1931 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1931 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 Page-McIntyre system. North Adelaide were the premiers, with Percy Furler as the premiership captain and Percy Lewis as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1931 SANFL Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 17
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 72

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)	Coach (Caretaker)
Glenelg	Glenelg Oval	Jim Handby
North Adelaide	Prospect Oval	Percy Lewis
Norwood	Norwood Oval	Ernest Wadham	Walter Scott
Port Adelaide	Alberton Oval	Sampson Hosking
South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	Jack Tredrea
Sturt	Unley Oval	Sid White
West Adelaide	Adelaide Showground
West Torrens	Thebarton Oval	Roy Manning

Season Results

Premiers: North Adelaide
Runners-Up: Sturt
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	56.0%	1,446	1,138	206	210	159	184
Sturt	2nd	14	-0-	3	28	55.9%	1,562	1,232	225	212	175	182
North Adelaide	3rd	11	-0-	6	22	56.8%	1,677	1,273	240	237	180	193
Norwood	4th	9	-0-	8	18	48.0%	1,456	1,576	204	232	227	214
West Torrens	5th	7	-0-	10	14	48.7%	1,368	1,442	197	186	201	236
Glenelg	6th	7	-0-	10	14	46.9%	1,410	1,596	202	198	229	222
South Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	13	8	46.3%	1,241	1,438	175	191	202	226
West Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	15	4	41.8%	1,189	1,654	162	217	238	226

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
North Adelaide	1st	Premiers
Sturt	2nd	Runners-Up
Port Adelaide	3rd	Defeated by North Adelaide (Preliminary Final)
Norwood	4th	Defeated by North Adelaide (Semi Final)
West Torrens	5th	Did not qualify for finals
Glenelg	6th	Did not qualify for finals
South Adelaide	7th	Did not qualify for finals
West 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	02/05/1931	Glenelg v Port Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	74	-	80
SAT	02/05/1931	North Adelaide v Sturt	Prospect Oval	90	-	97
SAT	02/05/1931	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	73	-	90
SAT	02/05/1931	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Showground	79	-	106

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	1	-0-	0	2	57.3%	106	79
West Torrens	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	55.2%	90	73
Sturt	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	51.9%	97	90
Port Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	0	2	51.9%	80	74
North Adelaide	5th	0	-0-	1	0	48.1%	90	97
Glenelg	6th	0	-0-	1	0	48.1%	74	80
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	1	0	44.8%	73	90
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	1	0	42.7%	79	106

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/05/1931	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	130	-	115
SAT	09/05/1931	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	82	-	98
SAT	09/05/1931	Sturt v Glenelg	Unley Oval	119	-	62
SAT	09/05/1931	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	45	-	134

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	2	-0-	0	4	58.7%	216	152
Norwood	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	54.9%	236	194
Port Adelaide	3rd	2	-0-	0	4	53.3%	178	156
North Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	1	2	61.2%	224	142
West Torrens	5th	1	-0-	1	2	50.2%	205	203
South Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	2	0	45.2%	155	188
Glenelg	7th	0	-0-	2	0	40.6%	136	199
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	2	0	34.1%	124	240

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/05/1931	North Adelaide v Glenelg	Prospect Oval	104	-	74
SAT	16/05/1931	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	158	-	57
SAT	16/05/1931	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	94	-	61
SAT	16/05/1931	West Torrens v Sturt	Thebarton Oval	57	-	74

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	3	-0-	0	6	61.2%	336	213
Sturt	2nd	3	-0-	0	6	58.1%	290	209
North Adelaide	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	60.3%	328	216
Norwood	4th	2	-0-	1	4	45.4%	293	352
South Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	2	2	50.0%	249	249
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	2	2	48.6%	262	277
Glenelg	7th	0	-0-	3	0	40.9%	210	303
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	3	0	35.6%	185	334

