1945 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1945 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. West Torrens were the premiers, with Mal Drury as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1945 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 Ray Curnow
North Adelaide Prospect Oval Jack Smith
Norwood Norwood Oval Jack Oatey
Port Adelaide Alberton Oval Bob Quinn
South Adelaide Adelaide Oval Len Ashby
Sturt Unley Oval Ralph Green
West Adelaide Adelaide Oval Harry Lee
West Torrens Thebarton Oval Mal Drury

Season Results

Premiers: West Torrens
Runners-Up: Port 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 15 -0- 2 30 57.0% 1,769 1,333 251 263 189 199
Norwood 2nd 11 -0- 6 22 52.0% 1,397 1,291 191 251 176 235
West Torrens 3rd 10 -0- 7 20 49.3% 1,602 1,647 221 276 238 219
North Adelaide 4th 9 -0- 8 18 50.1% 1,597 1,590 230 217 225 240
Sturt 5th 8 -0- 9 16 55.2% 1,780 1,446 256 244 203 228
West Adelaide 6th 7 -0- 10 14 45.2% 1,368 1,658 188 240 231 272
Glenelg 7th 5 -0- 12 10 45.6% 1,495 1,784 214 211 256 248
South Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 14 6 45.9% 1,450 1,709 208 202 241 263

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/04/1945 Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 104 - 74
SAT 28/04/1945 Port Adelaide v West Torrens Alberton Oval 129 - 51
SAT 28/04/1945 Sturt v South Adelaide Unley Oval 136 - 85
SAT 28/04/1945 West Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 146 - 107

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 1 -0- 0 2 71.7% 129 51
Sturt 2nd 1 -0- 0 2 61.5% 136 85
Norwood 3rd 1 -0- 0 2 58.4% 104 74
West Adelaide 4th 1 -0- 0 2 57.7% 146 107
Glenelg 5th 0 -0- 1 0 42.3% 107 146
North Adelaide 6th 0 -0- 1 0 41.6% 74 104
South Adelaide 7th 0 -0- 1 0 38.5% 85 136
West Torrens 8th 0 -0- 1 0 28.3% 51 129

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/05/1945 Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Alberton Oval 119 - 58
SAT 05/05/1945 South Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 62 - 109
SAT 05/05/1945 Sturt v West Adelaide Unley Oval 105 - 111
SAT 05/05/1945 West Torrens v Norwood Thebarton Oval 101 - 66

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 2 -0- 0 4 69.5% 248 109
West Adelaide 2nd 2 -0- 0 4 54.8% 257 212
Sturt 3rd 1 -0- 1 2 55.1% 241 196
Glenelg 4th 1 -0- 1 2 50.9% 216 208
Norwood 5th 1 -0- 1 2 49.3% 170 175
West Torrens 6th 1 -0- 1 2 43.8% 152 195
South Adelaide 7th 0 -0- 2 0 37.5% 147 245
North Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 2 0 37.2% 132 223

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/05/1945 Glenelg v West Torrens Glenelg Oval 64 - 69
SAT 12/05/1945 North Adelaide v Sturt Prospect Oval 36 - 102
SAT 12/05/1945 Norwood v Port Adelaide Kensington Oval 47 - 72
SAT 12/05/1945 West Adelaide v South Adelaide Adelaide Oval 79 - 70

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 3 -0- 0 6 67.2% 320 156
West Adelaide 2nd 3 -0- 0 6 54.4% 336 282
Sturt 3rd 2 -0- 1 4 59.7% 343 232
West Torrens 4th 2 -0- 1 4 46.0% 221 259
Glenelg 5th 1 -0- 2 2 50.3% 280 277
Norwood 6th 1 -0- 2 2 46.8% 217 247
South Adelaide 7th 0 -0- 3 0 40.1% 217 324
North Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 3 0 34.1% 168 325

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/05/1945 Glenelg v North Adelaide Glenelg Oval 91 - 108
SAT 19/05/1945 Port Adelaide v Sturt Alberton Oval 117 - 86
SAT 19/05/1945 West Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 57 - 64
SAT 19/05/1945 West Torrens v South Adelaide Thebarton Oval 75 - 71

