1946 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1946 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 Jack Oatey as the premiership captain-coach.

Season Details

Name: 1946 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 Norm Betson Ray Curnow
North Adelaide Prospect Oval Jack Smith
Norwood Norwood Oval Jack Oatey
Port Adelaide Alberton Oval Bob Quinn
South Adelaide Adelaide Oval
Sturt Unley Oval Bo Morton
West Adelaide Adelaide Oval Gordon Scott
West Torrens Thebarton Oval Mal Drury

Season Results

Premiers: Norwood
Runners-Up: Port Adelaide
Minor Premiers: Norwood

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Norwood 1st 14 -0- 3 28 58.0% 1,855 1,345 267 253 193 187
Port Adelaide 2nd 12 -0- 5 24 54.8% 1,660 1,370 237 238 190 230
West Adelaide 3rd 11 -0- 6 22 54.6% 1,739 1,446 243 281 205 216
Sturt 4th 10 -0- 7 20 53.0% 1,569 1,391 222 237 197 209
West Torrens 5th 9 -0- 8 18 51.7% 1,537 1,435 207 295 204 211
North Adelaide 6th 6 -0- 11 12 45.2% 1,362 1,654 192 210 233 256
South Adelaide 7th 5 -0- 12 10 41.9% 1,359 1,888 196 183 265 298
Glenelg 8th 1 -0- 16 2 40.9% 1,244 1,796 176 188 253 278

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/04/1946 Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 120 - 77
SAT 27/04/1946 South Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 98 - 84
SAT 27/04/1946 Sturt v West Adelaide Unley Oval 97 - 107
SAT 27/04/1946 West Torrens v Port Adelaide Thebarton Oval 66 - 83

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 1 -0- 0 2 60.9% 120 77
Port Adelaide 2nd 1 -0- 0 2 55.7% 83 66
South Adelaide 3rd 1 -0- 0 2 53.8% 98 84
West Adelaide 4th 1 -0- 0 2 52.5% 107 97
Sturt 5th 0 -0- 1 0 47.5% 97 107
Glenelg 6th 0 -0- 1 0 46.2% 84 98
West Torrens 7th 0 -0- 1 0 44.3% 66 83
North Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 1 0 39.1% 77 120

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/05/1946 Glenelg v Sturt Glenelg Oval 78 - 89
SAT 04/05/1946 North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Prospect Oval 100 - 109
SAT 04/05/1946 Norwood v West Torrens Kensington Oval 117 - 107
SAT 04/05/1946 South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 84 - 81

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 2 -0- 0 4 56.3% 237 184
Port Adelaide 2nd 2 -0- 0 4 53.6% 192 166
South Adelaide 3rd 2 -0- 0 4 52.4% 182 165
West Adelaide 4th 1 -0- 1 2 50.9% 188 181
Sturt 5th 1 -0- 1 2 50.1% 186 185
West Torrens 6th 0 -0- 2 0 46.4% 173 200
Glenelg 7th 0 -0- 2 0 46.4% 162 187
North Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 2 0 43.6% 177 229

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/05/1946 Glenelg v West Adelaide Glenelg Oval 66 - 136
SAT 11/05/1946 North Adelaide v West Torrens Prospect Oval 78 - 108
SAT 11/05/1946 Port Adelaide v Norwood Alberton Oval 74 - 72
SAT 11/05/1946 South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 85 - 95

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 3 -0- 0 6 52.8% 266 238
West Adelaide 2nd 2 -0- 1 4 56.7% 324 247
Norwood 3rd 2 -0- 1 4 54.5% 309 258
Sturt 4th 2 -0- 1 4 51.0% 281 270
South Adelaide 5th 2 -0- 1 4 50.7% 267 260
West Torrens 6th 1 -0- 2 2 50.3% 281 278
North Adelaide 7th 0 -0- 3 0 43.1% 255 337
Glenelg 8th 0 -0- 3 0 41.4% 228 323

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/05/1946 Glenelg v North Adelaide Glenelg Oval 50 - 88
SAT 18/05/1946 Norwood v South Adelaide Norwood Oval 176 - 63
SAT 18/05/1946 West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 92 - 87
SAT 18/05/1946 West Torrens v Sturt Thebarton Oval 89 - 73

