1950 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1950 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: 1950 SANFL Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 17
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 72

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Glenelg	Glenelg Oval	Johnny Taylor
North Adelaide	Prospect Oval	Ken Farmer
Norwood	Norwood Oval	Jack Oatey
Port Adelaide	Alberton Oval	Fos Williams
South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	Jim Deane
Sturt	Unley Oval	Len Toyne
West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	Jack Broadstock
West Torrens	Thebarton Oval	Gordon Scott

Season Results

Premiers: Norwood
Runners-Up: Glenelg
Minor Premiers: Norwood

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Norwood	1st	13	-0-	4	26	60.7%	1,967	1,271	286	251	180	191
Glenelg	2nd	12	-0-	5	24	53.5%	1,610	1,401	225	260	200	201
Port Adelaide	3rd	12	-0-	5	24	53.0%	1,426	1,266	201	220	180	186
West Torrens	4th	11	-0-	6	22	56.6%	1,713	1,314	249	219	188	186
North Adelaide	5th	9	-0-	8	18	55.9%	1,577	1,244	226	221	174	200
West Adelaide	6th	9	-0-	8	18	51.9%	1,440	1,332	200	240	189	198
Sturt	7th	2	-0-	15	4	38.1%	1,173	1,902	164	189	272	270
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	17	0	31.5%	998	2,174	140	158	308	326

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/04/1950	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Prospect Oval	71	-	82
SAT	22/04/1950	Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Alberton Oval	44	-	118
SAT	22/04/1950	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	109	-	55
TUE	25/04/1950	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	89	-	117

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenelg	1st	1	-0-	0	2	72.8%	118	44
Sturt	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	66.5%	109	55
Norwood	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	56.8%	117	89
West Torrens	4th	1	-0-	0	2	53.6%	82	71
North Adelaide	5th	0	-0-	1	0	46.4%	71	82
West Adelaide	6th	0	-0-	1	0	43.2%	89	117
South Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	1	0	33.5%	55	109
Port Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	1	0	27.2%	44	118

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	29/04/1950	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	147	-	78
SAT	29/04/1950	South Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	83	-	148
SAT	29/04/1950	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	72	-	122
SAT	29/04/1950	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	96	-	101

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenelg	1st	2	-0-	0	4	67.7%	266	127
Norwood	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	61.3%	264	167
West Torrens	3rd	1	-0-	1	2	50.9%	178	172
Sturt	4th	1	-0-	1	2	50.6%	181	177
West Adelaide	5th	1	-0-	1	2	47.1%	190	213
Port Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	1	2	46.6%	166	190
North Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	2	0	39.4%	149	229
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	2	0	34.9%	138	257

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	06/05/1950	Glenelg v Sturt	Glenelg Oval	112	-	61
SAT	06/05/1950	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Prospect Oval	47	-	67
SAT	06/05/1950	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	43	-	111
SAT	06/05/1950	West Torrens v Norwood	Thebarton Oval	59	-	60

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenelg	1st	3	-0-	0	6	66.8%	378	188
Norwood	2nd	3	-0-	0	6	58.9%	324	226
Port Adelaide	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	54.3%	277	233
West Adelaide	4th	2	-0-	1	4	49.7%	257	260
West Torrens	5th	1	-0-	2	2	50.5%	237	232
Sturt	6th	1	-0-	2	2	45.6%	242	289
North Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	3	0	39.8%	196	296
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	3	0	33.0%	181	368

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/05/1950	North Adelaide v Glenelg	Prospect Oval	107	-	70
SAT	13/05/1950	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	115	-	85
SAT	13/05/1950	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	62	-	88
SAT	13/05/1950	West Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	158	-	60

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	4	-0-	0	8	58.5%	439	311
Glenelg	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	60.3%	448	295
West Adelaide	3rd	3	-0-	1	6	56.5%	415	320
West Torrens	4th	2	-0-	2	4	52.5%	325	294
Port Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	2	4	51.4%	339	321
North Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	3	2	45.3%	303	366
Sturt	7th	1	-0-	3	2	44.7%	327	404
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	4	0	31.4%	241	526

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/05/1950	Glenelg v West Torrens	Glenelg Oval	86	-	71
SAT	20/05/1950	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	101	-	65
SAT	20/05/1950	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	66	-	149
SAT	20/05/1950	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	92	-	119

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	5	-0-	0	10	60.9%	588	377
Glenelg	2nd	4	-0-	1	8	59.3%	534	366
West Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	1	8	56.4%	534	412
Port Adelaide	4th	3	-0-	2	6	53.3%	440	386
West Torrens	5th	2	-0-	3	4	51.0%	396	380
Sturt	6th	1	-0-	4	2	44.5%	419	523
North Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	4	2	44.1%	368	467
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	5	0	31.3%	307	675

