1948 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1948 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: 1948 SANFL Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 17
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 72

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Glenelg	Glenelg Oval	Ray Curnow
North Adelaide	Prospect Oval	Haydn Bunton
Norwood	Norwood Oval	Jack Oatey
Port Adelaide	Alberton Oval	Lew Roberts
South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval
Sturt	Unley Oval	Ralph Green
West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	Johnny Taylor
West Torrens	Thebarton Oval	Gordon Scott

Season Results

Premiers: Norwood
Runners-Up: West Torrens
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	56.7%	1,762	1,343	256	226	188	215
West Torrens	2nd	13	-0-	4	26	55.4%	1,814	1,463	263	236	208	215
West Adelaide	3rd	11	-0-	6	22	53.2%	1,867	1,644	269	253	240	204
Sturt	4th	10	-0-	7	20	52.6%	1,510	1,363	211	244	193	205
North Adelaide	5th	8	-0-	9	16	53.2%	1,588	1,395	229	214	201	189
Glenelg	6th	8	-0-	9	16	48.3%	1,622	1,734	234	218	246	258
Port Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	13	8	46.3%	1,364	1,581	191	218	232	189
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	17	0	35.3%	1,201	2,205	170	181	315	315

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/04/1948	Glenelg v South Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	153	-	88
SAT	24/04/1948	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	104	-	92
SAT	24/04/1948	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	118	-	112
MON	26/04/1948	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	86	-	124

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenelg	1st	1	-0-	0	2	63.5%	153	88
Norwood	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	59.0%	124	86
Sturt	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	53.1%	104	92
West Torrens	4th	1	-0-	0	2	51.3%	118	112
North Adelaide	5th	0	-0-	1	0	48.7%	112	118
Port Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	1	0	46.9%	92	104
West Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	1	0	41.0%	86	124
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	1	0	36.5%	88	153

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/05/1948	North Adelaide v Glenelg	Prospect Oval	114	-	116
SAT	01/05/1948	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	93	-	83
SAT	01/05/1948	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	86	-	126
SAT	01/05/1948	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	107	-	129

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenelg	1st	2	-0-	0	4	57.1%	269	202
Norwood	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	56.2%	217	169
West Torrens	3rd	2	-0-	0	4	55.2%	244	198
Sturt	4th	1	-0-	1	2	48.8%	211	221
West Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	1	2	48.2%	215	231
North Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	2	0	49.1%	226	234
Port Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	2	0	47.0%	175	197
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	2	0	38.4%	174	279

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/05/1948	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Prospect Oval	101	-	113
SAT	08/05/1948	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	78	-	129
SAT	08/05/1948	Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Alberton Oval	133	-	105
SAT	08/05/1948	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	77	-	121

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	3	-0-	0	6	57.5%	373	276
Glenelg	2nd	2	-0-	1	4	52.8%	374	335
Sturt	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	52.7%	332	298
West Adelaide	4th	2	-0-	1	4	49.7%	328	332
Norwood	5th	2	-0-	1	4	49.7%	295	298
Port Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	2	2	50.5%	308	302
North Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	3	0	48.5%	327	347
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	3	0	38.6%	251	400

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/05/1948	Glenelg v Sturt	Glenelg Oval	61	-	80
SAT	15/05/1948	Norwood v North Adelaide	Kensington Oval	105	-	91
SAT	15/05/1948	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	110	-	32
SAT	15/05/1948	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	122	-	92

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	3	-0-	1	6	53.9%	465	398
Sturt	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	53.4%	412	359
West Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	1	6	51.5%	450	424
Norwood	4th	3	-0-	1	6	50.7%	400	389
Port Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	2	4	55.6%	418	334
Glenelg	6th	2	-0-	2	4	51.2%	435	415
North Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	4	0	48.0%	418	452
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	4	0	35.7%	283	510

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/05/1948	Norwood v South Adelaide	Kensington Oval	134	-	75
SAT	22/05/1948	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	84	-	60
SAT	22/05/1948	West Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	103	-	118
SAT	22/05/1948	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	96	-	81

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Sturt	1st	4	-0-	1	8	54.2%	496	419
West Torrens	2nd	4	-0-	1	8	53.9%	561	479
Norwood	3rd	4	-0-	1	8	53.5%	534	464
Glenelg	4th	3	-0-	2	6	51.6%	553	518
West Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	2	6	50.5%	553	542
Port Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	3	4	53.7%	499	430
North Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	5	0	47.1%	478	536
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	5	0	35.7%	358	644

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	29/05/1948	Glenelg v Norwood	Glenelg Oval	71	-	95
SAT	29/05/1948	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Prospect Oval	82	-	55
SAT	29/05/1948	West Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	181	-	74
SAT	29/05/1948	West Torrens v Sturt	Thebarton Oval	99	-	79