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 3 -0- 1 6 60.2% 485 321
West Adelaide 2nd 3 -0- 1 6 55.5% 416 334
Port Adelaide 3rd 3 -0- 1 6 51.7% 353 330
West Torrens 4th 2 -0- 2 4 51.3% 370 351
Sturt 5th 2 -0- 2 4 49.6% 354 359
South Adelaide 6th 2 -0- 2 4 43.1% 330 436
North Adelaide 7th 1 -0- 3 2 47.0% 343 387
Glenelg 8th 0 -0- 4 0 40.3% 278 411

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/05/1946 Norwood v Glenelg Kensington Oval 101 - 68
SAT 25/05/1946 Port Adelaide v Sturt Alberton Oval 121 - 84
SAT 25/05/1946 South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 106 - 108
SAT 25/05/1946 West Torrens v West Adelaide Thebarton Oval 66 - 97

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 4 -0- 1 8 60.1% 586 389
West Adelaide 2nd 4 -0- 1 8 56.2% 513 400
Port Adelaide 3rd 4 -0- 1 8 53.4% 474 414
West Torrens 4th 2 -0- 3 4 49.3% 436 448
North Adelaide 5th 2 -0- 3 4 47.8% 451 493
Sturt 6th 2 -0- 3 4 47.7% 438 480
South Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 3 4 44.5% 436 544
Glenelg 8th 0 -0- 5 0 40.3% 346 512

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/06/1946 Glenelg v West Torrens Glenelg Oval 73 - 92
SAT 01/06/1946 South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 85 - 90
SAT 01/06/1946 Sturt v Norwood Unley Oval 73 - 103
SAT 01/06/1946 West Adelaide v North Adelaide Kensington Oval 129 - 104

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 5 -0- 1 10 59.9% 689 462
West Adelaide 2nd 5 -0- 1 10 56.0% 642 504
Port Adelaide 3rd 5 -0- 1 10 53.1% 564 499
West Torrens 4th 3 -0- 3 6 50.3% 528 521
North Adelaide 5th 2 -0- 4 4 47.2% 555 622
Sturt 6th 2 -0- 4 4 46.7% 511 583
South Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 4 4 45.1% 521 634
Glenelg 8th 0 -0- 6 0 41.0% 419 604

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/06/1946 Port Adelaide v Glenelg Alberton Oval 54 - 33
SAT 08/06/1946 Sturt v North Adelaide Unley Oval 92 - 45
SAT 08/06/1946 West Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 65 - 81
SAT 08/06/1946 West Torrens v South Adelaide Thebarton Oval 126 - 67

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 6 -0- 1 12 59.4% 770 527
Port Adelaide 2nd 6 -0- 1 12 53.7% 618 532
West Adelaide 3rd 5 -0- 2 10 54.7% 707 585
West Torrens 4th 4 -0- 3 8 52.7% 654 588
Sturt 5th 3 -0- 4 6 49.0% 603 628
North Adelaide 6th 2 -0- 5 4 45.7% 600 714
South Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 5 4 43.6% 588 760
Glenelg 8th 0 -0- 7 0 40.7% 452 658

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/06/1946 Norwood v West Torrens Norwood Oval 104 - 89
SAT 15/06/1946 Sturt v Glenelg Unley Oval 130 - 83
SAT 15/06/1946 West Adelaide v South Adelaide Adelaide Oval 108 - 92
MON 17/06/1946 North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 88 - 66

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 7 -0- 1 14 58.7% 874 616
West Adelaide 2nd 6 -0- 2 12 54.6% 815 677
Port Adelaide 3rd 6 -0- 2 12 52.5% 684 620
West Torrens 4th 4 -0- 4 8 51.8% 743 692
Sturt 5th 4 -0- 4 8 50.8% 733 711
North Adelaide 6th 3 -0- 5 6 46.9% 688 780
South Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 6 4 43.9% 680 868
Glenelg 8th 0 -0- 8 0 40.4% 535 788

