1935 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1935 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. South Adelaide were the premiers.

Season Details

Name: 1935 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 Bruce McGregor
North Adelaide Prospect Oval Cliff Keal
Norwood Norwood Oval
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 Monte Foote

Season Results

Premiers: South Adelaide
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 12 -0- 5 24 55.6% 1,837 1,469 269 223 205 239
South Adelaide 2nd 11 -0- 6 22 54.0% 1,898 1,616 280 218 234 212
Norwood 3rd 11 -0- 6 22 50.9% 1,697 1,640 241 251 240 200
Sturt 4th 10 -1- 6 21 51.7% 1,775 1,656 253 257 240 216
West Torrens 5th 9 -0- 8 18 49.6% 1,537 1,560 215 247 221 234
North Adelaide 6th 8 -1- 8 17 52.2% 1,834 1,679 265 244 237 257
West Adelaide 7th 5 -0- 12 10 46.9% 1,506 1,708 212 234 242 256
Glenelg 8th 1 -0- 16 2 39.3% 1,381 2,137 194 217 310 277

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/04/1935 Glenelg v North Adelaide Glenelg Oval 77 - 151
SAT 27/04/1935 Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Alberton Oval 91 - 55
SAT 27/04/1935 South Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 49 - 96
SAT 27/04/1935 West Torrens v Sturt Thebarton Oval 137 - 54

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Torrens 1st 1 -0- 0 2 71.7% 137 54
North Adelaide 2nd 1 -0- 0 2 66.2% 151 77
Norwood 3rd 1 -0- 0 2 66.2% 96 49
Port Adelaide 4th 1 -0- 0 2 62.3% 91 55
West Adelaide 5th 0 -0- 1 0 37.7% 55 91
Glenelg 6th 0 -0- 1 0 33.8% 77 151
South Adelaide 7th 0 -0- 1 0 33.8% 49 96
Sturt 8th 0 -0- 1 0 28.3% 54 137

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/05/1935 North Adelaide v South Adelaide Prospect Oval 143 - 82
SAT 04/05/1935 Port Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 136 - 82
SAT 04/05/1935 West Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Showground 77 - 112
MON 06/05/1935 Sturt v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 124 - 96

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 2 -0- 0 4 64.9% 294 159
Port Adelaide 2nd 2 -0- 0 4 62.4% 227 137
Norwood 3rd 2 -0- 0 4 62.3% 208 126
West Torrens 4th 1 -0- 1 2 53.5% 219 190
Sturt 5th 1 -0- 1 2 43.3% 178 233
West Adelaide 6th 0 -0- 2 0 39.4% 132 203
Glenelg 7th 0 -0- 2 0 38.6% 173 275
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 2 0 35.4% 131 239

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/05/1935 Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 110 - 74
SAT 11/05/1935 Port Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 107 - 54
SAT 11/05/1935 South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 106 - 80
SAT 11/05/1935 Sturt v West Adelaide Unley Oval 64 - 97

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 3 -0- 0 6 63.6% 334 191
Norwood 2nd 3 -0- 0 6 61.4% 318 200
North Adelaide 3rd 2 -0- 1 4 57.8% 368 269
West Torrens 4th 1 -0- 2 2 50.3% 299 296
West Adelaide 5th 1 -0- 2 2 46.2% 229 267
South Adelaide 6th 1 -0- 2 2 42.6% 237 319
Sturt 7th 1 -0- 2 2 42.3% 242 330
Glenelg 8th 0 -0- 3 0 37.3% 227 382

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/05/1935 Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 62 - 136
SAT 18/05/1935 North Adelaide v Sturt Prospect Oval 68 - 85
SAT 18/05/1935 Norwood v Port Adelaide Norwood Oval 122 - 111
SAT 18/05/1935 West Torrens v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 80 - 109