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/05/1950	Norwood v Glenelg	Kensington Oval	147	-	69
SAT	27/05/1950	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	81	-	55
SAT	27/05/1950	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	39	-	111
SAT	27/05/1950	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	88	-	108

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	6	-0-	0	12	62.2%	735	446
West Adelaide	2nd	4	-0-	2	8	54.4%	589	493
Port Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	2	8	54.2%	521	441
Glenelg	4th	4	-0-	2	8	54.0%	603	513
West Torrens	5th	3	-0-	3	6	51.9%	504	468
North Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	4	4	48.6%	479	506
Sturt	7th	1	-0-	5	2	44.6%	507	631
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	6	0	30.6%	346	786

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/06/1950	North Adelaide v Sturt	Prospect Oval	157	-	69
SAT	03/06/1950	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	82	-	61
SAT	03/06/1950	West Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	52	-	61
SAT	03/06/1950	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	80	-	75

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	7	-0-	0	14	61.7%	817	507
Glenelg	2nd	5	-0-	2	10	54.0%	664	565
West Adelaide	3rd	4	-0-	3	8	53.6%	641	554
Port Adelaide	4th	4	-0-	3	8	52.7%	582	523
West Torrens	5th	4	-0-	3	8	51.8%	584	543
North Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	4	6	52.5%	636	575
Sturt	7th	1	-0-	6	2	42.2%	576	788
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	7	0	32.7%	421	866

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	10/06/1950	Glenelg v South Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	120	-	75
SAT	10/06/1950	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Kensington Oval	107	-	87
SAT	10/06/1950	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	85	-	92
MON	12/06/1950	North Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	79	-	105	24,000

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	8	-0-	0	16	61.1%	922	586
Glenelg	2nd	6	-0-	2	12	55.1%	784	640
Port Adelaide	3rd	5	-0-	3	10	53.0%	689	610
West Torrens	4th	5	-0-	3	10	51.8%	676	628
West Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	4	8	52.9%	726	646
North Adelaide	6th	3	-0-	5	6	51.3%	715	680
Sturt	7th	1	-0-	7	2	42.6%	663	895
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	8	0	33.5%	496	986

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	17/06/1950	Glenelg v Port Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	75	-	80
SAT	17/06/1950	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	79	-	93
SAT	17/06/1950	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	65	-	80
SAT	17/06/1950	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	61	-	93

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	8	-0-	1	16	59.6%	1,001	679
Glenelg	2nd	6	-0-	3	12	54.4%	859	720
Port Adelaide	3rd	6	-0-	3	12	52.9%	769	685
West Adelaide	4th	5	-0-	4	10	53.0%	819	725
West Torrens	5th	5	-0-	4	10	50.5%	737	721
North Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	5	8	52.2%	808	741
Sturt	7th	2	-0-	7	4	43.6%	743	960
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	9	0	34.5%	561	1,066

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/07/1950	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	118	-	61
SAT	01/07/1950	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	105	-	61
SAT	01/07/1950	Sturt v Glenelg	Unley Oval	52	-	88
SAT	01/07/1950	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	57	-	95

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	9	-0-	1	18	60.2%	1,119	740
Glenelg	2nd	7	-0-	3	14	55.1%	947	772
Port Adelaide	3rd	7	-0-	3	14	54.0%	874	746
North Adelaide	4th	5	-0-	5	10	53.1%	903	798
West Adelaide	5th	5	-0-	5	10	51.7%	876	820
West Torrens	6th	5	-0-	5	10	48.7%	798	839
Sturt	7th	2	-0-	8	4	43.1%	795	1,048
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	10	0	34.7%	622	1,171

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/07/1950	Glenelg v North Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	118	-	85
SAT	08/07/1950	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	79	-	100
SAT	08/07/1950	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	46	-	157
SAT	08/07/1950	West Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	110	-	45

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	10	-0-	1	20	61.9%	1,276	786
Glenelg	2nd	8	-0-	3	16	55.4%	1,065	857
Port Adelaide	3rd	7	-0-	4	14	53.0%	953	846
West Adelaide	4th	6	-0-	5	12	53.3%	986	865
West Torrens	5th	6	-0-	5	12	49.4%	898	918
North Adelaide	6th	5	-0-	6	10	51.9%	988	916
Sturt	7th	2	-0-	9	4	41.1%	841	1,205
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	11	0	34.2%	667	1,281

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/07/1950	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Prospect Oval	51	-	73
SAT	15/07/1950	South Adelaide v Norwood	Kensington Oval	67	-	167
SAT	15/07/1950	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	100	-	54
SAT	15/07/1950	West Torrens v Glenelg	Thebarton Oval	131	-	87

