1941 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1941 season of the South Australian National Football League.

It featured seventeen rounds. Norwood were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Norwood were the premiers, with Frederick McCallum as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1941 SANFL Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 17
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 72

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Glenelg	Glenelg Oval	Ray Curnow
North Adelaide	Prospect Oval	Clarrie Willshire
Norwood	Norwood Oval	Frederick McCallum
Port Adelaide	Alberton Oval	Allan Reval
South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	Len Ashby
Sturt	Unley Oval	Ralph Green
West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	Colin Smith
West Torrens	Thebarton Oval	Mal Drury

Season Results

Premiers: Norwood
Runners-Up: Sturt
Minor Premiers: Norwood

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Norwood	1st	13	-0-	4	26	58.1%	2,112	1,525	309	258	215	235
Sturt	2nd	12	-0-	5	24	53.2%	1,649	1,452	234	245	205	222
West Adelaide	3rd	11	-1-	5	23	54.8%	1,944	1,606	282	252	230	226
Port Adelaide	4th	11	-1-	5	23	51.5%	1,825	1,722	268	217	247	240
South Adelaide	5th	6	-0-	11	12	48.4%	1,771	1,888	254	247	272	256
Glenelg	6th	5	-0-	12	10	48.1%	1,711	1,847	243	253	272	215
North Adelaide	7th	5	-0-	12	10	43.4%	1,553	2,024	225	203	290	284
West Torrens	8th	4	-0-	13	8	42.1%	1,343	1,844	183	245	267	242

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/04/1941	Glenelg v North Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	129	-	70
SAT	26/04/1941	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	118	-	93
SAT	26/04/1941	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	92	-	58
SAT	26/04/1941	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	132	-	54

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	1	-0-	0	2	71.0%	132	54
Glenelg	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	64.8%	129	70
Sturt	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	61.3%	92	58
Norwood	4th	1	-0-	0	2	55.9%	118	93
South Adelaide	5th	0	-0-	1	0	44.1%	93	118
Port Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	1	0	38.7%	58	92
North Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	1	0	35.2%	70	129
West Torrens	8th	0	-0-	1	0	29.0%	54	132

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/05/1941	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	89	-	153
SAT	03/05/1941	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	119	-	84
SAT	03/05/1941	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	186	-	79
SAT	03/05/1941	West Torrens v Glenelg	Thebarton Oval	62	-	103

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	2	-0-	0	4	70.5%	318	133
Glenelg	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	63.7%	232	132
Norwood	3rd	2	-0-	0	4	59.8%	271	182
Sturt	4th	2	-0-	0	4	59.8%	211	142
South Adelaide	5th	0	-0-	2	0	42.8%	177	237
Port Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	2	0	37.5%	147	245
West Torrens	7th	0	-0-	2	0	33.0%	116	235
North Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	2	0	32.1%	149	315

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	10/05/1941	Glenelg v West Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	96	-	105
SAT	10/05/1941	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Prospect Oval	60	-	118
SAT	10/05/1941	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	73	-	89
SAT	10/05/1941	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	100	-	89

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	3	-0-	0	6	64.9%	423	229
Sturt	2nd	3	-0-	0	6	58.3%	300	215
Glenelg	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	58.1%	328	237
Norwood	4th	2	-0-	1	4	55.9%	344	271
South Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	2	2	45.9%	277	326
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	2	2	44.2%	234	295
Port Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	3	0	40.6%	236	345
North Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	3	0	32.6%	209	433

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	17/05/1941	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Prospect Oval	135	-	110
SAT	17/05/1941	Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Alberton Oval	100	-	93
SAT	17/05/1941	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	89	-	96
SAT	17/05/1941	West Torrens v Norwood	Thebarton Oval	61	-	48

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	4	-0-	0	8	56.6%	396	304
West Adelaide	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	61.2%	512	325
Glenelg	3rd	2	-0-	2	4	55.5%	421	337
Norwood	4th	2	-0-	2	4	54.1%	392	332
West Torrens	5th	2	-0-	2	4	46.2%	295	343
South Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	3	2	45.6%	387	461
Port Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	3	2	43.4%	336	438
North Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	3	2	38.8%	344	543

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/05/1941	Norwood v Glenelg	Norwood Oval	100	-	64
SAT	24/05/1941	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	104	-	104
SAT	24/05/1941	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	89	-	108
SAT	24/05/1941	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	93	-	66

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	5	-0-	0	10	56.9%	489	370
West Adelaide	2nd	3	-1-	1	7	58.9%	616	429
Norwood	3rd	3	-0-	2	6	55.4%	492	396
West Torrens	4th	3	-0-	2	6	48.3%	403	432
Glenelg	5th	2	-0-	3	4	52.6%	485	437
Port Adelaide	6th	1	-1-	3	3	44.8%	440	542
South Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	4	2	45.6%	476	569
North Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	4	2	39.2%	410	636

