1943 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1943 season of the South Australian National Football League.

It featured twelve rounds in a quadruple round-robin format. Port-Torrens were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Norwood-North were the premiers, with Alby Sawley as the premiership captain and Jack Smith as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1943 SANFL Season
Teams: 4
Rounds: 12
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 28

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)	Coach (Caretaker)
Norwood-North	Norwood Oval	Jack Smith
Port-Torrens	Alberton Oval	Sampson Hosking
Sturt-South	Unley Oval	Laurie Rusby	Len Ashby
West-Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	Ray Curnow

Season Results

Premiers: Norwood-North
Runners-Up: Port-Torrens
Minor Premiers: Port-Torrens

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Port-Torrens	1st	10	-0-	2	20	56.8%	1,215	925	175	165	133	127
West-Glenelg	2nd	5	-0-	7	10	50.0%	1,107	1,107	157	165	154	183
Norwood-North	3rd	5	-0-	7	10	47.5%	1,004	1,109	142	152	156	173
Sturt-South	4th	4	-0-	8	8	45.8%	1,012	1,197	143	154	174	153

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
Norwood-North	1st	Premiers
Port-Torrens	2nd	Runners-Up
West-Glenelg	3rd	Defeated by Norwood-North (Preliminary Final)
Sturt-South	4th	Defeated by Norwood-North (Semi Final)

Ladder Chart

This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic. You can click on the teams in the legend to add/remove their respective results.

Season Fixture

Regular Season

Round 1

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	15/05/1943		Port-Torrens v Sturt-South	Alberton Oval	115	-	105
SAT	15/05/1943		West-Glenelg v Norwood-North	Adelaide Oval	141	-	77

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West-Glenelg	1st	1	-0-	0	2	64.7%	141	77
Port-Torrens	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	52.3%	115	105
Sturt-South	3rd	0	-0-	1	0	47.7%	105	115
Norwood-North	4th	0	-0-	1	0	35.3%	77	141

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	22/05/1943		Port-Torrens v Norwood-North	Norwood Oval	115	-	84
SAT	22/05/1943		West-Glenelg v Sturt-South	Adelaide Oval	117	-	118

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port-Torrens	1st	2	-0-	0	4	54.9%	230	189
West-Glenelg	2nd	1	-0-	1	2	57.0%	258	195
Sturt-South	3rd	1	-0-	1	2	49.0%	223	232
Norwood-North	4th	0	-0-	2	0	38.6%	161	256

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	29/05/1943		Port-Torrens v West-Glenelg	Alberton Oval	111	-	81
SAT	29/05/1943		Sturt-South v Norwood-North	Adelaide Oval	97	-	89

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port-Torrens	1st	3	-0-	0	6	55.8%	341	270
Sturt-South	2nd	2	-0-	1	4	49.9%	320	321
West-Glenelg	3rd	1	-0-	2	2	52.6%	339	306
Norwood-North	4th	0	-0-	3	0	41.5%	250	353

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	05/06/1943		Port-Torrens v Sturt-South	Adelaide Oval	102	-	88
SAT	12/06/1943		Norwood-North v West-Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	90	-	98

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port-Torrens	1st	4	-0-	0	8	55.3%	443	358
West-Glenelg	2nd	2	-0-	2	4	52.5%	437	396
Sturt-South	3rd	2	-0-	2	4	49.1%	408	423
Norwood-North	4th	0	-0-	4	0	43.0%	340	451

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	19/06/1943		Norwood-North v Port-Torrens	Adelaide Oval	79	-	77
SAT	19/06/1943		Sturt-South v West-Glenelg	Unley Oval	71	-	55

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port-Torrens	1st	4	-0-	1	8	54.3%	520	437
Sturt-South	2nd	3	-0-	2	6	50.1%	479	478
West-Glenelg	3rd	2	-0-	3	4	51.3%	492	467
Norwood-North	4th	1	-0-	4	2	44.2%	419	528

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	26/06/1943		Norwood-North v Sturt-South	Norwood Oval	95	-	78
SAT	26/06/1943		Port-Torrens v West-Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	111	-	42

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port-Torrens	1st	5	-0-	1	10	56.8%	631	479
Sturt-South	2nd	3	-0-	3	6	49.3%	557	573
West-Glenelg	3rd	2	-0-	4	4	48.0%	534	578
Norwood-North	4th	2	-0-	4	4	45.9%	514	606

