1936 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1936 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. Port Adelaide were the premiers, with Jack Dermody as the premiership captain and Sampson Hosking as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1936 SANFL Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 17
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 72

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Glenelg	Glenelg Oval	Walter Scott
North Adelaide	Prospect Oval	James McDowall
Norwood	Norwood Oval	Syd Ackland
Port Adelaide	Alberton Oval	Sampson Hosking
South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval
Sturt	Unley Oval	Sid White
West Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	Jack Baker
West Torrens	Thebarton Oval	Len Ashby

Season Results

Premiers: Port 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	55.9%	2,186	1,722	318	278	252	210
Sturt	2nd	12	-0-	5	24	54.0%	1,950	1,659	285	240	234	255
South Adelaide	3rd	11	-0-	6	22	55.9%	1,894	1,495	272	262	213	217
North Adelaide	4th	10	-0-	7	20	53.6%	1,979	1,715	291	233	250	215
Norwood	5th	10	-0-	7	20	53.2%	1,882	1,657	274	238	241	211
West Torrens	6th	5	-0-	12	10	48.2%	1,666	1,794	238	238	258	246
Glenelg	7th	4	-0-	13	8	43.4%	1,703	2,220	251	197	324	276
West Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	15	4	35.0%	1,163	2,161	159	209	316	265

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	02/05/1936	Glenelg v West Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	101	-	102
SAT	02/05/1936	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Prospect Oval	101	-	109
SAT	02/05/1936	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	96	-	91
SAT	02/05/1936	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	116	-	89

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	1	-0-	0	2	56.6%	116	89
Port Adelaide	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	51.9%	109	101
Norwood	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	51.3%	96	91
West Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	0	2	50.2%	102	101
Glenelg	5th	0	-0-	1	0	49.8%	101	102
Sturt	6th	0	-0-	1	0	48.7%	91	96
North Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	1	0	48.1%	101	109
West Torrens	8th	0	-0-	1	0	43.4%	89	116

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/05/1936	Glenelg v North Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	115	-	139
SAT	09/05/1936	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	140	-	68
SAT	09/05/1936	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	112	-	133
SAT	09/05/1936	West Torrens v Norwood	Thebarton Oval	89	-	105

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	2	-0-	0	4	62.0%	256	157
Port Adelaide	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	53.2%	242	213
Norwood	3rd	2	-0-	0	4	52.8%	201	180
North Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	1	2	51.7%	240	224
West Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	1	2	41.4%	170	241
Glenelg	6th	0	-0-	2	0	47.3%	216	241
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	2	0	47.0%	203	229
West Torrens	8th	0	-0-	2	0	44.6%	178	221

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/05/1936	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Prospect Oval	85	-	115
SAT	16/05/1936	Norwood v Glenelg	Adelaide Showground	135	-	77
SAT	16/05/1936	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	150	-	71
SAT	16/05/1936	West Torrens v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	98	-	101

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	3	-0-	0	6	60.5%	371	242
Port Adelaide	2nd	3	-0-	0	6	58.0%	392	284
Norwood	3rd	3	-0-	0	6	56.7%	336	257
North Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	2	2	48.9%	325	339
Sturt	5th	1	-0-	2	2	48.2%	304	327
West Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	2	2	38.1%	241	391
West Torrens	7th	0	-0-	3	0	46.2%	276	322
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	3	0	43.8%	293	376

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	23/05/1936	Glenelg v Port Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	107	-	140
SAT	23/05/1936	North Adelaide v Sturt	Prospect Oval	103	-	100
SAT	23/05/1936	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	96	-	103
SAT	23/05/1936	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Showground	52	-	102

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	4	-0-	0	8	57.6%	532	391
Norwood	2nd	4	-0-	0	8	55.4%	439	353
South Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	1	6	57.5%	467	345
North Adelaide	4th	2	-0-	2	4	49.4%	428	439
West Torrens	5th	1	-0-	3	2	50.3%	378	374
Sturt	6th	1	-0-	3	2	48.4%	404	430
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	3	2	37.3%	293	493
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	4	0	43.7%	400	516

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	30/05/1936	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	72	-	71
SAT	30/05/1936	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	80	-	103
SAT	30/05/1936	Sturt v Glenelg	Unley Oval	145	-	69
SAT	30/05/1936	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	90	-	101

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	5	-0-	0	10	57.4%	635	471
Norwood	2nd	5	-0-	0	10	54.7%	511	424
South Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	2	6	55.0%	547	448
North Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	2	6	50.0%	529	529
Sturt	5th	2	-0-	3	4	52.4%	549	499
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	4	2	49.6%	468	475
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	4	2	39.2%	364	565
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	5	0	41.5%	469	661

