1949 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1949 season of the South Australian National Football League.

It featured seventeen rounds. North Adelaide were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. North Adelaide were the premiers, with Ian McKay as the premiership captain and Ken Farmer as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1949 SANFL Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 17
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 72

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Glenelg	Glenelg Oval	Allan Reval
North Adelaide	Prospect Oval	Ken Farmer
Norwood	Norwood Oval	Jack Oatey
Port Adelaide	Alberton Oval	Jack McCarthy
South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	Jim Deane
Sturt	Unley Oval	Howard Tuohy
West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	Johnny Taylor
West Torrens	Thebarton Oval	Gordon Scott

Season Results

Premiers: North Adelaide
Runners-Up: West Torrens
Minor Premiers: North Adelaide

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
North Adelaide	1st	12	-0-	5	24	55.4%	1,616	1,301	228	248	185	191
Norwood	2nd	12	-0-	5	24	53.6%	1,698	1,471	246	222	203	253
West Torrens	3rd	11	-0-	6	22	55.4%	1,638	1,320	230	258	188	192
West Adelaide	4th	11	-0-	6	22	53.4%	1,580	1,378	225	230	193	220
Glenelg	5th	8	-0-	9	16	48.9%	1,456	1,519	207	214	216	223
Port Adelaide	6th	7	-0-	10	14	48.4%	1,277	1,362	178	209	194	198
South Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	13	8	43.7%	1,392	1,791	197	210	253	273
Sturt	8th	3	-0-	14	6	40.8%	1,139	1,654	156	203	235	244

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	23/04/1949	Glenelg v South Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	152	-	102
SAT	23/04/1949	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Prospect Oval	66	-	26
SAT	23/04/1949	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	106	-	67
MON	25/04/1949	West Torrens v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	87	-	55

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	1	-0-	0	2	71.7%	66	26
Norwood	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	61.3%	106	67
West Torrens	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	61.3%	87	55
Glenelg	4th	1	-0-	0	2	59.8%	152	102
South Adelaide	5th	0	-0-	1	0	40.2%	102	152
West Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	1	0	38.7%	67	106
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	1	0	38.7%	55	87
Port Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	1	0	28.3%	26	66

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	30/04/1949	North Adelaide v Glenelg	Prospect Oval	132	-	79
SAT	30/04/1949	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	76	-	94
SAT	30/04/1949	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	77	-	91
SAT	30/04/1949	West Torrens v Norwood	Thebarton Oval	75	-	112

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	2	-0-	0	4	65.3%	198	105
Norwood	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	60.6%	218	142
Glenelg	3rd	1	-0-	1	2	49.7%	231	234
West Torrens	4th	1	-0-	1	2	49.2%	162	167
West Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	1	2	46.3%	158	183
Port Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	1	2	45.8%	120	142
Sturt	7th	0	-0-	2	0	42.6%	132	178
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	2	0	42.0%	178	246

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	07/05/1949	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Prospect Oval	110	-	67
SAT	07/05/1949	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	140	-	60
SAT	07/05/1949	Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Alberton Oval	66	-	69
SAT	07/05/1949	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	92	-	83

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	3	-0-	0	6	64.2%	308	172
Norwood	2nd	3	-0-	0	6	63.9%	358	202
Glenelg	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	50.0%	300	300
West Adelaide	4th	2	-0-	1	4	48.4%	250	266
West Torrens	5th	1	-0-	2	2	48.6%	245	259
Port Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	2	2	46.9%	186	211
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	3	0	40.8%	245	356
Sturt	8th	0	-0-	3	0	37.6%	192	318

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/05/1949	Glenelg v West Torrens	Glenelg Oval	98	-	80
SAT	14/05/1949	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	94	-	93
SAT	14/05/1949	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	90	-	58
SAT	14/05/1949	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	83	-	64

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	4	-0-	0	8	60.5%	452	295
North Adelaide	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	60.1%	401	266
Glenelg	3rd	3	-0-	1	6	51.2%	398	380
Port Adelaide	4th	2	-0-	2	4	50.6%	276	269
West Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	2	4	47.4%	314	349
West Torrens	6th	1	-0-	3	2	47.7%	325	357
South Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	3	2	43.9%	328	420
Sturt	8th	0	-0-	4	0	38.0%	250	408

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	21/05/1949	Glenelg v Norwood	Glenelg Oval	71	-	82
SAT	21/05/1949	Sturt v South Adelaide	Kensington Oval	95	-	74
SAT	21/05/1949	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	104	-	98
SAT	21/05/1949	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	119	-	80

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	5	-0-	0	10	59.3%	534	366
North Adelaide	2nd	3	-0-	2	6	55.5%	481	385
Glenelg	3rd	3	-0-	2	6	50.4%	469	462
West Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	2	6	48.3%	418	447
West Torrens	5th	2	-0-	3	4	50.4%	444	437
Port Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	3	4	50.1%	374	373
South Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	4	2	43.8%	402	515
Sturt	8th	1	-0-	4	2	41.7%	345	482