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	31/05/1941	Glenelg v South Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	115	-	90
SAT	31/05/1941	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Prospect Oval	73	-	68
SAT	31/05/1941	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	110	-	93
SAT	31/05/1941	West Torrens v Sturt	Thebarton Oval	41	-	49

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	6	-0-	0	12	56.7%	538	411
West Adelaide	2nd	4	-1-	1	9	58.2%	726	522
Norwood	3rd	3	-0-	3	6	53.6%	585	506
Glenelg	4th	3	-0-	3	6	53.2%	600	527
West Torrens	5th	3	-0-	3	6	48.0%	444	481
North Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	4	4	40.7%	483	704
Port Adelaide	7th	1	-1-	4	3	45.2%	508	615
South Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	5	2	45.3%	566	684

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	07/06/1941	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	154	-	69
SAT	07/06/1941	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	146	-	121
SAT	07/06/1941	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	114	-	130
SAT	07/06/1941	Sturt v Glenelg	Unley Oval	95	-	90

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	7	-0-	0	14	55.8%	633	501
West Adelaide	2nd	5	-1-	1	11	57.4%	856	636
Norwood	3rd	4	-0-	3	8	56.2%	739	575
Glenelg	4th	3	-0-	4	6	52.6%	690	622
West Torrens	5th	3	-0-	4	6	47.4%	565	627
Port Adelaide	6th	2	-1-	4	5	47.1%	654	736
North Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	5	4	39.1%	552	858
South Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	6	2	45.5%	680	814

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/06/1941	North Adelaide v Glenelg	Prospect Oval	91	-	107
SAT	14/06/1941	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	90	-	134
SAT	14/06/1941	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	63	-	150
MON	16/06/1941	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	112	-	99

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	7	-0-	1	14	54.4%	732	613
West Adelaide	2nd	6	-1-	1	13	59.0%	1,006	699
Norwood	3rd	5	-0-	3	10	56.8%	873	665
Glenelg	4th	4	-0-	4	8	52.8%	797	713
Port Adelaide	5th	3	-1-	4	7	47.8%	766	835
West Torrens	6th	3	-0-	5	6	44.7%	628	777
North Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	6	4	40.0%	643	965
South Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	7	2	44.8%	770	948

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	21/06/1941	Glenelg v West Torrens	Glenelg Oval	106	-	108
SAT	21/06/1941	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Prospect Oval	119	-	113
SAT	21/06/1941	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	101	-	128
SAT	21/06/1941	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	146	-	88

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	7	-0-	2	14	51.9%	820	759
West Adelaide	2nd	6	-1-	2	13	57.8%	1,119	818
Norwood	3rd	5	-0-	4	10	55.1%	974	793
Port Adelaide	4th	4	-1-	4	9	48.9%	894	936
Glenelg	5th	4	-0-	5	8	52.4%	903	821
West Torrens	6th	4	-0-	5	8	45.5%	736	883
North Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	6	6	41.4%	762	1,078
South Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	7	4	46.9%	916	1,036

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/06/1941	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	102	-	97
SAT	28/06/1941	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	105	-	136
SAT	28/06/1941	West Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	125	-	86
SAT	28/06/1941	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	88	-	113

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	7	-1-	2	15	57.9%	1,244	904
Sturt	2nd	7	-0-	3	14	50.8%	925	895
Norwood	3rd	6	-0-	4	12	55.3%	1,110	898
Port Adelaide	4th	5	-1-	4	11	49.1%	996	1,033
Glenelg	5th	4	-0-	6	8	51.1%	989	946
West Torrens	6th	4	-0-	6	8	45.3%	824	996
North Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	6	8	42.9%	875	1,166
South Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	8	4	47.1%	1,013	1,138

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/07/1941	Glenelg v Port Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	109	-	123
SAT	05/07/1941	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	142	-	47
SAT	05/07/1941	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	111	-	99
SAT	05/07/1941	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	121	-	59

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	8	-0-	3	16	52.3%	1,046	954
West Adelaide	2nd	7	-1-	3	15	56.0%	1,303	1,025
Norwood	3rd	7	-0-	4	14	57.0%	1,252	945
Port Adelaide	4th	6	-1-	4	13	49.5%	1,119	1,142
Glenelg	5th	4	-0-	7	8	50.7%	1,098	1,069
West Torrens	6th	4	-0-	7	8	43.4%	871	1,138
North Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	7	8	43.3%	974	1,277
South Adelaide	8th	3	-0-	8	6	47.6%	1,124	1,237

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	19/07/1941	North Adelaide v Sturt	Prospect Oval	103	-	114
SAT	19/07/1941	Norwood v Glenelg	Norwood Oval	181	-	115
SAT	19/07/1941	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	119	-	125
SAT	19/07/1941	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	90	-	140

