1929 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1929 season of the South Australian National Football League.

It featured seventeen rounds. Norwood were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Second Amended Argus system. Norwood were the premiers, with Walter Scott as the premiership captain-coach.

Season Details

Name: 1929 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	Percy Furler
Norwood	Norwood Oval	Walter Scott
Port Adelaide	Alberton Oval	Sampson Hosking
South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	Archibald Job
Sturt	Unley Oval	Bill Martin	Sid White
West Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	Bruce McGregor
West Torrens	Thebarton Oval	Patrick Broderick

Season Results

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

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Norwood	1st	13	-1-	3	27	56.7%	1,521	1,160	216	225	156	224
Port Adelaide	2nd	13	-0-	4	26	61.0%	1,568	1,004	220	248	142	152
West Adelaide	3rd	10	-0-	7	20	50.6%	1,313	1,282	186	197	178	214
West Torrens	4th	9	-0-	8	18	51.4%	1,352	1,276	193	194	179	202
North Adelaide	5th	8	-1-	8	17	49.3%	1,328	1,367	185	218	192	215
Sturt	6th	6	-0-	11	12	46.3%	1,238	1,435	176	182	203	217
Glenelg	7th	5	-0-	12	10	44.8%	1,275	1,572	179	201	229	198
South Adelaide	8th	3	-0-	14	6	41.7%	1,257	1,756	179	183	255	226

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
Norwood	1st	Premiers
Port Adelaide	2nd	Runners-Up
West Adelaide	3rd	Defeated by Port Adelaide (Preliminary Final)
West Torrens	4th	Defeated by Port Adelaide (Semi Final)
North Adelaide	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

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	27/04/1929	Glenelg v West Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	82	-	77
SAT	27/04/1929	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	49	-	86
SAT	27/04/1929	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	82	-	117
SAT	27/04/1929	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	122	-	63

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	1	-0-	0	2	65.9%	122	63
Norwood	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	63.7%	86	49
Port Adelaide	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	58.8%	117	82
Glenelg	4th	1	-0-	0	2	51.6%	82	77
West Adelaide	5th	0	-0-	1	0	48.4%	77	82
Sturt	6th	0	-0-	1	0	41.2%	82	117
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	1	0	36.3%	49	86
North Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	1	0	34.1%	63	122

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/05/1929	North Adelaide v Norwood	Prospect Oval	70	-	83
SAT	04/05/1929	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	74	-	114
SAT	04/05/1929	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Showground	50	-	60
SAT	04/05/1929	West Torrens v Glenelg	Thebarton Oval	78	-	86

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	2	-0-	0	4	59.7%	231	156
Norwood	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	58.7%	169	119
Glenelg	3rd	2	-0-	0	4	52.0%	168	155
West Torrens	4th	1	-0-	1	2	57.3%	200	149
Sturt	5th	1	-0-	1	2	46.0%	142	167
West Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	2	0	47.2%	127	142
North Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	2	0	39.3%	133	205
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	2	0	38.1%	123	200

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/05/1929	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Prospect Oval	87	-	50
SAT	11/05/1929	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	95	-	62
SAT	11/05/1929	South Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	94	-	107
SAT	11/05/1929	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	57	-	38

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	3	-0-	0	6	59.9%	326	218
Glenelg	2nd	3	-0-	0	6	52.5%	275	249
Norwood	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	51.9%	231	214
Sturt	4th	2	-0-	1	4	49.3%	199	205
West Torrens	5th	1	-0-	2	2	53.6%	238	206
North Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	2	2	46.3%	220	255
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	3	0	43.6%	177	229
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	3	0	41.4%	217	307

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	18/05/1929	Glenelg v Port Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	57	-	98
SAT	18/05/1929	North Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	65	-	92
SAT	18/05/1929	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	100	-	64
SAT	18/05/1929	West Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	128	-	62

