1930 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1930 season of the South Australian National Football League.

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

The season ended with a finals series following the Second Amended Argus system. North Adelaide were the premiers, with James McDowall as the premiership captain and Percy Lewis as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1930 SANFL 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	Percy Lewis
Norwood	Norwood Oval	Walter Scott
Port Adelaide	Alberton Oval	Sampson Hosking
South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval
Sturt	Unley Oval	Sid White
West Adelaide	Adelaide Showground
West Torrens	Thebarton Oval	Len Ashby

Season Results

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

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
North Adelaide	1st	14	-0-	3	28	56.5%	1,555	1,198	225	205	167	196
Norwood	2nd	11	-1-	5	23	54.0%	1,574	1,340	225	224	189	206
Sturt	3rd	11	-0-	6	22	53.2%	1,488	1,307	211	222	184	203
Port Adelaide	4th	10	-1-	6	21	53.8%	1,673	1,439	239	239	204	215
West Adelaide	5th	8	-0-	9	16	47.4%	1,219	1,351	169	205	193	193
South Adelaide	6th	6	-0-	11	12	47.2%	1,470	1,645	212	198	236	229
Glenelg	7th	4	-0-	13	8	42.6%	1,261	1,697	176	205	247	215
West Torrens	8th	3	-0-	14	6	45.3%	1,282	1,545	181	196	218	237

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/04/1930	Glenelg v West Torrens	Glenelg Oval	48	-	88
SAT	26/04/1930	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	63	-	79
SAT	26/04/1930	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	67	-	82
SAT	26/04/1930	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	85	-	105

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	1	-0-	0	2	64.7%	88	48
North Adelaide	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	55.6%	79	63
West Adelaide	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	55.3%	105	85
Sturt	4th	1	-0-	0	2	55.0%	82	67
Port Adelaide	5th	0	-0-	1	0	45.0%	67	82
South Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	1	0	44.7%	85	105
Norwood	7th	0	-0-	1	0	44.4%	63	79
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	1	0	35.3%	48	88

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/05/1930	North Adelaide v Glenelg	Prospect Oval	97	-	71
SAT	03/05/1930	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	99	-	77
SAT	03/05/1930	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	90	-	68
SAT	03/05/1930	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Showground	50	-	93

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	2	-0-	0	4	56.8%	176	134
Sturt	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	56.0%	172	135
Norwood	3rd	1	-0-	1	2	54.7%	156	129
West Torrens	4th	1	-0-	1	2	52.9%	165	147
Port Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	1	2	51.1%	166	159
West Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	1	2	46.5%	155	178
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	2	0	44.0%	153	195
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	2	0	39.1%	119	185

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	10/05/1930	North Adelaide v Sturt	Prospect Oval	74	-	81
SAT	10/05/1930	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	99	-	67
SAT	10/05/1930	West Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	90	-	67
SAT	10/05/1930	West Torrens v Norwood	Thebarton Oval	81	-	98

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	3	-0-	0	6	54.8%	253	209
Norwood	2nd	2	-0-	1	4	54.7%	254	210
Port Adelaide	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	54.0%	265	226
North Adelaide	4th	2	-0-	1	4	53.8%	250	215
West Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	1	4	50.0%	245	245
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	2	2	50.1%	246	245
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	3	0	42.8%	220	294
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	3	0	40.3%	186	275

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	17/05/1930	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	75	-	63
SAT	17/05/1930	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	97	-	68
SAT	17/05/1930	Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Alberton Oval	119	-	73
SAT	17/05/1930	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	83	-	92

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	3	-0-	1	6	56.2%	384	299
Norwood	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	55.8%	351	278
North Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	1	6	53.9%	325	278
Sturt	4th	3	-0-	1	6	51.2%	321	306
West Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	2	4	49.0%	308	320
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	3	2	49.4%	329	337
South Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	3	2	45.3%	312	377
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	4	0	39.7%	259	394

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/05/1930	Glenelg v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	66	-	105
SAT	24/05/1930	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	79	-	99
SAT	24/05/1930	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	132	-	76
SAT	24/05/1930	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	101	-	77

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	4	-0-	1	8	57.0%	456	344
Sturt	2nd	4	-0-	1	8	54.3%	453	382
North Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	1	8	54.3%	424	357
Port Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	2	6	53.5%	461	400
West Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	2	6	50.7%	409	397
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	4	2	46.3%	405	469
South Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	4	2	45.1%	391	476
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	5	0	39.4%	325	499

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	31/05/1930	North Adelaide v Norwood	Prospect Oval	75	-	80
SAT	31/05/1930	South Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	134	-	85
SAT	31/05/1930	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	145	-	39
SAT	31/05/1930	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	85	-	97