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	23/05/1931	Glenelg v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	105	-	96
SAT	23/05/1931	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	120	-	63
SAT	23/05/1931	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	97	-	64
SAT	23/05/1931	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	90	-	100

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	4	-0-	0	8	62.3%	456	276
Sturt	2nd	4	-0-	0	8	58.6%	387	273
North Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	1	6	58.3%	428	306
Norwood	4th	2	-0-	2	4	46.0%	389	457
West Torrens	5th	1	-0-	3	2	48.3%	352	377
South Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	3	2	47.5%	313	346
Glenelg	7th	1	-0-	3	2	44.1%	315	399
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	4	0	35.3%	248	454

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	30/05/1931	Glenelg v West Torrens	Glenelg Oval	93	-	104
SAT	30/05/1931	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Prospect Oval	102	-	80
SAT	30/05/1931	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	66	-	73
SAT	30/05/1931	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Showground	79	-	99

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	5	-0-	0	10	58.0%	486	352
Port Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	1	8	58.6%	536	378
North Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	1	8	57.9%	530	386
Norwood	4th	3	-0-	2	6	46.9%	462	523
West Torrens	5th	2	-0-	3	4	49.2%	456	470
South Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	4	2	47.5%	379	419
Glenelg	7th	1	-0-	4	2	44.8%	408	503
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	5	0	37.2%	327	553

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	06/06/1931	Glenelg v South Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	97	-	78
SAT	06/06/1931	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	61	-	54
SAT	06/06/1931	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	78	-	28
MON	08/06/1931	North Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	112	-	51

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	5	-0-	1	10	59.5%	642	437
Port Adelaide	2nd	5	-0-	1	10	58.0%	597	432
Sturt	3rd	5	-0-	1	10	56.7%	540	413
West Torrens	4th	3	-0-	3	6	51.7%	534	498
Norwood	5th	3	-0-	3	6	44.7%	513	635
Glenelg	6th	2	-0-	4	4	46.5%	505	581
South Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	5	2	47.0%	457	516
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	6	0	36.0%	355	631

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/06/1931	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	81	-	129
SAT	13/06/1931	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	88	-	86
SAT	13/06/1931	West Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Showground	95	-	102
SAT	13/06/1931	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	63	-	85

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	6	-0-	1	12	57.9%	682	495
Sturt	2nd	6	-0-	1	12	57.5%	669	494
North Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	2	10	58.1%	728	525
West Torrens	4th	3	-0-	4	6	50.6%	597	583
Glenelg	5th	3	-0-	4	6	47.3%	607	676
Norwood	6th	3	-0-	4	6	43.7%	594	764
South Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	5	4	47.5%	545	602
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	7	0	38.0%	450	733

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/06/1931	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	92	-	101
SAT	20/06/1931	Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Alberton Oval	91	-	50
SAT	20/06/1931	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	91	-	104
SAT	20/06/1931	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	100	-	98

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	7	-0-	1	14	58.6%	773	545
Sturt	2nd	7	-0-	1	14	56.5%	769	592
North Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	3	10	56.9%	826	625
West Torrens	4th	4	-0-	4	8	51.0%	701	674
Glenelg	5th	3	-0-	5	6	46.1%	657	767
Norwood	6th	3	-0-	5	6	44.2%	686	865
South Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	6	4	47.4%	636	706
West Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	7	2	40.0%	551	825

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/07/1931	Glenelg v Sturt	Glenelg Oval	69	-	85
SAT	04/07/1931	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Prospect Oval	90	-	61
SAT	04/07/1931	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	28	-	50
SAT	04/07/1931	West Torrens v Norwood	Thebarton Oval	70	-	75

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	1	16	59.0%	823	573
Sturt	2nd	8	-0-	1	16	56.4%	854	661
North Adelaide	3rd	6	-0-	3	12	57.2%	916	686
West Torrens	4th	4	-0-	5	8	50.7%	771	749
Norwood	5th	4	-0-	5	8	44.9%	761	935
Glenelg	6th	3	-0-	6	6	46.0%	726	852
South Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	7	4	46.8%	664	756
West Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	8	2	40.1%	612	915

