1939 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1939 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 Bob Quinn as the premiership captain-coach.

Season Details

Name: 1939 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	Ken West
Norwood	Norwood Oval	Alan Arthur
Port Adelaide	Alberton Oval	Bob Quinn
South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	Len Ashby
Sturt	Unley Oval	Walter Scott
West Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	Bruce McGregor
West Torrens	Thebarton Oval	Sampson Hosking

Season Results

Premiers: Port Adelaide
Runners-Up: West Torrens
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	13	-0-	4	26	55.8%	1,939	1,536	276	283	219	222
South Adelaide	2nd	12	-0-	5	24	54.6%	2,135	1,775	312	263	252	263
Norwood	3rd	11	-0-	6	22	50.4%	1,866	1,835	262	294	260	275
West Torrens	4th	10	-0-	7	20	48.0%	1,673	1,815	237	251	258	267
North Adelaide	5th	9	-0-	8	18	51.8%	1,865	1,732	268	257	247	250
Sturt	6th	6	-0-	11	12	48.5%	1,805	1,914	260	245	272	282
West Adelaide	7th	5	-0-	12	10	47.4%	1,594	1,769	224	250	254	245
Glenelg	8th	2	-0-	15	4	43.6%	1,720	2,221	246	244	323	283

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
Port Adelaide	1st	Premiers
West Torrens	2nd	Runners-Up
South Adelaide	3rd	Defeated by West Torrens (Preliminary Final)
Norwood	4th	Defeated by West Torrens (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	22/04/1939	Glenelg v West Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	89	-	122
SAT	22/04/1939	North Adelaide v Sturt	Prospect Oval	135	-	119
SAT	22/04/1939	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	110	-	141
SAT	22/04/1939	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	82	-	112

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	1	-0-	0	2	57.8%	122	89
Port Adelaide	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	57.7%	112	82
Norwood	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	56.2%	141	110
North Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	0	2	53.1%	135	119
Sturt	5th	0	-0-	1	0	46.9%	119	135
South Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	1	0	43.8%	110	141
West Torrens	7th	0	-0-	1	0	42.3%	82	112
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	1	0	42.2%	89	122

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	29/04/1939	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Prospect Oval	141	-	125
SAT	29/04/1939	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	116	-	67
SAT	29/04/1939	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	101	-	102
SAT	29/04/1939	West Torrens v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	131	-	112

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	2	-0-	0	4	60.5%	228	149
Norwood	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	53.5%	243	211
North Adelaide	3rd	2	-0-	0	4	53.1%	276	244
West Torrens	4th	1	-0-	1	2	48.7%	213	224
West Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	1	2	48.0%	189	205
Sturt	6th	0	-0-	2	0	48.1%	220	237
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	2	0	45.5%	235	282
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	2	0	44.3%	201	253

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	06/05/1939	Glenelg v North Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	107	-	131
SAT	06/05/1939	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	107	-	99
SAT	06/05/1939	Sturt v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	110	-	104
SAT	06/05/1939	West Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	82	-	99

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	3	-0-	0	6	53.7%	407	351
Norwood	2nd	3	-0-	0	6	53.0%	350	310
Port Adelaide	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	56.1%	327	256
Sturt	4th	1	-0-	2	2	49.2%	330	341
West Torrens	5th	1	-0-	2	2	48.7%	317	334
South Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	2	2	47.9%	334	364
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	2	2	47.1%	271	304
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	3	0	44.5%	308	384

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/05/1939	Glenelg v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	93	-	134
SAT	13/05/1939	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	148	-	91
SAT	13/05/1939	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Showground	79	-	100
SAT	13/05/1939	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	84	-	108

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	4	-0-	0	8	53.6%	450	389
Port Adelaide	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	57.8%	475	347
North Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	1	6	49.9%	498	499
Sturt	4th	2	-0-	2	4	51.7%	464	434
South Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	2	4	49.7%	442	448
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	3	2	47.6%	401	442
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	3	2	46.4%	350	404
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	4	0	43.6%	401	518

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/05/1939	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Prospect Oval	123	-	79
SAT	20/05/1939	Norwood v Glenelg	Norwood Oval	141	-	99
SAT	20/05/1939	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	171	-	120
SAT	20/05/1939	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	143	-	117

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	5	-0-	0	10	54.8%	591	488
North Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	1	8	51.8%	621	578
Port Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	2	6	53.5%	595	518
Sturt	4th	3	-0-	2	6	52.4%	607	551
South Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	2	6	51.9%	613	568
West Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	4	2	46.1%	467	547
West Torrens	7th	1	-0-	4	2	45.9%	480	565
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	5	0	43.1%	500	659

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/05/1939	Glenelg v Port Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	103	-	136
SAT	27/05/1939	North Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	87	-	115
SAT	27/05/1939	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	93	-	147
SAT	27/05/1939	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Showground	77	-	78

