 180 214 201 236
Glenelg 7th 4 -0- 13 8 45.8% 1,397 1,652 199 203 238 224
South Adelaide 8th 2 -1- 14 5 44.7% 1,257 1,557 178 189 217 255

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Port Adelaide 1st Premiers
Norwood 2nd Runners-Up
West Adelaide 3rd Defeated by Norwood (Preliminary Final)
North Adelaide 4th Defeated by West Adelaide (Semi Final)
West Torrens 5th Did not qualify for finals
Sturt 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 Attendance
SAT 28/04/1928 Glenelg v Port Adelaide Glenelg Oval 84 - 91
SAT 28/04/1928 South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 66 - 93
SAT 28/04/1928 West Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Showground 59 - 103
SAT 28/04/1928 West Torrens v Sturt Thebarton Oval 47 - 63

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 1 -0- 0 2 63.6% 103 59
North Adelaide 2nd 1 -0- 0 2 58.5% 93 66
Sturt 3rd 1 -0- 0 2 57.3% 63 47
Port Adelaide 4th 1 -0- 0 2 52.0% 91 84
Glenelg 5th 0 -0- 1 0 48.0% 84 91
West Torrens 6th 0 -0- 1 0 42.7% 47 63
South Adelaide 7th 0 -0- 1 0 41.5% 66 93
West Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 1 0 36.4% 59 103

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/05/1928 Port Adelaide v Norwood Alberton Oval 66 - 60
SAT 05/05/1928 Sturt v Glenelg Unley Oval 115 - 82
SAT 05/05/1928 West Adelaide v South Adelaide Adelaide Showground 96 - 83
SAT 05/05/1928 West Torrens v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 67 - 37

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 2 -0- 0 4 58.0% 178 129
Port Adelaide 2nd 2 -0- 0 4 52.2% 157 144
Norwood 3rd 1 -0- 1 2 56.6% 163 125
West Torrens 4th 1 -0- 1 2 53.3% 114 100
North Adelaide 5th 1 -0- 1 2 49.4% 130 133
West Adelaide 6th 1 -0- 1 2 45.5% 155 186
Glenelg 7th 0 -0- 2 0 44.6% 166 206
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 2 0 44.1% 149 189

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/05/1928 North Adelaide v West Adelaide Prospect Oval 59 - 127
SAT 12/05/1928 Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 60 - 89
SAT 12/05/1928 South Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 85 - 68
SAT 12/05/1928 West Torrens v Port Adelaide Thebarton Oval 73 - 77

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 3 -0- 0 6 58.6% 267 189
Port Adelaide 2nd 3 -0- 0 6 51.9% 234 217
West Adelaide 3rd 2 -0- 1 4 53.5% 282 245
West Torrens 4th 1 -0- 2 2 51.4% 187 177
Norwood 5th 1 -0- 2 2 51.0% 223 214
South Adelaide 6th 1 -0- 2 2 47.7% 234 257
North Adelaide 7th 1 -0- 2 2 42.1% 189 260
Glenelg 8th 0 -0- 3 0 44.6% 234 291

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/05/1928 Norwood v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 79 - 42
SAT 19/05/1928 Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Alberton Oval 103 - 79
SAT 19/05/1928 Sturt v North Adelaide Unley Oval 80 - 80
SAT 19/05/1928 West Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Showground 65 - 48

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 4 -0- 0 8 53.2% 337 296
Sturt 2nd 3 -1- 0 7 56.3% 347 269
West Adelaide 3rd 3 -0- 1 6 54.2% 347 293
Norwood 4th 2 -0- 2 4 54.1% 302 256
North Adelaide 5th 1 -1- 2 3 44.2% 269 340
West Torrens 6th 1 -0- 3 2 47.2% 229 256
South Adelaide 7th 1 -0- 3 2 46.5% 313 360
Glenelg 8th 0 -0- 4 0 44.2% 282 356

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/05/1928 Glenelg v West Torrens Glenelg Oval 92 - 75
SAT 26/05/1928 North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Prospect Oval 87 - 90
SAT 26/05/1928 West Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 98 - 81
SAT 26/05/1928 12:00 PM Norwood v South Adelaide Norwood Oval 82 - 64

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 5 -0- 0 10 52.7% 427 383
West Adelaide 2nd 4 -0- 1 8 54.3% 445 374
Sturt 3rd 3 -1- 1 7 53.8% 428 367
Norwood 4th 3 -0- 2 6 54.5% 384 320
North Adelaide 5th 1 -1- 3 3 45.3% 356 430
West Torrens 6th 1 -0- 4 2 46.6% 304 348
Glenelg 7th 1 -0- 4 2 46.5% 374 431
South Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 4 2 46.0% 377 442

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/06/1928 North Adelaide v Norwood Prospect Oval 95 - 51
SAT 02/06/1928 Sturt v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 101 - 89
MON 04/06/1928 Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 65 - 157
MON 04/06/1928 West Torrens v South Adelaide Thebarton Oval 96 - 75