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/05/1949	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Prospect Oval	74	-	63
SAT	28/05/1949	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Kensington Oval	127	-	70
SAT	28/05/1949	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	91	-	146
SAT	28/05/1949	Sturt v Glenelg	Unley Oval	47	-	62

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	5	-0-	1	10	55.1%	604	493
North Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	2	8	55.3%	555	448
Glenelg	3rd	4	-0-	2	8	51.1%	531	509
Port Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	3	6	53.1%	501	443
West Torrens	5th	3	-0-	3	6	52.8%	590	528
West Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	3	6	48.0%	481	521
South Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	5	2	42.7%	493	661
Sturt	8th	1	-0-	5	2	41.9%	392	544

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/06/1949	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	101	-	91
SAT	04/06/1949	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	66	-	139
SAT	04/06/1949	West Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	121	-	59
SAT	04/06/1949	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	80	-	58

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	6	-0-	1	12	54.7%	705	584
North Adelaide	2nd	5	-0-	2	10	57.5%	694	514
West Torrens	3rd	4	-0-	3	8	53.3%	670	586
West Adelaide	4th	4	-0-	3	8	50.9%	602	580
Glenelg	5th	4	-0-	3	8	48.4%	590	630
Port Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	4	6	51.7%	559	523
South Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	6	2	43.4%	584	762
Sturt	8th	1	-0-	6	2	40.1%	458	683

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	11/06/1949	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Prospect Oval	113	-	73
SAT	11/06/1949	South Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	139	-	97
SAT	11/06/1949	West Torrens v Sturt	Thebarton Oval	101	-	47
MON	13/06/1949	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	72	-	121

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	7	-0-	1	14	55.7%	826	656
North Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	2	12	57.9%	807	587
West Torrens	3rd	5	-0-	3	10	54.9%	771	633
West Adelaide	4th	4	-0-	4	8	49.0%	674	701
Glenelg	5th	4	-0-	4	8	47.2%	687	769
Port Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	5	6	49.8%	632	636
South Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	6	4	45.7%	723	859
Sturt	8th	1	-0-	7	2	39.2%	505	784

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	18/06/1949	Glenelg v North Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	89	-	82
SAT	18/06/1949	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	118	-	100
SAT	18/06/1949	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	118	-	105
SAT	18/06/1949	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	124	-	56

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	8	-0-	1	16	55.5%	944	756
North Adelaide	2nd	6	-0-	3	12	56.8%	889	676
West Torrens	3rd	5	-0-	4	10	53.7%	871	751
West Adelaide	4th	5	-0-	4	10	51.3%	798	757
Glenelg	5th	5	-0-	4	10	47.7%	776	851
Port Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	5	8	50.3%	750	741
South Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	7	4	45.9%	828	977
Sturt	8th	1	-0-	8	2	38.2%	561	908

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	25/06/1949	Glenelg v Port Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	34	-	54
SAT	25/06/1949	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	87	-	124
SAT	25/06/1949	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	79	-	170
SAT	25/06/1949	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	78	-	95

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	9	-0-	1	18	57.2%	1,114	835
North Adelaide	2nd	7	-0-	3	14	57.0%	1,013	763
West Adelaide	3rd	6	-0-	4	12	51.7%	893	835
West Torrens	4th	5	-0-	5	10	52.9%	949	846
Port Adelaide	5th	5	-0-	5	10	50.9%	804	775
Glenelg	6th	5	-0-	5	10	47.2%	810	905
South Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	8	4	45.4%	915	1,101
Sturt	8th	1	-0-	9	2	37.3%	640	1,078

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/07/1949	Glenelg v West Torrens	Glenelg Oval	105	-	109
SAT	09/07/1949	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	102	-	124
SAT	09/07/1949	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	42	-	69
SAT	09/07/1949	West Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	133	-	100

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	9	-0-	2	18	55.9%	1,216	959
North Adelaide	2nd	8	-0-	3	16	56.8%	1,137	865
West Adelaide	3rd	7	-0-	4	14	52.3%	1,026	935
West Torrens	4th	6	-0-	5	12	52.7%	1,058	951
Port Adelaide	5th	6	-0-	5	12	51.7%	873	817
Glenelg	6th	5	-0-	6	10	47.4%	915	1,014
South Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	9	4	45.1%	1,015	1,234
Sturt	8th	1	-0-	10	2	37.3%	682	1,147

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/07/1949	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Prospect Oval	64	-	96
SAT	16/07/1949	Norwood v Glenelg	Norwood Oval	90	-	94
SAT	16/07/1949	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	77	-	70
SAT	16/07/1949	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	106	-	80

