1938 SANFA Season

The results for the 1938 SANFA season (currently known as the South Australian National Football League Reserves). Norwood Association (Norwood Reserves) were the premiers, coached by Hartley Pike.

Season Details

Name: 1938 SANFA Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 17
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 72

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Glenelg Association	Glenelg Oval	Keith Olliver
North Adelaide Association	Prospect Oval	Bert Smart
Norwood Association	Norwood Oval	Hartley Pike
Port Adelaide Association	Alberton Oval
South Adelaide Association	Kensington Oval
Sturt Association	Unley Oval	Arty Weller
West Adelaide Association	Adelaide Showground
West Torrens Association	Thebarton Oval	Joe Kinlough

Season Results

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

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Norwood Association	1st	14	-1-	2	29	62.9%	2,013	1,186	285	303	167	184
West Torrens Association	2nd	11	-2-	4	24	58.3%	1,865	1,332	267	263	187	210
West Adelaide Association	3rd	12	-0-	5	24	57.7%	1,632	1,198	234	228	162	226
Port Adelaide Association	4th	10	-0-	7	20	51.7%	1,600	1,494	226	244	212	222
North Adelaide Association	5th	8	-1-	8	17	52.4%	1,622	1,475	229	248	216	179
Glenelg Association	6th	4	-0-	13	8	41.5%	1,286	1,813	179	212	255	283
Sturt Association	7th	4	-0-	13	8	41.4%	1,215	1,720	169	201	246	244
South Adelaide Association	8th	3	-0-	14	6	34.3%	1,111	2,126	158	163	302	314

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	23/04/1938	North Adelaide (A) v Port Adelaide (A)	Prospect Oval	85	-	71
SAT	23/04/1938	Norwood (A) v Sturt (A)	Norwood Oval	127	-	34
SAT	23/04/1938	West Adelaide (A) v South Adelaide (A)	Kensington Oval	132	-	67
SAT	23/04/1938	West Torrens (A) v Glenelg (A)	Thebarton Oval	115	-	65

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood Association	1st	1	-0-	0	2	78.9%	127	34
West Adelaide Association	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	66.3%	132	67
West Torrens Association	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	63.9%	115	65
North Adelaide Association	4th	1	-0-	0	2	54.5%	85	71
Port Adelaide Association	5th	0	-0-	1	0	45.5%	71	85
Glenelg Association	6th	0	-0-	1	0	36.1%	65	115
South Adelaide Association	7th	0	-0-	1	0	33.7%	67	132
Sturt Association	8th	0	-0-	1	0	21.1%	34	127

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	30/04/1938	Glenelg (A) v South Adelaide (A)	Glenelg Oval	126	-	37
SAT	30/04/1938	North Adelaide (A) v West Adelaide (A)	Prospect Oval	99	-	87
SAT	30/04/1938	Port Adelaide (A) v Sturt (A)	Alberton Oval	100	-	78
SAT	30/04/1938	West Torrens (A) v Norwood (A)	Thebarton Oval	81	-	81

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide Association	1st	2	-0-	0	4	53.8%	184	158
Norwood Association	2nd	1	-1-	0	3	64.4%	208	115
West Torrens Association	3rd	1	-1-	0	3	57.3%	196	146
West Adelaide Association	4th	1	-0-	1	2	56.9%	219	166
Glenelg Association	5th	1	-0-	1	2	55.7%	191	152
Port Adelaide Association	6th	1	-0-	1	2	51.2%	171	163
Sturt Association	7th	0	-0-	2	0	33.0%	112	227
South Adelaide Association	8th	0	-0-	2	0	28.7%	104	258

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	07/05/1938	Norwood (A) v North Adelaide (A)	Norwood Oval	105	-	64
SAT	07/05/1938	Port Adelaide (A) v South Adelaide (A)	Alberton Oval	102	-	49
SAT	07/05/1938	Sturt (A) v Glenelg (A)	Unley Oval	67	-	72
SAT	07/05/1938	West Adelaide (A) v West Torrens (A)	Kensington Oval	89	-	121

