1934 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1934 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. Glenelg were the premiers, with Jack Owens as the premiership captain and Bruce McGregor as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1934 SANFL Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 17
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 72

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	Len Ashby
South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval
Sturt	Unley Oval	Sid White
West Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	Walter Scott
West Torrens	Thebarton Oval	Sampson Hosking

Season Results

Premiers: Glenelg
Runners-Up: Port Adelaide
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	10	-1-	6	21	54.8%	1,916	1,581	278	248	223	243
Glenelg	2nd	10	-1-	6	21	51.6%	1,818	1,704	262	246	240	264
West Torrens	3rd	10	-0-	7	20	50.7%	1,550	1,509	218	242	214	225
Sturt	4th	10	-0-	7	20	50.6%	1,624	1,583	229	250	227	221
North Adelaide	5th	9	-1-	7	19	53.6%	1,855	1,605	271	229	225	255
West Adelaide	6th	8	-1-	8	17	50.4%	1,755	1,727	249	261	250	227
Norwood	7th	5	-0-	12	10	45.6%	1,612	1,920	230	232	277	258
South Adelaide	8th	4	-0-	13	8	43.3%	1,626	2,127	230	246	311	261

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/04/1934	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	126	-	105
SAT	28/04/1934	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	61	-	76
SAT	28/04/1934	West Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Showground	97	-	89
SAT	28/04/1934	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	74	-	44

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	1	-0-	0	2	62.7%	74	44
Port Adelaide	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	55.5%	76	61
South Adelaide	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	54.5%	126	105
West Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	0	2	52.2%	97	89
Glenelg	5th	0	-0-	1	0	47.8%	89	97
Norwood	6th	0	-0-	1	0	45.5%	105	126
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	1	0	44.5%	61	76
North Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	1	0	37.3%	44	74

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/05/1934	Glenelg v West Torrens	Glenelg Oval	99	-	117
SAT	05/05/1934	North Adelaide v Sturt	Prospect Oval	131	-	46
SAT	05/05/1934	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	139	-	104
SAT	05/05/1934	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	135	-	93

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	2	-0-	0	4	57.2%	191	143
South Adelaide	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	56.9%	261	198
North Adelaide	3rd	1	-0-	1	2	59.3%	175	120
Norwood	4th	1	-0-	1	2	51.5%	244	230
West Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	1	2	46.9%	201	228
Port Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	1	2	46.3%	169	196
Glenelg	7th	0	-0-	2	0	46.8%	188	214
Sturt	8th	0	-0-	2	0	34.1%	107	207

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	12/05/1934	Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Alberton Oval	217	-	86
SAT	12/05/1934	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	81	-	82
SAT	12/05/1934	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	108	-	74
SAT	12/05/1934	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	111	-	74

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	3	-0-	0	6	58.2%	302	217
Port Adelaide	2nd	2	-0-	1	4	57.8%	386	282
South Adelaide	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	52.0%	335	309
Norwood	4th	2	-0-	1	4	51.2%	326	311
West Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	1	4	50.6%	309	302
North Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	2	2	52.2%	249	228
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	3	0	39.4%	188	289
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	3	0	38.9%	274	431

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	19/05/1934	North Adelaide v Glenelg	Prospect Oval	101	-	101
SAT	19/05/1934	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	115	-	84
SAT	19/05/1934	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	115	-	122
SAT	19/05/1934	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Showground	106	-	87

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	3	-0-	1	6	54.6%	389	323
Norwood	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	52.8%	441	395
West Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	1	6	51.6%	415	389
Port Adelaide	4th	2	-0-	2	4	54.2%	470	397
South Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	2	4	51.1%	450	431
North Adelaide	6th	1	-1-	2	3	51.5%	350	329
Sturt	7th	1	-0-	3	2	43.4%	310	404
Glenelg	8th	0	-1-	3	1	41.3%	375	532

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/05/1934	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	88	-	90
SAT	26/05/1934	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	157	-	104
SAT	26/05/1934	Sturt v Glenelg	Unley Oval	100	-	85
SAT	26/05/1934	West Torrens v Norwood	Thebarton Oval	102	-	78

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	4	-0-	1	8	55.0%	491	401
South Adelaide	2nd	3	-0-	2	6	53.2%	607	535
Norwood	3rd	3	-0-	2	6	51.1%	519	497
West Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	2	6	48.7%	519	546
North Adelaide	5th	2	-1-	2	5	51.3%	440	417
Port Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	3	4	53.4%	558	487
Sturt	7th	2	-0-	3	4	45.6%	410	489
Glenelg	8th	0	-1-	4	1	42.1%	460	632

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	02/06/1934	Glenelg v South Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	137	-	108
SAT	02/06/1934	North Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	172	-	105
SAT	02/06/1934	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	131	-	131
MON	04/06/1934	Sturt v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	90	-	84	17,938