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	4	-0-	0	8	60.7%	424	275
Norwood	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	54.4%	331	278
Sturt	3rd	3	-0-	1	6	51.9%	291	270
Glenelg	4th	3	-0-	1	6	48.9%	332	347
West Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	3	2	51.2%	305	291
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	3	2	49.7%	302	306
North Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	3	2	45.1%	285	347
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	4	0	39.1%	279	435

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	25/05/1929	North Adelaide v Glenelg	Prospect Oval	88	-	67
SAT	25/05/1929	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	98	-	78
SAT	25/05/1929	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Showground	79	-	46
SAT	25/05/1929	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	55	-	95

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	5	-0-	0	10	61.1%	519	330
Sturt	2nd	4	-0-	1	8	52.8%	389	348
Norwood	3rd	3	-0-	2	6	51.4%	377	357
Glenelg	4th	3	-0-	2	6	47.8%	399	435
West Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	3	4	53.3%	384	337
North Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	3	4	47.4%	373	414
West Torrens	7th	1	-0-	4	2	47.1%	357	401
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	5	0	40.1%	357	533

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/06/1929	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	93	-	39
SAT	01/06/1929	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	95	-	78
MON	03/06/1929	Glenelg v West Torrens	Glenelg Oval	69	-	61
MON	03/06/1929	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	44	-	48

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	5	-0-	1	10	59.8%	563	378
Norwood	2nd	4	-0-	2	8	54.3%	470	396
Sturt	3rd	4	-0-	2	8	49.3%	428	441
Glenelg	4th	4	-0-	2	8	48.5%	468	496
West Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	3	6	53.1%	432	381
North Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	4	4	47.0%	451	509
West Torrens	7th	1	-0-	5	2	47.1%	418	470
South Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	5	2	42.5%	452	611

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/06/1929	Glenelg v Sturt	Glenelg Oval	77	-	83
SAT	15/06/1929	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	101	-	69
SAT	15/06/1929	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	80	-	154
SAT	15/06/1929	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Showground	70	-	52

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	6	-0-	1	12	59.8%	664	447
Norwood	2nd	5	-0-	2	10	56.7%	624	476
Sturt	3rd	5	-0-	2	10	49.7%	511	518
West Adelaide	4th	4	-0-	3	8	53.7%	502	433
Glenelg	5th	4	-0-	3	8	48.5%	545	579
North Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	5	4	46.0%	520	610
West Torrens	7th	1	-0-	6	2	46.5%	470	540
South Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	6	2	41.0%	532	765

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/06/1929	North Adelaide v Norwood	Prospect Oval	67	-	72
SAT	22/06/1929	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	115	-	26
SAT	22/06/1929	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	83	-	94
SAT	22/06/1929	West Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	87	-	69

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	7	-0-	1	14	62.2%	779	473
Norwood	2nd	6	-0-	2	12	56.2%	696	543
West Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	3	10	54.0%	589	502
Sturt	4th	5	-0-	3	10	49.3%	594	612
Glenelg	5th	4	-0-	4	8	48.0%	614	666
North Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	6	4	46.3%	587	682
South Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	6	4	42.5%	626	848
West Torrens	8th	1	-0-	7	2	43.1%	496	655

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	29/06/1929	Norwood v Glenelg	Norwood Oval	130	-	55
SAT	29/06/1929	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	94	-	41
SAT	29/06/1929	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	98	-	126
SAT	29/06/1929	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	87	-	102

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	1	16	62.9%	873	514
Norwood	2nd	7	-0-	2	14	58.0%	826	598
West Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	4	10	51.4%	630	596
Sturt	4th	5	-0-	4	10	48.8%	681	714
Glenelg	5th	4	-0-	5	8	45.7%	669	796
North Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	6	6	47.3%	689	769
West Torrens	7th	2	-0-	7	4	45.2%	622	753
South Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	7	4	42.6%	724	974

