1947 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1947 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. West Adelaide were the premiers, with Gordon Scott as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1947 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 Haydn Bunton
Norwood Norwood Oval Jack Oatey
Port Adelaide Alberton Oval Bob Quinn
South Adelaide Adelaide Oval
Sturt Unley Oval Ralph Green
West Adelaide Adelaide Oval Gordon Scott
West Torrens Thebarton Oval Mal Drury

Season Results

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

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Norwood 1st 15 -0- 2 30 57.7% 1,916 1,402 277 254 199 208
Port Adelaide 2nd 14 -0- 3 28 56.7% 1,642 1,252 235 232 176 196
Sturt 3rd 10 -0- 7 20 53.3% 1,638 1,438 232 246 205 208
West Adelaide 4th 10 -0- 7 20 53.2% 1,733 1,523 245 263 217 221
West Torrens 5th 9 -0- 8 18 50.3% 1,448 1,432 202 236 204 208
North Adelaide 6th 5 -0- 12 10 46.3% 1,481 1,717 208 233 246 241
Glenelg 7th 3 -0- 14 6 43.2% 1,427 1,877 202 215 266 281
South Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 15 4 39.9% 1,277 1,921 183 179 271 295

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
West Adelaide 1st Premiers
Norwood 2nd Runners-Up
Port Adelaide 3rd Defeated by West 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
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 26/04/1947 Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 86 - 109
SAT 26/04/1947 North Adelaide v West Torrens Prospect Oval 75 - 94
SAT 26/04/1947 Port Adelaide v Norwood Alberton Oval 103 - 87
SAT 26/04/1947 West Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 109 - 101

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Adelaide 1st 1 -0- 0 2 55.9% 109 86
West Torrens 2nd 1 -0- 0 2 55.6% 94 75
Port Adelaide 3rd 1 -0- 0 2 54.2% 103 87
West Adelaide 4th 1 -0- 0 2 51.9% 109 101
Sturt 5th 0 -0- 1 0 48.1% 101 109
Norwood 6th 0 -0- 1 0 45.8% 87 103
North Adelaide 7th 0 -0- 1 0 44.4% 75 94
Glenelg 8th 0 -0- 1 0 44.1% 86 109

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/05/1947 Glenelg v North Adelaide Glenelg Oval 73 - 121
SAT 03/05/1947 Norwood v West Adelaide Norwood Oval 106 - 75
SAT 03/05/1947 South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 91 - 138
SAT 03/05/1947 Sturt v Port Adelaide Unley Oval 96 - 103

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Torrens 1st 2 -0- 0 4 58.3% 232 166
Port Adelaide 2nd 2 -0- 0 4 53.0% 206 183
North Adelaide 3rd 1 -0- 1 2 54.0% 196 167
Norwood 4th 1 -0- 1 2 52.0% 193 178
South Adelaide 5th 1 -0- 1 2 47.2% 200 224
West Adelaide 6th 1 -0- 1 2 47.1% 184 207
Sturt 7th 0 -0- 2 0 48.2% 197 212
Glenelg 8th 0 -0- 2 0 40.9% 159 230

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/05/1947 North Adelaide v South Adelaide Prospect Oval 82 - 90
SAT 10/05/1947 Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 111 - 105
SAT 10/05/1947 West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 83 - 90
SAT 10/05/1947 West Torrens v Glenelg Thebarton Oval 117 - 76

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Torrens 1st 3 -0- 0 6 59.1% 349 242
Port Adelaide 2nd 3 -0- 0 6 52.7% 296 266
Norwood 3rd 2 -0- 1 4 51.8% 304 283
South Adelaide 4th 2 -0- 1 4 48.7% 290 306
North Adelaide 5th 1 -0- 2 2 52.0% 278 257
West Adelaide 6th 1 -0- 2 2 47.3% 267 297
Sturt 7th 0 -0- 3 0 48.3% 302 323
Glenelg 8th 0 -0- 3 0 40.4% 235 347