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	6	-0-	0	12	55.1%	706	575
Port Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	2	8	54.1%	731	621
South Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	2	8	53.5%	760	661
North Adelaide	4th	4	-0-	2	8	50.5%	708	693
Sturt	5th	3	-0-	3	6	50.1%	700	698
West Torrens	6th	2	-0-	4	4	46.5%	558	642
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	5	2	46.5%	544	625
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	6	0	43.1%	603	795

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/06/1939	Glenelg v South Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	88	-	188
SAT	03/06/1939	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Prospect Oval	102	-	99
SAT	03/06/1939	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	74	-	80
SAT	03/06/1939	West Torrens v Norwood	Thebarton Oval	126	-	99

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	6	-0-	1	12	53.5%	805	701
South Adelaide	2nd	5	-0-	2	10	55.9%	948	749
Port Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	2	10	53.9%	811	695
North Adelaide	4th	5	-0-	2	10	50.6%	810	792
Sturt	5th	3	-0-	4	6	49.9%	774	778
West Torrens	6th	3	-0-	4	6	48.0%	684	741
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	6	2	46.9%	643	727
Glenelg	8th	0	-0-	7	0	41.3%	691	983

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	10/06/1939	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	126	-	70
SAT	10/06/1939	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	116	-	105
SAT	10/06/1939	West Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Showground	102	-	146
MON	12/06/1939	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	98	-	107

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	7	-0-	1	14	53.3%	912	799
Port Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	2	12	55.1%	937	765
South Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	3	10	55.0%	1,046	856
North Adelaide	4th	5	-0-	3	10	50.2%	915	908
Sturt	5th	4	-0-	4	8	50.2%	890	883
West Torrens	6th	3	-0-	5	6	46.5%	754	867
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	7	2	46.0%	745	873
Glenelg	8th	1	-0-	7	2	43.5%	837	1,085

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/06/1939	Glenelg v West Torrens	Glenelg Oval	99	-	104
SAT	24/06/1939	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	152	-	110
SAT	24/06/1939	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	98	-	116
SAT	24/06/1939	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	88	-	63

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	8	-0-	1	16	53.9%	1,064	909
Port Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	3	12	54.0%	1,000	853
North Adelaide	3rd	6	-0-	3	12	50.6%	1,031	1,006
South Adelaide	4th	5	-0-	4	10	54.1%	1,144	972
Sturt	5th	4	-0-	5	8	49.1%	1,000	1,035
West Torrens	6th	4	-0-	5	8	47.0%	858	966
West Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	7	4	47.1%	833	936
Glenelg	8th	1	-0-	8	2	44.0%	936	1,189

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/07/1939	North Adelaide v Glenelg	Prospect Oval	153	-	85
SAT	08/07/1939	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	123	-	94
SAT	08/07/1939	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	109	-	87
SAT	08/07/1939	West Torrens v Sturt	Thebarton Oval	116	-	107

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	8	-0-	2	16	52.9%	1,158	1,032
Port Adelaide	2nd	7	-0-	3	14	54.3%	1,123	947
North Adelaide	3rd	7	-0-	3	14	52.0%	1,184	1,091
South Adelaide	4th	6	-0-	4	12	54.2%	1,253	1,059
West Torrens	5th	5	-0-	5	10	47.6%	974	1,073
Sturt	6th	4	-0-	6	8	49.0%	1,107	1,151
West Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	8	4	46.8%	920	1,045
Glenelg	8th	1	-0-	9	2	43.2%	1,021	1,342

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/07/1939	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Prospect Oval	76	-	96
SAT	15/07/1939	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	88	-	111
SAT	15/07/1939	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	112	-	86
SAT	15/07/1939	Sturt v Glenelg	Unley Oval	143	-	96

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	3	16	54.4%	1,219	1,023
Norwood	2nd	8	-0-	3	16	52.2%	1,246	1,143
South Adelaide	3rd	7	-0-	4	14	54.4%	1,365	1,145
North Adelaide	4th	7	-0-	4	14	51.5%	1,260	1,187
Sturt	5th	5	-0-	6	10	50.1%	1,250	1,247
West Torrens	6th	5	-0-	6	10	47.2%	1,060	1,185
West Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	8	6	47.6%	1,031	1,133
Glenelg	8th	1	-0-	10	2	42.9%	1,117	1,485

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/07/1939	North Adelaide v Norwood	Prospect Oval	104	-	107
SAT	22/07/1939	Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Alberton Oval	170	-	110
SAT	22/07/1939	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	139	-	138
SAT	22/07/1939	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	104	-	103