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	06/07/1929	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Prospect Oval	134	-	51
SAT	06/07/1929	Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	92	-	79
SAT	06/07/1929	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	81	-	92
SAT	06/07/1929	West Torrens v Norwood	Thebarton Oval	90	-	66

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	9	-0-	1	18	61.9%	965	593
Norwood	2nd	7	-0-	3	14	56.5%	892	688
West Adelaide	3rd	6	-0-	4	12	51.6%	722	677
Sturt	4th	5	-0-	5	10	48.6%	762	806
North Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	6	8	50.1%	823	820
Glenelg	6th	4	-0-	6	8	45.7%	748	888
West Torrens	7th	3	-0-	7	6	46.5%	712	819
South Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	8	4	41.2%	775	1,108

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/07/1929	Glenelg v Norwood	Glenelg Oval	93	-	135
SAT	20/07/1929	North Adelaide v Sturt	Prospect Oval	72	-	68
SAT	20/07/1929	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	101	-	125
SAT	20/07/1929	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	85	-	66

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	9	-0-	2	18	60.3%	1,031	678
Norwood	2nd	8	-0-	3	16	56.8%	1,027	781
West Adelaide	3rd	7	-0-	4	14	52.1%	847	778
North Adelaide	4th	5	-0-	6	10	50.2%	895	888
Sturt	5th	5	-0-	6	10	48.6%	830	878
West Torrens	6th	4	-0-	7	8	47.4%	797	885
Glenelg	7th	4	-0-	7	8	45.1%	841	1,023
South Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	9	4	41.5%	876	1,233

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/07/1929	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Prospect Oval	67	-	88
SAT	27/07/1929	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	84	-	54
SAT	27/07/1929	West Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Showground	129	-	95
SAT	27/07/1929	West Torrens v Sturt	Thebarton Oval	90	-	50

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	10	-0-	2	20	60.0%	1,119	745
Norwood	2nd	9	-0-	3	18	57.1%	1,111	835
West Adelaide	3rd	8	-0-	4	16	52.8%	976	873
North Adelaide	4th	5	-0-	7	10	49.6%	962	976
West Torrens	5th	5	-0-	7	10	48.7%	887	935
Sturt	6th	5	-0-	7	10	47.6%	880	968
Glenelg	7th	4	-0-	8	8	44.8%	936	1,152
South Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	10	4	41.4%	930	1,317

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/08/1929	Glenelg v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	75	-	85
SAT	03/08/1929	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	100	-	24
SAT	03/08/1929	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	79	-	84
SAT	03/08/1929	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	79	-	84

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	11	-0-	2	22	61.3%	1,219	769
Norwood	2nd	10	-0-	3	20	56.7%	1,195	914
West Adelaide	3rd	8	-0-	5	16	52.4%	1,055	957
North Adelaide	4th	6	-0-	7	12	49.8%	1,046	1,055
West Torrens	5th	6	-0-	7	12	49.0%	972	1,010
Sturt	6th	5	-0-	8	10	47.7%	959	1,052
Glenelg	7th	4	-0-	9	8	45.0%	1,011	1,237
South Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	11	4	40.2%	954	1,417

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	17/08/1929	Glenelg v South Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	94	-	83
SAT	17/08/1929	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	81	-	81
SAT	17/08/1929	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	117	-	63
SAT	17/08/1929	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	70	-	90

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	12	-0-	2	24	61.6%	1,336	832
Norwood	2nd	10	-1-	3	21	56.2%	1,276	995
West Adelaide	3rd	9	-0-	5	18	52.7%	1,145	1,027
North Adelaide	4th	6	-1-	7	13	49.8%	1,127	1,136
West Torrens	5th	6	-0-	8	12	48.6%	1,042	1,100
Sturt	6th	5	-0-	9	10	46.6%	1,022	1,169
Glenelg	7th	5	-0-	9	10	45.6%	1,105	1,320
South Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	12	4	40.7%	1,037	1,511