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	4	-0-	2	8	53.9%	575	491
North Adelaide	2nd	3	-1-	2	7	54.0%	612	522
West Adelaide	3rd	3	-1-	2	7	49.0%	650	677
South Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	3	6	51.6%	715	672
Norwood	5th	3	-0-	3	6	48.3%	624	669
Sturt	6th	3	-0-	3	6	46.6%	500	573
Port Adelaide	7th	2	-1-	3	5	52.7%	689	618
Glenelg	8th	1	-1-	4	3	44.7%	597	740

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/06/1934	Norwood v Glenelg	Norwood Oval	99	-	101
SAT	09/06/1934	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	121	-	145
SAT	09/06/1934	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Showground	69	-	98
SAT	09/06/1934	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	89	-	88

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	5	-0-	2	10	53.4%	664	579
North Adelaide	2nd	4	-1-	2	9	54.1%	757	643
Sturt	3rd	4	-0-	3	8	48.2%	598	642
West Adelaide	4th	3	-1-	3	7	48.1%	719	775
South Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	4	6	50.6%	836	817
Norwood	6th	3	-0-	4	6	48.4%	723	770
Port Adelaide	7th	2	-1-	4	5	52.4%	777	707
Glenelg	8th	2	-1-	4	5	45.4%	698	839

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	23/06/1934	Glenelg v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	116	-	83
SAT	23/06/1934	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Prospect Oval	116	-	47
SAT	23/06/1934	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	141	-	114
SAT	23/06/1934	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	154	-	98

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	5	-1-	2	11	55.9%	873	690
West Torrens	2nd	5	-0-	3	10	50.6%	711	695
Sturt	3rd	5	-0-	3	10	50.4%	752	740
Norwood	4th	4	-0-	4	8	49.4%	864	884
West Adelaide	5th	3	-1-	4	7	47.4%	802	891
Glenelg	6th	3	-1-	4	7	46.9%	814	922
South Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	5	6	49.8%	950	958
Port Adelaide	8th	2	-1-	5	5	50.4%	875	861

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	30/06/1934	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	143	-	106
SAT	30/06/1934	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	110	-	104
SAT	30/06/1934	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	141	-	79
SAT	30/06/1934	West Torrens v Glenelg	Thebarton Oval	119	-	71

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	6	-0-	3	12	52.0%	830	766
Sturt	2nd	6	-0-	3	12	50.5%	862	844
North Adelaide	3rd	5	-1-	3	11	55.0%	977	800
West Adelaide	4th	4	-1-	4	9	49.3%	943	970
Norwood	5th	4	-0-	5	8	47.9%	943	1,025
Port Adelaide	6th	3	-1-	5	7	51.3%	1,018	967
Glenelg	7th	3	-1-	5	7	46.0%	885	1,041
South Adelaide	8th	3	-0-	6	6	49.0%	1,056	1,101

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	07/07/1934	Glenelg v Port Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	110	-	84
SAT	07/07/1934	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	87	-	103
SAT	07/07/1934	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	88	-	107
SAT	07/07/1934	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	110	-	83

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	7	-0-	3	14	52.3%	937	854
Sturt	2nd	7	-0-	3	14	50.9%	965	931
North Adelaide	3rd	5	-1-	4	11	53.8%	1,060	910
West Adelaide	4th	5	-1-	4	11	50.0%	1,053	1,053
Glenelg	5th	4	-1-	5	9	46.9%	995	1,125
Norwood	6th	4	-0-	6	8	47.7%	1,030	1,128
Port Adelaide	7th	3	-1-	6	7	50.6%	1,102	1,077
South Adelaide	8th	3	-0-	7	6	48.6%	1,144	1,208

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	21/07/1934	Glenelg v North Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	96	-	59
SAT	21/07/1934	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	119	-	74
SAT	21/07/1934	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	72	-	120
SAT	21/07/1934	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	93	-	66

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	8	-0-	3	16	52.8%	1,030	920
Sturt	2nd	8	-0-	3	16	52.0%	1,085	1,003
North Adelaide	3rd	5	-1-	5	11	52.7%	1,119	1,006
West Adelaide	4th	5	-1-	5	11	49.4%	1,119	1,146
Glenelg	5th	5	-1-	5	11	48.0%	1,091	1,184
Port Adelaide	6th	4	-1-	6	9	51.5%	1,221	1,151
Norwood	7th	4	-0-	7	8	47.0%	1,104	1,247
South Adelaide	8th	3	-0-	8	6	47.8%	1,216	1,328

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/07/1934	Glenelg v Sturt	Glenelg Oval	128	-	95
SAT	28/07/1934	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Prospect Oval	71	-	77
SAT	28/07/1934	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	67	-	89
SAT	28/07/1934	West Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	122	-	78

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	9	-0-	3	18	53.1%	1,119	987
Sturt	2nd	8	-0-	4	16	51.1%	1,180	1,131
West Adelaide	3rd	6	-1-	5	13	50.3%	1,241	1,224
Glenelg	4th	6	-1-	5	13	48.8%	1,219	1,279
North Adelaide	5th	5	-1-	6	11	52.4%	1,190	1,083
Port Adelaide	6th	5	-1-	6	11	51.5%	1,298	1,222
Norwood	7th	4	-0-	8	8	46.7%	1,171	1,336
South Adelaide	8th	3	-0-	9	6	47.2%	1,294	1,450