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	9	-0-	3	18	55.4%	1,306	1,053
North Adelaide	2nd	8	-0-	4	16	55.6%	1,201	961
West Torrens	3rd	7	-0-	5	14	53.2%	1,154	1,015
West Adelaide	4th	7	-0-	5	14	52.0%	1,096	1,012
Port Adelaide	5th	7	-0-	5	14	51.7%	950	887
Glenelg	6th	6	-0-	6	12	47.8%	1,009	1,104
South Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	9	6	46.0%	1,121	1,314
Sturt	8th	1	-0-	11	2	37.8%	762	1,253

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	30/07/1949	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Kensington Oval	72	-	68
SAT	30/07/1949	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	57	-	78
SAT	30/07/1949	Sturt v Glenelg	Unley Oval	63	-	61
SAT	30/07/1949	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	110	-	20

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	10	-0-	3	20	55.5%	1,384	1,110
North Adelaide	2nd	9	-0-	4	18	55.3%	1,273	1,029
West Torrens	3rd	8	-0-	5	16	55.0%	1,264	1,035
West Adelaide	4th	7	-0-	6	14	51.8%	1,164	1,084
Port Adelaide	5th	7	-0-	6	14	51.1%	1,007	965
Glenelg	6th	6	-0-	7	12	47.8%	1,070	1,167
South Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	10	6	44.5%	1,141	1,424
Sturt	8th	2	-0-	11	4	38.6%	825	1,314

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	06/08/1949	Glenelg v West Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	86	-	122
SAT	06/08/1949	North Adelaide v Sturt	Prospect Oval	111	-	80
SAT	06/08/1949	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	51	-	114
SAT	06/08/1949	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	70	-	85

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	11	-0-	3	22	55.5%	1,469	1,180
North Adelaide	2nd	10	-0-	4	20	55.5%	1,384	1,109
West Torrens	3rd	9	-0-	5	18	55.9%	1,378	1,086
West Adelaide	4th	8	-0-	6	16	52.4%	1,286	1,170
Port Adelaide	5th	7	-0-	7	14	49.5%	1,058	1,079
Glenelg	6th	6	-0-	8	12	47.3%	1,156	1,289
South Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	11	6	44.5%	1,211	1,509
Sturt	8th	2	-0-	12	4	38.8%	905	1,425

Round 15

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/08/1949	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	60	-	69
SAT	20/08/1949	South Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	57	-	130
SAT	20/08/1949	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	99	-	70
SAT	20/08/1949	West Adelaide v Norwood	Kensington Oval	107	-	70

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	11	-0-	4	22	55.4%	1,453	1,169
Norwood	2nd	11	-0-	4	22	54.5%	1,539	1,287
West Torrens	3rd	9	-0-	6	18	55.0%	1,448	1,185
West Adelaide	4th	9	-0-	6	18	52.9%	1,393	1,240
Port Adelaide	5th	7	-0-	8	14	49.3%	1,118	1,148
Glenelg	6th	7	-0-	8	14	48.9%	1,286	1,346
South Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	12	6	43.6%	1,268	1,639
Sturt	8th	3	-0-	12	6	40.2%	1,004	1,495

Round 16

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/08/1949	North Adelaide v Norwood	Prospect Oval	93	-	46
SAT	27/08/1949	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	57	-	70
SAT	27/08/1949	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	101	-	68
SAT	27/08/1949	West Torrens v Glenelg	Thebarton Oval	95	-	81

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	12	-0-	4	24	56.0%	1,546	1,215
Norwood	2nd	11	-0-	5	22	53.5%	1,585	1,380
West Torrens	3rd	10	-0-	6	20	54.9%	1,543	1,266
West Adelaide	4th	10	-0-	6	20	53.3%	1,494	1,308
Glenelg	5th	7	-0-	9	14	48.7%	1,367	1,441
Port Adelaide	6th	7	-0-	9	14	48.7%	1,186	1,249
South Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	12	8	44.1%	1,338	1,696
Sturt	8th	3	-0-	13	6	40.4%	1,061	1,565

Round 17

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/09/1949	Glenelg v Sturt	Glenelg Oval	89	-	78
SAT	03/09/1949	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	113	-	91
SAT	03/09/1949	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	86	-	70
SAT	03/09/1949	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	95	-	54

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
North Adelaide	1st	12	-0-	5	24	55.4%	1,616	1,301
Norwood	2nd	12	-0-	5	24	53.6%	1,698	1,471
West Torrens	3rd	11	-0-	6	22	55.4%	1,638	1,320
West Adelaide	4th	11	-0-	6	22	53.4%	1,580	1,378
Glenelg	5th	8	-0-	9	16	48.9%	1,456	1,519
Port Adelaide	6th	7	-0-	10	14	48.4%	1,277	1,362
South Adelaide	7th	4	-0-	13	8	43.7%	1,392	1,791
Sturt	8th	3	-0-	14	6	40.8%	1,139	1,654

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	10/09/1949		West Torrens v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	116	-	79	27,100
SAT	17/09/1949		North Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	152	-	79	31,568

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	24/09/1949		Norwood v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	55	-	80	32,094

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	01/10/1949		North Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	95	-	72	42,490

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