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 4 -0- 0 8 58.6% 440 311
Port Adelaide 2nd 3 -0- 1 6 58.7% 445 313
North Adelaide 3rd 2 -0- 2 4 55.2% 436 354
South Adelaide 4th 2 -0- 2 4 49.5% 373 381
West Adelaide 5th 2 -0- 2 4 49.3% 338 347
Sturt 6th 2 -0- 2 4 45.1% 327 398
West Torrens 7th 1 -0- 3 2 48.3% 379 405
Glenelg 8th 0 -0- 4 0 35.8% 289 518

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/05/1935 North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Prospect Oval 110 - 108
SAT 25/05/1935 South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 147 - 113
SAT 25/05/1935 West Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Showground 109 - 72
SAT 25/05/1935 West Torrens v Norwood Thebarton Oval 100 - 73

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 4 -0- 1 8 55.5% 513 411
Port Adelaide 2nd 3 -0- 2 6 56.7% 553 423
North Adelaide 3rd 3 -0- 2 6 54.2% 546 462
West Adelaide 4th 3 -0- 2 6 51.6% 447 419
South Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 2 6 51.3% 520 494
West Torrens 6th 2 -0- 3 4 50.1% 479 478
Sturt 7th 2 -0- 3 4 44.7% 440 545
Glenelg 8th 0 -0- 5 0 36.5% 361 627

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/06/1935 Norwood v Sturt Adelaide Oval 82 - 61
SAT 01/06/1935 Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Alberton Oval 130 - 82
SAT 01/06/1935 West Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Showground 118 - 98
SAT 01/06/1935 West Torrens v Glenelg Thebarton Oval 79 - 85

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 5 -0- 1 10 55.8% 595 472
Port Adelaide 2nd 4 -0- 2 8 57.5% 683 505
West Adelaide 3rd 4 -0- 2 8 52.2% 565 517
North Adelaide 4th 3 -0- 3 6 52.6% 644 580
South Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 3 6 49.1% 602 624
West Torrens 6th 2 -0- 4 4 49.8% 558 563
Sturt 7th 2 -0- 4 4 44.4% 501 627
Glenelg 8th 1 -0- 5 2 38.7% 446 706

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/06/1935 Glenelg v Norwood Glenelg Oval 78 - 93
SAT 08/06/1935 North Adelaide v West Torrens Prospect Oval 120 - 88
SAT 08/06/1935 Port Adelaide v Sturt Alberton Oval 117 - 80
SAT 08/06/1935 South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 129 - 63

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 6 -0- 1 12 55.6% 688 550
Port Adelaide 2nd 5 -0- 2 10 57.8% 800 585
North Adelaide 3rd 4 -0- 3 8 53.4% 764 668
South Adelaide 4th 4 -0- 3 8 51.6% 731 687
West Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 3 8 49.3% 628 646
West Torrens 6th 2 -0- 5 4 48.6% 646 683
Sturt 7th 2 -0- 5 4 43.8% 581 744
Glenelg 8th 1 -0- 6 2 39.6% 524 799

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/06/1935 North Adelaide v Glenelg Prospect Oval 118 - 108
SAT 15/06/1935 Norwood v South Adelaide Norwood Oval 55 - 143
SAT 15/06/1935 Sturt v West Torrens Unley Oval 117 - 127
SAT 15/06/1935 West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 76 - 108

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 6 -0- 2 12 57.9% 908 661
Norwood 2nd 6 -0- 2 12 51.7% 743 693
South Adelaide 3rd 5 -0- 3 10 54.1% 874 742
North Adelaide 4th 5 -0- 3 10 53.2% 882 776
West Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 4 8 48.3% 704 754
West Torrens 6th 3 -0- 5 6 49.1% 773 800
Sturt 7th 2 -0- 6 4 44.5% 698 871
Glenelg 8th 1 -0- 7 2 40.8% 632 917

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/06/1935 Norwood v West Adelaide Norwood Oval 112 - 69
SAT 22/06/1935 Port Adelaide v West Torrens Alberton Oval 85 - 55
SAT 22/06/1935 South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 150 - 109
SAT 22/06/1935 Sturt v Glenelg Unley Oval 102 - 53