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/05/1947 Norwood v West Torrens Norwood Oval 114 - 108
SAT 17/05/1947 Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Alberton Oval 61 - 110
SAT 17/05/1947 Sturt v South Adelaide Unley Oval 92 - 66
SAT 17/05/1947 West Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 135 - 85

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Torrens 1st 3 -0- 1 6 56.2% 457 356
Norwood 2nd 3 -0- 1 6 51.7% 418 391
Port Adelaide 3rd 3 -0- 1 6 48.7% 357 376
North Adelaide 4th 2 -0- 2 4 55.0% 388 318
West Adelaide 5th 2 -0- 2 4 51.3% 402 382
South Adelaide 6th 2 -0- 2 4 47.2% 356 398
Sturt 7th 1 -0- 3 2 50.3% 394 389
Glenelg 8th 0 -0- 4 0 39.9% 320 482

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/05/1947 North Adelaide v Norwood Prospect Oval 65 - 75
SAT 24/05/1947 Port Adelaide v West Torrens Alberton Oval 107 - 37
SAT 24/05/1947 Sturt v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 106 - 62
SAT 24/05/1947 West Adelaide v South Adelaide Norwood Oval 119 - 52

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 4 -0- 1 8 52.9% 464 413
Norwood 2nd 4 -0- 1 8 51.9% 493 456
West Adelaide 3rd 3 -0- 2 6 54.6% 521 434
West Torrens 4th 3 -0- 2 6 51.6% 494 463
North Adelaide 5th 2 -0- 3 4 53.5% 453 393
Sturt 6th 2 -0- 3 4 52.6% 500 451
South Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 3 4 44.1% 408 517
Glenelg 8th 0 -0- 5 0 39.4% 382 588

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/05/1947 Port Adelaide v Glenelg Kensington Oval 100 - 65
SAT 31/05/1947 South Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 86 - 96
SAT 31/05/1947 Sturt v North Adelaide Unley Oval 133 - 82
SAT 31/05/1947 West Torrens v West Adelaide Thebarton Oval 129 - 78

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 5 -0- 1 10 54.1% 564 478
Norwood 2nd 5 -0- 1 10 52.1% 589 542
West Torrens 3rd 4 -0- 2 8 53.5% 623 541
Sturt 4th 3 -0- 3 6 54.3% 633 533
West Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 3 6 51.5% 599 563
North Adelaide 6th 2 -0- 4 4 50.4% 535 526
South Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 4 4 44.6% 494 613
Glenelg 8th 0 -0- 6 0 39.4% 447 688

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/06/1947 Glenelg v Norwood Glenelg Oval 96 - 134
SAT 07/06/1947 North Adelaide v West Adelaide Prospect Oval 103 - 70
SAT 07/06/1947 South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 83 - 129
SAT 07/06/1947 West Torrens v Sturt Thebarton Oval 78 - 64

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 6 -0- 1 12 55.3% 693 561
Norwood 2nd 6 -0- 1 12 53.1% 723 638
West Torrens 3rd 5 -0- 2 10 53.7% 701 605
Sturt 4th 3 -0- 4 6 53.3% 697 611
North Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 4 6 51.7% 638 596
West Adelaide 6th 3 -0- 4 6 50.1% 669 666
South Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 5 4 43.7% 577 742
Glenelg 8th 0 -0- 7 0 39.8% 543 822

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/06/1947 North Adelaide v Glenelg Prospect Oval 114 - 106
SAT 14/06/1947 West Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 61 - 120
SAT 14/06/1947 West Torrens v South Adelaide Thebarton Oval 82 - 64
MON 16/06/1947 Port Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 90 - 82

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 7 -0- 1 14 54.9% 783 643
Norwood 2nd 7 -0- 1 14 54.7% 843 699
West Torrens 3rd 6 -0- 2 12 53.9% 783 669
North Adelaide 4th 4 -0- 4 8 51.7% 752 702
Sturt 5th 3 -0- 5 6 52.6% 779 701
West Adelaide 6th 3 -0- 5 6 48.2% 730 786
South Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 6 4 43.8% 641 824
Glenelg 8th 0 -0- 8 0 40.9% 649 936

