1937 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1937 season of the South Australian National Football League.

It featured seventeen rounds. Norwood 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: 1937 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	Jack Hamilton
Norwood	Norwood Oval	Sid Ackland
Port Adelaide	Alberton Oval	Sampson Hosking
South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	Len Ashby
Sturt	Unley Oval	Sid White
West Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	Bruce McGregor
West Torrens	Thebarton Oval	Edwin Daviess

Season Results

Premiers: Port Adelaide
Runners-Up: South Adelaide
Minor Premiers: Norwood

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Norwood	1st	13	-0-	4	26	58.1%	2,011	1,449	294	247	204	225
Port Adelaide	2nd	13	-0-	4	26	56.6%	1,954	1,497	274	310	212	225
South Adelaide	3rd	11	-0-	6	22	53.4%	1,667	1,452	238	239	201	246
West Torrens	4th	10	-0-	7	20	51.1%	1,506	1,444	211	240	207	202
North Adelaide	5th	7	-2-	8	16	49.5%	1,725	1,761	254	201	258	213
Sturt	6th	5	-1-	11	11	47.2%	1,528	1,706	216	232	244	242
West Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	13	8	42.8%	1,366	1,822	194	202	263	244
Glenelg	8th	3	-1-	13	7	41.8%	1,600	2,226	229	226	321	300

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
Port Adelaide	1st	Premiers
South Adelaide	2nd	Runners-Up
Norwood	3rd	Defeated by South Adelaide (Preliminary Final)
West Torrens	4th	Defeated by South Adelaide (Semi Final)
North Adelaide	5th	Did not qualify for finals
Sturt	6th	Did not qualify for finals
West Adelaide	7th	Did not qualify for finals
Glenelg	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	24/04/1937	Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Alberton Oval	140	-	68
SAT	24/04/1937	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	88	-	89
SAT	24/04/1937	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Showground	39	-	119
SAT	24/04/1937	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	105	-	80

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	1	-0-	0	2	75.3%	119	39
Port Adelaide	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	67.3%	140	68
West Torrens	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	56.8%	105	80
Sturt	4th	1	-0-	0	2	50.3%	89	88
South Adelaide	5th	0	-0-	1	0	49.7%	88	89
North Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	1	0	43.2%	80	105
Glenelg	7th	0	-0-	1	0	32.7%	68	140
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	1	0	24.7%	39	119

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/05/1937	North Adelaide v Glenelg	Prospect Oval	96	-	96
SAT	01/05/1937	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	110	-	70
SAT	01/05/1937	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	101	-	93
SAT	01/05/1937	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	113	-	90

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	2	-0-	0	4	67.8%	229	109
Sturt	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	53.2%	202	178
Port Adelaide	3rd	1	-0-	1	2	56.0%	230	181
South Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	1	2	50.9%	189	182
West Torrens	5th	1	-0-	1	2	47.9%	175	190
North Adelaide	6th	0	-1-	1	1	46.7%	176	201
Glenelg	7th	0	-1-	1	1	41.0%	164	236
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	2	0	37.5%	132	220

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/05/1937	Glenelg v Sturt	Glenelg Oval	106	-	99
SAT	08/05/1937	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	120	-	106
SAT	08/05/1937	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	104	-	99
SAT	08/05/1937	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Showground	56	-	86

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	3	-0-	0	6	61.9%	349	215
Port Adelaide	2nd	2	-0-	1	4	54.4%	334	280
Sturt	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	51.5%	301	284
West Torrens	4th	2	-0-	1	4	51.5%	261	246
Glenelg	5th	1	-1-	1	3	44.6%	270	335
South Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	2	2	49.4%	295	302
North Adelaide	7th	0	-1-	2	1	47.4%	275	305
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	3	0	38.1%	188	306

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
WED	12/05/1937	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	63	-	68
SAT	15/05/1937	Glenelg v West Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	130	-	156
SAT	15/05/1937	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	119	-	105
SAT	15/05/1937	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	89	-	89