Round 15

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/08/1929	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Prospect Oval	62	-	110
SAT	24/08/1929	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	100	-	30
SAT	24/08/1929	Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Alberton Oval	124	-	56
SAT	24/08/1929	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	116	-	66

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	13	-0-	2	26	62.2%	1,460	888
Norwood	2nd	11	-1-	3	23	57.3%	1,376	1,025
West Adelaide	3rd	9	-0-	6	18	51.0%	1,175	1,127
West Torrens	4th	7	-0-	8	14	49.8%	1,152	1,162
North Adelaide	5th	6	-1-	8	13	48.8%	1,189	1,246
Sturt	6th	5	-0-	10	10	45.8%	1,088	1,285
Glenelg	7th	5	-0-	10	10	44.6%	1,161	1,444
South Adelaide	8th	3	-0-	12	6	42.2%	1,153	1,577

Round 16

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	31/08/1929	Glenelg v North Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	44	-	53
SAT	31/08/1929	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	80	-	75
SAT	31/08/1929	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	51	-	48
SAT	31/08/1929	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	93	-	27

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	13	-0-	3	26	61.6%	1,508	939
Norwood	2nd	12	-1-	3	25	57.0%	1,456	1,100
West Adelaide	3rd	10	-0-	6	20	51.1%	1,226	1,175
West Torrens	4th	8	-0-	8	16	51.2%	1,245	1,189
North Adelaide	5th	7	-1-	8	15	49.1%	1,242	1,290
Sturt	6th	5	-0-	11	10	46.0%	1,163	1,365
Glenelg	7th	5	-0-	11	10	44.6%	1,205	1,497
South Adelaide	8th	3	-0-	13	6	41.4%	1,180	1,670

Round 17

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	07/09/1929	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	65	-	60
SAT	07/09/1929	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	77	-	86
SAT	07/09/1929	Sturt v Glenelg	Unley Oval	75	-	70
SAT	07/09/1929	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	107	-	87

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	13	-1-	3	27	56.7%	1,521	1,160
Port Adelaide	2nd	13	-0-	4	26	61.0%	1,568	1,004
West Adelaide	3rd	10	-0-	7	20	50.6%	1,313	1,282
West Torrens	4th	9	-0-	8	18	51.4%	1,352	1,276
North Adelaide	5th	8	-1-	8	17	49.3%	1,328	1,367
Sturt	6th	6	-0-	11	12	46.3%	1,238	1,435
Glenelg	7th	5	-0-	12	10	44.8%	1,275	1,572
South Adelaide	8th	3	-0-	14	6	41.7%	1,257	1,756

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	13	-1-	3	27	56.7%	1,521	1,160	216	225	156	224
Port Adelaide	2nd	13	-0-	4	26	61.0%	1,568	1,004	220	248	142	152
West Adelaide	3rd	10	-0-	7	20	50.6%	1,313	1,282	186	197	178	214
West Torrens	4th	9	-0-	8	18	51.4%	1,352	1,276	193	194	179	202
North Adelaide	5th	8	-1-	8	17	49.3%	1,328	1,367	185	218	192	215
Sturt	6th	6	-0-	11	12	46.3%	1,238	1,435	176	182	203	217
Glenelg	7th	5	-0-	12	10	44.8%	1,275	1,572	179	201	229	198
South Adelaide	8th	3	-0-	14	6	41.7%	1,257	1,756	179	183	255	226

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	14/09/1929		Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	92	-	64	27,418
SAT	21/09/1929		Norwood v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	71	-	73	24,663

Final Round 1 Ladder

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

* ^{: right to challenge}

Final Round 2

Final (Preliminary Final)

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	28/09/1929		Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	70	-	49	31,343

Final Round 2 Ladder

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

* ^{: right to challenge}

Final Round 3

Challenge Final (Grand Final)

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	05/10/1929		Port Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	69	-	110	35,504

Final Round 3 Ladder

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

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