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	9	-0-	3	18	55.1%	1,389	1,133
Norwood	2nd	9	-0-	3	18	52.0%	1,353	1,247
South Adelaide	3rd	8	-0-	4	16	54.0%	1,504	1,283
North Adelaide	4th	7	-0-	5	14	51.3%	1,364	1,294
West Torrens	5th	6	-0-	6	12	47.5%	1,164	1,288
Sturt	6th	5	-0-	7	10	50.0%	1,388	1,386
West Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	9	6	47.8%	1,134	1,237
Glenelg	8th	1	-0-	11	2	42.6%	1,227	1,655

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/08/1939	Glenelg v Norwood	Glenelg Oval	96	-	128
SAT	05/08/1939	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	81	-	122
SAT	05/08/1939	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Showground	78	-	113
SAT	05/08/1939	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	83	-	79

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	10	-0-	3	20	52.4%	1,481	1,343
South Adelaide	2nd	9	-0-	4	18	54.4%	1,626	1,364
Port Adelaide	3rd	9	-0-	4	18	53.9%	1,470	1,255
North Adelaide	4th	7	-0-	6	14	51.2%	1,443	1,377
West Torrens	5th	7	-0-	6	14	47.7%	1,247	1,367
Sturt	6th	6	-0-	7	12	50.6%	1,501	1,464
West Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	10	6	47.3%	1,212	1,350
Glenelg	8th	1	-0-	12	2	42.6%	1,323	1,783

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	12/08/1939	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	118	-	122
SAT	12/08/1939	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	134	-	83
SAT	12/08/1939	South Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	148	-	123
SAT	12/08/1939	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	74	-	91

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	10	-0-	4	20	54.5%	1,604	1,338
South Adelaide	2nd	10	-0-	4	20	54.4%	1,774	1,487
Norwood	3rd	10	-0-	4	20	52.2%	1,599	1,465
North Adelaide	4th	8	-0-	6	16	51.4%	1,534	1,451
West Torrens	5th	8	-0-	6	16	48.0%	1,369	1,485
Sturt	6th	6	-0-	8	12	49.8%	1,584	1,598
West Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	11	6	47.2%	1,286	1,441
Glenelg	8th	1	-0-	13	2	42.8%	1,446	1,931

Round 15

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	19/08/1939	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	100	-	89
SAT	19/08/1939	Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	112	-	78
SAT	19/08/1939	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	93	-	134
SAT	19/08/1939	West Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Showground	119	-	88

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	11	-0-	4	22	54.8%	1,716	1,416
Norwood	2nd	11	-0-	4	22	52.2%	1,699	1,554
South Adelaide	3rd	10	-0-	5	20	53.7%	1,862	1,606
West Torrens	4th	9	-0-	6	18	48.8%	1,503	1,578
North Adelaide	5th	8	-0-	7	16	51.1%	1,623	1,551
Sturt	6th	6	-0-	9	12	49.2%	1,677	1,732
West Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	11	8	47.9%	1,405	1,529
Glenelg	8th	1	-0-	14	2	42.7%	1,524	2,043

Round 16

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/08/1939	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Prospect Oval	91	-	122
SAT	26/08/1939	Norwood v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	89	-	130
SAT	26/08/1939	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	66	-	80
SAT	26/08/1939	West Torrens v Glenelg	Thebarton Oval	116	-	94

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	12	-0-	4	24	54.8%	1,796	1,482
South Adelaide	2nd	11	-0-	5	22	53.9%	1,984	1,697
Norwood	3rd	11	-0-	5	22	51.5%	1,788	1,684
West Torrens	4th	10	-0-	6	20	49.2%	1,619	1,672
North Adelaide	5th	8	-0-	8	16	50.6%	1,714	1,673
Sturt	6th	6	-0-	10	12	49.0%	1,743	1,812
West Adelaide	7th	5	-0-	11	10	48.7%	1,535	1,618
Glenelg	8th	1	-0-	15	2	42.8%	1,618	2,159

Round 17

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	02/09/1939	Glenelg v Sturt	Glenelg Oval	102	-	62
SAT	02/09/1939	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	78	-	151
SAT	02/09/1939	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	143	-	54
SAT	02/09/1939	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	59	-	151

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	13	-0-	4	26	55.8%	1,939	1,536
South Adelaide	2nd	12	-0-	5	24	54.6%	2,135	1,775
Norwood	3rd	11	-0-	6	22	50.4%	1,866	1,835
West Torrens	4th	10	-0-	7	20	48.0%	1,673	1,815
North Adelaide	5th	9	-0-	8	18	51.8%	1,865	1,732
Sturt	6th	6	-0-	11	12	48.5%	1,805	1,914
West Adelaide	7th	5	-0-	12	10	47.4%	1,594	1,769
Glenelg	8th	2	-0-	15	4	43.6%	1,720	2,221

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	09/09/1939		Norwood v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	84	-	88	19,711
SAT	16/09/1939		Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	114	-	95	24,209

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	23/09/1939		South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	86	-	121	23,765

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	30/09/1939		Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	124	-	77	44,885

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