1939 SANFL Season: West Torrens

These are the details of the premiership results for West Torrens for the 1939 season of the South Australian National Football League. The team used Thebarton Oval as their home ground, playing seven matches there (seven as hosts). The team finished the regular season in fourth place, securing a place in the finals series. After defeating Norwood in the first semi final and defeating South Adelaide in the preliminary final, West Torrens were defeated by Port Adelaide in the grand final, resulting in becoming the runners-up.

Team Details

Competition: 1939 SANFL Season
Team: West Torrens
Home Ground: Thebarton Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 4th (W-D-L: 10-0-7, P%: 48.0)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up

Team Leaders

Captain: Leo Dinnison
Vice-Captain: Don Waite

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Mullins, Reg 1 0 GF
Waite, Don 1 0 R05

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds
Hosking, Sampson 20 12 -0- 8 R01-17, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
22/04/1939 Round 1 Port Adelaide HOME LOSS PADL by 30 Sampson Hosking unknown
29/04/1939 Round 2 Glenelg HOME WIN WTRN by 19 Sampson Hosking unknown
06/05/1939 Round 3 Sturt AWAY LOSS STRT by 6 Sampson Hosking unknown
13/05/1939 Round 4 South Adelaide HOME LOSS SADL by 24 Sampson Hosking unknown
20/05/1939 Round 5 North Adelaide AWAY LOSS NADL by 44 Sampson Hosking unknown
27/05/1939 Round 6 West Adelaide AWAY WIN WTRN by 1 Sampson Hosking unknown
03/06/1939 Round 7 Norwood HOME WIN WTRN by 27 Sampson Hosking unknown
10/06/1939 Round 8 Port Adelaide AWAY LOSS PADL by 56 Sampson Hosking unknown
24/06/1939 Round 9 Glenelg AWAY WIN WTRN by 5 Sampson Hosking unknown
08/07/1939 Round 10 Sturt HOME WIN WTRN by 9 Sampson Hosking unknown
15/07/1939 Round 11 South Adelaide AWAY LOSS SADL by 26 Sampson Hosking unknown
22/07/1939 Round 12 West Adelaide HOME WIN WTRN by 1 Sampson Hosking unknown
05/08/1939 Round 13 North Adelaide HOME WIN WTRN by 4 Sampson Hosking unknown
12/08/1939 Round 14 Norwood AWAY WIN WTRN by 4 Sampson Hosking unknown
19/08/1939 Round 15 Sturt AWAY WIN WTRN by 41 Sampson Hosking unknown
26/08/1939 Round 16 Glenelg HOME WIN WTRN by 22 Sampson Hosking unknown
02/09/1939 Round 17 Port Adelaide AWAY LOSS PADL by 89 Sampson Hosking unknown
09/09/1939 Semi Final Norwood AWAY WIN WTRN by 4 Sampson Hosking unknown
23/09/1939 Preliminary Final South Adelaide AWAY WIN WTRN by 35 Sampson Hosking unknown
30/09/1939 Grand Final Port Adelaide AWAY LOSS PADL by 47 Sampson Hosking unknown