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/07/1931	North Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	94	-	54
SAT	11/07/1931	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	73	-	54
SAT	11/07/1931	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	109	-	54
SAT	11/07/1931	West Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	55	-	61

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	9	-0-	1	18	57.4%	963	715
Port Adelaide	2nd	8	-0-	2	16	57.6%	877	646
North Adelaide	3rd	7	-0-	3	14	57.7%	1,010	740
Norwood	4th	5	-0-	5	10	45.7%	834	989
West Torrens	5th	4	-0-	6	8	49.0%	825	858
South Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	7	6	47.2%	725	811
Glenelg	7th	3	-0-	7	6	45.2%	780	946
West Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	9	2	40.6%	667	976

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	18/07/1931	Glenelg v Norwood	Glenelg Oval	80	-	115
SAT	18/07/1931	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Prospect Oval	103	-	52
SAT	18/07/1931	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	85	-	96
SAT	18/07/1931	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	66	-	80

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	10	-0-	1	20	57.0%	1,059	800
Port Adelaide	2nd	9	-0-	2	18	57.3%	957	712
North Adelaide	3rd	8	-0-	3	16	58.4%	1,113	792
Norwood	4th	6	-0-	5	12	47.0%	949	1,069
West Torrens	5th	4	-0-	7	8	47.7%	877	961
South Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	8	6	47.2%	810	907
Glenelg	7th	3	-0-	8	6	44.8%	860	1,061
West Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	10	2	41.0%	733	1,056

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	25/07/1931	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	72	-	53
SAT	25/07/1931	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	79	-	71
SAT	25/07/1931	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	88	-	65
SAT	25/07/1931	West Torrens v Glenelg	Thebarton Oval	92	-	55

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	11	-0-	1	22	57.0%	1,147	865
Port Adelaide	2nd	10	-0-	2	20	57.0%	1,036	783
North Adelaide	3rd	8	-0-	4	16	57.6%	1,184	871
Norwood	4th	7	-0-	5	14	47.6%	1,021	1,122
West Torrens	5th	5	-0-	7	10	48.8%	969	1,016
South Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	9	6	46.9%	863	979
Glenelg	7th	3	-0-	9	6	44.2%	915	1,153
West Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	11	2	41.1%	798	1,144

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/08/1931	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	91	-	136
SAT	01/08/1931	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	107	-	87
SAT	01/08/1931	South Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	120	-	72
SAT	01/08/1931	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Showground	96	-	94

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	11	-0-	2	22	56.8%	1,143	870
Sturt	2nd	11	-0-	2	22	55.9%	1,234	972
North Adelaide	3rd	9	-0-	4	18	57.8%	1,320	962
Norwood	4th	7	-0-	6	14	46.9%	1,112	1,258
West Torrens	5th	5	-0-	8	10	48.9%	1,063	1,112
South Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	9	8	48.3%	983	1,051
Glenelg	7th	3	-0-	10	6	43.7%	987	1,273
West Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	11	4	41.9%	894	1,238

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/08/1931	Glenelg v West Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	117	-	76
SAT	08/08/1931	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Prospect Oval	131	-	71
SAT	08/08/1931	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	119	-	69
SAT	08/08/1931	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	71	-	62

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	12	-0-	2	24	57.3%	1,262	939
Sturt	2nd	12	-0-	2	24	55.8%	1,305	1,034
North Adelaide	3rd	10	-0-	4	20	58.4%	1,451	1,033
Norwood	4th	7	-0-	7	14	46.9%	1,174	1,329
West Torrens	5th	5	-0-	9	10	47.9%	1,132	1,231
South Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	10	8	47.1%	1,054	1,182
Glenelg	7th	4	-0-	10	8	45.0%	1,104	1,349
West Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	12	4	41.7%	970	1,355

