1938 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1938 season of the South Australian National Football League.

It featured seventeen rounds. South Adelaide were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. South Adelaide were the premiers, with Len Ashby as the premiership coach.

Season Details

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

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Glenelg	Glenelg Oval	Roy Brown
North Adelaide	Prospect Oval	Jack Hamilton
Norwood	Norwood Oval	Alan Arthur
Port Adelaide	Alberton Oval	Sampson Hosking
South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	Len Ashby
Sturt	Unley Oval	Walter Scott
West Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	Bruce McGregor
West Torrens	Thebarton Oval	Jack Smith

Season Results

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

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
South Adelaide	1st	15	-0-	2	30	59.1%	2,244	1,553	323	306	223	215
Norwood	2nd	13	-0-	4	26	55.7%	1,871	1,486	266	275	211	220
Port Adelaide	3rd	10	-0-	7	20	54.2%	1,865	1,577	263	287	222	245
West Torrens	4th	10	-0-	7	20	52.4%	1,732	1,576	247	250	228	208
North Adelaide	5th	8	-0-	9	16	46.9%	1,633	1,847	232	241	258	299
Sturt	6th	5	-0-	12	10	46.8%	1,494	1,695	209	240	237	273
West Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	13	8	43.0%	1,527	2,025	220	207	289	291
Glenelg	8th	3	-0-	14	6	41.9%	1,562	2,169	225	212	317	267

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
South Adelaide	1st	Premiers
Port Adelaide	2nd	Runners-Up
Norwood	3rd	Defeated by Port Adelaide (Preliminary Final)
West Torrens	4th	Defeated by Port 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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	23/04/1938	Glenelg v West Torrens	Glenelg Oval	90	-	119
SAT	23/04/1938	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	102	-	85
SAT	23/04/1938	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	174	-	95
SAT	23/04/1938	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	73	-	90

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	1	-0-	0	2	64.7%	174	95
West Torrens	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	56.9%	119	90
Norwood	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	55.2%	90	73
Port Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	0	2	54.5%	102	85
North Adelaide	5th	0	-0-	1	0	45.5%	85	102
Sturt	6th	0	-0-	1	0	44.8%	73	90
Glenelg	7th	0	-0-	1	0	43.1%	90	119
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	1	0	35.3%	95	174

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	30/04/1938	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	106	-	64
SAT	30/04/1938	South Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	201	-	109
SAT	30/04/1938	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	79	-	135
SAT	30/04/1938	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	101	-	117

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	2	-0-	0	4	64.8%	375	204
Port Adelaide	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	59.1%	237	164
Norwood	3rd	2	-0-	0	4	58.9%	196	137
North Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	1	2	49.9%	202	203
West Torrens	5th	1	-0-	1	2	48.3%	183	196
Sturt	6th	0	-0-	2	0	40.3%	152	225
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	2	0	40.2%	196	291
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	2	0	38.3%	199	320

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	07/05/1938	North Adelaide v Norwood	Prospect Oval	64	-	130
SAT	07/05/1938	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	144	-	99
SAT	07/05/1938	Sturt v Glenelg	Adelaide Showground	106	-	64
SAT	07/05/1938	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	121	-	60

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	3	-0-	0	6	63.1%	519	303
Norwood	2nd	3	-0-	0	6	61.9%	326	201
West Torrens	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	54.3%	304	256
Port Adelaide	4th	2	-0-	1	4	52.2%	336	308
Sturt	5th	1	-0-	2	2	47.2%	258	289
North Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	2	2	44.4%	266	333
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	3	0	38.3%	256	412
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	3	0	38.2%	263	426

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/05/1938	Glenelg v Norwood	Glenelg Oval	123	-	186
SAT	14/05/1938	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Prospect Oval	126	-	118
SAT	14/05/1938	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	165	-	73
SAT	14/05/1938	Sturt v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	86	-	88

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	4	-0-	0	8	61.2%	512	324
South Adelaide	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	59.8%	637	429
Port Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	1	6	56.8%	501	381
West Torrens	4th	3	-0-	1	6	53.4%	392	342
North Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	2	4	46.5%	392	451
Sturt	6th	1	-0-	3	2	47.7%	344	377
Glenelg	7th	0	-0-	4	0	38.7%	386	612
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	4	0	36.3%	329	577

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	21/05/1938	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	150	-	92
SAT	21/05/1938	Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Alberton Oval	161	-	67
SAT	21/05/1938	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	189	-	98
SAT	21/05/1938	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	135	-	126

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	5	-0-	0	10	61.4%	662	416
South Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	1	8	61.0%	826	527
Port Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	1	8	59.6%	662	448
West Torrens	4th	3	-0-	2	6	48.0%	490	531
Sturt	5th	2	-0-	3	4	48.8%	479	503
North Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	3	4	46.9%	518	586
Glenelg	7th	0	-0-	5	0	36.9%	453	773
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	5	0	36.7%	421	727