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood Association	1st	2	-1-	0	5	63.6%	313	179
West Torrens Association	2nd	2	-1-	0	5	57.4%	317	235
Port Adelaide Association	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	56.3%	273	212
Glenelg Association	4th	2	-0-	1	4	54.6%	263	219
North Adelaide Association	5th	2	-0-	1	4	48.5%	248	263
West Adelaide Association	6th	1	-0-	2	2	51.8%	308	287
Sturt Association	7th	0	-0-	3	0	37.4%	179	299
South Adelaide Association	8th	0	-0-	3	0	29.8%	153	360

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/05/1938	Norwood (A) v Glenelg (A)	Norwood Oval	133	-	71
SAT	14/05/1938	South Adelaide (A) v North Adelaide (A)	Kensington Oval	79	-	141
SAT	14/05/1938	Sturt (A) v West Torrens (A)	Unley Oval	98	-	109
SAT	14/05/1938	West Adelaide (A) v Port Adelaide (A)	Adelaide Showground	98	-	102

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood Association	1st	3	-1-	0	7	64.1%	446	250
West Torrens Association	2nd	3	-1-	0	7	56.1%	426	333
Port Adelaide Association	3rd	3	-0-	1	6	54.7%	375	310
North Adelaide Association	4th	3	-0-	1	6	53.2%	389	342
Glenelg Association	5th	2	-0-	2	4	48.7%	334	352
West Adelaide Association	6th	1	-0-	3	2	51.1%	406	389
Sturt Association	7th	0	-0-	4	0	40.4%	277	408
South Adelaide Association	8th	0	-0-	4	0	31.7%	232	501

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	21/05/1938	Glenelg (A) v Port Adelaide (A)	Glenelg Oval	104	-	138
SAT	21/05/1938	North Adelaide (A) v Sturt (A)	Prospect Oval	141	-	53
SAT	21/05/1938	West Adelaide (A) v Norwood (A)	Adelaide Showground	84	-	68
SAT	21/05/1938	West Torrens (A) v South Adelaide (A)	Thebarton Oval	204	-	50

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens Association	1st	4	-1-	0	9	62.2%	630	383
North Adelaide Association	2nd	4	-0-	1	8	57.3%	530	395
Port Adelaide Association	3rd	4	-0-	1	8	55.3%	513	414
Norwood Association	4th	3	-1-	1	7	60.6%	514	334
West Adelaide Association	5th	2	-0-	3	4	51.7%	490	457
Glenelg Association	6th	2	-0-	3	4	47.2%	438	490
Sturt Association	7th	0	-0-	5	0	37.5%	330	549
South Adelaide Association	8th	0	-0-	5	0	28.6%	282	705

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/05/1938	North Adelaide (A) v Glenelg (A)	Prospect Oval	138	-	92
SAT	28/05/1938	Norwood (A) v South Adelaide (A)	Norwood Oval	201	-	63
SAT	28/05/1938	Port Adelaide (A) v West Torrens (A)	Alberton Oval	99	-	108
SAT	28/05/1938	Sturt (A) v West Adelaide (A)	Unley Oval	52	-	92

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens Association	1st	5	-1-	0	11	60.5%	738	482
North Adelaide Association	2nd	5	-0-	1	10	57.8%	668	487
Norwood Association	3rd	4	-1-	1	9	64.3%	715	397
Port Adelaide Association	4th	4	-0-	2	8	54.0%	612	522
West Adelaide Association	5th	3	-0-	3	6	53.3%	582	509
Glenelg Association	6th	2	-0-	4	4	45.8%	530	628
Sturt Association	7th	0	-0-	6	0	37.3%	382	641
South Adelaide Association	8th	0	-0-	6	0	27.6%	345	906

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/06/1938	Glenelg (A) v West Torrens (A)	Glenelg Oval	80	-	121
SAT	04/06/1938	Port Adelaide (A) v North Adelaide (A)	Alberton Oval	98	-	92
SAT	04/06/1938	South Adelaide (A) v West Adelaide (A)	Kensington Oval	49	-	157
SAT	04/06/1938	Sturt (A) v Norwood (A)	Unley Oval	50	-	97