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/06/1946 Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 81 - 85
SAT 22/06/1946 North Adelaide v Norwood Prospect Oval 73 - 78
SAT 22/06/1946 Port Adelaide v West Torrens Alberton Oval 100 - 82
SAT 22/06/1946 West Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 77 - 102

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 8 -0- 1 16 58.0% 952 689
Port Adelaide 2nd 7 -0- 2 14 52.8% 784 702
West Adelaide 3rd 6 -0- 3 12 53.4% 892 779
Sturt 4th 5 -0- 4 10 51.4% 835 788
West Torrens 5th 4 -0- 5 8 51.0% 825 792
North Adelaide 6th 3 -0- 6 6 47.0% 761 858
South Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 6 6 44.6% 765 949
Glenelg 8th 0 -0- 9 0 41.4% 616 873

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/07/1946 Glenelg v Norwood Glenelg Oval 78 - 156
SAT 06/07/1946 South Adelaide v North Adelaide Kensington Oval 86 - 63
SAT 06/07/1946 Sturt v Port Adelaide Unley Oval 101 - 64
SAT 06/07/1946 West Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 94 - 95

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 9 -0- 1 18 59.1% 1,108 767
Port Adelaide 2nd 7 -0- 3 14 51.4% 848 803
West Adelaide 3rd 6 -0- 4 12 53.0% 986 874
Sturt 4th 6 -0- 4 12 52.3% 936 852
West Torrens 5th 5 -0- 5 10 50.9% 920 886
South Adelaide 6th 4 -0- 6 8 45.7% 851 1,012
North Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 7 6 46.6% 824 944
Glenelg 8th 0 -0- 10 0 40.3% 694 1,029

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/07/1946 North Adelaide v Glenelg Prospect Oval 81 - 72
SAT 13/07/1946 Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Alberton Oval 129 - 69
SAT 13/07/1946 South Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 83 - 156
SAT 13/07/1946 West Torrens v Sturt Thebarton Oval 101 - 60

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 10 -0- 1 20 59.8% 1,264 850
Port Adelaide 2nd 8 -0- 3 16 52.8% 977 872
West Torrens 3rd 6 -0- 5 12 51.9% 1,021 946
West Adelaide 4th 6 -0- 5 12 51.3% 1,055 1,003
Sturt 5th 6 -0- 5 12 51.1% 996 953
North Adelaide 6th 4 -0- 7 8 47.1% 905 1,016
South Adelaide 7th 4 -0- 7 8 44.4% 934 1,168
Glenelg 8th 0 -0- 11 0 40.8% 766 1,110

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/07/1946 Norwood v Port Adelaide Norwood Oval 93 - 45
SAT 20/07/1946 Sturt v South Adelaide Unley Oval 111 - 50
SAT 20/07/1946 West Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 155 - 61
SAT 20/07/1946 West Torrens v North Adelaide Thebarton Oval 90 - 33

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 11 -0- 1 22 60.3% 1,357 895
Port Adelaide 2nd 8 -0- 4 16 51.4% 1,022 965
West Adelaide 3rd 7 -0- 5 14 53.2% 1,210 1,064
West Torrens 4th 7 -0- 5 14 53.2% 1,111 979
Sturt 5th 7 -0- 5 14 52.5% 1,107 1,003
North Adelaide 6th 4 -0- 8 8 45.9% 938 1,106
South Adelaide 7th 4 -0- 8 8 43.5% 984 1,279
Glenelg 8th 0 -0- 12 0 39.5% 827 1,265

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/08/1946 North Adelaide v West Adelaide Prospect Oval 40 - 113
SAT 03/08/1946 Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Alberton Oval 153 - 68
SAT 03/08/1946 Sturt v Norwood Unley Oval 100 - 57
SAT 03/08/1946 West Torrens v Glenelg Norwood Oval 98 - 84

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 11 -0- 2 22 58.7% 1,414 995
Port Adelaide 2nd 9 -0- 4 18 53.2% 1,175 1,033
West Adelaide 3rd 8 -0- 5 16 54.5% 1,323 1,104
West Torrens 4th 8 -0- 5 16 53.2% 1,209 1,063
Sturt 5th 8 -0- 5 16 53.2% 1,207 1,060
North Adelaide 6th 4 -0- 9 8 44.5% 978 1,219
South Adelaide 7th 4 -0- 9 8 42.4% 1,052 1,432
Glenelg 8th 0 -0- 13 0 40.1% 911 1,363