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 7 -0- 2 14 58.1% 993 716
Norwood 2nd 7 -0- 2 14 52.9% 855 762
South Adelaide 3rd 6 -0- 3 12 54.6% 1,024 851
North Adelaide 4th 5 -0- 4 10 51.7% 991 926
West Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 5 8 47.2% 773 866
West Torrens 6th 3 -0- 6 6 48.3% 828 885
Sturt 7th 3 -0- 6 6 46.4% 800 924
Glenelg 8th 1 -0- 8 2 40.2% 685 1,019

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/07/1935 Glenelg v Port Adelaide Glenelg Oval 110 - 148
SAT 06/07/1935 North Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 100 - 146
SAT 06/07/1935 West Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Showground 120 - 127
SAT 06/07/1935 West Torrens v South Adelaide Thebarton Oval 91 - 109

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 8 -0- 2 16 58.0% 1,141 826
Norwood 2nd 8 -0- 2 16 53.7% 1,001 862
South Adelaide 3rd 7 -0- 3 14 54.6% 1,133 942
North Adelaide 4th 5 -0- 5 10 50.4% 1,091 1,072
West Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 6 8 47.3% 893 993
Sturt 6th 4 -0- 6 8 47.0% 927 1,044
West Torrens 7th 3 -0- 7 6 48.0% 919 994
Glenelg 8th 1 -0- 9 2 40.5% 795 1,167

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/07/1935 North Adelaide v Sturt Prospect Oval 75 - 107
SAT 13/07/1935 Port Adelaide v Norwood Alberton Oval 132 - 64
SAT 13/07/1935 South Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 149 - 79
SAT 13/07/1935 West Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Showground 73 - 75

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 9 -0- 2 18 58.9% 1,273 890
South Adelaide 2nd 8 -0- 3 16 55.7% 1,282 1,021
Norwood 3rd 8 -0- 3 16 51.7% 1,065 994
North Adelaide 4th 5 -0- 6 10 49.7% 1,166 1,179
Sturt 5th 5 -0- 6 10 48.0% 1,034 1,119
West Torrens 6th 4 -0- 7 8 48.2% 994 1,067
West Adelaide 7th 4 -0- 7 8 47.5% 966 1,068
Glenelg 8th 1 -0- 10 2 39.9% 874 1,316

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/07/1935 Glenelg v West Adelaide Glenelg Oval 72 - 132
SAT 27/07/1935 Norwood v West Torrens Norwood Oval 79 - 64
SAT 27/07/1935 Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Alberton Oval 86 - 85
SAT 27/07/1935 Sturt v South Adelaide Unley Oval 135 - 76

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 10 -0- 2 20 58.2% 1,359 975
Norwood 2nd 9 -0- 3 18 52.0% 1,144 1,058
South Adelaide 3rd 8 -0- 4 16 54.0% 1,358 1,156
Sturt 4th 6 -0- 6 12 49.5% 1,169 1,195
North Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 7 10 49.7% 1,251 1,265
West Adelaide 6th 5 -0- 7 10 49.1% 1,098 1,140
West Torrens 7th 4 -0- 8 8 48.0% 1,058 1,146
Glenelg 8th 1 -0- 11 2 39.5% 946 1,448

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/08/1935 Glenelg v West Torrens Glenelg Oval 85 - 89
SAT 10/08/1935 North Adelaide v West Adelaide Prospect Oval 109 - 75
SAT 10/08/1935 South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 102 - 79
SAT 10/08/1935 Sturt v Norwood Unley Oval 149 - 77

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 10 -0- 3 20 57.2% 1,438 1,077
South Adelaide 2nd 9 -0- 4 18 54.2% 1,460 1,235
Norwood 3rd 9 -0- 4 18 50.3% 1,221 1,207
Sturt 4th 7 -0- 6 14 50.9% 1,318 1,272
North Adelaide 5th 6 -0- 7 12 50.4% 1,360 1,340
West Adelaide 6th 5 -0- 8 10 48.4% 1,173 1,249
West Torrens 7th 5 -0- 8 10 48.2% 1,147 1,231
Glenelg 8th 1 -0- 12 2 40.1% 1,031 1,537