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens Association	1st	6	-1-	0	13	60.5%	859	562
Norwood Association	2nd	5	-1-	1	11	64.5%	812	447
North Adelaide Association	3rd	5	-0-	2	10	56.5%	760	585
Port Adelaide Association	4th	5	-0-	2	10	53.6%	710	614
West Adelaide Association	5th	4	-0-	3	8	57.0%	739	558
Glenelg Association	6th	2	-0-	5	4	44.9%	610	749
Sturt Association	7th	0	-0-	7	0	36.9%	432	738
South Adelaide Association	8th	0	-0-	7	0	27.0%	394	1,063

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/06/1938	Norwood (A) v Port Adelaide (A)	Norwood Oval	124	-	46
MON	13/06/1938	Sturt (A) v South Adelaide (A)	Unley Oval	120	-	72
MON	13/06/1938	West Adelaide (A) v Glenelg (A)	Adelaide Showground	117	-	52
MON	13/06/1938	West Torrens (A) v North Adelaide (A)	Thebarton Oval	112	-	90

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens Association	1st	7	-1-	0	15	59.8%	971	652
Norwood Association	2nd	6	-1-	1	13	65.5%	936	493
West Adelaide Association	3rd	5	-0-	3	10	58.4%	856	610
North Adelaide Association	4th	5	-0-	3	10	54.9%	850	697
Port Adelaide Association	5th	5	-0-	3	10	50.6%	756	738
Glenelg Association	6th	2	-0-	6	4	43.3%	662	866
Sturt Association	7th	1	-0-	7	2	40.5%	552	810
South Adelaide Association	8th	0	-0-	8	0	28.3%	466	1,183

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	18/06/1938	Glenelg (A) v South Adelaide (A)	Kensington Oval	86	-	94
SAT	18/06/1938	Norwood (A) v West Torrens (A)	Norwood Oval	141	-	80
SAT	18/06/1938	Sturt (A) v Port Adelaide (A)	Unley Oval	127	-	77
SAT	18/06/1938	West Adelaide (A) v North Adelaide (A)	Adelaide Showground	91	-	53

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood Association	1st	7	-1-	1	15	65.3%	1,077	573
West Torrens Association	2nd	7	-1-	1	15	57.0%	1,051	793
West Adelaide Association	3rd	6	-0-	3	12	58.8%	947	663
North Adelaide Association	4th	5	-0-	4	10	53.4%	903	788
Port Adelaide Association	5th	5	-0-	4	10	49.1%	833	865
Glenelg Association	6th	2	-0-	7	4	43.8%	748	960
Sturt Association	7th	2	-0-	7	4	43.4%	679	887
South Adelaide Association	8th	1	-0-	8	2	30.6%	560	1,269

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	25/06/1938	Glenelg (A) v Sturt (A)	Glenelg Oval	86	-	94
SAT	25/06/1938	North Adelaide (A) v Norwood (A)	Prospect Oval	79	-	101
SAT	25/06/1938	South Adelaide (A) v Port Adelaide (A)	Kensington Oval	67	-	140
SAT	25/06/1938	West Torrens (A) v West Adelaide (A)	Thebarton Oval	53	-	60

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood Association	1st	8	-1-	1	17	64.4%	1,178	652
West Torrens Association	2nd	7	-1-	2	15	56.4%	1,104	853
West Adelaide Association	3rd	7	-0-	3	14	58.4%	1,007	716
Port Adelaide Association	4th	6	-0-	4	12	51.1%	973	932
North Adelaide Association	5th	5	-0-	5	10	52.5%	982	889
Sturt Association	6th	3	-0-	7	6	44.3%	773	973
Glenelg Association	7th	2	-0-	8	4	44.2%	834	1,054
South Adelaide Association	8th	1	-0-	9	2	30.8%	627	1,409