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 4 -0- 0 8 64.4% 437 242
West Adelaide 2nd 3 -0- 1 6 53.2% 393 346
West Torrens 3rd 3 -0- 1 6 47.3% 296 330
Sturt 4th 2 -0- 2 4 55.1% 429 349
Norwood 5th 2 -0- 2 4 48.0% 281 304
Glenelg 6th 1 -0- 3 2 49.1% 371 385
North Adelaide 7th 1 -0- 3 2 39.9% 276 416
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 4 0 41.9% 288 399

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/05/1945 North Adelaide v West Adelaide Prospect Oval 126 - 46
SAT 26/05/1945 Norwood v Glenelg Norwood Oval 76 - 85
SAT 26/05/1945 South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 76 - 116
SAT 26/05/1945 Sturt v West Torrens Unley Oval 151 - 68

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 5 -0- 0 10 63.5% 553 318
Sturt 2nd 3 -0- 2 6 58.2% 580 417
West Adelaide 3rd 3 -0- 2 6 48.2% 439 472
West Torrens 4th 3 -0- 2 6 43.1% 364 481
Glenelg 5th 2 -0- 3 4 49.7% 456 461
Norwood 6th 2 -0- 3 4 47.9% 357 389
North Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 3 4 46.5% 402 462
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 5 0 41.4% 364 515

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/06/1945 Glenelg v Port Adelaide Glenelg Oval 78 - 98
SAT 02/06/1945 Norwood v Sturt Kensington Oval 97 - 94
SAT 02/06/1945 South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 93 - 156
SAT 02/06/1945 West Torrens v West Adelaide Thebarton Oval 74 - 84

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 6 -0- 0 12 62.2% 651 396
West Adelaide 2nd 4 -0- 2 8 48.9% 523 546
Sturt 3rd 3 -0- 3 6 56.7% 674 514
North Adelaide 4th 3 -0- 3 6 50.1% 558 555
Norwood 5th 3 -0- 3 6 48.5% 454 483
West Torrens 6th 3 -0- 3 6 43.7% 438 565
Glenelg 7th 2 -0- 4 4 48.9% 534 559
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 6 0 40.5% 457 671

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/06/1945 Glenelg v West Adelaide Glenelg Oval 106 - 102
SAT 09/06/1945 North Adelaide v Norwood Prospect Oval 64 - 71
SAT 09/06/1945 South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 120 - 58
SAT 09/06/1945 West Torrens v Port Adelaide Thebarton Oval 97 - 100

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 7 -0- 0 14 60.4% 751 493
Norwood 2nd 4 -0- 3 8 49.0% 525 547
West Adelaide 3rd 4 -0- 3 8 48.9% 625 652
Sturt 4th 3 -0- 4 6 53.6% 732 634
North Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 4 6 49.8% 622 626
Glenelg 6th 3 -0- 4 6 49.2% 640 661
West Torrens 7th 3 -0- 4 6 44.6% 535 665
South Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 6 2 44.2% 577 729

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/06/1945 Glenelg v Sturt Glenelg Oval 67 - 121
SAT 16/06/1945 West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 55 - 141
MON 18/06/1945 North Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 142 - 102
MON 18/06/1945 Norwood v South Adelaide Norwood Oval 50 - 86

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 8 -0- 0 16 61.9% 892 548
Sturt 2nd 4 -0- 4 8 54.9% 853 701
North Adelaide 3rd 4 -0- 4 8 51.2% 764 728
Norwood 4th 4 -0- 4 8 47.6% 575 633
West Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 4 8 46.2% 680 793
Glenelg 6th 3 -0- 5 6 47.5% 707 782
West Torrens 7th 3 -0- 5 6 44.1% 637 807
South Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 6 4 46.0% 663 779