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	3	-0-	1	6	59.3%	412	283
Port Adelaide	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	54.0%	402	343
Sturt	3rd	2	-1-	1	5	51.1%	390	373
South Adelaide	4th	2	-0-	2	4	50.4%	414	407
West Torrens	5th	2	-0-	2	4	50.1%	366	365
Glenelg	6th	1	-1-	2	3	44.9%	400	491
North Adelaide	7th	0	-2-	2	2	48.0%	364	394
West Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	3	2	44.1%	344	436

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/05/1937	North Adelaide v Norwood	Prospect Oval	79	-	98
SAT	22/05/1937	South Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	155	-	72
SAT	22/05/1937	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	84	-	74
SAT	22/05/1937	West Torrens v Sturt	Thebarton Oval	89	-	80

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	4	-0-	1	8	58.5%	510	362
South Adelaide	2nd	3	-0-	2	6	54.3%	569	479
Port Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	2	6	52.7%	476	427
West Torrens	4th	3	-0-	2	6	50.6%	455	445
Sturt	5th	2	-1-	2	5	50.4%	470	462
West Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	3	4	45.6%	428	510
Glenelg	7th	1	-1-	3	3	42.2%	472	646
North Adelaide	8th	0	-2-	3	2	47.4%	443	492

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	29/05/1937	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Prospect Oval	98	-	89
SAT	29/05/1937	Norwood v Glenelg	Norwood Oval	143	-	70
SAT	29/05/1937	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	76	-	85
SAT	29/05/1937	Sturt v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	62	-	75

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	5	-0-	1	10	60.2%	653	432
West Torrens	2nd	4	-0-	2	8	50.9%	540	521
South Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	3	6	53.3%	658	577
Port Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	3	6	51.9%	552	512
West Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	3	6	46.8%	503	572
Sturt	6th	2	-1-	3	5	49.8%	532	537
North Adelaide	7th	1	-2-	3	4	48.2%	541	581
Glenelg	8th	1	-1-	4	3	40.7%	542	789

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/06/1937	Glenelg v West Torrens	Glenelg Oval	69	-	124
SAT	05/06/1937	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	96	-	76
SAT	05/06/1937	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	78	-	111
SAT	05/06/1937	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	56	-	97

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	6	-0-	1	12	59.6%	749	508
West Torrens	2nd	5	-0-	2	10	53.0%	664	590
Port Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	3	8	52.9%	663	590
South Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	4	6	51.7%	736	688
North Adelaide	5th	2	-2-	3	6	50.0%	638	637
West Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	4	6	45.5%	559	669
Sturt	7th	2	-1-	4	5	49.0%	608	633
Glenelg	8th	1	-1-	5	3	40.1%	611	913

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	12/06/1937	North Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	119	-	96
SAT	12/06/1937	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	174	-	98
SAT	12/06/1937	West Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	53	-	81
SAT	12/06/1937	West Torrens v Norwood	Thebarton Oval	66	-	91

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	7	-0-	1	14	59.4%	840	574
Port Adelaide	2nd	5	-0-	3	10	54.9%	837	688
West Torrens	3rd	5	-0-	3	10	51.7%	730	681
South Adelaide	4th	4	-0-	4	8	52.4%	817	741
North Adelaide	5th	3	-2-	3	8	50.8%	757	733
West Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	5	6	44.9%	612	750
Sturt	7th	2	-1-	5	5	46.7%	706	807
Glenelg	8th	1	-1-	6	3	40.7%	707	1,032

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	19/06/1937	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Prospect Oval	94	-	59
SAT	19/06/1937	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	154	-	81
SAT	19/06/1937	Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	147	-	85
SAT	19/06/1937	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	73	-	121

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	8	-0-	1	16	60.3%	994	655
Port Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	3	12	56.0%	984	773
South Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	4	10	53.5%	938	814
North Adelaide	4th	4	-2-	3	10	51.8%	851	792
West Torrens	5th	5	-0-	4	10	50.4%	789	775
West Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	6	6	43.4%	693	904
Sturt	7th	2	-1-	6	5	45.6%	779	928
Glenelg	8th	1	-1-	7	3	40.2%	792	1,179

