1940 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1940 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. Sturt were the premiers, with Bo Morton as the premiership captain-coach.

Season Details

Name: 1940 SANFL Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 17
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 72

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)	Coach (Caretaker)
Glenelg	Glenelg Oval	Marcus Boyall	Wally Steele
North Adelaide	Prospect Oval	Clarrie Willshire
Norwood	Norwood Oval	Kevin Hardiman
Port Adelaide	Alberton Oval	Bob Quinn
South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	Len Ashby
Sturt	Unley Oval	Bo Morton
West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	Charlie Gaudion
West Torrens	Thebarton Oval	Sampson Hosking	Mal Drury

Season Results

Premiers: Sturt
Runners-Up: South Adelaide
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	14	-0-	3	28	54.1%	1,768	1,502	246	292	219	188
Sturt	2nd	13	-0-	4	26	55.3%	2,013	1,628	293	255	234	224
South Adelaide	3rd	12	-0-	5	24	55.3%	2,104	1,704	306	268	237	282
Norwood	4th	8	-0-	9	16	52.2%	1,844	1,691	262	272	240	251
West Adelaide	5th	6	-1-	10	13	48.0%	1,756	1,899	249	262	268	291
North Adelaide	6th	6	-0-	11	12	48.1%	1,720	1,859	251	214	262	287
West Torrens	7th	5	-1-	11	11	45.9%	1,531	1,806	213	253	265	216
Glenelg	8th	3	-0-	14	6	41.1%	1,488	2,135	212	216	307	293

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/04/1940	North Adelaide v Glenelg	Prospect Oval	64	-	87
SAT	20/04/1940	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	103	-	100
SAT	20/04/1940	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	106	-	116
SAT	20/04/1940	West Torrens v Norwood	Thebarton Oval	115	-	72

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	1	-0-	0	2	61.5%	115	72
Glenelg	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	57.6%	87	64
Sturt	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	52.3%	116	106
Port Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	0	2	50.7%	103	100
South Adelaide	5th	0	-0-	1	0	49.3%	100	103
West Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	1	0	47.7%	106	116
North Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	1	0	42.4%	64	87
Norwood	8th	0	-0-	1	0	38.5%	72	115

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/04/1940	Glenelg v Norwood	Glenelg Oval	82	-	105
SAT	27/04/1940	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	124	-	85
SAT	27/04/1940	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	145	-	109
SAT	27/04/1940	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	84	-	86

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	2	-0-	0	4	55.1%	227	185
West Torrens	2nd	1	-0-	1	2	55.7%	199	158
South Adelaide	3rd	1	-0-	1	2	53.6%	245	212
Glenelg	4th	1	-0-	1	2	50.0%	169	169
West Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	1	2	49.0%	192	200
Norwood	6th	1	-0-	1	2	47.3%	177	197
Sturt	7th	1	-0-	1	2	46.6%	201	230
North Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	2	0	42.7%	173	232

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/05/1940	Glenelg v Port Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	73	-	137
SAT	04/05/1940	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	95	-	69
SAT	04/05/1940	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	127	-	88
SAT	04/05/1940	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	106	-	77

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	3	-0-	0	6	58.5%	364	258
South Adelaide	2nd	2	-0-	1	4	55.4%	372	300
Norwood	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	50.6%	272	266
Sturt	4th	2	-0-	1	4	50.0%	307	307
West Torrens	5th	1	-0-	2	2	51.1%	276	264
West Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	2	2	46.1%	280	327
Glenelg	7th	1	-0-	2	2	44.2%	242	306
North Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	3	0	42.5%	242	327

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/05/1940	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Prospect Oval	99	-	114
SAT	11/05/1940	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	131	-	118
SAT	11/05/1940	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	77	-	138
SAT	11/05/1940	West Torrens v Glenelg	Thebarton Oval	116	-	67

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	4	-0-	0	8	57.2%	478	357
Norwood	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	54.4%	410	343
Sturt	3rd	3	-0-	1	6	50.8%	438	425
West Torrens	4th	2	-0-	2	4	54.2%	392	331
South Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	2	4	53.2%	490	431
West Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	3	2	43.4%	357	465
Glenelg	7th	1	-0-	3	2	42.3%	309	422
North Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	4	0	43.6%	341	441

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	18/05/1940	Glenelg v Sturt	Glenelg Oval	89	-	151
SAT	18/05/1940	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Prospect Oval	117	-	90
SAT	18/05/1940	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	95	-	123
SAT	18/05/1940	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	102	-	90

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	5	-0-	0	10	57.1%	601	452
Sturt	2nd	4	-0-	1	8	53.4%	589	514
South Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	2	6	53.2%	592	521
Norwood	4th	3	-0-	2	6	52.0%	505	466
West Torrens	5th	2	-0-	3	4	52.7%	482	433
North Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	4	2	46.3%	458	531
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	4	2	43.4%	447	582
Glenelg	8th	1	-0-	4	2	41.0%	398	573

