1937 SANFL Season: South Adelaide

These are the details of the premiership results for South Adelaide for the 1937 season of the South Australian National Football League. The team used Adelaide Oval as their home ground, playing twelve matches there (ten as hosts and two as visitors). The team finished the regular season in third place, securing a place in the finals series. After defeating West Torrens in the first semi final and defeating Norwood in the preliminary final, South Adelaide were defeated by Port Adelaide in the grand final, resulting in becoming the runners-up.

Team Details

Competition: 1937 SANFL Season
Team: South Adelaide
Home Ground: Adelaide Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 11-0-6, P%: 53.4)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Lapthorne, Len 1 0 R04
Pryor, Don 1 0 R01

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds
Ashby, Len 20 13 -0- 7 R01-17, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
24/04/1937 Round 1 Sturt HOME LOSS STRT by 1 Len Ashby unknown
01/05/1937 Round 2 West Adelaide HOME WIN SADL by 8 Len Ashby unknown
08/05/1937 Round 3 Norwood AWAY LOSS NRWD by 14 Len Ashby unknown
15/05/1937 Round 4 West Torrens HOME WIN SADL by 14 Len Ashby unknown
22/05/1937 Round 5 Glenelg HOME WIN SADL by 83 Len Ashby unknown
29/05/1937 Round 6 North Adelaide AWAY LOSS NADL by 9 Len Ashby unknown
05/06/1937 Round 7 Port Adelaide HOME LOSS PADL by 33 Len Ashby unknown
12/06/1937 Round 8 West Adelaide AWAY WIN SADL by 28 Len Ashby unknown
19/06/1937 Round 9 Sturt AWAY WIN SADL by 48 Len Ashby unknown
26/06/1937 Round 10 West Torrens HOME LOSS WTRN by 42 Len Ashby unknown
03/07/1937 Round 11 Norwood HOME LOSS NRWD by 29 Len Ashby unknown
10/07/1937 Round 12 Glenelg AWAY WIN SADL by 34 Len Ashby unknown
24/07/1937 Round 13 Port Adelaide AWAY WIN SADL by 19 Len Ashby unknown
31/07/1937 Round 14 North Adelaide HOME WIN SADL by 37 Len Ashby unknown
21/08/1937 Round 15 West Adelaide AWAY WIN SADL by 64 Len Ashby unknown
28/08/1937 Round 16 West Torrens AWAY WIN SADL by 3 Len Ashby unknown
04/09/1937 Round 17 Sturt HOME WIN SADL by 5 Len Ashby unknown
11/09/1937 Semi Final West Torrens HOME WIN SADL by 50 Len Ashby unknown
25/09/1937 Preliminary Final Norwood AWAY WIN SADL by 24 Len Ashby unknown
02/10/1937 Grand Final Port Adelaide AWAY LOSS PADL by 24 Len Ashby unknown