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	5	-0-	1	10	58.7%	598	421
Norwood	2nd	5	-0-	1	10	56.1%	536	419
Port Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	2	8	53.5%	558	485
North Adelaide	4th	4	-0-	2	8	53.3%	499	437
West Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	3	6	45.3%	448	542
South Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	4	4	48.3%	525	561
West Torrens	7th	1	-0-	5	2	46.4%	490	566
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	6	0	39.3%	410	633

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	07/06/1930	Glenelg v Sturt	Glenelg Oval	98	-	83
SAT	07/06/1930	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Prospect Oval	98	-	60
SAT	07/06/1930	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	108	-	93
MON	09/06/1930	Norwood v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	54	-	48

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	6	-0-	1	12	55.8%	590	467
Sturt	2nd	5	-0-	2	10	56.8%	681	519
North Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	2	10	54.6%	597	497
Port Adelaide	4th	4	-0-	3	8	52.3%	651	593
South Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	4	6	49.2%	633	654
West Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	4	6	45.4%	496	596
West Torrens	7th	1	-0-	6	2	45.3%	550	664
Glenelg	8th	1	-0-	6	2	41.5%	508	716

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/06/1930	North Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	119	-	65
SAT	14/06/1930	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	103	-	103
SAT	14/06/1930	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	78	-	84
SAT	14/06/1930	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Showground	76	-	68

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	6	-1-	1	13	54.9%	693	570
North Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	2	12	56.0%	716	562
Sturt	3rd	5	-0-	3	10	55.7%	759	603
Port Adelaide	4th	4	-1-	3	9	52.0%	754	696
South Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	4	8	49.5%	717	732
West Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	4	8	46.3%	572	664
West Torrens	7th	1	-0-	7	2	45.5%	618	740
Glenelg	8th	1	-0-	7	2	40.7%	573	835

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	21/06/1930	Glenelg v West Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	59	-	58
SAT	21/06/1930	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	68	-	80
SAT	21/06/1930	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	114	-	82
SAT	21/06/1930	West Torrens v Sturt	Thebarton Oval	42	-	85

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	7	-0-	2	14	55.8%	796	630
Norwood	2nd	6	-1-	2	13	53.1%	775	684
Sturt	3rd	6	-0-	3	12	56.7%	844	645
South Adelaide	4th	5	-0-	4	10	50.5%	831	814
Port Adelaide	5th	4	-1-	4	9	51.4%	822	776
West Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	5	8	46.6%	630	723
Glenelg	7th	2	-0-	7	4	41.4%	632	893
West Torrens	8th	1	-0-	8	2	44.4%	660	825

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/06/1930	Norwood v Glenelg	Norwood Oval	97	-	49
SAT	28/06/1930	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	67	-	89
SAT	28/06/1930	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	71	-	60
SAT	28/06/1930	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	49	-	70

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	2	16	56.1%	866	679
Norwood	2nd	7	-1-	2	15	54.3%	872	733
Sturt	3rd	7	-0-	3	14	56.5%	915	705
South Adelaide	4th	5	-0-	5	10	49.9%	898	903
Port Adelaide	5th	4	-1-	5	9	51.0%	882	847
West Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	6	8	46.1%	679	793
West Torrens	7th	2	-0-	8	4	45.6%	749	892
Glenelg	8th	2	-0-	8	4	40.8%	681	990

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/07/1930	Glenelg v South Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	95	-	87
SAT	05/07/1930	Norwood v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	71	-	69
SAT	05/07/1930	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	103	-	69
SAT	05/07/1930	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Showground	55	-	53

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	8	-1-	2	17	54.0%	943	802
North Adelaide	2nd	8	-0-	3	16	55.5%	935	750
Sturt	3rd	7	-0-	4	14	56.0%	968	760
Port Adelaide	4th	5	-1-	5	11	51.8%	985	916
South Adelaide	5th	5	-0-	6	10	49.7%	985	998
West Adelaide	6th	5	-0-	6	10	46.5%	734	846
Glenelg	7th	3	-0-	8	6	41.9%	776	1,077
West Torrens	8th	2	-0-	9	4	45.1%	818	995

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	12/07/1930	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	112	-	65
SAT	12/07/1930	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	68	-	109
SAT	12/07/1930	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	58	-	65
SAT	12/07/1930	West Torrens v Glenelg	Thebarton Oval	82	-	69

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	9	-1-	2	19	54.9%	1,055	867
North Adelaide	2nd	9	-0-	3	18	55.3%	1,000	808
Sturt	3rd	7	-0-	5	14	55.4%	1,026	825
Port Adelaide	4th	6	-1-	5	13	52.6%	1,094	984
South Adelaide	5th	5	-0-	7	10	48.8%	1,053	1,107
West Adelaide	6th	5	-0-	7	10	45.5%	799	958
West Torrens	7th	3	-0-	9	6	45.8%	900	1,064
Glenelg	8th	3	-0-	9	6	42.2%	845	1,159

