1933 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1933 season of the South Australian National Football League.

It featured seventeen rounds. Sturt were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. West Torrens were the premiers, with Wally Williamson as the premiership captain and Sampson Hosking as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1933 SANFL Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 17
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 73

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Glenelg	Glenelg Oval	Bruce McGregor
North Adelaide	Prospect Oval	Percy Lewis
Norwood	Norwood Oval	Alick Lill
Port Adelaide	Alberton Oval
South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	Stan Jaffer
Sturt	Unley Oval	Sid White
West Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	Walter Scott
West Torrens	Thebarton Oval	Sampson Hosking

Season Results

Premiers: West Torrens
Runners-Up: Norwood
Minor Premiers: Sturt

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Sturt	1st	13	-0-	4	26	56.0%	1,692	1,332	243	234	184	228
West Torrens	2nd	12	-0-	5	24	51.2%	1,564	1,490	221	238	211	224
North Adelaide	3rd	11	-0-	6	22	52.8%	1,717	1,536	252	205	216	240
Norwood	4th	10	-1-	6	21	52.9%	1,697	1,513	245	227	214	229
Port Adelaide	5th	9	-1-	7	19	51.1%	1,586	1,519	224	242	220	199
Glenelg	6th	9	-0-	8	18	51.2%	1,795	1,710	260	235	247	228
South Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	14	6	42.6%	1,485	2,002	207	243	293	244
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	17	0	43.4%	1,419	1,853	199	225	266	257

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
West Torrens	1st	Premiers
Norwood	2nd	Runners-Up
Sturt	3rd	Defeated by Norwood (Preliminary Final)
North Adelaide	4th	Defeated by Norwood (Semi Final)
Port Adelaide	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	29/04/1933	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	102	-	82
SAT	29/04/1933	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	91	-	74
SAT	29/04/1933	South Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	128	-	112
SAT	29/04/1933	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	122	-	95

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	1	-0-	0	2	56.2%	122	95
Norwood	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	55.4%	102	82
Port Adelaide	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	55.2%	91	74
South Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	0	2	53.3%	128	112
Glenelg	5th	0	-0-	1	0	46.7%	112	128
West Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	1	0	44.8%	74	91
West Torrens	7th	0	-0-	1	0	44.6%	82	102
North Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	1	0	43.8%	95	122

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	06/05/1933	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	69	-	69
SAT	06/05/1933	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	96	-	132
SAT	06/05/1933	West Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Showground	88	-	104
SAT	06/05/1933	West Torrens v Sturt	Thebarton Oval	73	-	109

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	2	-0-	0	4	57.9%	231	168
Norwood	2nd	1	-1-	0	3	53.1%	171	151
Port Adelaide	3rd	1	-1-	0	3	52.8%	160	143
North Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	1	2	51.0%	227	218
Glenelg	5th	1	-0-	1	2	50.0%	216	216
South Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	1	2	47.9%	224	244
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	2	0	45.4%	162	195
West Torrens	8th	0	-0-	2	0	42.3%	155	211

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/05/1933	Glenelg v Sturt	Glenelg Oval	78	-	95
SAT	13/05/1933	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	85	-	64
SAT	13/05/1933	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	73	-	94
SAT	13/05/1933	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Showground	121	-	126

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	3	-0-	0	6	57.0%	326	246
Norwood	2nd	2	-1-	0	5	54.4%	256	215
Port Adelaide	3rd	2	-1-	0	5	54.0%	254	216
North Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	2	2	49.0%	291	303
Glenelg	5th	1	-0-	2	2	48.6%	294	311
South Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	2	2	46.8%	297	338
West Torrens	7th	1	-0-	2	2	45.8%	281	332
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	3	0	46.9%	283	321

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/05/1933	Glenelg v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	105	-	92
SAT	20/05/1933	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Prospect Oval	107	-	90
SAT	20/05/1933	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	134	-	43
SAT	20/05/1933	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	77	-	71