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	25/05/1940	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	134	-	146
SAT	25/05/1940	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	128	-	75
SAT	25/05/1940	South Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	158	-	70
SAT	25/05/1940	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	127	-	77

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	6	-0-	0	12	58.0%	729	527
Sturt	2nd	5	-0-	1	10	53.1%	735	648
South Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	2	8	55.9%	750	591
West Torrens	4th	3	-0-	3	6	54.4%	609	510
Norwood	5th	3	-0-	3	6	51.1%	639	612
North Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	5	2	44.8%	535	658
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	5	2	42.4%	522	710
Glenelg	8th	1	-0-	5	2	39.0%	468	731

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/06/1940	North Adelaide v Sturt	Prospect Oval	117	-	70
SAT	01/06/1940	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	82	-	150
SAT	01/06/1940	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	103	-	105
SAT	01/06/1940	West Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	149	-	109

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	6	-0-	1	12	56.8%	832	632
South Adelaide	2nd	5	-0-	2	10	57.2%	900	673
Sturt	3rd	5	-0-	2	10	51.3%	805	765
West Torrens	4th	4	-0-	3	8	53.8%	714	613
Norwood	5th	3	-0-	4	6	48.6%	721	762
North Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	5	4	47.2%	652	728
West Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	5	4	45.0%	671	819
Glenelg	8th	1	-0-	6	2	39.6%	577	880

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/06/1940	North Adelaide v Norwood	Prospect Oval	108	-	98
SAT	08/06/1940	Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Alberton Oval	79	-	67
SAT	08/06/1940	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	133	-	117
SAT	08/06/1940	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	106	-	80

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	7	-0-	1	14	56.6%	911	699
South Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	2	12	56.7%	1,033	790
Sturt	3rd	6	-0-	2	12	51.9%	911	845
West Torrens	4th	4	-0-	4	8	52.5%	794	719
Norwood	5th	3	-0-	5	6	48.5%	819	870
North Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	5	6	47.9%	760	826
West Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	6	4	45.3%	788	952
Glenelg	8th	1	-0-	7	2	40.2%	644	959

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/06/1940	Glenelg v North Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	96	-	113
SAT	15/06/1940	Norwood v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	122	-	82
SAT	15/06/1940	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	99	-	82
MON	17/06/1940	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	73	-	108

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	1	16	56.9%	1,019	772
Sturt	2nd	7	-0-	2	14	52.1%	1,010	927
South Adelaide	3rd	6	-0-	3	12	55.2%	1,106	898
West Torrens	4th	4	-0-	5	8	51.0%	876	841
Norwood	5th	4	-0-	5	8	49.7%	941	952
North Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	5	8	48.6%	873	922
West Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	7	4	45.3%	870	1,051
Glenelg	8th	1	-0-	8	2	40.8%	740	1,072

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/06/1940	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	135	-	95
SAT	22/06/1940	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	106	-	104
SAT	22/06/1940	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	105	-	98
SAT	22/06/1940	West Torrens v Glenelg	Thebarton Oval	113	-	114

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	9	-0-	1	18	56.2%	1,125	876
South Adelaide	2nd	7	-0-	3	14	54.9%	1,211	996
Sturt	3rd	7	-0-	3	14	51.8%	1,108	1,032
Norwood	4th	5	-0-	5	10	50.7%	1,076	1,047
West Torrens	5th	4	-0-	6	8	50.9%	989	955
North Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	6	8	48.7%	977	1,028
West Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	8	4	44.9%	965	1,186
Glenelg	8th	2	-0-	8	4	41.9%	854	1,185

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	29/06/1940	Glenelg v Norwood	Glenelg Oval	119	-	130
SAT	29/06/1940	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Prospect Oval	80	-	113
SAT	29/06/1940	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	165	-	74
SAT	29/06/1940	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	106	-	106

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	9	-0-	2	18	53.5%	1,199	1,041
South Adelaide	2nd	8	-0-	3	16	55.2%	1,324	1,076
Sturt	3rd	8	-0-	3	16	53.5%	1,273	1,106
Norwood	4th	6	-0-	5	12	50.8%	1,206	1,166
West Torrens	5th	4	-1-	6	9	50.8%	1,095	1,061
North Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	7	8	48.1%	1,057	1,141
West Adelaide	7th	2	-1-	8	5	45.3%	1,071	1,292
Glenelg	8th	2	-0-	9	4	42.5%	973	1,315

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	06/07/1940	Glenelg v South Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	84	-	145
SAT	06/07/1940	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Prospect Oval	167	-	62
SAT	06/07/1940	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	95	-	97
SAT	06/07/1940	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	111	-	100

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	9	-0-	3	18	55.9%	1,469	1,160
Sturt	2nd	9	-0-	3	18	53.3%	1,370	1,201
Port Adelaide	3rd	9	-0-	3	18	53.0%	1,299	1,152
Norwood	4th	6	-0-	6	12	50.7%	1,301	1,263
North Adelaide	5th	5	-0-	7	10	50.4%	1,224	1,203
West Torrens	6th	4	-1-	7	9	48.5%	1,157	1,228
West Adelaide	7th	3	-1-	8	7	45.9%	1,182	1,392
Glenelg	8th	2	-0-	10	4	42.0%	1,057	1,460