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	11	-0-	1	22	62.8%	1,443	853
Glenelg	2nd	8	-0-	4	16	53.8%	1,152	988
Port Adelaide	3rd	8	-0-	4	16	53.4%	1,026	897
West Adelaide	4th	7	-0-	5	14	54.2%	1,086	919
West Torrens	5th	7	-0-	5	14	50.6%	1,029	1,005
North Adelaide	6th	5	-0-	7	10	51.2%	1,039	989
Sturt	7th	2	-0-	10	4	40.7%	895	1,305
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	12	0	33.6%	734	1,448

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/08/1950	Glenelg v Norwood	Glenelg Oval	82	-	136
SAT	05/08/1950	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Prospect Oval	126	-	28
SAT	05/08/1950	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Kensington Oval	69	-	84
SAT	05/08/1950	West Torrens v Sturt	Thebarton Oval	168	-	44

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	12	-0-	1	24	62.8%	1,579	935
Port Adelaide	2nd	9	-0-	4	18	53.5%	1,110	966
West Torrens	3rd	8	-0-	5	16	53.3%	1,197	1,049
Glenelg	4th	8	-0-	5	16	52.3%	1,234	1,124
West Adelaide	5th	7	-0-	6	14	53.5%	1,155	1,003
North Adelaide	6th	6	-0-	7	12	53.4%	1,165	1,017
Sturt	7th	2	-0-	11	4	38.9%	939	1,473
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	13	0	32.6%	762	1,574

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	12/08/1950	Glenelg v West Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	94	-	79
SAT	12/08/1950	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	96	-	87
SAT	12/08/1950	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	92	-	219
SAT	12/08/1950	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	38	-	131

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	12	-0-	2	24	61.8%	1,666	1,031
Port Adelaide	2nd	10	-0-	4	20	53.4%	1,206	1,053
West Torrens	3rd	9	-0-	5	18	55.4%	1,416	1,141
Glenelg	4th	9	-0-	5	18	52.5%	1,328	1,203
North Adelaide	5th	7	-0-	7	14	55.1%	1,296	1,055
West Adelaide	6th	7	-0-	7	14	52.9%	1,234	1,097
Sturt	7th	2	-0-	12	4	37.9%	977	1,604
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	14	0	32.3%	854	1,793

Round 15

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	19/08/1950	North Adelaide v Norwood	Prospect Oval	73	-	52
SAT	19/08/1950	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	99	-	71
SAT	19/08/1950	South Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	24	-	98
SAT	19/08/1950	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	116	-	46

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	12	-0-	3	24	60.9%	1,718	1,104
Port Adelaide	2nd	11	-0-	4	22	53.7%	1,305	1,124
West Torrens	3rd	10	-0-	5	20	56.3%	1,532	1,187
Glenelg	4th	10	-0-	5	20	53.8%	1,426	1,227
North Adelaide	5th	8	-0-	7	16	55.3%	1,369	1,107
West Adelaide	6th	7	-0-	8	14	51.3%	1,280	1,213
Sturt	7th	2	-0-	13	4	38.1%	1,048	1,703
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	15	0	31.7%	878	1,891

Round 16

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/08/1950	Glenelg v North Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	84	-	79
SAT	26/08/1950	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	154	-	67
SAT	26/08/1950	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	94	-	76
SAT	26/08/1950	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	76	-	78

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	13	-0-	3	26	61.5%	1,872	1,171
Port Adelaide	2nd	12	-0-	4	24	53.5%	1,383	1,200
Glenelg	3rd	11	-0-	5	22	53.6%	1,510	1,306
West Torrens	4th	10	-0-	6	20	56.0%	1,608	1,265
North Adelaide	5th	8	-0-	8	16	54.9%	1,448	1,191
West Adelaide	6th	8	-0-	8	16	51.6%	1,374	1,289
Sturt	7th	2	-0-	14	4	38.5%	1,124	1,797
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	16	0	31.6%	945	2,045

Round 17

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	02/09/1950	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Prospect Oval	129	-	53
SAT	02/09/1950	Norwood v Glenelg	Norwood Oval	95	-	100
SAT	02/09/1950	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	49	-	105
SAT	02/09/1950	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	66	-	43

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood	1st	13	-0-	4	26	60.7%	1,967	1,271
Glenelg	2nd	12	-0-	5	24	53.5%	1,610	1,401
Port Adelaide	3rd	12	-0-	5	24	53.0%	1,426	1,266
West Torrens	4th	11	-0-	6	22	56.6%	1,713	1,314
North Adelaide	5th	9	-0-	8	18	55.9%	1,577	1,244
West Adelaide	6th	9	-0-	8	18	51.9%	1,440	1,332
Sturt	7th	2	-0-	15	4	38.1%	1,173	1,902
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	17	0	31.5%	998	2,174

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	09/09/1950		Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	92	-	58	32,030
SAT	16/09/1950		Norwood v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	88	-	83	32,287

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	23/09/1950		Glenelg v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	98	-	54	38,476

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	30/09/1950	2:10 PM	Norwood v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	106	-	59	50,389

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