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	4	-0-	0	8	61.4%	460	289
Port Adelaide	2nd	2	-1-	1	5	52.6%	325	293
Norwood	3rd	2	-1-	1	5	52.1%	348	320
North Adelaide	4th	2	-0-	2	4	50.3%	398	393
Glenelg	5th	2	-0-	2	4	49.8%	399	403
West Torrens	6th	2	-0-	2	4	47.0%	358	403
South Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	3	2	41.9%	340	472
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	4	0	46.6%	373	428

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/05/1933	Glenelg v North Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	93	-	72
SAT	27/05/1933	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	66	-	104
SAT	27/05/1933	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	88	-	95
SAT	27/05/1933	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Showground	102	-	118

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	5	-0-	0	10	61.4%	564	355
Norwood	2nd	3	-1-	1	7	52.5%	466	422
Glenelg	3rd	3	-0-	2	6	50.9%	492	475
West Torrens	4th	3	-0-	2	6	48.0%	453	491
Port Adelaide	5th	2	-1-	2	5	49.6%	391	397
North Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	3	4	49.2%	470	486
South Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	4	2	43.0%	428	567
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	5	0	46.5%	475	546

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/06/1933	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	103	-	75
SAT	03/06/1933	West Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	82	-	83
SAT	03/06/1933	West Torrens v Glenelg	Thebarton Oval	74	-	69
MON	05/06/1933	Sturt v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	96	-	92

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	6	-0-	0	12	59.6%	660	447
West Torrens	2nd	4	-0-	2	8	48.5%	527	560
Norwood	3rd	3	-1-	2	7	51.9%	558	518
North Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	3	6	50.5%	573	561
Glenelg	5th	3	-0-	3	6	50.5%	561	549
Port Adelaide	6th	2	-1-	3	5	48.2%	466	500
South Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	4	4	44.1%	511	649
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	6	0	47.0%	557	629

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	10/06/1933	Glenelg v Port Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	133	-	134
SAT	10/06/1933	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Prospect Oval	105	-	82
SAT	10/06/1933	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	112	-	104
SAT	10/06/1933	Sturt v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	128	-	66

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	7	-0-	0	14	60.6%	788	513
Norwood	2nd	4	-1-	2	9	51.9%	670	622
North Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	3	8	51.3%	678	643
West Torrens	4th	4	-0-	3	8	47.8%	609	665
Port Adelaide	5th	3	-1-	3	7	48.7%	600	633
Glenelg	6th	3	-0-	4	6	50.4%	694	683
South Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	5	4	44.7%	615	761
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	7	0	45.1%	623	757

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	17/06/1933	Glenelg v Norwood	Glenelg Oval	92	-	110
SAT	17/06/1933	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	92	-	99
SAT	17/06/1933	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	100	-	106
SAT	17/06/1933	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	112	-	89

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	8	-0-	0	16	59.5%	887	605
Norwood	2nd	5	-1-	2	11	52.2%	780	714
North Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	3	10	51.3%	784	743
West Torrens	4th	5	-0-	3	10	48.9%	721	754
Port Adelaide	5th	3	-1-	4	7	48.0%	689	745
Glenelg	6th	3	-0-	5	6	49.8%	786	793
South Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	6	4	45.1%	707	860
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	8	0	45.6%	723	863

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/06/1933	Glenelg v West Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	165	-	79
SAT	24/06/1933	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	87	-	96
SAT	24/06/1933	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	77	-	150
SAT	24/06/1933	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	70	-	75

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	8	-0-	1	16	58.5%	957	680
North Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	3	12	53.2%	934	820
West Torrens	3rd	6	-0-	3	12	49.1%	796	824
Norwood	4th	5	-1-	3	11	51.7%	867	810
Port Adelaide	5th	4	-1-	4	9	48.5%	785	832
Glenelg	6th	4	-0-	5	8	52.2%	951	872
South Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	7	4	43.7%	784	1,010
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	9	0	43.8%	802	1,028