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/07/1940	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	95	-	88
SAT	20/07/1940	Sturt v Glenelg	Unley Oval	191	-	77
SAT	20/07/1940	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	112	-	100
SAT	20/07/1940	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	71	-	169

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
South Adelaide	1st	10	-0-	3	20	57.1%	1,638	1,231
Sturt	2nd	10	-0-	3	20	55.0%	1,561	1,278
Port Adelaide	3rd	10	-0-	3	20	52.9%	1,394	1,240
Norwood	4th	6	-0-	7	12	50.6%	1,389	1,358
North Adelaide	5th	5	-0-	8	10	50.2%	1,324	1,315
West Torrens	6th	4	-1-	8	9	46.8%	1,228	1,397
West Adelaide	7th	4	-1-	8	9	46.4%	1,294	1,492
Glenelg	8th	2	-0-	11	4	40.7%	1,134	1,651

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/07/1940	Glenelg v West Torrens	Glenelg Oval	52	-	94
SAT	27/07/1940	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Prospect Oval	165	-	117
SAT	27/07/1940	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	75	-	53
SAT	27/07/1940	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	75	-	58

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	11	-0-	3	22	55.0%	1,636	1,336
Port Adelaide	2nd	11	-0-	3	22	53.2%	1,469	1,293
South Adelaide	3rd	10	-0-	4	20	55.7%	1,755	1,396
North Adelaide	4th	6	-0-	8	12	51.0%	1,489	1,432
Norwood	5th	6	-0-	8	12	50.2%	1,447	1,433
West Torrens	6th	5	-1-	8	11	47.7%	1,322	1,449
West Adelaide	7th	4	-1-	9	9	46.2%	1,347	1,567
Glenelg	8th	2	-0-	12	4	40.5%	1,186	1,745

Round 15

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	17/08/1940	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Prospect Oval	57	-	93
SAT	17/08/1940	Norwood v Glenelg	Norwood Oval	162	-	68
SAT	17/08/1940	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	146	-	103
SAT	17/08/1940	West Torrens v Sturt	Thebarton Oval	70	-	121

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	12	-0-	3	24	55.5%	1,757	1,406
Port Adelaide	2nd	12	-0-	3	24	53.6%	1,562	1,350
South Adelaide	3rd	11	-0-	4	22	55.9%	1,901	1,499
Norwood	4th	7	-0-	8	14	51.7%	1,609	1,501
North Adelaide	5th	6	-0-	9	12	50.3%	1,546	1,525
West Torrens	6th	5	-1-	9	11	47.0%	1,392	1,570
West Adelaide	7th	4	-1-	10	9	45.8%	1,450	1,713
Glenelg	8th	2	-0-	13	4	39.7%	1,254	1,907

Round 16

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/08/1940	Glenelg v West Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	108	-	116
SAT	24/08/1940	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	128	-	106
SAT	24/08/1940	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	144	-	96
SAT	24/08/1940	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	77	-	107

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	13	-0-	3	26	55.9%	1,901	1,502
Port Adelaide	2nd	13	-0-	3	26	53.9%	1,669	1,427
South Adelaide	3rd	12	-0-	4	24	55.8%	2,029	1,605
Norwood	4th	7	-0-	9	14	51.3%	1,715	1,629
North Adelaide	5th	6	-0-	10	12	49.6%	1,642	1,669
West Torrens	6th	5	-1-	10	11	46.7%	1,469	1,677
West Adelaide	7th	5	-1-	10	11	46.2%	1,566	1,821
Glenelg	8th	2	-0-	14	4	40.2%	1,362	2,023

Round 17

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	31/08/1940	Glenelg v Sturt	Glenelg Oval	126	-	112
SAT	31/08/1940	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	129	-	62
SAT	31/08/1940	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	99	-	75
SAT	31/08/1940	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	190	-	78

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	14	-0-	3	28	54.1%	1,768	1,502
Sturt	2nd	13	-0-	4	26	55.3%	2,013	1,628
South Adelaide	3rd	12	-0-	5	24	55.3%	2,104	1,704
Norwood	4th	8	-0-	9	16	52.2%	1,844	1,691
West Adelaide	5th	6	-1-	10	13	48.0%	1,756	1,899
North Adelaide	6th	6	-0-	11	12	48.1%	1,720	1,859
West Torrens	7th	5	-1-	11	11	45.9%	1,531	1,806
Glenelg	8th	3	-0-	14	6	41.1%	1,488	2,135

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	07/09/1940		South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	129	-	98	14,461
SAT	14/09/1940		Port Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	76	-	79	19,901

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	21/09/1940		Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	108	-	128	20,619

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	28/09/1940		Sturt v South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	100	-	79	28,500

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