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/06/1945 Port Adelaide v Norwood Alberton Oval 72 - 62
SAT 23/06/1945 Sturt v North Adelaide Unley Oval 127 - 54
SAT 23/06/1945 West Adelaide v South Adelaide Adelaide Oval 74 - 63
SAT 23/06/1945 West Torrens v Glenelg Thebarton Oval 127 - 90

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 9 -0- 0 18 61.2% 964 610
Sturt 2nd 5 -0- 4 10 56.5% 980 755
West Adelaide 3rd 5 -0- 4 10 46.8% 754 856
North Adelaide 4th 4 -0- 5 8 48.9% 818 855
Norwood 5th 4 -0- 5 8 47.5% 637 705
West Torrens 6th 4 -0- 5 8 46.0% 764 897
Glenelg 7th 3 -0- 6 6 46.7% 797 909
South Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 7 4 46.0% 726 853

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/06/1945 Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 116 - 104
SAT 30/06/1945 North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Prospect Oval 73 - 123
SAT 30/06/1945 Norwood v West Torrens Norwood Oval 142 - 106
SAT 30/06/1945 West Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 104 - 85

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 10 -0- 0 20 61.4% 1,087 683
West Adelaide 2nd 6 -0- 4 12 47.7% 858 941
Sturt 3rd 5 -0- 5 10 55.4% 1,065 859
Norwood 4th 5 -0- 5 10 49.0% 779 811
North Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 6 8 47.7% 891 978
Glenelg 6th 4 -0- 6 8 47.4% 913 1,013
West Torrens 7th 4 -0- 6 8 45.6% 870 1,039
South Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 8 4 46.1% 830 969

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/07/1945 Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Alberton Oval 104 - 75
SAT 14/07/1945 South Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 60 - 99
SAT 14/07/1945 Sturt v Glenelg Unley Oval 120 - 86
SAT 14/07/1945 West Torrens v North Adelaide Thebarton Oval 126 - 68

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 11 -0- 0 22 61.1% 1,191 758
Sturt 2nd 6 -0- 5 12 55.6% 1,185 945
Norwood 3rd 6 -0- 5 12 50.2% 878 871
West Adelaide 4th 6 -0- 5 12 47.2% 933 1,045
West Torrens 5th 5 -0- 6 10 47.4% 996 1,107
Glenelg 6th 4 -0- 7 8 46.9% 999 1,133
North Adelaide 7th 4 -0- 7 8 46.5% 959 1,104
South Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 9 4 45.5% 890 1,068

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/07/1945 Glenelg v Norwood Glenelg Oval 43 - 58
SAT 21/07/1945 Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Alberton Oval 110 - 88
SAT 21/07/1945 West Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 74 - 80
SAT 21/07/1945 West Torrens v Sturt Thebarton Oval 103 - 84

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 12 -0- 0 24 60.6% 1,301 846
Norwood 2nd 7 -0- 5 14 50.6% 936 914
Sturt 3rd 6 -0- 6 12 54.8% 1,269 1,048
West Torrens 4th 6 -0- 6 12 48.0% 1,099 1,191
West Adelaide 5th 6 -0- 6 12 47.2% 1,007 1,125
North Adelaide 6th 5 -0- 7 10 46.9% 1,039 1,178
Glenelg 7th 4 -0- 8 8 46.7% 1,042 1,191
South Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 10 4 45.4% 978 1,178

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/08/1945 North Adelaide v Glenelg Prospect Oval 92 - 66
SAT 04/08/1945 Norwood v West Adelaide Norwood Oval 75 - 51
SAT 04/08/1945 South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 121 - 67
SAT 04/08/1945 Sturt v Port Adelaide Unley Oval 134 - 67

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 12 -0- 1 24 58.3% 1,368 980
Norwood 2nd 8 -0- 5 16 51.2% 1,011 965
Sturt 3rd 7 -0- 6 14 55.7% 1,403 1,115
North Adelaide 4th 6 -0- 7 12 47.6% 1,131 1,244
West Torrens 5th 6 -0- 7 12 47.1% 1,166 1,312
West Adelaide 6th 6 -0- 7 12 46.9% 1,058 1,200
Glenelg 7th 4 -0- 9 8 46.3% 1,108 1,283
South Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 10 6 46.9% 1,099 1,245

