1944 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1944 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 Owen Martin as the premiership captain and Jack Smith as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1944 SANFL Season
Teams: 4
Rounds: 12
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 28

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Norwood-North	Norwood Oval	Jack Smith
Port-Torrens	Alberton Oval	Mal Drury
Sturt-South	Unley Oval
West-Glenelg	Glenelg Oval	Harry Lee

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	56.5%	1,502	1,158	215	212	166	162
Sturt-South	2nd	7	-0-	5	14	52.0%	1,313	1,212	188	185	173	174
West-Glenelg	3rd	4	-0-	8	8	45.2%	1,050	1,273	147	168	184	169
Norwood-North	4th	3	-0-	9	6	45.5%	1,126	1,348	163	148	190	208

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
Norwood-North	1st	Premiers
Port-Torrens	2nd	Runners-Up
Sturt-South	3rd	Defeated by Norwood-North (Preliminary Final)
West-Glenelg	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	20/05/1944	2:50 PM	Norwood-North v Port-Torrens	Adelaide Oval	124	-	136
SAT	20/05/1944	2:50 PM	Sturt-South v West-Glenelg	Unley Oval	158	-	107

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt-South	1st	1	-0-	0	2	59.6%	158	107
Port-Torrens	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	52.3%	136	124
Norwood-North	3rd	0	-0-	1	0	47.7%	124	136
West-Glenelg	4th	0	-0-	1	0	40.4%	107	158

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	27/05/1944	2:50 PM	Norwood-North v West-Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	83	-	101
SAT	27/05/1944	2:50 PM	Port-Torrens v Sturt-South	Alberton Oval	100	-	125

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt-South	1st	2	-0-	0	4	57.8%	283	207
Port-Torrens	2nd	1	-0-	1	2	48.7%	236	249
West-Glenelg	3rd	1	-0-	1	2	46.3%	208	241
Norwood-North	4th	0	-0-	2	0	46.6%	207	237

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	03/06/1944	2:50 PM	Port-Torrens v West-Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	135	-	82
MON	12/06/1944	2:40 PM	Norwood-North v Sturt-South	Adelaide Oval	123	-	153

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt-South	1st	3	-0-	0	6	56.9%	436	330
Port-Torrens	2nd	2	-0-	1	4	52.8%	371	331
West-Glenelg	3rd	1	-0-	2	2	43.5%	290	376
Norwood-North	4th	0	-0-	3	0	45.8%	330	390

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	17/06/1944		Port-Torrens v Norwood-North	Norwood Oval	117	-	98
SAT	17/06/1944		Sturt-South v West-Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	69	-	73

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt-South	1st	3	-0-	1	6	55.6%	505	403
Port-Torrens	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	53.2%	488	429
West-Glenelg	3rd	2	-0-	2	4	44.9%	363	445
Norwood-North	4th	0	-0-	4	0	45.8%	428	507

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	24/06/1944		Port-Torrens v Sturt-South	Adelaide Oval	84	-	90
SAT	24/06/1944		West-Glenelg v Norwood-North	Glenelg Oval	106	-	61

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt-South	1st	4	-0-	1	8	55.0%	595	487
Port-Torrens	2nd	3	-0-	2	6	52.4%	572	519
West-Glenelg	3rd	3	-0-	2	6	48.1%	469	506
Norwood-North	4th	0	-0-	5	0	44.4%	489	613

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	01/07/1944		Port-Torrens v West-Glenelg	Alberton Oval	125	-	91
SAT	01/07/1944		Sturt-South v Norwood-North	Adelaide Oval	114	-	92

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt-South	1st	5	-0-	1	10	55.0%	709	579
Port-Torrens	2nd	4	-0-	2	8	53.3%	697	610
West-Glenelg	3rd	3	-0-	3	6	47.0%	560	631
Norwood-North	4th	0	-0-	6	0	44.4%	581	727

