1932 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1932 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 Page-McIntyre system. Sturt were the premiers, with Sid White as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1932 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	Walter Scott
Port Adelaide	Alberton Oval	Sydney Ween
South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	Bruce McGregor
Sturt	Unley Oval	Sid White
West Adelaide	Adelaide Showground
West Torrens	Thebarton Oval	Roy Manning	Sampson Hosking

Season Results

Premiers: Sturt
Runners-Up: North 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	12	-0-	5	24	54.8%	1,718	1,416	252	206	200	216
Norwood	2nd	11	-0-	6	22	51.2%	1,474	1,403	208	226	201	197
Port Adelaide	3rd	10	-0-	7	20	49.9%	1,411	1,419	196	235	204	195
Sturt	4th	9	-1-	7	19	52.4%	1,460	1,324	209	206	187	202
West Adelaide	5th	9	-0-	8	18	50.7%	1,391	1,354	197	209	189	220
West Torrens	6th	8	-2-	7	18	50.3%	1,445	1,429	204	221	205	199
Glenelg	7th	5	-0-	12	10	47.3%	1,514	1,686	221	188	242	234
South Adelaide	8th	2	-1-	14	5	43.6%	1,299	1,681	181	213	240	241

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
Sturt	1st	Premiers
North Adelaide	2nd	Runners-Up
Norwood	3rd	Defeated by Sturt (Preliminary Final)
Port Adelaide	4th	Defeated by Sturt (Semi Final)
West Adelaide	5th	Did not qualify for finals
West Torrens	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
SAT	30/04/1932	North Adelaide v Norwood	Prospect Oval	112	-	94
SAT	30/04/1932	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	79	-	75
SAT	30/04/1932	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	67	-	96
SAT	30/04/1932	West Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Showground	64	-	72

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	1	-0-	0	2	58.9%	96	67
North Adelaide	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	54.4%	112	94
Glenelg	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	52.9%	72	64
Port Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	0	2	51.3%	79	75
West Torrens	5th	0	-0-	1	0	48.7%	75	79
West Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	1	0	47.1%	64	72
Norwood	7th	0	-0-	1	0	45.6%	94	112
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	1	0	41.1%	67	96

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	07/05/1932	Glenelg v North Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	85	-	107
SAT	07/05/1932	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	63	-	74
SAT	07/05/1932	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	55	-	79
SAT	07/05/1932	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	82	-	66

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	2	-0-	0	4	57.2%	178	133
North Adelaide	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	55.0%	219	179
Port Adelaide	3rd	2	-0-	0	4	52.6%	153	138
West Torrens	4th	1	-0-	1	2	53.5%	154	134
Glenelg	5th	1	-0-	1	2	47.9%	157	171
Norwood	6th	0	-0-	2	0	45.8%	157	186
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	2	0	45.8%	130	154
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	2	0	41.1%	122	175

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/05/1932	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Prospect Oval	104	-	89
SAT	14/05/1932	Norwood v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	107	-	82
SAT	14/05/1932	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	66	-	62
SAT	14/05/1932	West Torrens v Glenelg	Thebarton Oval	89	-	101

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	3	-0-	0	6	55.6%	244	195
North Adelaide	2nd	3	-0-	0	6	54.7%	323	268
Port Adelaide	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	51.3%	215	204
Glenelg	4th	2	-0-	1	4	49.8%	258	260
West Torrens	5th	1	-0-	2	2	50.8%	243	235
Norwood	6th	1	-0-	2	2	49.6%	264	268
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	3	0	44.8%	212	261
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	3	0	43.1%	211	279

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	21/05/1932	Glenelg v Norwood	Glenelg Oval	90	-	94
SAT	21/05/1932	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	123	-	86
SAT	21/05/1932	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	77	-	106
SAT	21/05/1932	West Torrens v Sturt	Thebarton Oval	78	-	78

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	4	-0-	0	8	55.4%	429	345
Sturt	2nd	3	-1-	0	7	54.1%	322	273
Norwood	3rd	2	-0-	2	4	50.0%	358	358
Glenelg	4th	2	-0-	2	4	49.6%	348	354
Port Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	2	4	47.9%	301	327
West Torrens	6th	1	-1-	2	3	50.6%	321	313
South Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	3	2	47.8%	334	365
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	4	0	44.1%	289	367

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/05/1932	North Adelaide v Sturt	Prospect Oval	103	-	63
SAT	28/05/1932	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	98	-	95
SAT	28/05/1932	Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Alberton Oval	92	-	142
SAT	28/05/1932	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	90	-	101

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	5	-0-	0	10	56.6%	532	408
Sturt	2nd	3	-1-	1	7	50.6%	385	376
Glenelg	3rd	3	-0-	2	6	52.4%	490	446
Norwood	4th	3	-0-	2	6	50.2%	456	453
Port Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	3	4	45.6%	393	469
West Torrens	6th	1	-1-	3	3	50.3%	416	411
South Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	4	2	47.6%	424	466
West Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	4	2	46.0%	390	457