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	06/06/1936	Glenelg v South Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	127	-	146
SAT	06/06/1936	North Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	105	-	93
SAT	06/06/1936	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	116	-	107
SAT	06/06/1936	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Showground	82	-	102

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	6	-0-	0	12	56.5%	751	578
Norwood	2nd	5	-0-	1	10	53.3%	604	529
South Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	2	8	54.7%	693	575
North Adelaide	4th	4	-0-	2	8	50.5%	634	622
Sturt	5th	3	-0-	3	6	52.8%	651	581
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	5	2	49.3%	575	591
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	5	2	40.1%	446	667
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	6	0	42.5%	596	807

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/06/1936	North Adelaide v Glenelg	Prospect Oval	122	-	102
SAT	13/06/1936	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	170	-	86
SAT	13/06/1936	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	137	-	85
SAT	13/06/1936	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	145	-	46

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	7	-0-	0	14	57.3%	888	663
Norwood	2nd	6	-0-	1	12	55.7%	774	615
South Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	2	10	57.4%	838	621
North Adelaide	4th	5	-0-	2	10	51.1%	756	724
Sturt	5th	3	-0-	4	6	50.6%	736	718
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	6	2	46.5%	661	761
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	6	2	37.7%	492	812
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	7	0	42.9%	698	929

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/06/1936	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	143	-	112
SAT	20/06/1936	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	115	-	107
SAT	20/06/1936	West Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Showground	110	-	83
SAT	20/06/1936	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	77	-	110

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	0	16	57.1%	1,031	775
South Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	2	12	57.6%	948	698
Norwood	3rd	6	-0-	2	12	54.7%	881	730
North Adelaide	4th	5	-0-	3	10	50.0%	868	867
Sturt	5th	4	-0-	4	8	50.8%	851	825
West Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	6	4	40.2%	602	895
West Torrens	7th	1	-0-	7	2	45.9%	738	871
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	8	0	42.9%	781	1,039

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/06/1936	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Prospect Oval	126	-	76
SAT	27/06/1936	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	109	-	110
SAT	27/06/1936	West Torrens v Glenelg	Thebarton Oval	124	-	108
MON	29/06/1936	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	119	-	106

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	9	-0-	0	18	56.6%	1,150	881
South Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	3	12	56.7%	1,057	808
Norwood	3rd	6	-0-	3	12	53.8%	987	849
North Adelaide	4th	6	-0-	3	12	51.3%	994	943
Sturt	5th	5	-0-	4	10	50.7%	961	934
West Torrens	6th	2	-0-	7	4	46.8%	862	979
West Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	7	4	39.9%	678	1,021
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	9	0	43.3%	889	1,163

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/07/1936	Glenelg v Norwood	Glenelg Oval	129	-	125
SAT	04/07/1936	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	101	-	88
SAT	04/07/1936	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	146	-	92
SAT	04/07/1936	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	62	-	144

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	10	-0-	0	20	57.8%	1,294	943
South Adelaide	2nd	7	-0-	3	14	56.4%	1,158	896
Norwood	3rd	6	-0-	4	12	53.2%	1,112	978
Sturt	4th	6	-0-	4	12	51.9%	1,107	1,026
North Adelaide	5th	6	-0-	4	12	50.9%	1,082	1,044
West Torrens	6th	2	-0-	8	4	45.9%	954	1,125
West Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	8	4	38.8%	740	1,165
Glenelg	8th	1	-0-	9	2	44.1%	1,018	1,288

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/07/1936	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	98	-	109
SAT	11/07/1936	Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Alberton Oval	101	-	106
SAT	11/07/1936	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	109	-	100
SAT	11/07/1936	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	75	-	124

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	10	-0-	1	20	57.1%	1,395	1,049
South Adelaide	2nd	8	-0-	3	16	56.0%	1,267	994
Sturt	3rd	7	-0-	4	14	51.9%	1,216	1,126
Norwood	4th	6	-0-	5	12	52.7%	1,210	1,087
North Adelaide	5th	6	-0-	5	12	50.6%	1,182	1,153
West Torrens	6th	3	-0-	8	6	47.3%	1,078	1,200
Glenelg	7th	2	-0-	9	4	44.7%	1,124	1,389
West Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	9	4	38.7%	815	1,289

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	25/07/1936	Glenelg v Sturt	Glenelg Oval	89	-	108
SAT	25/07/1936	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Prospect Oval	108	-	75
SAT	25/07/1936	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	73	-	32
SAT	25/07/1936	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	68	-	75

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	10	-0-	2	20	56.6%	1,463	1,124
South Adelaide	2nd	9	-0-	3	18	55.8%	1,342	1,062
Sturt	3rd	8	-0-	4	16	52.1%	1,324	1,215
Norwood	4th	7	-0-	5	14	53.4%	1,283	1,119
North Adelaide	5th	7	-0-	5	14	51.2%	1,290	1,228
West Torrens	6th	3	-0-	9	6	46.9%	1,153	1,308
Glenelg	7th	2	-0-	10	4	44.8%	1,213	1,497
West Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	10	4	38.3%	847	1,362