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/08/1946 Glenelg v Port Adelaide Glenelg Oval 86 - 118
SAT 10/08/1946 North Adelaide v Sturt Prospect Oval 99 - 124 21,225
SAT 10/08/1946 Norwood v West Adelaide Norwood Oval 101 - 112
SAT 10/08/1946 South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 88 - 84

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 11 -0- 3 22 57.8% 1,515 1,107
Port Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 4 20 53.6% 1,293 1,119
West Adelaide 3rd 9 -0- 5 18 54.4% 1,435 1,205
Sturt 4th 9 -0- 5 18 53.5% 1,331 1,159
West Torrens 5th 8 -0- 6 16 52.9% 1,293 1,151
South Adelaide 6th 5 -0- 9 10 42.9% 1,140 1,516
North Adelaide 7th 4 -0- 10 8 44.5% 1,077 1,343
Glenelg 8th 0 -0- 14 0 40.2% 997 1,481

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/08/1946 Glenelg v Sturt Glenelg Oval 80 - 75
SAT 24/08/1946 Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Alberton Oval 147 - 62
SAT 24/08/1946 West Adelaide v South Adelaide Adelaide Oval 118 - 52
SAT 24/08/1946 West Torrens v Norwood Thebarton Oval 79 - 113

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 12 -0- 3 24 57.9% 1,628 1,186
Port Adelaide 2nd 11 -0- 4 22 54.9% 1,440 1,181
West Adelaide 3rd 10 -0- 5 20 55.3% 1,553 1,257
Sturt 4th 9 -0- 6 18 53.2% 1,406 1,239
West Torrens 5th 8 -0- 7 16 52.0% 1,372 1,264
South Adelaide 6th 5 -0- 10 10 42.2% 1,192 1,634
North Adelaide 7th 4 -0- 11 8 43.3% 1,139 1,490
Glenelg 8th 1 -0- 14 2 40.9% 1,077 1,556

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/08/1946 North Adelaide v South Adelaide Prospect Oval 106 - 73
SAT 31/08/1946 Norwood v Glenelg Norwood Oval 141 - 77
SAT 31/08/1946 Sturt v West Torrens Unley Oval 81 - 66
SAT 31/08/1946 West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 95 - 72

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 13 -0- 3 26 58.3% 1,769 1,263
West Adelaide 2nd 11 -0- 5 22 55.4% 1,648 1,329
Port Adelaide 3rd 11 -0- 5 22 54.2% 1,512 1,276
Sturt 4th 10 -0- 6 20 53.3% 1,487 1,305
West Torrens 5th 8 -0- 8 16 51.7% 1,438 1,345
North Adelaide 6th 5 -0- 11 10 44.3% 1,245 1,563
South Adelaide 7th 5 -0- 11 10 42.1% 1,265 1,740
Glenelg 8th 1 -0- 15 2 40.5% 1,154 1,697

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/09/1946 Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 86 - 82
SAT 07/09/1946 Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Alberton Oval 148 - 94
SAT 07/09/1946 West Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 91 - 117
SAT 07/09/1946 West Torrens v Glenelg Thebarton Oval 99 - 90

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 14 -0- 3 28 58.0% 1,855 1,345
Port Adelaide 2nd 12 -0- 5 24 54.8% 1,660 1,370
West Adelaide 3rd 11 -0- 6 22 54.6% 1,739 1,446
Sturt 4th 10 -0- 7 20 53.0% 1,569 1,391
West Torrens 5th 9 -0- 8 18 51.7% 1,537 1,435
North Adelaide 6th 6 -0- 11 12 45.2% 1,362 1,654
South Adelaide 7th 5 -0- 12 10 41.9% 1,359 1,888
Glenelg 8th 1 -0- 16 2 40.9% 1,244 1,796

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/09/1946 West Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 82 - 55 29,549
SAT 21/09/1946 Norwood v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 103 - 77 34,603

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/09/1946 Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 85 - 71

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/10/1946 Norwood v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 92 - 64 53,473