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/08/1934	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	109	-	106
SAT	04/08/1934	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	119	-	96
SAT	04/08/1934	South Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	62	-	156
SAT	04/08/1934	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	94	-	88

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	9	-0-	4	18	52.8%	1,207	1,081
Sturt	2nd	9	-0-	4	18	51.1%	1,274	1,219
Glenelg	3rd	7	-1-	5	15	50.6%	1,375	1,341
Port Adelaide	4th	6	-1-	6	13	51.8%	1,417	1,318
West Adelaide	5th	6	-1-	6	13	49.9%	1,337	1,343
North Adelaide	6th	5	-1-	7	11	52.1%	1,296	1,192
Norwood	7th	5	-0-	8	10	47.0%	1,280	1,442
South Adelaide	8th	3	-0-	10	6	45.8%	1,356	1,606

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	18/08/1934	Glenelg v Norwood	Glenelg Oval	115	-	86
SAT	18/08/1934	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Prospect Oval	157	-	79
SAT	18/08/1934	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	94	-	82
SAT	18/08/1934	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	79	-	115

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	9	-0-	5	18	52.3%	1,289	1,175
Sturt	2nd	9	-0-	5	18	50.4%	1,353	1,334
Glenelg	3rd	8	-1-	5	17	51.1%	1,490	1,427
Port Adelaide	4th	7	-1-	6	15	51.9%	1,511	1,400
West Adelaide	5th	7	-1-	6	15	50.5%	1,452	1,422
North Adelaide	6th	6	-1-	7	13	53.3%	1,453	1,271
Norwood	7th	5	-0-	9	10	46.7%	1,366	1,557
South Adelaide	8th	3	-0-	11	6	44.9%	1,435	1,763

Round 15

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	25/08/1934	North Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	120	-	117
SAT	25/08/1934	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	95	-	77
SAT	25/08/1934	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Showground	98	-	77
SAT	25/08/1934	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	90	-	104

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	9	-0-	6	18	51.9%	1,379	1,279
Sturt	2nd	9	-0-	6	18	50.0%	1,430	1,429
Port Adelaide	3rd	8	-1-	6	17	52.1%	1,606	1,477
Glenelg	4th	8	-1-	6	17	51.0%	1,607	1,547
West Adelaide	5th	8	-1-	6	17	50.8%	1,550	1,499
North Adelaide	6th	7	-1-	7	15	53.1%	1,573	1,388
Norwood	7th	5	-0-	10	10	46.6%	1,443	1,655
South Adelaide	8th	4	-0-	11	8	45.4%	1,539	1,853

Round 16

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/09/1934	Glenelg v West Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	98	-	87
SAT	01/09/1934	North Adelaide v Norwood	Prospect Oval	152	-	99
SAT	01/09/1934	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	36	-	171
SAT	01/09/1934	West Torrens v Sturt	Thebarton Oval	103	-	91

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	10	-0-	6	20	52.0%	1,482	1,370
Port Adelaide	2nd	9	-1-	6	19	54.0%	1,777	1,513
Glenelg	3rd	9	-1-	6	19	51.1%	1,705	1,634
Sturt	4th	9	-0-	7	18	49.8%	1,521	1,532
North Adelaide	5th	8	-1-	7	17	53.7%	1,725	1,487
West Adelaide	6th	8	-1-	7	17	50.6%	1,637	1,597
Norwood	7th	5	-0-	11	10	46.0%	1,542	1,807
South Adelaide	8th	4	-0-	12	8	43.8%	1,575	2,024

Round 17

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/09/1934	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Prospect Oval	130	-	118
SAT	08/09/1934	Norwood v Glenelg	Norwood Oval	70	-	113
SAT	08/09/1934	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	139	-	68
SAT	08/09/1934	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	103	-	51

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	10	-1-	6	21	54.8%	1,916	1,581
Glenelg	2nd	10	-1-	6	21	51.6%	1,818	1,704
West Torrens	3rd	10	-0-	7	20	50.7%	1,550	1,509
Sturt	4th	10	-0-	7	20	50.6%	1,624	1,583
North Adelaide	5th	9	-1-	7	19	53.6%	1,855	1,605
West Adelaide	6th	8	-1-	8	17	50.4%	1,755	1,727
Norwood	7th	5	-0-	12	10	45.6%	1,612	1,920
South Adelaide	8th	4	-0-	13	8	43.3%	1,626	2,127

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	15/09/1934		West Torrens v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	86	-	99	19,132
SAT	22/09/1934		Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	159	-	94	24,934

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	29/09/1934		Glenelg v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	89	-	70	17,281

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	06/10/1934		Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	114	-	123	30,045

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