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/06/1932	Glenelg v South Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	144	-	84
SAT	04/06/1932	Sturt v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	54	-	48
SAT	04/06/1932	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Showground	90	-	65
MON	06/06/1932	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	111	-	110

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	5	-0-	1	10	55.3%	642	519
Sturt	2nd	4	-1-	1	9	50.9%	439	424
Glenelg	3rd	4	-0-	2	8	54.5%	634	530
Norwood	4th	3	-0-	3	6	49.9%	504	507
Port Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	3	6	46.5%	504	579
West Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	4	4	47.9%	480	522
West Torrens	7th	1	-1-	4	3	49.0%	481	501
South Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	5	2	45.4%	508	610

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	18/06/1932	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	60	-	90
SAT	18/06/1932	Sturt v Glenelg	Unley Oval	113	-	61
SAT	18/06/1932	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	93	-	65
SAT	18/06/1932	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	63	-	87

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	6	-0-	1	12	55.6%	729	582
Sturt	2nd	5	-1-	1	11	53.2%	552	485
Glenelg	3rd	4	-0-	3	8	51.9%	695	643
Norwood	4th	4	-0-	3	8	51.2%	594	567
West Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	4	6	49.4%	573	587
Port Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	4	6	45.9%	569	672
West Torrens	7th	1	-1-	5	3	48.1%	544	588
South Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	6	2	44.8%	568	700

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	25/06/1932	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	127	-	101
SAT	25/06/1932	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	107	-	72
SAT	25/06/1932	West Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	94	-	70
SAT	25/06/1932	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	88	-	87

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	6	-1-	1	13	54.2%	659	557
North Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	2	12	53.9%	830	709
Norwood	3rd	5	-0-	3	10	51.9%	721	668
Glenelg	4th	4	-0-	4	8	50.9%	765	737
West Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	4	8	50.4%	667	657
Port Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	5	6	46.3%	656	760
West Torrens	7th	2	-1-	5	5	48.4%	632	675
South Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	7	2	44.2%	640	807

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	02/07/1932	North Adelaide v Glenelg	Prospect Oval	114	-	78
SAT	02/07/1932	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	75	-	49
SAT	02/07/1932	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	106	-	78
SAT	02/07/1932	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	72	-	72

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	7	-0-	2	14	54.5%	944	787
Sturt	2nd	6	-1-	2	13	52.6%	737	663
West Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	4	10	51.3%	773	735
Norwood	4th	5	-0-	4	10	50.9%	770	743
Glenelg	5th	4	-0-	5	8	49.8%	843	851
Port Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	5	8	47.5%	731	809
West Torrens	7th	2	-2-	5	6	48.5%	704	747
South Adelaide	8th	1	-1-	7	3	44.8%	712	879

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/07/1932	Glenelg v West Torrens	Glenelg Oval	130	-	133
SAT	09/07/1932	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	75	-	74
SAT	09/07/1932	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	64	-	149
SAT	09/07/1932	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Showground	64	-	67

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	2	16	56.2%	1,093	851
Sturt	2nd	6	-1-	3	13	52.4%	811	738
Norwood	3rd	6	-0-	4	12	50.9%	837	807
West Adelaide	4th	5	-0-	5	10	51.1%	837	802
Port Adelaide	5th	5	-0-	5	10	47.7%	806	883
Glenelg	6th	4	-0-	6	8	49.7%	973	984
West Torrens	7th	3	-2-	5	8	48.8%	837	877
South Adelaide	8th	1	-1-	8	3	43.0%	776	1,028

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/07/1932	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Prospect Oval	85	-	60
SAT	16/07/1932	Norwood v Glenelg	Norwood Oval	105	-	79
SAT	16/07/1932	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	71	-	108
SAT	16/07/1932	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	92	-	95

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	9	-0-	2	18	56.4%	1,178	911
Norwood	2nd	7	-0-	4	14	51.5%	942	886
Sturt	3rd	6	-1-	4	13	52.0%	903	833
Port Adelaide	4th	6	-0-	5	12	48.9%	914	954
West Adelaide	5th	5	-0-	6	10	50.3%	897	887
West Torrens	6th	4	-2-	5	10	49.0%	932	969
Glenelg	7th	4	-0-	7	8	49.1%	1,052	1,089
South Adelaide	8th	1	-1-	9	3	42.7%	847	1,136

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	23/07/1932	Glenelg v Port Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	113	-	106
SAT	23/07/1932	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	93	-	111
SAT	23/07/1932	West Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	81	-	70
SAT	23/07/1932	West Torrens v Norwood	Thebarton Oval	65	-	68