Round 15

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/08/1931	Norwood v Glenelg	Norwood Oval	87	-	103
SAT	22/08/1931	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	71	-	48
SAT	22/08/1931	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	64	-	77
SAT	22/08/1931	West Torrens v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	81	-	76

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	13	-0-	2	26	57.5%	1,333	987
Sturt	2nd	12	-0-	3	24	55.3%	1,381	1,115
North Adelaide	3rd	11	-0-	4	22	58.2%	1,528	1,097
Norwood	4th	7	-0-	8	14	46.8%	1,261	1,432
West Torrens	5th	6	-0-	9	12	48.1%	1,213	1,307
Glenelg	6th	5	-0-	10	10	45.7%	1,207	1,436
South Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	11	8	46.8%	1,102	1,253
West Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	13	4	41.9%	1,034	1,432

Round 16

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	29/08/1931	Glenelg v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	106	-	84
SAT	29/08/1931	North Adelaide v Norwood	Prospect Oval	73	-	79
SAT	29/08/1931	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	91	-	42
SAT	29/08/1931	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	95	-	64

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	13	-0-	3	26	56.1%	1,375	1,078
Sturt	2nd	13	-0-	3	26	56.0%	1,472	1,157
North Adelaide	3rd	11	-0-	5	22	57.7%	1,601	1,176
Norwood	4th	8	-0-	8	16	47.1%	1,340	1,505
West Torrens	5th	7	-0-	9	14	48.8%	1,308	1,371
Glenelg	6th	6	-0-	10	12	46.3%	1,313	1,520
South Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	12	8	46.4%	1,166	1,348
West Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	14	4	42.1%	1,118	1,538

Round 17

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/09/1931		Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	116	-	71
SAT	05/09/1931		Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	71	-	60
SAT	05/09/1931		South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	75	-	90
SAT	05/09/1931	12:00 PM	Glenelg v North Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	97	-	76

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	14	-0-	3	28	56.0%	1,446	1,138
Sturt	2nd	14	-0-	3	28	55.9%	1,562	1,232
North Adelaide	3rd	11	-0-	6	22	56.8%	1,677	1,273
Norwood	4th	9	-0-	8	18	48.0%	1,456	1,576
West Torrens	5th	7	-0-	10	14	48.7%	1,368	1,442
Glenelg	6th	7	-0-	10	14	46.9%	1,410	1,596
South Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	13	8	46.3%	1,241	1,438
West Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	15	4	41.8%	1,189	1,654

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Port Adelaide	1st	14	-0-	3	28	56.0%	1,446	1,138	206	210	159	184
Sturt	2nd	14	-0-	3	28	55.9%	1,562	1,232	225	212	175	182
North Adelaide	3rd	11	-0-	6	22	56.8%	1,677	1,273	240	237	180	193
Norwood	4th	9	-0-	8	18	48.0%	1,456	1,576	204	232	227	214
West Torrens	5th	7	-0-	10	14	48.7%	1,368	1,442	197	186	201	236
Glenelg	6th	7	-0-	10	14	46.9%	1,410	1,596	202	198	229	222
South Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	13	8	46.3%	1,241	1,438	175	191	202	226
West Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	15	4	41.8%	1,189	1,654	162	217	238	226

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	12/09/1931		North Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	85	-	54	19,525
SAT	19/09/1931		Port Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	81	-	82	24,338

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Sturt	1st
Port Adelaide	2nd
North Adelaide	3rd
Norwood	4th

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	26/09/1931		Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	76	-	131	27,205

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Sturt	1st
North Adelaide	2nd
Port Adelaide	3rd
Norwood	4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	03/10/1931		Sturt v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	77	-	115	34,202

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team	Pos.
North Adelaide	1st
Sturt	2nd
Port Adelaide	3rd
Norwood	4th

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