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/07/1933	North Adelaide v Norwood	Prospect Oval	95	-	80
SAT	01/07/1933	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	88	-	156
SAT	01/07/1933	Sturt v Glenelg	Unley Oval	99	-	65
SAT	01/07/1933	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	82	-	79

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	9	-0-	1	18	58.6%	1,056	745
North Adelaide	2nd	7	-0-	3	14	53.3%	1,029	900
West Torrens	3rd	7	-0-	3	14	49.3%	878	903
Norwood	4th	5	-1-	4	11	51.1%	947	905
Port Adelaide	5th	5	-1-	4	11	50.6%	941	920
Glenelg	6th	4	-0-	6	8	51.1%	1,016	971
South Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	8	4	42.8%	872	1,166
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	10	0	44.2%	881	1,110

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/07/1933	Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Alberton Oval	99	-	114
SAT	08/07/1933	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	83	-	129
SAT	08/07/1933	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Showground	44	-	92
SAT	08/07/1933	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	96	-	46

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	10	-0-	1	20	59.3%	1,148	789
West Torrens	2nd	8	-0-	3	16	50.7%	974	949
North Adelaide	3rd	7	-0-	4	14	51.9%	1,075	996
Norwood	4th	6	-1-	4	13	52.1%	1,076	988
Port Adelaide	5th	5	-1-	5	11	50.1%	1,040	1,034
Glenelg	6th	5	-0-	6	10	51.4%	1,130	1,070
South Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	9	4	42.4%	955	1,295
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	11	0	43.5%	925	1,202

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/07/1933	Glenelg v West Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	111	-	106
SAT	22/07/1933	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Prospect Oval	92	-	76
SAT	22/07/1933	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	108	-	95
SAT	22/07/1933	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	66	-	93

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	10	-0-	2	20	58.1%	1,243	897
West Torrens	2nd	9	-0-	3	18	51.2%	1,067	1,015
North Adelaide	3rd	8	-0-	4	16	52.1%	1,167	1,072
Norwood	4th	7	-1-	4	15	52.2%	1,184	1,083
Glenelg	5th	6	-0-	6	12	51.3%	1,241	1,176
Port Adelaide	6th	5	-1-	6	11	49.8%	1,116	1,126
South Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	10	4	42.4%	1,021	1,388
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	12	0	44.0%	1,031	1,313

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	29/07/1933	Glenelg v South Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	156	-	100
SAT	29/07/1933	North Adelaide v Sturt	Prospect Oval	82	-	79
SAT	29/07/1933	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	69	-	95
SAT	29/07/1933	West Torrens v Norwood	Thebarton Oval	112	-	88

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	10	-0-	3	20	57.5%	1,322	979
West Torrens	2nd	10	-0-	3	20	51.7%	1,179	1,103
North Adelaide	3rd	9	-0-	4	18	52.0%	1,249	1,151
Norwood	4th	7	-1-	5	15	51.6%	1,272	1,195
Glenelg	5th	7	-0-	6	14	52.3%	1,397	1,276
Port Adelaide	6th	6	-1-	6	13	50.3%	1,211	1,195
South Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	11	4	42.1%	1,121	1,544
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	13	0	43.9%	1,100	1,408

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	19/08/1933	Glenelg v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	114	-	87
SAT	19/08/1933	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Prospect Oval	157	-	101
SAT	19/08/1933	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	79	-	58
SAT	19/08/1933	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Showground	90	-	103

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	10	-0-	4	20	56.3%	1,409	1,093
North Adelaide	2nd	10	-0-	4	20	52.9%	1,406	1,252
West Torrens	3rd	10	-0-	4	20	51.1%	1,237	1,182
Norwood	4th	8	-1-	5	17	51.7%	1,375	1,285
Glenelg	5th	8	-0-	6	16	52.6%	1,511	1,363
Port Adelaide	6th	7	-1-	6	15	50.7%	1,290	1,253
South Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	12	4	41.8%	1,222	1,701
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	14	0	44.1%	1,190	1,511