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	02/07/1938	Glenelg (A) v Norwood (A)	Glenelg Oval	83	-	178
SAT	02/07/1938	North Adelaide (A) v South Adelaide (A)	Prospect Oval	92	-	66
SAT	02/07/1938	Port Adelaide (A) v West Torrens (A)	Alberton Oval	65	-	99
SAT	02/07/1938	West Adelaide (A) v Sturt (A)	Adelaide Showground	69	-	66

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood Association	1st	9	-1-	1	19	64.8%	1,356	735
West Torrens Association	2nd	8	-1-	2	17	56.7%	1,203	918
West Adelaide Association	3rd	8	-0-	3	16	57.9%	1,076	782
North Adelaide Association	4th	6	-0-	5	12	52.9%	1,074	955
Port Adelaide Association	5th	6	-0-	5	12	50.2%	1,038	1,031
Sturt Association	6th	3	-0-	8	6	44.6%	839	1,042
Glenelg Association	7th	2	-0-	9	4	42.7%	917	1,232
South Adelaide Association	8th	1	-0-	10	2	31.6%	693	1,501

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/07/1938	Glenelg (A) v West Adelaide (A)	Glenelg Oval	70	-	126
SAT	09/07/1938	North Adelaide (A) v Port Adelaide (A)	Prospect Oval	99	-	110
SAT	09/07/1938	South Adelaide (A) v Norwood (A)	Kensington Oval	73	-	143
SAT	09/07/1938	West Torrens (A) v Sturt (A)	Thebarton Oval	154	-	42

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood Association	1st	10	-1-	1	21	65.0%	1,499	808
West Torrens Association	2nd	9	-1-	2	19	58.6%	1,357	960
West Adelaide Association	3rd	9	-0-	3	18	58.5%	1,202	852
Port Adelaide Association	4th	7	-0-	5	14	50.4%	1,148	1,130
North Adelaide Association	5th	6	-0-	6	12	52.4%	1,173	1,065
Sturt Association	6th	3	-0-	9	6	42.4%	881	1,196
Glenelg Association	7th	2	-0-	10	4	42.1%	987	1,358
South Adelaide Association	8th	1	-0-	11	2	31.8%	766	1,644

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/07/1938	Port Adelaide (A) v Norwood (A)	Alberton Oval	99	-	50
SAT	16/07/1938	South Adelaide (A) v West Adelaide (A)	Kensington Oval	66	-	123
SAT	16/07/1938	Sturt (A) v North Adelaide (A)	Unley Oval	90	-	124
SAT	16/07/1938	West Torrens (A) v Glenelg (A)	Thebarton Oval	157	-	46

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood Association	1st	10	-1-	2	21	63.1%	1,549	907
West Torrens Association	2nd	10	-1-	2	21	60.1%	1,514	1,006
West Adelaide Association	3rd	10	-0-	3	20	59.1%	1,325	918
Port Adelaide Association	4th	8	-0-	5	16	51.4%	1,247	1,180
North Adelaide Association	5th	7	-0-	6	14	52.9%	1,297	1,155
Sturt Association	6th	3	-0-	10	6	42.4%	971	1,320
Glenelg Association	7th	2	-0-	11	4	40.5%	1,033	1,515
South Adelaide Association	8th	1	-0-	12	2	32.0%	832	1,767

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	30/07/1938	Glenelg (A) v Norwood (A)	Glenelg Oval	71	-	74
SAT	30/07/1938	South Adelaide (A) v North Adelaide (A)	Kensington Oval	48	-	119
SAT	30/07/1938	West Adelaide (A) v Sturt (A)	Adelaide Showground	84	-	46
SAT	30/07/1938	West Torrens (A) v Port Adelaide (A)	Thebarton Oval	136	-	88

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood Association	1st	11	-1-	2	23	62.4%	1,623	978
West Torrens Association	2nd	11	-1-	2	23	60.1%	1,650	1,094
West Adelaide Association	3rd	11	-0-	3	22	59.4%	1,409	964
North Adelaide Association	4th	8	-0-	6	16	54.1%	1,416	1,203
Port Adelaide Association	5th	8	-0-	6	16	50.4%	1,335	1,316
Sturt Association	6th	3	-0-	11	6	42.0%	1,017	1,404
Glenelg Association	7th	2	-0-	12	4	41.0%	1,104	1,589
South Adelaide Association	8th	1	-0-	13	2	31.8%	880	1,886