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	5	-0-	1	10	54.2%	660	558
Norwood	2nd	5	-0-	1	10	54.0%	629	535
West Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	2	8	54.4%	734	616
Sturt	4th	4	-0-	2	8	52.6%	575	518
Glenelg	5th	3	-0-	3	6	50.4%	624	613
Port Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	4	4	52.0%	554	512
North Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	5	2	48.7%	560	591
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	6	0	34.4%	432	825

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	12/06/1948	Glenelg v West Torrens	Glenelg Oval	80	-	102
SAT	12/06/1948	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	76	-	102
SAT	12/06/1948	Sturt v Norwood	Kensington Oval	85	-	81
MON	14/06/1948	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	156	-	87

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	6	-0-	1	12	54.4%	762	638
West Adelaide	2nd	5	-0-	2	10	55.9%	890	703
Norwood	3rd	5	-0-	2	10	53.4%	710	620
Sturt	4th	5	-0-	2	10	52.4%	660	599
Glenelg	5th	3	-0-	4	6	49.6%	704	715
North Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	5	4	49.8%	662	667
Port Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	5	4	49.0%	641	668
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	7	0	35.4%	508	927

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	19/06/1948	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Prospect Oval	49	-	84
SAT	19/06/1948	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	102	-	104
SAT	19/06/1948	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	60	-	69
SAT	19/06/1948	South Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	113	-	136

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	7	-0-	1	14	55.2%	846	687
West Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	2	12	55.3%	994	805
Sturt	3rd	6	-0-	2	12	52.5%	729	659
Norwood	4th	5	-0-	3	10	52.9%	812	724
Glenelg	5th	4	-0-	4	8	50.4%	840	828
Port Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	6	4	48.7%	701	737
North Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	6	4	48.6%	711	751
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	8	0	36.9%	621	1,063

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/07/1948	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	90	-	74
SAT	03/07/1948	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	69	-	120
SAT	03/07/1948	Sturt v Glenelg	Unley Oval	111	-	82
SAT	03/07/1948	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	92	-	116

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Adelaide	1st	7	-0-	2	14	55.3%	1,110	897
West Torrens	2nd	7	-0-	2	14	53.9%	938	803
Sturt	3rd	7	-0-	2	14	53.1%	840	741
Norwood	4th	6	-0-	3	12	53.1%	902	798
Glenelg	5th	4	-0-	5	8	49.5%	922	939
Port Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	6	6	50.5%	821	806
North Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	7	4	48.3%	785	841
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	9	0	36.8%	690	1,183

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	10/07/1948	Glenelg v North Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	113	-	98
SAT	10/07/1948	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	78	-	100
SAT	10/07/1948	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	39	-	92
SAT	10/07/1948	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	152	-	71

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	8	-0-	2	16	55.5%	1,090	874
Sturt	2nd	8	-0-	2	16	54.4%	932	780
West Adelaide	3rd	7	-0-	3	14	53.7%	1,149	989
Norwood	4th	7	-0-	3	14	53.4%	1,002	876
Glenelg	5th	5	-0-	5	10	50.0%	1,035	1,037
Port Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	7	6	49.8%	899	906
North Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	8	4	48.1%	883	954
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	10	0	36.3%	761	1,335

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	17/07/1948	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Prospect Oval	132	-	48
SAT	17/07/1948	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	104	-	55
SAT	17/07/1948	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	73	-	103
SAT	17/07/1948	West Torrens v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	119	-	85

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens	1st	9	-0-	2	18	55.8%	1,209	959
Norwood	2nd	8	-0-	3	16	54.3%	1,106	931
West Adelaide	3rd	8	-0-	3	16	54.1%	1,252	1,062
Sturt	4th	8	-0-	3	16	52.8%	987	884
Glenelg	5th	5	-0-	6	10	49.2%	1,120	1,156
North Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	8	6	50.3%	1,015	1,002
Port Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	8	6	49.1%	972	1,009
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	11	0	35.5%	809	1,467

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/07/1948	Glenelg v Port Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	101	-	83
SAT	24/07/1948	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	109	-	47
SAT	24/07/1948	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	94	-	141
SAT	24/07/1948	West Torrens v Norwood	Thebarton Oval	75	-	124

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	9	-0-	3	18	55.0%	1,230	1,006
West Torrens	2nd	9	-0-	3	18	54.2%	1,284	1,083
Sturt	3rd	9	-0-	3	18	54.1%	1,096	931
West Adelaide	4th	8	-0-	4	16	52.8%	1,346	1,203
Glenelg	5th	6	-0-	6	12	49.6%	1,221	1,239
North Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	8	8	51.3%	1,156	1,096
Port Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	9	6	48.7%	1,055	1,110
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	12	0	35.2%	856	1,576