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/06/1947 Norwood v Port Adelaide Norwood Oval 107 - 95
SAT 21/06/1947 South Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 97 - 139
SAT 21/06/1947 Sturt v West Adelaide Unley Oval 90 - 82
SAT 21/06/1947 West Torrens v North Adelaide Thebarton Oval 97 - 71

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 8 -0- 1 16 54.5% 950 794
West Torrens 2nd 7 -0- 2 14 54.3% 880 740
Port Adelaide 3rd 7 -0- 2 14 53.9% 878 750
Sturt 4th 4 -0- 5 8 52.6% 869 783
North Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 5 8 50.7% 823 799
West Adelaide 6th 3 -0- 6 6 48.1% 812 876
South Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 7 4 43.4% 738 963
Glenelg 8th 1 -0- 8 2 43.3% 788 1,033

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/06/1947 Glenelg v West Torrens Glenelg Oval 78 - 120
SAT 28/06/1947 Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Alberton Oval 89 - 100
SAT 28/06/1947 South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 102 - 126
SAT 28/06/1947 Sturt v Norwood Unley Oval 81 - 64

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Torrens 1st 8 -0- 2 16 55.0% 1,000 818
Norwood 2nd 8 -0- 2 16 53.7% 1,014 875
Port Adelaide 3rd 7 -0- 3 14 53.2% 967 850
Sturt 4th 5 -0- 5 10 52.9% 950 847
North Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 5 10 51.3% 949 901
West Adelaide 6th 4 -0- 6 8 48.6% 912 965
South Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 8 4 43.5% 840 1,089
Glenelg 8th 1 -0- 9 2 42.9% 866 1,153

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/07/1947 Glenelg v West Adelaide Glenelg Oval 88 - 101
SAT 05/07/1947 Norwood v West Torrens Kensington Oval 80 - 35
SAT 05/07/1947 Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Alberton Oval 83 - 38
SAT 05/07/1947 South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 41 - 120

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 9 -0- 2 18 54.6% 1,094 910
Port Adelaide 2nd 8 -0- 3 16 54.2% 1,050 888
West Torrens 3rd 8 -0- 3 16 53.5% 1,035 898
Sturt 4th 6 -0- 5 12 54.6% 1,070 888
North Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 6 10 50.1% 987 984
West Adelaide 6th 5 -0- 6 10 49.0% 1,013 1,053
South Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 9 4 42.2% 881 1,209
Glenelg 8th 1 -0- 10 2 43.2% 954 1,254

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/07/1947 Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 168 - 92
SAT 19/07/1947 Sturt v Glenelg Unley Oval 89 - 109
SAT 19/07/1947 West Adelaide v South Adelaide Adelaide Oval 124 - 52
SAT 19/07/1947 West Torrens v Port Adelaide Thebarton Oval 44 - 52

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 10 -0- 2 20 55.7% 1,262 1,002
Port Adelaide 2nd 9 -0- 3 18 54.2% 1,102 932
West Torrens 3rd 8 -0- 4 16 53.2% 1,079 950
Sturt 4th 6 -0- 6 12 53.8% 1,159 997
West Adelaide 5th 6 -0- 6 12 50.7% 1,137 1,105
North Adelaide 6th 5 -0- 7 10 48.4% 1,079 1,152
Glenelg 7th 2 -0- 10 4 44.2% 1,063 1,343
South Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 10 4 41.2% 933 1,333

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/07/1947 North Adelaide v Sturt Prospect Oval 95 - 99
SAT 26/07/1947 Port Adelaide v Glenelg Alberton Oval 127 - 57
SAT 26/07/1947 South Adelaide v Norwood Kensington Oval 67 - 145
SAT 26/07/1947 West Torrens v West Adelaide Thebarton Oval 81 - 103

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 11 -0- 2 22 56.8% 1,407 1,069
Port Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 3 20 55.4% 1,229 989
West Torrens 3rd 8 -0- 5 16 52.4% 1,160 1,053
Sturt 4th 7 -0- 6 14 53.5% 1,258 1,092
West Adelaide 5th 7 -0- 6 14 51.1% 1,240 1,186
North Adelaide 6th 5 -0- 8 10 48.4% 1,174 1,251
Glenelg 7th 2 -0- 11 4 43.2% 1,120 1,470
South Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 11 4 40.4% 1,000 1,478