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/06/1937	North Adelaide v Sturt	Prospect Oval	137	-	67
SAT	26/06/1937	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	120	-	135
SAT	26/06/1937	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	66	-	108
SAT	26/06/1937	West Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Showground	95	-	105

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	8	-0-	2	16	58.5%	1,114	790
Port Adelaide	2nd	7	-0-	3	14	55.6%	1,119	893
North Adelaide	3rd	5	-2-	3	12	53.5%	988	859
West Torrens	4th	6	-0-	4	12	51.6%	897	841
South Adelaide	5th	5	-0-	5	10	52.1%	1,004	922
West Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	7	6	43.9%	788	1,009
Sturt	7th	2	-1-	7	5	44.3%	846	1,065
Glenelg	8th	2	-1-	7	5	41.3%	897	1,274

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/07/1937	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	120	-	90
SAT	03/07/1937	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	82	-	111
SAT	03/07/1937	Sturt v Glenelg	Unley Oval	111	-	93
SAT	03/07/1937	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Showground	92	-	111

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	9	-0-	2	18	58.4%	1,225	872
Port Adelaide	2nd	8	-0-	3	16	55.8%	1,239	983
West Torrens	3rd	7	-0-	4	14	51.9%	1,008	933
North Adelaide	4th	5	-2-	4	12	52.4%	1,078	979
South Adelaide	5th	5	-0-	6	10	51.3%	1,086	1,033
Sturt	6th	3	-1-	7	7	45.2%	957	1,158
West Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	8	6	44.0%	880	1,120
Glenelg	8th	2	-1-	8	5	41.7%	990	1,385

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	10/07/1937	Glenelg v South Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	81	-	115
SAT	10/07/1937	Norwood v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	93	-	102
SAT	10/07/1937	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	102	-	78
SAT	10/07/1937	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	79	-	92

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	9	-0-	3	18	57.5%	1,318	974
Port Adelaide	2nd	9	-0-	3	18	55.8%	1,341	1,061
West Torrens	3rd	8	-0-	4	16	52.1%	1,100	1,012
North Adelaide	4th	6	-2-	4	14	52.4%	1,180	1,072
South Adelaide	5th	6	-0-	6	12	51.9%	1,201	1,114
Sturt	6th	3	-1-	8	7	45.3%	1,036	1,250
West Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	9	6	43.9%	958	1,222
Glenelg	8th	2	-1-	9	5	41.7%	1,071	1,500

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/07/1937	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Prospect Oval	131	-	67
SAT	24/07/1937	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	70	-	89
SAT	24/07/1937	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	88	-	107
SAT	24/07/1937	West Torrens v Glenelg	Thebarton Oval	103	-	92

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	10	-0-	3	20	57.3%	1,425	1,062
Port Adelaide	2nd	9	-0-	4	18	55.1%	1,411	1,150
West Torrens	3rd	9	-0-	4	18	52.1%	1,203	1,104
North Adelaide	4th	7	-2-	4	16	53.5%	1,311	1,139
South Adelaide	5th	7	-0-	6	14	52.1%	1,290	1,184
Sturt	6th	3	-1-	9	7	45.3%	1,124	1,357
West Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	10	6	43.1%	1,025	1,353
Glenelg	8th	2	-1-	10	5	42.0%	1,163	1,603

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	31/07/1937	Glenelg v Norwood	Glenelg Oval	85	-	115
SAT	31/07/1937	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	103	-	66
SAT	31/07/1937	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Showground	94	-	111
SAT	31/07/1937	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	67	-	105

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	11	-0-	3	22	57.3%	1,540	1,147
Port Adelaide	2nd	10	-0-	4	20	55.5%	1,516	1,217
West Torrens	3rd	9	-0-	5	18	51.2%	1,270	1,209
South Adelaide	4th	8	-0-	6	16	52.7%	1,393	1,250
North Adelaide	5th	7	-2-	5	16	52.6%	1,377	1,242
Sturt	6th	4	-1-	9	9	46.0%	1,235	1,451
West Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	11	6	43.3%	1,119	1,464
Glenelg	8th	2	-1-	11	5	42.1%	1,248	1,718