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/08/1935 Norwood v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 163 - 78
SAT 17/08/1935 Sturt v Port Adelaide Unley Oval 112 - 87
SAT 17/08/1935 West Adelaide v South Adelaide Adelaide Showground 88 - 103
SAT 17/08/1935 West Torrens v North Adelaide Thebarton Oval 98 - 74

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 10 -0- 4 20 56.2% 1,525 1,189
South Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 4 20 54.2% 1,563 1,323
Norwood 3rd 10 -0- 4 20 51.9% 1,384 1,285
Sturt 4th 8 -0- 6 16 51.3% 1,430 1,359
North Adelaide 5th 6 -0- 8 12 49.9% 1,434 1,438
West Torrens 6th 6 -0- 8 12 48.8% 1,245 1,305
West Adelaide 7th 5 -0- 9 10 48.3% 1,261 1,352
Glenelg 8th 1 -0- 13 2 39.5% 1,109 1,700

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/08/1935 Glenelg v Sturt Glenelg Oval 84 - 118
SAT 24/08/1935 North Adelaide v Norwood Prospect Oval 134 - 47
SAT 24/08/1935 South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 90 - 91
SAT 24/08/1935 West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Showground 82 - 108

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 11 -0- 4 22 56.2% 1,633 1,271
South Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 5 20 53.9% 1,653 1,414
Norwood 3rd 10 -0- 5 20 50.2% 1,431 1,419
Sturt 4th 9 -0- 6 18 51.8% 1,548 1,443
North Adelaide 5th 7 -0- 8 14 51.4% 1,568 1,485
West Torrens 6th 7 -0- 8 14 48.9% 1,336 1,395
West Adelaide 7th 5 -0- 10 10 47.9% 1,343 1,460
Glenelg 8th 1 -0- 14 2 39.6% 1,193 1,818

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/08/1935 Glenelg v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 75 - 147
SAT 31/08/1935 Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 94 - 108
SAT 31/08/1935 Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Alberton Oval 109 - 84
SAT 31/08/1935 West Torrens v West Adelaide Thebarton Oval 87 - 70

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 12 -0- 4 24 56.2% 1,742 1,355
South Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 6 20 53.3% 1,737 1,523
Sturt 3rd 10 -0- 6 20 51.9% 1,656 1,537
Norwood 4th 10 -0- 6 20 50.0% 1,525 1,527
North Adelaide 5th 8 -0- 8 16 52.4% 1,715 1,560
West Torrens 6th 8 -0- 8 16 49.3% 1,423 1,465
West Adelaide 7th 5 -0- 11 10 47.7% 1,413 1,547
Glenelg 8th 1 -0- 15 2 39.2% 1,268 1,965

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/09/1935 Norwood v Glenelg Norwood Oval 172 - 113
SAT 07/09/1935 South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 161 - 93
SAT 07/09/1935 Sturt v North Adelaide Unley Oval 119 - 119
SAT 07/09/1935 West Torrens v Port Adelaide Thebarton Oval 114 - 95

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 12 -0- 5 24 55.6% 1,837 1,469
South Adelaide 2nd 11 -0- 6 22 54.0% 1,898 1,616
Norwood 3rd 11 -0- 6 22 50.9% 1,697 1,640
Sturt 4th 10 -1- 6 21 51.7% 1,775 1,656
West Torrens 5th 9 -0- 8 18 49.6% 1,537 1,560
North Adelaide 6th 8 -1- 8 17 52.2% 1,834 1,679
West Adelaide 7th 5 -0- 12 10 46.9% 1,506 1,708
Glenelg 8th 1 -0- 16 2 39.3% 1,381 2,137

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/09/1935 Norwood v Sturt Adelaide Oval 81 - 124 18,618
SAT 21/09/1935 Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Adelaide Oval 119 - 73 21,225

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/09/1935 South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 93 - 79 17,240

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/10/1935 Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Adelaide Oval 91 - 99 26,496