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 5 -0- 1 10 57.8% 602 439
Port Adelaide 2nd 5 -0- 1 10 47.7% 492 540
Sturt 3rd 4 -1- 1 9 53.7% 529 456
Norwood 4th 3 -0- 3 6 51.2% 435 415
North Adelaide 5th 2 -1- 3 5 48.4% 451 481
West Torrens 6th 2 -0- 4 4 48.6% 400 423
Glenelg 7th 1 -0- 5 2 46.5% 463 532
South Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 5 2 45.7% 452 538

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/06/1928 Glenelg v Norwood Glenelg Oval 72 - 89
SAT 09/06/1928 Port Adelaide v Sturt Alberton Oval 93 - 39
SAT 09/06/1928 South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 75 - 102
SAT 09/06/1928 West Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Showground 100 - 75

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 6 -0- 1 12 57.7% 702 514
Port Adelaide 2nd 6 -0- 1 12 50.3% 585 579
Sturt 3rd 4 -1- 2 9 50.9% 568 549
Norwood 4th 4 -0- 3 8 51.8% 524 487
North Adelaide 5th 3 -1- 3 7 49.9% 553 556
West Torrens 6th 2 -0- 5 4 47.6% 475 523
Glenelg 7th 1 -0- 6 2 46.3% 535 621
South Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 6 2 45.2% 527 640

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/06/1928 Port Adelaide v Glenelg Alberton Oval 93 - 86
SAT 23/06/1928 South Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 61 - 94
SAT 23/06/1928 West Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Showground 87 - 47
SAT 23/06/1928 West Torrens v North Adelaide Thebarton Oval 77 - 51

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 7 -0- 1 14 58.4% 789 561
Port Adelaide 2nd 7 -0- 1 14 50.5% 678 665
Norwood 3rd 5 -0- 3 10 53.0% 618 548
Sturt 4th 4 -1- 3 9 49.2% 615 636
North Adelaide 5th 3 -1- 4 7 48.8% 604 633
West Torrens 6th 3 -0- 5 6 49.0% 552 574
Glenelg 7th 1 -0- 7 2 46.5% 621 714
South Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 7 2 44.5% 588 734

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/06/1928 North Adelaide v Glenelg Prospect Oval 99 - 68
SAT 30/06/1928 Norwood v West Torrens Norwood Oval 74 - 71
SAT 30/06/1928 Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Alberton Oval 102 - 62
SAT 30/06/1928 South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 96 - 75

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 8 -0- 1 16 51.8% 780 727
West Adelaide 2nd 7 -0- 2 14 56.2% 851 663
Norwood 3rd 6 -0- 3 12 52.8% 692 619
North Adelaide 4th 4 -1- 4 9 50.1% 703 701
Sturt 5th 4 -1- 4 9 48.5% 690 732
West Torrens 6th 3 -0- 6 6 49.0% 623 648
South Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 7 4 45.8% 684 809
Glenelg 8th 1 -0- 8 2 45.9% 689 813

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/07/1928 North Adelaide v Sturt Prospect Oval 80 - 71
SAT 07/07/1928 Norwood v Port Adelaide Norwood Oval 69 - 62
SAT 07/07/1928 West Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 133 - 63
SAT 07/07/1928 West Torrens v South Adelaide Thebarton Oval 72 - 72

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 8 -0- 2 16 57.5% 984 726
Port Adelaide 2nd 8 -0- 2 16 51.4% 842 796
Norwood 3rd 7 -0- 3 14 52.8% 761 681
North Adelaide 4th 5 -1- 4 11 50.4% 783 772
Sturt 5th 4 -1- 5 9 48.4% 761 812
West Torrens 6th 3 -1- 6 7 49.1% 695 720
South Adelaide 7th 2 -1- 7 5 46.2% 756 881
Glenelg 8th 1 -0- 9 2 44.3% 752 946

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/07/1928 Glenelg v North Adelaide Glenelg Oval 81 - 84
SAT 14/07/1928 South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 53 - 73
SAT 14/07/1928 Sturt v West Adelaide Unley Oval 78 - 104
SAT 14/07/1928 West Torrens v Norwood Thebarton Oval 50 - 40

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 9 -0- 2 18 57.5% 1,088 804
Port Adelaide 2nd 9 -0- 2 18 51.9% 915 849
Norwood 3rd 7 -0- 4 14 52.3% 801 731
North Adelaide 4th 6 -1- 4 13 50.4% 867 853
West Torrens 5th 4 -1- 6 9 49.5% 745 760
Sturt 6th 4 -1- 6 9 47.8% 839 916
South Adelaide 7th 2 -1- 8 5 45.9% 809 954
Glenelg 8th 1 -0- 10 2 44.7% 833 1,030

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/07/1928 North Adelaide v South Adelaide Prospect Oval 98 - 63
SAT 21/07/1928 Port Adelaide v Glenelg Alberton Oval 99 - 76
SAT 21/07/1928 Sturt v Norwood Unley Oval 92 - 67
SAT 21/07/1928 West Torrens v West Adelaide Thebarton Oval 63 - 59