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/05/1938	Glenelg v North Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	101	-	129
SAT	28/05/1938	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	119	-	83
SAT	28/05/1938	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Showground	65	-	82
SAT	28/05/1938	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	73	-	116

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	5	-0-	1	10	60.8%	945	610
Port Adelaide	2nd	5	-0-	1	10	59.9%	778	521
Norwood	3rd	5	-0-	1	10	58.2%	745	535
Sturt	4th	3	-0-	3	6	49.7%	561	568
North Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	3	6	48.5%	647	687
West Torrens	6th	3	-0-	3	6	46.5%	563	647
Glenelg	7th	0	-0-	6	0	38.0%	554	902
West Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	6	0	37.5%	486	809

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/06/1938	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	72	-	99
SAT	04/06/1938	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	92	-	91
SAT	04/06/1938	West Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	81	-	154
SAT	04/06/1938	West Torrens v Glenelg	Thebarton Oval	152	-	59

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	6	-0-	1	12	61.4%	1,099	691
Port Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	1	12	59.7%	877	593
Norwood	3rd	6	-0-	1	12	57.2%	837	626
West Torrens	4th	4	-0-	3	8	50.3%	715	706
Sturt	5th	3	-0-	4	6	49.7%	652	660
North Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	4	6	47.8%	719	786
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	7	0	37.1%	567	963
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	7	0	36.8%	613	1,054

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/06/1938	Glenelg v West Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	104	-	105
SAT	11/06/1938	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Prospect Oval	82	-	81
SAT	11/06/1938	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	120	-	83
MON	13/06/1938	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	94	-	125

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	7	-0-	1	14	61.2%	1,219	774
Norwood	2nd	7	-0-	1	14	57.2%	962	720
Port Adelaide	3rd	6	-0-	2	12	57.5%	971	718
West Torrens	4th	4	-0-	4	8	50.3%	796	788
North Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	4	8	48.0%	801	867
Sturt	6th	3	-0-	5	6	48.5%	735	780
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	7	2	38.6%	672	1,067
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	8	0	38.2%	717	1,159

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	18/06/1938	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Prospect Oval	147	-	95
SAT	18/06/1938	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	96	-	101
SAT	18/06/1938	South Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	119	-	103
SAT	18/06/1938	West Torrens v Norwood	Thebarton Oval	118	-	76

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	1	16	60.4%	1,338	877
Norwood	2nd	7	-0-	2	14	55.3%	1,038	838
Port Adelaide	3rd	6	-0-	3	12	56.6%	1,067	819
West Torrens	4th	5	-0-	4	10	51.4%	914	864
North Adelaide	5th	5	-0-	4	10	49.6%	948	962
Sturt	6th	4	-0-	5	8	48.8%	836	876
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	8	2	38.7%	767	1,214
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	9	0	39.1%	820	1,278

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	25/06/1938	Norwood v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	107	-	77
SAT	25/06/1938	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	78	-	111
SAT	25/06/1938	Sturt v Glenelg	Unley Oval	65	-	91
SAT	25/06/1938	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Showground	58	-	109

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	9	-0-	1	18	60.3%	1,449	955
Norwood	2nd	8	-0-	2	16	55.6%	1,145	915
Port Adelaide	3rd	6	-0-	4	12	55.2%	1,145	930
West Torrens	4th	6	-0-	4	12	52.6%	1,023	922
North Adelaide	5th	5	-0-	5	10	48.9%	1,025	1,069
Sturt	6th	4	-0-	6	8	48.2%	901	967
Glenelg	7th	1	-0-	9	2	40.4%	911	1,343
West Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	9	2	38.4%	825	1,323

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/07/1938	Norwood v Glenelg	Norwood Oval	125	-	79
SAT	09/07/1938	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	145	-	50
SAT	09/07/1938	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	88	-	127
SAT	09/07/1938	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	88	-	123

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	10	-0-	1	20	61.3%	1,594	1,005
Norwood	2nd	9	-0-	2	18	56.1%	1,270	994
Port Adelaide	3rd	7	-0-	4	14	55.5%	1,268	1,018
West Torrens	4th	7	-0-	4	14	53.2%	1,150	1,010
North Adelaide	5th	5	-0-	6	10	47.0%	1,075	1,214
Sturt	6th	4	-0-	7	8	47.5%	989	1,094
Glenelg	7th	1	-0-	10	2	40.3%	990	1,468
West Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	10	2	38.7%	913	1,446

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/07/1938	Glenelg v Port Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	121	-	93
SAT	16/07/1938	North Adelaide v Sturt	Prospect Oval	97	-	89
SAT	16/07/1938	Norwood v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	121	-	71
SAT	16/07/1938	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Showground	117	-	85