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	17/07/1943		Sturt-South v Port-Torrens	Unley Oval	93	-	106
SAT	17/07/1943		West-Glenelg v Norwood-North	Adelaide Oval	125	-	107

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port-Torrens	1st	6	-0-	1	12	56.3%	737	572
West-Glenelg	2nd	3	-0-	4	6	49.0%	659	685
Sturt-South	3rd	3	-0-	4	6	48.9%	650	679
Norwood-North	4th	2	-0-	5	4	45.9%	621	731

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	24/07/1943		Port-Torrens v Norwood-North	Adelaide Oval	69	-	93
SAT	24/07/1943		Sturt-South v West-Glenelg	Unley Oval	55	-	120

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port-Torrens	1st	6	-0-	2	12	54.8%	806	665
West-Glenelg	2nd	4	-0-	4	8	51.3%	779	740
Norwood-North	3rd	3	-0-	5	6	47.2%	714	800
Sturt-South	4th	3	-0-	5	6	46.9%	705	799

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	31/07/1943		Port-Torrens v West-Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	97	-	69
SAT	31/07/1943		Sturt-South v Norwood-North	Unley Oval	88	-	68

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port-Torrens	1st	7	-0-	2	14	55.2%	903	734
West-Glenelg	2nd	4	-0-	5	8	50.3%	848	837
Sturt-South	3rd	4	-0-	5	8	47.8%	793	867
Norwood-North	4th	3	-0-	6	6	46.8%	782	888

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	07/08/1943		Norwood-North v West-Glenelg	Norwood Oval	53	-	51
SAT	07/08/1943		Port-Torrens v Sturt-South	Adelaide Oval	105	-	39

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port-Torrens	1st	8	-0-	2	16	56.6%	1,008	773
West-Glenelg	2nd	4	-0-	6	8	50.3%	899	890
Norwood-North	3rd	4	-0-	6	8	47.1%	835	939
Sturt-South	4th	4	-0-	6	8	46.1%	832	972

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	14/08/1943		Port-Torrens v Norwood-North	Alberton Oval	86	-	62
SAT	14/08/1943		West-Glenelg v Sturt-South	Adelaide Oval	118	-	96

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port-Torrens	1st	9	-0-	2	18	56.7%	1,094	835
West-Glenelg	2nd	5	-0-	6	10	50.8%	1,017	986
Norwood-North	3rd	4	-0-	7	8	46.7%	897	1,025
Sturt-South	4th	4	-0-	7	8	46.0%	928	1,090

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	21/08/1943		Norwood-North v Sturt-South	Norwood Oval	107	-	84
SAT	21/08/1943		Port-Torrens v West-Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	121	-	90

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port-Torrens	1st	10	-0-	2	20	56.8%	1,215	925
West-Glenelg	2nd	5	-0-	7	10	50.0%	1,107	1,107
Norwood-North	3rd	5	-0-	7	10	47.5%	1,004	1,109
Sturt-South	4th	4	-0-	8	8	45.8%	1,012	1,197

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Port-Torrens	1st	10	-0-	2	20	56.8%	1,215	925	175	165	133	127
West-Glenelg	2nd	5	-0-	7	10	50.0%	1,107	1,107	157	165	154	183
Norwood-North	3rd	5	-0-	7	10	47.5%	1,004	1,109	142	152	156	173
Sturt-South	4th	4	-0-	8	8	45.8%	1,012	1,197	143	154	174	153

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	11/09/1943		Norwood-North v Sturt-South	Adelaide Oval	146	-	76
SAT	18/09/1943		Port-Torrens v West-Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	99	-	73

Final Round 1 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Port-Torrens	1st
West-Glenelg	2nd
Norwood-North	3rd
Sturt-South	4th

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	25/09/1943		West-Glenelg v Norwood-North	Adelaide Oval	83	-	125

Final Round 2 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Port-Torrens	1st
Norwood-North	2nd
West-Glenelg	3rd
Sturt-South	4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	02/10/1943		Port-Torrens v Norwood-North	Adelaide Oval	61	-	82

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Norwood-North	1st
Port-Torrens	2nd
West-Glenelg	3rd
Sturt-South	4th

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