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/08/1947 Norwood v Glenelg Norwood Oval 133 - 76
SAT 16/08/1947 Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Alberton Oval 100 - 49
SAT 16/08/1947 Sturt v West Torrens Unley Oval 116 - 91
SAT 16/08/1947 West Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 184 - 90

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 12 -0- 2 24 57.4% 1,540 1,145
Port Adelaide 2nd 11 -0- 3 22 56.1% 1,329 1,038
Sturt 3rd 8 -0- 6 16 53.7% 1,374 1,183
West Adelaide 4th 8 -0- 6 16 52.7% 1,424 1,276
West Torrens 5th 8 -0- 6 16 51.7% 1,251 1,169
North Adelaide 6th 5 -0- 9 10 46.8% 1,264 1,435
Glenelg 7th 2 -0- 12 4 42.7% 1,196 1,603
South Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 12 4 39.9% 1,049 1,578

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/08/1947 North Adelaide v Glenelg Prospect Oval 54 - 68
SAT 23/08/1947 Port Adelaide v Sturt Alberton Oval 87 - 56
SAT 23/08/1947 South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 42 - 52
SAT 23/08/1947 West Adelaide v Norwood Kensington Oval 79 - 94

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 13 -0- 2 26 57.2% 1,634 1,224
Port Adelaide 2nd 12 -0- 3 24 56.4% 1,416 1,094
West Torrens 3rd 9 -0- 6 18 51.8% 1,303 1,211
Sturt 4th 8 -0- 7 16 53.0% 1,430 1,270
West Adelaide 5th 8 -0- 7 16 52.3% 1,503 1,370
North Adelaide 6th 5 -0- 10 10 46.7% 1,318 1,503
Glenelg 7th 3 -0- 12 6 43.3% 1,264 1,657
South Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 13 4 40.1% 1,091 1,630

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/08/1947 Glenelg v Sturt Glenelg Oval 95 - 112
SAT 30/08/1947 North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Prospect Oval 90 - 118
SAT 30/08/1947 West Adelaide v South Adelaide Adelaide Oval 129 - 79
SAT 30/08/1947 West Torrens v Norwood Thebarton Oval 71 - 120

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 14 -0- 2 28 57.5% 1,754 1,295
Port Adelaide 2nd 13 -0- 3 26 56.4% 1,534 1,184
West Adelaide 3rd 9 -0- 7 18 53.0% 1,632 1,449
Sturt 4th 9 -0- 7 18 53.0% 1,542 1,365
West Torrens 5th 9 -0- 7 18 50.8% 1,374 1,331
North Adelaide 6th 5 -0- 11 10 46.5% 1,408 1,621
Glenelg 7th 3 -0- 13 6 43.4% 1,359 1,769
South Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 14 4 39.9% 1,170 1,759

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/09/1947 Glenelg v Port Adelaide Glenelg Oval 68 - 108
SAT 06/09/1947 Norwood v South Adelaide Norwood Oval 162 - 107
SAT 06/09/1947 Sturt v North Adelaide Unley Oval 96 - 73
SAT 06/09/1947 West Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 101 - 74

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 15 -0- 2 30 57.7% 1,916 1,402
Port Adelaide 2nd 14 -0- 3 28 56.7% 1,642 1,252
Sturt 3rd 10 -0- 7 20 53.3% 1,638 1,438
West Adelaide 4th 10 -0- 7 20 53.2% 1,733 1,523
West Torrens 5th 9 -0- 8 18 50.3% 1,448 1,432
North Adelaide 6th 5 -0- 12 10 46.3% 1,481 1,717
Glenelg 7th 3 -0- 14 6 43.2% 1,427 1,877
South Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 15 4 39.9% 1,277 1,921

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/09/1947 Sturt v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 53 - 112 28,041
SAT 20/09/1947 Norwood v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 95 - 92 39,655

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/09/1947 Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 100 - 138 35,705

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/10/1947 Norwood v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 45 - 75 32,631