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/08/1945 North Adelaide v South Adelaide Prospect Oval 114 - 69
SAT 11/08/1945 Port Adelaide v Glenelg Alberton Oval 125 - 97
SAT 11/08/1945 Sturt v Norwood Unley Oval 67 - 68
SAT 11/08/1945 West Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 83 - 105

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 13 -0- 1 26 58.1% 1,493 1,077
Norwood 2nd 9 -0- 5 18 51.1% 1,079 1,032
Sturt 3rd 7 -0- 7 14 55.4% 1,470 1,183
North Adelaide 4th 7 -0- 7 14 48.7% 1,245 1,313
West Torrens 5th 7 -0- 7 14 47.7% 1,271 1,395
West Adelaide 6th 6 -0- 8 12 46.6% 1,141 1,305
Glenelg 7th 4 -0- 10 8 46.1% 1,205 1,408
South Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 11 6 46.2% 1,168 1,359

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/08/1945 Norwood v Port Adelaide Norwood Oval 84 - 96
SAT 18/08/1945 South Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 106 - 111
SAT 18/08/1945 Sturt v West Adelaide Unley Oval 146 - 56
MON 20/08/1945 North Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 81 - 93

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 14 -0- 1 28 57.8% 1,589 1,161
Norwood 2nd 9 -0- 6 18 50.8% 1,163 1,128
Sturt 3rd 8 -0- 7 16 56.6% 1,616 1,239
West Torrens 4th 8 -0- 7 16 48.0% 1,364 1,476
North Adelaide 5th 7 -0- 8 14 48.5% 1,326 1,406
West Adelaide 6th 6 -0- 9 12 45.2% 1,197 1,451
Glenelg 7th 5 -0- 10 10 46.5% 1,316 1,514
South Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 12 6 46.4% 1,274 1,470

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/08/1945 Glenelg v North Adelaide Glenelg Oval 89 - 123
SAT 25/08/1945 Port Adelaide v Sturt Alberton Oval 101 - 74
SAT 25/08/1945 South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 81 - 91
SAT 25/08/1945 West Adelaide v Norwood Kensington Oval 73 - 128

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 15 -0- 1 30 57.8% 1,690 1,235
Norwood 2nd 10 -0- 6 20 51.8% 1,291 1,201
West Torrens 3rd 9 -0- 7 18 48.3% 1,455 1,557
Sturt 4th 8 -0- 8 16 55.8% 1,690 1,340
North Adelaide 5th 8 -0- 8 16 49.2% 1,449 1,495
West Adelaide 6th 6 -0- 10 12 44.6% 1,270 1,579
Glenelg 7th 5 -0- 11 10 46.2% 1,405 1,637
South Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 13 6 46.5% 1,355 1,561

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/09/1945 North Adelaide v South Adelaide Prospect Oval 148 - 95
SAT 01/09/1945 Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 106 - 90
SAT 01/09/1945 West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 98 - 79
SAT 01/09/1945 West Torrens v Glenelg Thebarton Oval 147 - 90

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 15 -0- 2 30 57.0% 1,769 1,333
Norwood 2nd 11 -0- 6 22 52.0% 1,397 1,291
West Torrens 3rd 10 -0- 7 20 49.3% 1,602 1,647
North Adelaide 4th 9 -0- 8 18 50.1% 1,597 1,590
Sturt 5th 8 -0- 9 16 55.2% 1,780 1,446
West Adelaide 6th 7 -0- 10 14 45.2% 1,368 1,658
Glenelg 7th 5 -0- 12 10 45.6% 1,495 1,784
South Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 14 6 45.9% 1,450 1,709

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/09/1945 West Torrens v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 106 - 100 21,167
SAT 15/09/1945 Port Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 110 - 86 36,383

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/09/1945 Norwood v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 93 - 97 29,359

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/09/1945 Port Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 102 - 115