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	11	-0-	1	22	61.1%	1,711	1,090
Norwood	2nd	10	-0-	2	20	56.6%	1,391	1,065
Port Adelaide	3rd	7	-0-	5	14	54.4%	1,361	1,139
West Torrens	4th	7	-0-	5	14	52.3%	1,235	1,127
North Adelaide	5th	6	-0-	6	12	47.4%	1,172	1,303
Sturt	6th	4	-0-	8	8	47.5%	1,078	1,191
Glenelg	7th	2	-0-	10	4	41.6%	1,111	1,561
West Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	11	2	38.6%	984	1,567

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	30/07/1938	North Adelaide v Glenelg	Prospect Oval	144	-	90
SAT	30/07/1938	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	82	-	83
SAT	30/07/1938	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	84	-	80
SAT	30/07/1938	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	49	-	108

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	12	-0-	1	24	60.5%	1,794	1,172
Norwood	2nd	10	-0-	3	20	56.2%	1,473	1,148
Port Adelaide	3rd	8	-0-	5	16	54.2%	1,445	1,219
West Torrens	4th	7	-0-	6	14	52.1%	1,315	1,211
North Adelaide	5th	7	-0-	6	14	48.6%	1,316	1,393
Sturt	6th	4	-0-	9	8	46.5%	1,127	1,299
Glenelg	7th	2	-0-	11	4	41.3%	1,201	1,705
West Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	11	4	40.3%	1,092	1,616

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	06/08/1938	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	80	-	81
SAT	06/08/1938	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	91	-	108
SAT	06/08/1938	West Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Showground	111	-	96
SAT	06/08/1938	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	90	-	86

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	12	-0-	2	24	59.6%	1,885	1,280
Norwood	2nd	11	-0-	3	22	55.9%	1,554	1,228
Port Adelaide	3rd	8	-0-	6	16	54.0%	1,525	1,300
West Torrens	4th	8	-0-	6	16	52.0%	1,405	1,297
North Adelaide	5th	7	-0-	7	14	48.6%	1,402	1,483
Sturt	6th	5	-0-	9	10	47.0%	1,235	1,390
West Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	11	6	41.3%	1,203	1,712
Glenelg	8th	2	-0-	12	4	41.7%	1,297	1,816

Round 15

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/08/1938	Glenelg v South Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	88	-	143
SAT	13/08/1938	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	85	-	96
SAT	13/08/1938	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	102	-	121
SAT	13/08/1938	West Torrens v Sturt	Thebarton Oval	105	-	86

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	13	-0-	2	26	59.7%	2,028	1,368
Norwood	2nd	11	-0-	4	22	55.3%	1,639	1,324
Port Adelaide	3rd	9	-0-	6	18	54.0%	1,646	1,402
West Torrens	4th	9	-0-	6	18	52.2%	1,510	1,383
North Adelaide	5th	8	-0-	7	16	48.9%	1,498	1,568
Sturt	6th	5	-0-	10	10	46.9%	1,321	1,495
West Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	12	6	41.6%	1,305	1,833
Glenelg	8th	2	-0-	13	4	41.4%	1,385	1,959

Round 16

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	27/08/1938	Glenelg v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	67	-	102	1,938
SAT	27/08/1938	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Prospect Oval	48	-	133
SAT	27/08/1938	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	65	-	90
SAT	27/08/1938	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Showground	76	-	105

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	14	-0-	2	28	59.6%	2,118	1,433
Norwood	2nd	12	-0-	4	24	55.5%	1,744	1,400
Port Adelaide	3rd	10	-0-	6	20	55.1%	1,779	1,450
West Torrens	4th	10	-0-	6	20	52.6%	1,612	1,450
North Adelaide	5th	8	-0-	8	16	47.6%	1,546	1,701
Sturt	6th	5	-0-	11	10	46.7%	1,386	1,585
West Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	13	6	41.6%	1,381	1,938
Glenelg	8th	2	-0-	14	4	41.3%	1,452	2,061

Round 17

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/09/1938	Glenelg v Sturt	Glenelg Oval	110	-	108
SAT	03/09/1938	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	127	-	86
SAT	03/09/1938	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	146	-	87
SAT	03/09/1938	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	120	-	126

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	15	-0-	2	30	59.1%	2,244	1,553
Norwood	2nd	13	-0-	4	26	55.7%	1,871	1,486
Port Adelaide	3rd	10	-0-	7	20	54.2%	1,865	1,577
West Torrens	4th	10	-0-	7	20	52.4%	1,732	1,576
North Adelaide	5th	8	-0-	9	16	46.9%	1,633	1,847
Sturt	6th	5	-0-	12	10	46.8%	1,494	1,695
West Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	13	8	43.0%	1,527	2,025
Glenelg	8th	3	-0-	14	6	41.9%	1,562	2,169

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	10/09/1938		Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	118	-	90	20,195
SAT	17/09/1938		South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	130	-	110	21,359

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	24/09/1938		Norwood v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	85	-	139	26,047

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	01/10/1938		South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	152	-	106	33,364

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