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	31/07/1948	Glenelg v West Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	50	-	97
SAT	31/07/1948	North Adelaide v Sturt	Prospect Oval	98	-	63
SAT	31/07/1948	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	138	-	54
SAT	31/07/1948	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	92	-	78

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	10	-0-	3	20	56.3%	1,368	1,060
West Torrens	2nd	9	-0-	4	18	53.7%	1,362	1,175
West Adelaide	3rd	9	-0-	4	18	53.5%	1,443	1,253
Sturt	4th	9	-0-	4	18	53.0%	1,159	1,029
Glenelg	5th	6	-0-	7	12	48.8%	1,271	1,336
North Adelaide	6th	5	-0-	8	10	52.0%	1,254	1,159
Port Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	9	8	49.1%	1,147	1,188
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	13	0	34.7%	910	1,714

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/08/1948	North Adelaide v Norwood	Prospect Oval	67	-	69
SAT	14/08/1948	Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Alberton Oval	42	-	80
SAT	14/08/1948	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	62	-	154
SAT	14/08/1948	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Kensington Oval	106	-	84

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	11	-0-	3	22	56.0%	1,437	1,127
Sturt	2nd	10	-0-	4	20	54.6%	1,313	1,091
West Torrens	3rd	10	-0-	4	20	53.8%	1,468	1,259
West Adelaide	4th	9	-0-	5	18	52.9%	1,527	1,359
Glenelg	5th	7	-0-	7	14	49.5%	1,351	1,378
North Adelaide	6th	5	-0-	9	10	51.8%	1,321	1,228
Port Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	10	8	48.4%	1,189	1,268
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	14	0	34.2%	972	1,868

Round 15

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	21/08/1948	Norwood v Glenelg	Norwood Oval	138	-	71
SAT	21/08/1948	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	58	-	69
SAT	21/08/1948	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	75	-	83
SAT	21/08/1948	West Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	141	-	97

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	12	-0-	3	24	56.8%	1,575	1,198
West Torrens	2nd	11	-0-	4	22	53.8%	1,551	1,334
Sturt	3rd	10	-0-	5	20	54.2%	1,388	1,174
West Adelaide	4th	10	-0-	5	20	53.4%	1,668	1,456
Glenelg	5th	7	-0-	8	14	48.4%	1,422	1,516
North Adelaide	6th	6	-0-	9	12	51.9%	1,390	1,286
Port Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	11	8	48.3%	1,247	1,337
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	15	0	34.7%	1,069	2,009

Round 16

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/08/1948	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	68	-	105
SAT	28/08/1948	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	81	-	96
SAT	28/08/1948	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	96	-	80
SAT	28/08/1948	West Torrens v Glenelg	Thebarton Oval	115	-	92

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	13	-0-	3	26	56.6%	1,671	1,279
West Torrens	2nd	12	-0-	4	24	53.9%	1,666	1,426
West Adelaide	3rd	11	-0-	5	22	53.5%	1,764	1,536
Sturt	4th	10	-0-	6	20	53.6%	1,469	1,270
North Adelaide	5th	7	-0-	9	14	52.5%	1,495	1,354
Glenelg	6th	7	-0-	9	14	48.1%	1,514	1,631
Port Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	12	8	48.1%	1,327	1,433
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	16	0	35.0%	1,137	2,114

Round 17

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/09/1948	Glenelg v West Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	108	-	103
SAT	04/09/1948	North Adelaide v Sturt	Prospect Oval	93	-	41
SAT	04/09/1948	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	64	-	91
SAT	04/09/1948	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	148	-	37

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	14	-0-	3	28	56.7%	1,762	1,343
West Torrens	2nd	13	-0-	4	26	55.4%	1,814	1,463
West Adelaide	3rd	11	-0-	6	22	53.2%	1,867	1,644
Sturt	4th	10	-0-	7	20	52.6%	1,510	1,363
North Adelaide	5th	8	-0-	9	16	53.2%	1,588	1,395
Glenelg	6th	8	-0-	9	16	48.3%	1,622	1,734
Port Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	13	8	46.3%	1,364	1,581
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	17	0	35.3%	1,201	2,205

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	11/09/1948		West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	60	-	33	21,035
SAT	18/09/1948		Norwood v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	97	-	100	32,631

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	25/09/1948		Norwood v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	90	-	86	29,701

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	02/10/1948		West Torrens v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	49	-	106	48,755

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