1939 SANFL Season: South Adelaide

These are the details of the premiership results for South Adelaide for the 1939 season of the South Australian National Football League. The team used Adelaide Oval as their home ground, playing ten matches there (nine as hosts and one as visitors). The team finished the regular season in second place, securing a place in the finals series. After being defeated by Port Adelaide in the second semi final, South Adelaide were defeated by West Torrens in the preliminary final, resulting in finishing in third place overall (adjusted for finals).

Team Details

Competition: 1939 SANFL Season
Team: South Adelaide
Home Ground: Adelaide Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 2nd (W-D-L: 12-0-5, P%: 54.6)
Finals Performance: Defeated by West Torrens (Preliminary Final)

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Crawford, Alan 1 0 R01
Doherty, Jack 1 0 R03
Isaac, William 1 0 R05

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds
Ashby, Len 19 12 -0- 7 R01-17, SF, PF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
22/04/1939 Round 1 Norwood HOME LOSS NRWD by 31 Len Ashby unknown
29/04/1939 Round 2 North Adelaide AWAY LOSS NADL by 16 Len Ashby unknown
06/05/1939 Round 3 West Adelaide AWAY WIN SADL by 17 Len Ashby unknown
13/05/1939 Round 4 West Torrens AWAY WIN SADL by 24 Len Ashby unknown
20/05/1939 Round 5 Port Adelaide HOME WIN SADL by 51 Len Ashby unknown
27/05/1939 Round 6 Sturt AWAY WIN SADL by 54 Len Ashby unknown
03/06/1939 Round 7 Glenelg AWAY WIN SADL by 100 Len Ashby unknown
12/06/1939 Round 8 Norwood HOME LOSS NRWD by 9 Len Ashby unknown
24/06/1939 Round 9 North Adelaide HOME LOSS NADL by 18 Len Ashby unknown
08/07/1939 Round 10 West Adelaide HOME WIN SADL by 22 Len Ashby unknown
15/07/1939 Round 11 West Torrens HOME WIN SADL by 26 Len Ashby unknown
22/07/1939 Round 12 Sturt HOME WIN SADL by 1 Len Ashby unknown
05/08/1939 Round 13 Port Adelaide AWAY WIN SADL by 41 Len Ashby unknown
12/08/1939 Round 14 Glenelg HOME WIN SADL by 25 Len Ashby unknown
19/08/1939 Round 15 West Adelaide AWAY LOSS WADL by 31 Len Ashby unknown
26/08/1939 Round 16 North Adelaide AWAY WIN SADL by 31 Len Ashby unknown
02/09/1939 Round 17 Norwood AWAY WIN SADL by 73 Len Ashby unknown
16/09/1939 Semi Final Port Adelaide AWAY LOSS PADL by 19 Len Ashby unknown
23/09/1939 Preliminary Final West Torrens HOME LOSS WTRN by 35 Len Ashby unknown