1940 SANFL Season: South Adelaide

These are the details of the premiership results for South Adelaide for the 1940 season of the South Australian National Football League. The team used Adelaide Oval as their home ground, playing twelve matches there (ten as hosts and two as visitors). The team finished the regular season in third place, securing a place in the finals series. After defeating Norwood in the first semi final and defeating Port Adelaide in the preliminary final, South Adelaide were defeated by Sturt in the grand final, resulting in becoming the runners-up.

Team Details

Competition: 1940 SANFL Season
Team: South Adelaide
Home Ground: Adelaide Oval

Team Results

Ladder Position: 3rd (W-D-L: 12-0-5, P%: 55.3)
Finals Performance: Runners-Up

Player Results

Player Guernseys Matches Goals Rounds
Wilson, C. 1 0 R07

Coach Results

Coach Matches (W-D-L) Rounds
Ashby, Len 20 14 -0- 6 R01-17, SF, PF, GF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
20/04/1940 Round 1 Port Adelaide AWAY LOSS PADL by 3 Len Ashby unknown
27/04/1940 Round 2 North Adelaide HOME WIN SADL by 36 Len Ashby unknown
04/05/1940 Round 3 West Adelaide HOME WIN SADL by 39 Len Ashby unknown
11/05/1940 Round 4 Sturt AWAY LOSS STRT by 13 Len Ashby unknown
18/05/1940 Round 5 West Torrens HOME WIN SADL by 12 Len Ashby unknown
25/05/1940 Round 6 Glenelg HOME WIN SADL by 88 Len Ashby unknown
01/06/1940 Round 7 Norwood AWAY WIN SADL by 68 Len Ashby unknown
08/06/1940 Round 8 West Adelaide HOME WIN SADL by 16 Len Ashby unknown
17/06/1940 Round 9 Port Adelaide HOME LOSS PADL by 35 Len Ashby unknown
22/06/1940 Round 10 Sturt HOME WIN SADL by 7 Len Ashby unknown
29/06/1940 Round 11 North Adelaide AWAY WIN SADL by 33 Len Ashby unknown
06/07/1940 Round 12 Glenelg AWAY WIN SADL by 61 Len Ashby unknown
20/07/1940 Round 13 West Torrens AWAY WIN SADL by 98 Len Ashby unknown
27/07/1940 Round 14 North Adelaide AWAY LOSS NADL by 48 Len Ashby unknown
17/08/1940 Round 15 West Adelaide HOME WIN SADL by 43 Len Ashby unknown
24/08/1940 Round 16 Norwood HOME WIN SADL by 22 Len Ashby unknown
31/08/1940 Round 17 Port Adelaide AWAY LOSS PADL by 24 Len Ashby unknown
07/09/1940 Semi Final Norwood HOME WIN SADL by 31 Len Ashby unknown
21/09/1940 Preliminary Final Port Adelaide AWAY WIN SADL by 20 Len Ashby unknown
28/09/1940 Grand Final Sturt AWAY LOSS STRT by 21 Len Ashby unknown