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	Max Murdy
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

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Finals Series

The positions of teams going into the finals:

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

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 1 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Norwood	1st
Port Adelaide	2nd
West Adelaide	3rd
Sturt	4th

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 2 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Norwood	1st
Port Adelaide	2nd
West Adelaide	3rd
Sturt	4th

Final Round 3

Grand Final

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

Final Round 3 Ladder

Team	Pos.
Norwood	1st
Port Adelaide	2nd
West Adelaide	3rd
Sturt	4th

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