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/07/1930	Glenelg v Port Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	76	-	115
SAT	26/07/1930	Sturt v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	105	-	93
SAT	26/07/1930	West Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	99	-	80
SAT	26/07/1930	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	70	-	114

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	10	-0-	3	20	55.9%	1,114	878
Norwood	2nd	9	-1-	3	19	54.2%	1,148	972
Sturt	3rd	8	-0-	5	16	55.2%	1,131	918
Port Adelaide	4th	7	-1-	5	15	53.3%	1,209	1,060
West Adelaide	5th	6	-0-	7	12	46.4%	898	1,038
South Adelaide	6th	5	-0-	8	10	48.4%	1,133	1,206
West Torrens	7th	3	-0-	10	6	45.2%	970	1,178
Glenelg	8th	3	-0-	10	6	42.0%	921	1,274

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/08/1930	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Prospect Oval	117	-	92
SAT	16/08/1930	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	108	-	69
SAT	16/08/1930	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	64	-	94
SAT	16/08/1930	West Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Showground	108	-	82

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	11	-0-	3	22	55.9%	1,231	970
Norwood	2nd	10	-1-	3	21	54.7%	1,256	1,041
Sturt	3rd	9	-0-	5	18	55.5%	1,225	982
Port Adelaide	4th	7	-1-	6	15	52.5%	1,301	1,177
West Adelaide	5th	7	-0-	7	14	47.3%	1,006	1,120
South Adelaide	6th	5	-0-	9	10	47.9%	1,197	1,300
West Torrens	7th	3	-0-	11	6	44.7%	1,039	1,286
Glenelg	8th	3	-0-	11	6	42.1%	1,003	1,382

Round 15

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	23/08/1930	Glenelg v North Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	80	-	120
SAT	23/08/1930	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	120	-	83
SAT	23/08/1930	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	183	-	82
SAT	23/08/1930	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	68	-	72

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	12	-0-	3	24	56.3%	1,351	1,050
Norwood	2nd	11	-1-	3	23	55.0%	1,376	1,124
Sturt	3rd	9	-0-	6	18	52.9%	1,307	1,165
Port Adelaide	4th	8	-1-	6	17	54.1%	1,484	1,259
West Adelaide	5th	8	-0-	7	16	47.6%	1,078	1,188
South Adelaide	6th	5	-0-	10	10	47.4%	1,280	1,420
West Torrens	7th	3	-0-	12	6	44.9%	1,107	1,358
Glenelg	8th	3	-0-	12	6	41.9%	1,083	1,502

Round 16

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	30/08/1930	Glenelg v Norwood	Glenelg Oval	108	-	91
SAT	30/08/1930	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Prospect Oval	122	-	80
SAT	30/08/1930	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	81	-	73
SAT	30/08/1930	West Torrens v Sturt	Thebarton Oval	72	-	77

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	13	-0-	3	26	56.6%	1,473	1,130
Norwood	2nd	11	-1-	4	23	54.4%	1,467	1,232
Sturt	3rd	10	-0-	6	20	52.8%	1,384	1,237
Port Adelaide	4th	9	-1-	6	19	54.0%	1,565	1,332
West Adelaide	5th	8	-0-	8	16	47.6%	1,151	1,269
South Adelaide	6th	5	-0-	11	10	46.9%	1,360	1,542
Glenelg	7th	4	-0-	12	8	42.8%	1,191	1,593
West Torrens	8th	3	-0-	13	6	45.1%	1,179	1,435

Round 17

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	06/09/1930	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Prospect Oval	82	-	68
SAT	06/09/1930	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	108	-	107
SAT	06/09/1930	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	110	-	103
SAT	06/09/1930	Sturt v Glenelg	Unley Oval	104	-	70

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	14	-0-	3	28	56.5%	1,555	1,198
Norwood	2nd	11	-1-	5	23	54.0%	1,574	1,340
Sturt	3rd	11	-0-	6	22	53.2%	1,488	1,307
Port Adelaide	4th	10	-1-	6	21	53.8%	1,673	1,439
West Adelaide	5th	8	-0-	9	16	47.4%	1,219	1,351
South Adelaide	6th	6	-0-	11	12	47.2%	1,470	1,645
Glenelg	7th	4	-0-	13	8	42.6%	1,261	1,697
West Torrens	8th	3	-0-	14	6	45.3%	1,282	1,545

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	13/09/1930		Norwood v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	50	-	53	18,153
SAT	20/09/1930		North Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	55	-	91	19,784

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	27/09/1930		Sturt v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	56	-	90	22,049

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	04/10/1930		Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	63	-	67	23,609

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