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 10 -0- 2 20 52.3% 1,014 925
West Adelaide 2nd 9 -0- 3 18 57.0% 1,147 867
North Adelaide 3rd 7 -1- 4 15 51.3% 965 916
Norwood 4th 7 -0- 5 14 51.3% 868 823
West Torrens 5th 5 -1- 6 11 49.7% 808 819
Sturt 6th 5 -1- 6 11 48.6% 931 983
South Adelaide 7th 2 -1- 9 5 45.3% 872 1,052
Glenelg 8th 1 -0- 11 2 44.6% 909 1,129

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/08/1928 Glenelg v Sturt Glenelg Oval 110 - 76
SAT 04/08/1928 Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 68 - 96
SAT 04/08/1928 Port Adelaide v West Torrens Alberton Oval 91 - 63
SAT 04/08/1928 South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 56 - 99

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 11 -0- 2 22 52.8% 1,105 988
West Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 3 20 57.4% 1,246 923
North Adelaide 3rd 8 -1- 4 17 51.9% 1,061 984
Norwood 4th 7 -0- 6 14 50.5% 936 919
West Torrens 5th 5 -1- 7 11 48.9% 871 910
Sturt 6th 5 -1- 7 11 48.0% 1,007 1,093
South Adelaide 7th 2 -1- 10 5 44.6% 928 1,151
Glenelg 8th 2 -0- 11 4 45.8% 1,019 1,205

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/08/1928 Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 115 - 80
SAT 11/08/1928 North Adelaide v West Torrens Prospect Oval 77 - 78
SAT 11/08/1928 Norwood v West Adelaide Norwood Oval 77 - 72
SAT 11/08/1928 Sturt v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 78 - 99

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 12 -0- 2 24 53.0% 1,204 1,066
West Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 4 20 56.9% 1,318 1,000
North Adelaide 3rd 8 -1- 5 17 51.7% 1,138 1,062
Norwood 4th 8 -0- 6 16 50.5% 1,013 991
West Torrens 5th 6 -1- 7 13 49.0% 949 987
Sturt 6th 5 -1- 8 11 47.7% 1,085 1,192
Glenelg 7th 3 -0- 11 6 46.9% 1,134 1,285
South Adelaide 8th 2 -1- 11 5 44.3% 1,008 1,266

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/08/1928 North Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 101 - 83
SAT 18/08/1928 Sturt v South Adelaide Unley Oval 87 - 74
SAT 18/08/1928 West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Showground 83 - 68
SAT 18/08/1928 West Torrens v Glenelg Thebarton Oval 57 - 74

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 12 -0- 3 24 52.5% 1,272 1,149
West Adelaide 2nd 11 -0- 4 22 56.7% 1,401 1,068
North Adelaide 3rd 9 -1- 5 19 52.0% 1,239 1,145
Norwood 4th 8 -0- 7 16 50.1% 1,096 1,092
West Torrens 5th 6 -1- 8 13 48.7% 1,006 1,061
Sturt 6th 6 -1- 8 13 48.1% 1,172 1,266
Glenelg 7th 4 -0- 11 8 47.4% 1,208 1,342
South Adelaide 8th 2 -1- 12 5 44.4% 1,082 1,353

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/09/1928 Norwood v Glenelg Norwood Oval 119 - 83
SAT 01/09/1928 South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 92 - 96
SAT 01/09/1928 Sturt v Port Adelaide Unley Oval 40 - 94
SAT 01/09/1928 West Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Showground 102 - 54

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 13 -0- 3 26 53.5% 1,366 1,189
West Adelaide 2nd 12 -0- 4 24 57.3% 1,503 1,122
North Adelaide 3rd 9 -1- 6 19 50.9% 1,293 1,247
Norwood 4th 9 -0- 7 18 50.8% 1,215 1,175
West Torrens 5th 7 -1- 8 15 48.9% 1,102 1,153
Sturt 6th 6 -1- 9 13 47.1% 1,212 1,360
Glenelg 7th 4 -0- 12 8 46.9% 1,291 1,461
South Adelaide 8th 2 -1- 13 5 44.8% 1,174 1,449

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/09/1928 Glenelg v West Adelaide Glenelg Oval 106 - 191
SAT 08/09/1928 Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Alberton Oval 121 - 62
SAT 08/09/1928 South Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 83 - 108
SAT 08/09/1928 Sturt v West Torrens Unley Oval 82 - 82

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 14 -0- 3 28 54.3% 1,487 1,251
West Adelaide 2nd 13 -0- 4 26 58.0% 1,694 1,228
Norwood 3rd 10 -0- 7 20 51.3% 1,323 1,258
North Adelaide 4th 9 -1- 7 19 49.8% 1,355 1,368
West Torrens 5th 7 -2- 8 16 48.9% 1,184 1,235
Sturt 6th 6 -2- 9 14 47.3% 1,294 1,442
Glenelg 7th 4 -0- 13 8 45.8% 1,397 1,652
South Adelaide 8th 2 -1- 14 5 44.7% 1,257 1,557

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/09/1928 West Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 101 - 77 22,400
SAT 22/09/1928 Port Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 20 - 61 24,800

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/09/1928 West Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 73 - 95 30,100

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/10/1928 Norwood v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 56 - 104 35,700