Round 15

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	06/08/1938	Glenelg (A) v South Adelaide (A)	Glenelg Oval	69	-	50
SAT	06/08/1938	North Adelaide (A) v West Torrens (A)	Prospect Oval	56	-	56
SAT	06/08/1938	Norwood (A) v West Adelaide (A)	Norwood Oval	87	-	72
SAT	06/08/1938	Sturt (A) v Port Adelaide (A)	Unley Oval	74	-	70

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood Association	1st	12	-1-	2	25	62.0%	1,710	1,050
West Torrens Association	2nd	11	-2-	2	24	59.7%	1,706	1,150
West Adelaide Association	3rd	11	-0-	4	22	58.5%	1,481	1,051
North Adelaide Association	4th	8	-1-	6	17	53.9%	1,472	1,259
Port Adelaide Association	5th	8	-0-	7	16	50.3%	1,405	1,390
Sturt Association	6th	4	-0-	11	8	42.5%	1,091	1,474
Glenelg Association	7th	3	-0-	12	6	41.7%	1,173	1,639
South Adelaide Association	8th	1	-0-	14	2	32.2%	930	1,955

Round 16

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/08/1938	North Adelaide (A) v Norwood (A)	Prospect Oval	97	-	149
SAT	13/08/1938	Port Adelaide (A) v Glenelg (A)	Alberton Oval	121	-	46
SAT	13/08/1938	South Adelaide (A) v Sturt (A)	Kensington Oval	92	-	85
SAT	13/08/1938	West Adelaide (A) v West Torrens (A)	Adelaide Showground	93	-	73

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood Association	1st	13	-1-	2	27	61.8%	1,859	1,147
West Torrens Association	2nd	11	-2-	3	24	58.9%	1,779	1,243
West Adelaide Association	3rd	12	-0-	4	24	58.3%	1,574	1,124
Port Adelaide Association	4th	9	-0-	7	18	51.5%	1,526	1,436
North Adelaide Association	5th	8	-1-	7	17	52.7%	1,569	1,408
Sturt Association	6th	4	-0-	12	8	42.9%	1,176	1,566
Glenelg Association	7th	3	-0-	13	6	40.9%	1,219	1,760
South Adelaide Association	8th	2	-0-	14	4	33.4%	1,022	2,040

Round 17

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/08/1938	Glenelg (A) v North Adelaide (A)	Glenelg Oval	67	-	53
SAT	27/08/1938	Norwood (A) v Sturt (A)	Norwood Oval	154	-	39
SAT	27/08/1938	Port Adelaide (A) v West Adelaide (A)	Alberton Oval	74	-	58
SAT	27/08/1938	South Adelaide (A) v West Torrens (A)	Kensington Oval	89	-	86

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood Association	1st	14	-1-	2	29	62.9%	2,013	1,186
West Torrens Association	2nd	11	-2-	4	24	58.3%	1,865	1,332
West Adelaide Association	3rd	12	-0-	5	24	57.7%	1,632	1,198
Port Adelaide Association	4th	10	-0-	7	20	51.7%	1,600	1,494
North Adelaide Association	5th	8	-1-	8	17	52.4%	1,622	1,475
Glenelg Association	6th	4	-0-	13	8	41.5%	1,286	1,813
Sturt Association	7th	4	-0-	13	8	41.4%	1,215	1,720
South Adelaide Association	8th	3	-0-	14	6	34.3%	1,111	2,126

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	03/09/1938		Norwood (A) v West Torrens (A)	Prospect Oval	128	-	85
SAT	03/09/1938		West Adelaide (A) v Port Adelaide (A)	Unley Oval	60	-	97

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	10/09/1938		West Torrens (A) v Port Adelaide (A)	Norwood Oval	91	-	112

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	17/09/1938		Norwood (A) v Port Adelaide (A)	Thebarton Oval	107	-	104

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