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	08/07/1944		Port-Torrens v Norwood-North	Adelaide Oval	174	-	115
SAT	15/07/1944		West-Glenelg v Sturt-South	Adelaide Oval	131	-	69

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port-Torrens	1st	5	-0-	2	10	54.6%	871	725
Sturt-South	2nd	5	-0-	2	10	52.3%	778	710
West-Glenelg	3rd	4	-0-	3	8	49.7%	691	700
Norwood-North	4th	0	-0-	7	0	43.6%	696	901

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	22/07/1944		Sturt-South v Port-Torrens	Unley Oval	110	-	119
SAT	22/07/1944		West-Glenelg v Norwood-North	Adelaide Oval	49	-	90

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port-Torrens	1st	6	-0-	2	12	54.2%	990	835
Sturt-South	2nd	5	-0-	3	10	51.7%	888	829
West-Glenelg	3rd	4	-0-	4	8	48.4%	740	790
Norwood-North	4th	1	-0-	7	2	45.3%	786	950

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	05/08/1944		Sturt-South v Norwood-North	Unley Oval	91	-	92
SAT	05/08/1944		West-Glenelg v Port-Torrens	Adelaide Oval	61	-	128

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port-Torrens	1st	7	-0-	2	14	55.5%	1,118	896
Sturt-South	2nd	5	-0-	4	10	51.5%	979	921
West-Glenelg	3rd	4	-0-	5	8	46.6%	801	918
Norwood-North	4th	2	-0-	7	4	45.8%	878	1,041

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	12/08/1944		Norwood-North v Port-Torrens	Alberton Oval	75	-	146
SAT	12/08/1944		Sturt-South v West-Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	133	-	102

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port-Torrens	1st	8	-0-	2	16	56.6%	1,264	971
Sturt-South	2nd	6	-0-	4	12	52.1%	1,112	1,023
West-Glenelg	3rd	4	-0-	6	8	46.2%	903	1,051
Norwood-North	4th	2	-0-	8	4	44.5%	953	1,187

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	19/08/1944		Norwood-North v West-Glenelg	Norwood Oval	78	-	52
SAT	19/08/1944		Port-Torrens v Sturt-South	Adelaide Oval	94	-	92

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port-Torrens	1st	9	-0-	2	18	56.1%	1,358	1,063
Sturt-South	2nd	6	-0-	5	12	51.9%	1,204	1,117
West-Glenelg	3rd	4	-0-	7	8	45.8%	955	1,129
Norwood-North	4th	3	-0-	8	6	45.4%	1,031	1,239

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	02/09/1944		Norwood-North v Sturt-South	Adelaide Oval	95	-	109
SAT	02/09/1944		West-Glenelg v Port-Torrens	Glenelg Oval	95	-	144

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port-Torrens	1st	10	-0-	2	20	56.5%	1,502	1,158
Sturt-South	2nd	7	-0-	5	14	52.0%	1,313	1,212
West-Glenelg	3rd	4	-0-	8	8	45.2%	1,050	1,273
Norwood-North	4th	3	-0-	9	6	45.5%	1,126	1,348

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	56.5%	1,502	1,158	215	212	166	162
Sturt-South	2nd	7	-0-	5	14	52.0%	1,313	1,212	188	185	173	174
West-Glenelg	3rd	4	-0-	8	8	45.2%	1,050	1,273	147	168	184	169
Norwood-North	4th	3	-0-	9	6	45.5%	1,126	1,348	163	148	190	208

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	09/09/1944		West-Glenelg v Norwood-North	Adelaide Oval	58	-	145
SAT	16/09/1944		Port-Torrens v Sturt-South	Adelaide Oval	113	-	73

Final Round 1 Ladder

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

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	23/09/1944		Sturt-South v Norwood-North	Adelaide Oval	77	-	93

Final Round 2 Ladder

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

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	30/09/1944		Port-Torrens v Norwood-North	Adelaide Oval	55	-	61

Final Round 3 Ladder

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

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