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	9	-0-	3	18	52.3%	1,160	1,057
Norwood	2nd	8	-0-	4	16	57.5%	1,433	1,060
West Adelaide	3rd	7	-1-	4	15	55.3%	1,422	1,150
Port Adelaide	4th	7	-1-	4	15	49.7%	1,244	1,261
Glenelg	5th	4	-0-	8	8	49.2%	1,213	1,250
South Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	8	8	48.8%	1,264	1,327
North Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	8	8	43.6%	1,077	1,391
West Torrens	8th	4	-0-	8	8	42.9%	961	1,278

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/07/1941	Glenelg v South Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	112	-	125
SAT	26/07/1941	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	136	-	94
SAT	26/07/1941	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	138	-	92
SAT	26/07/1941	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	87	-	80

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	10	-0-	3	20	52.3%	1,247	1,137
Norwood	2nd	9	-0-	4	18	57.6%	1,569	1,154
Port Adelaide	3rd	8	-1-	4	17	50.5%	1,382	1,353
West Adelaide	4th	7	-1-	5	15	54.1%	1,516	1,286
South Adelaide	5th	5	-0-	8	10	49.1%	1,389	1,439
Glenelg	6th	4	-0-	9	8	49.1%	1,325	1,375
North Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	9	8	43.3%	1,169	1,529
West Torrens	8th	4	-0-	9	8	43.3%	1,041	1,365

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	02/08/1941	Glenelg v Sturt	Glenelg Oval	68	-	141
SAT	02/08/1941	North Adelaide v Norwood	Prospect Oval	77	-	126
SAT	02/08/1941	West Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	124	-	105
SAT	02/08/1941	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	112	-	132

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	11	-0-	3	22	53.5%	1,388	1,205
Norwood	2nd	10	-0-	4	20	57.9%	1,695	1,231
Port Adelaide	3rd	9	-1-	4	19	50.8%	1,514	1,465
West Adelaide	4th	8	-1-	5	17	54.1%	1,640	1,391
South Adelaide	5th	5	-0-	9	10	48.9%	1,494	1,563
Glenelg	6th	4	-0-	10	8	47.9%	1,393	1,516
West Torrens	7th	4	-0-	10	8	43.5%	1,153	1,497
North Adelaide	8th	4	-0-	10	8	43.0%	1,246	1,655

Round 15

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/08/1941	Glenelg v North Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	115	-	99
SAT	16/08/1941	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	99	-	77
SAT	16/08/1941	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	95	-	113
SAT	16/08/1941	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	62	-	104

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	11	-0-	4	22	57.7%	1,808	1,326
Sturt	2nd	11	-0-	4	22	52.9%	1,465	1,304
Port Adelaide	3rd	10	-1-	4	21	51.1%	1,613	1,542
West Adelaide	4th	9	-1-	5	19	54.6%	1,744	1,453
South Adelaide	5th	5	-0-	10	10	48.7%	1,589	1,676
Glenelg	6th	5	-0-	10	10	48.3%	1,508	1,615
North Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	11	8	43.2%	1,345	1,770
West Torrens	8th	4	-0-	11	8	43.1%	1,215	1,601

Round 16

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	23/08/1941	Glenelg v Norwood	Glenelg Oval	100	-	124
SAT	23/08/1941	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Prospect Oval	109	-	74
SAT	23/08/1941	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	121	-	49
SAT	23/08/1941	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	101	-	90

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	12	-0-	4	24	57.5%	1,932	1,426
Sturt	2nd	12	-0-	4	24	54.0%	1,586	1,353
West Adelaide	3rd	10	-1-	5	21	54.5%	1,845	1,543
Port Adelaide	4th	10	-1-	5	21	50.9%	1,703	1,643
South Adelaide	5th	5	-0-	11	10	48.2%	1,663	1,785
Glenelg	6th	5	-0-	11	10	48.0%	1,608	1,739
North Adelaide	7th	5	-0-	11	10	44.1%	1,454	1,844
West Torrens	8th	4	-0-	12	8	42.3%	1,264	1,722

Round 17

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	06/09/1941	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	180	-	99
SAT	06/09/1941	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	122	-	79
SAT	06/09/1941	South Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	108	-	103
SAT	06/09/1941	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	63	-	99

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	13	-0-	4	26	58.1%	2,112	1,525
Sturt	2nd	12	-0-	5	24	53.2%	1,649	1,452
West Adelaide	3rd	11	-1-	5	23	54.8%	1,944	1,606
Port Adelaide	4th	11	-1-	5	23	51.5%	1,825	1,722
South Adelaide	5th	6	-0-	11	12	48.4%	1,771	1,888
Glenelg	6th	5	-0-	12	10	48.1%	1,711	1,847
North Adelaide	7th	5	-0-	12	10	43.4%	1,553	2,024
West Torrens	8th	4	-0-	13	8	42.1%	1,343	1,844

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	13/09/1941		West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	100	-	84	19,638
SAT	20/09/1941		Norwood v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	74	-	145	20,683

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	27/09/1941		Norwood v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	70	-	45	14,264

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	04/10/1941		Sturt v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	71	-	100	30,742

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