Round 15

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/08/1933	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	125	-	86
SAT	26/08/1933	Norwood v Glenelg	Norwood Oval	127	-	86
SAT	26/08/1933	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	91	-	59
SAT	26/08/1933	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	90	-	70

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	11	-0-	4	22	56.3%	1,499	1,163
North Adelaide	2nd	11	-0-	4	22	53.4%	1,531	1,338
West Torrens	3rd	10	-0-	5	20	50.3%	1,323	1,307
Norwood	4th	9	-1-	5	19	52.3%	1,502	1,371
Port Adelaide	5th	8	-1-	6	17	51.3%	1,381	1,312
Glenelg	6th	8	-0-	7	16	51.7%	1,597	1,490
South Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	13	4	41.7%	1,281	1,792
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	15	0	44.0%	1,260	1,601

Round 16

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	02/09/1933	Glenelg v West Torrens	Glenelg Oval	96	-	122
SAT	02/09/1933	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	96	-	88
SAT	02/09/1933	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	117	-	91
SAT	02/09/1933	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	74	-	60

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	12	-0-	4	24	56.3%	1,573	1,223
North Adelaide	2nd	11	-0-	5	22	53.0%	1,619	1,434
West Torrens	3rd	11	-0-	5	22	50.7%	1,445	1,403
Norwood	4th	9	-1-	6	19	51.9%	1,562	1,445
Port Adelaide	5th	9	-1-	6	19	51.3%	1,477	1,400
Glenelg	6th	8	-0-	8	16	51.2%	1,693	1,612
South Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	13	6	42.6%	1,398	1,883
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	16	0	44.0%	1,351	1,718

Round 17

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/09/1933	North Adelaide v Glenelg	Prospect Oval	98	-	102
SAT	09/09/1933	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	135	-	68
SAT	09/09/1933	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	119	-	109
SAT	09/09/1933	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	119	-	87

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	13	-0-	4	26	56.0%	1,692	1,332
West Torrens	2nd	12	-0-	5	24	51.2%	1,564	1,490
North Adelaide	3rd	11	-0-	6	22	52.8%	1,717	1,536
Norwood	4th	10	-1-	6	21	52.9%	1,697	1,513
Port Adelaide	5th	9	-1-	7	19	51.1%	1,586	1,519
Glenelg	6th	9	-0-	8	18	51.2%	1,795	1,710
South Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	14	6	42.6%	1,485	2,002
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	17	0	43.4%	1,419	1,853

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Sturt	1st	13	-0-	4	26	56.0%	1,692	1,332	243	234	184	228
West Torrens	2nd	12	-0-	5	24	51.2%	1,564	1,490	221	238	211	224
North Adelaide	3rd	11	-0-	6	22	52.8%	1,717	1,536	252	205	216	240
Norwood	4th	10	-1-	6	21	52.9%	1,697	1,513	245	227	214	229
Port Adelaide	5th	9	-1-	7	19	51.1%	1,586	1,519	224	242	220	199
Glenelg	6th	9	-0-	8	18	51.2%	1,795	1,710	260	235	247	228
South Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	14	6	42.6%	1,485	2,002	207	243	293	244
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	17	0	43.4%	1,419	1,853	199	225	266	257

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	16/09/1933	North Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	73	-	73	13,376
SAT	23/09/1933	North Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	80	-	81	27,048
SAT	30/09/1933	Sturt v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	60	-	86	21,240

Final Round 1 Ladder

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

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	07/10/1933		Sturt v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	65	-	70	19,327

Final Round 2 Ladder

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

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	14/10/1933		West Torrens v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	88	-	65	33,444

Final Round 3 Ladder

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

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