Round 15

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	21/08/1937	Glenelg v Port Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	71	-	175
SAT	21/08/1937	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	185	-	92
SAT	21/08/1937	West Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	68	-	132
SAT	21/08/1937	West Torrens v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	89	-	80

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	12	-0-	3	24	58.2%	1,725	1,239
Port Adelaide	2nd	11	-0-	4	22	56.8%	1,691	1,288
West Torrens	3rd	10	-0-	5	20	51.3%	1,359	1,289
South Adelaide	4th	9	-0-	6	18	53.6%	1,525	1,318
North Adelaide	5th	7	-2-	6	16	50.7%	1,469	1,427
Sturt	6th	4	-1-	10	9	46.1%	1,315	1,540
West Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	12	6	42.7%	1,187	1,596
Glenelg	8th	2	-1-	12	5	41.1%	1,319	1,893

Round 16

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/08/1937	Glenelg v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	94	-	195
SAT	28/08/1937	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Prospect Oval	118	-	147
SAT	28/08/1937	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	143	-	91
SAT	28/08/1937	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	64	-	67

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	13	-0-	3	26	59.0%	1,920	1,333
Port Adelaide	2nd	12	-0-	4	24	56.7%	1,838	1,406
South Adelaide	3rd	10	-0-	6	20	53.5%	1,592	1,382
West Torrens	4th	10	-0-	6	20	51.2%	1,423	1,356
North Adelaide	5th	7	-2-	7	16	50.2%	1,587	1,574
Sturt	6th	5	-1-	10	11	47.2%	1,458	1,631
West Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	13	6	42.4%	1,278	1,739
Glenelg	8th	2	-1-	13	5	40.4%	1,413	2,088

Round 17

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/09/1937	Glenelg v North Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	187	-	138
SAT	04/09/1937	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	116	-	91
SAT	04/09/1937	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	75	-	70
SAT	04/09/1937	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	83	-	88

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	13	-0-	4	26	58.1%	2,011	1,449
Port Adelaide	2nd	13	-0-	4	26	56.6%	1,954	1,497
South Adelaide	3rd	11	-0-	6	22	53.4%	1,667	1,452
West Torrens	4th	10	-0-	7	20	51.1%	1,506	1,444
North Adelaide	5th	7	-2-	8	16	49.5%	1,725	1,761
Sturt	6th	5	-1-	11	11	47.2%	1,528	1,706
West Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	13	8	42.8%	1,366	1,822
Glenelg	8th	3	-1-	13	7	41.8%	1,600	2,226

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Norwood	1st	13	-0-	4	26	58.1%	2,011	1,449	294	247	204	225
Port Adelaide	2nd	13	-0-	4	26	56.6%	1,954	1,497	274	310	212	225
South Adelaide	3rd	11	-0-	6	22	53.4%	1,667	1,452	238	239	201	246
West Torrens	4th	10	-0-	7	20	51.1%	1,506	1,444	211	240	207	202
North Adelaide	5th	7	-2-	8	16	49.5%	1,725	1,761	254	201	258	213
Sturt	6th	5	-1-	11	11	47.2%	1,528	1,706	216	232	244	242
West Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	13	8	42.8%	1,366	1,822	194	202	263	244
Glenelg	8th	3	-1-	13	7	41.8%	1,600	2,226	229	226	321	300

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	11/09/1937		South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	103	-	53	17,265
SAT	18/09/1937		Norwood v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	60	-	123	22,891

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Port Adelaide	1st
Norwood	2nd
South Adelaide	3rd
West Torrens	4th

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	25/09/1937		Norwood v South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	101	-	125	21,478

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Port Adelaide	1st
South Adelaide	2nd
Norwood	3rd
West Torrens	4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	02/10/1937		Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	94	-	70	35,895

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Port Adelaide	1st
South Adelaide	2nd
Norwood	3rd
West Torrens	4th

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