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	10	-0-	2	20	56.2%	1,289	1,004
Norwood	2nd	8	-0-	4	16	51.5%	1,010	951
Sturt	3rd	6	-1-	5	13	51.3%	996	944
West Adelaide	4th	6	-0-	6	12	50.5%	978	957
Port Adelaide	5th	6	-0-	6	12	48.9%	1,020	1,067
Glenelg	6th	5	-0-	7	10	49.4%	1,165	1,195
West Torrens	7th	4	-2-	6	10	49.0%	997	1,037
South Adelaide	8th	1	-1-	10	3	43.0%	917	1,217

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	30/07/1932	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	100	-	72
SAT	30/07/1932	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	80	-	74
SAT	30/07/1932	South Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	73	-	59
SAT	30/07/1932	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	75	-	68

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	10	-0-	3	20	55.7%	1,363	1,084
Norwood	2nd	9	-0-	4	18	52.0%	1,110	1,023
Port Adelaide	3rd	7	-0-	6	14	49.1%	1,100	1,141
Sturt	4th	6	-1-	6	13	50.6%	1,068	1,044
West Adelaide	5th	6	-0-	7	12	50.3%	1,046	1,032
West Torrens	6th	5	-2-	6	12	49.2%	1,072	1,105
Glenelg	7th	5	-0-	8	10	49.1%	1,224	1,268
South Adelaide	8th	2	-1-	10	5	43.7%	990	1,276

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/08/1932	Glenelg v Sturt	Glenelg Oval	55	-	68
SAT	13/08/1932	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	93	-	71
SAT	13/08/1932	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	64	-	33
SAT	13/08/1932	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	95	-	66

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	10	-0-	4	20	54.8%	1,429	1,179
Norwood	2nd	10	-0-	4	20	52.4%	1,203	1,094
Port Adelaide	3rd	8	-0-	6	16	49.8%	1,164	1,174
Sturt	4th	7	-1-	6	15	50.8%	1,136	1,099
West Torrens	5th	6	-2-	6	14	49.9%	1,167	1,171
West Adelaide	6th	6	-0-	8	12	49.6%	1,079	1,096
Glenelg	7th	5	-0-	9	10	48.9%	1,279	1,336
South Adelaide	8th	2	-1-	11	5	43.7%	1,061	1,369

Round 15

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/08/1932	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Prospect Oval	117	-	82
SAT	20/08/1932	Norwood v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	121	-	82
SAT	20/08/1932	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	95	-	80
SAT	20/08/1932	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Showground	93	-	87

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	11	-0-	4	22	55.1%	1,546	1,261
Norwood	2nd	11	-0-	4	22	53.0%	1,324	1,176
Port Adelaide	3rd	9	-0-	6	18	50.1%	1,259	1,254
Sturt	4th	7	-1-	7	15	50.6%	1,223	1,192
West Adelaide	5th	7	-0-	8	14	49.8%	1,172	1,183
West Torrens	6th	6	-2-	7	14	49.6%	1,247	1,266
Glenelg	7th	5	-0-	10	10	48.3%	1,361	1,457
South Adelaide	8th	2	-1-	12	5	43.5%	1,143	1,486

Round 16

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/08/1932	Glenelg v West Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	85	-	92
SAT	27/08/1932	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Prospect Oval	94	-	64
SAT	27/08/1932	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	85	-	107
SAT	27/08/1932	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	100	-	64

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	12	-0-	4	24	55.3%	1,640	1,325
Norwood	2nd	11	-0-	5	22	52.1%	1,388	1,276
Port Adelaide	3rd	9	-0-	7	18	49.5%	1,323	1,348
Sturt	4th	8	-1-	7	17	51.3%	1,323	1,256
West Torrens	5th	7	-2-	7	16	50.1%	1,354	1,351
West Adelaide	6th	8	-0-	8	16	49.9%	1,264	1,268
Glenelg	7th	5	-0-	11	10	48.3%	1,446	1,549
South Adelaide	8th	2	-1-	13	5	43.5%	1,228	1,593

Round 17

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/09/1932	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Prospect Oval	78	-	91
SAT	03/09/1932	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	86	-	127
SAT	03/09/1932	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	88	-	71
SAT	03/09/1932	Sturt v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	137	-	68

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	12	-0-	5	24	54.8%	1,718	1,416
Norwood	2nd	11	-0-	6	22	51.2%	1,474	1,403
Port Adelaide	3rd	10	-0-	7	20	49.9%	1,411	1,419
Sturt	4th	9	-1-	7	19	52.4%	1,460	1,324
West Adelaide	5th	9	-0-	8	18	50.7%	1,391	1,354
West Torrens	6th	8	-2-	7	18	50.3%	1,445	1,429
Glenelg	7th	5	-0-	12	10	47.3%	1,514	1,686
South Adelaide	8th	2	-1-	14	5	43.6%	1,299	1,681

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	10/09/1932		Port Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	64	-	88	21,053
SAT	17/09/1932		North Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	98	-	76	23,262

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	24/09/1932		Norwood v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	61	-	87	23,195

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	01/10/1932		North Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	69	-	110	29,717

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