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/08/1936	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	113	-	108
SAT	01/08/1936	South Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	86	-	93
SAT	01/08/1936	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	149	-	69
SAT	01/08/1936	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	89	-	121

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	11	-0-	2	22	56.6%	1,584	1,213
South Adelaide	2nd	9	-0-	4	18	55.3%	1,428	1,155
Sturt	3rd	9	-0-	4	18	53.4%	1,473	1,284
Norwood	4th	8	-0-	5	16	53.2%	1,396	1,227
North Adelaide	5th	7	-0-	6	14	51.0%	1,398	1,341
West Torrens	6th	3	-0-	10	6	46.5%	1,242	1,429
Glenelg	7th	3	-0-	10	6	45.2%	1,306	1,583
West Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	11	4	37.7%	916	1,511

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/08/1936	Glenelg v West Torrens	Glenelg Oval	135	-	113
SAT	15/08/1936	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Prospect Oval	159	-	65
SAT	15/08/1936	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	135	-	108
SAT	15/08/1936	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	93	-	97

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	12	-0-	2	24	56.5%	1,719	1,321
Sturt	2nd	10	-0-	4	20	53.3%	1,570	1,377
South Adelaide	3rd	9	-0-	5	18	54.9%	1,521	1,252
North Adelaide	4th	8	-0-	6	16	52.5%	1,557	1,406
Norwood	5th	8	-0-	6	16	52.5%	1,504	1,362
Glenelg	6th	4	-0-	10	8	45.9%	1,441	1,696
West Torrens	7th	3	-0-	11	6	46.4%	1,355	1,564
West Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	12	4	37.0%	981	1,670

Round 15

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	22/08/1936	Norwood v Glenelg	Norwood Oval	134	-	75	4,736
SAT	22/08/1936	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	136	-	143	8,050
SAT	22/08/1936	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	170	-	60	1,200
SAT	22/08/1936	West Torrens v Sturt	Thebarton Oval	102	-	85	2,800

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	12	-0-	3	24	55.9%	1,855	1,464
South Adelaide	2nd	10	-0-	5	20	56.3%	1,691	1,312
Sturt	3rd	10	-0-	5	20	52.8%	1,655	1,479
Norwood	4th	9	-0-	6	18	53.3%	1,638	1,437
North Adelaide	5th	9	-0-	6	18	52.4%	1,700	1,542
West Torrens	6th	4	-0-	11	8	46.9%	1,457	1,649
Glenelg	7th	4	-0-	11	8	45.3%	1,516	1,830
West Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	13	4	36.1%	1,041	1,840

Round 16

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	29/08/1936	Glenelg v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	131	-	188
SAT	29/08/1936	North Adelaide v Norwood	Prospect Oval	77	-	117
SAT	29/08/1936	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	105	-	71
SAT	29/08/1936	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	183	-	82

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	13	-0-	3	26	56.2%	2,043	1,595
South Adelaide	2nd	11	-0-	5	22	56.5%	1,796	1,383
Sturt	3rd	11	-0-	5	22	54.1%	1,838	1,561
Norwood	4th	10	-0-	6	20	53.7%	1,755	1,514
North Adelaide	5th	9	-0-	7	18	51.7%	1,777	1,659
West Torrens	6th	4	-0-	12	8	46.6%	1,528	1,754
Glenelg	7th	4	-0-	12	8	44.9%	1,647	2,018
West Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	14	4	35.7%	1,123	2,023

Round 17

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/09/1936	North Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	202	-	56
SAT	05/09/1936	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	127	-	143
SAT	05/09/1936	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	112	-	98
SAT	05/09/1936	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	138	-	40

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	14	-0-	3	28	55.9%	2,186	1,722
Sturt	2nd	12	-0-	5	24	54.0%	1,950	1,659
South Adelaide	3rd	11	-0-	6	22	55.9%	1,894	1,495
North Adelaide	4th	10	-0-	7	20	53.6%	1,979	1,715
Norwood	5th	10	-0-	7	20	53.2%	1,882	1,657
West Torrens	6th	5	-0-	12	10	48.2%	1,666	1,794
Glenelg	7th	4	-0-	13	8	43.4%	1,703	2,220
West Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	15	4	35.0%	1,163	2,161

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	12/09/1936		South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	100	-	128	20,220
SAT	19/09/1936		Port Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	103	-	137	25,082

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	26/09/1936		Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	120	-	83	23,590

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	03/10/1936		Sturt v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	94	-	97	35,120

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