1951 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1951 season of the South Australian National Football League.

It featured eighteen rounds. Port Adelaide were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. Port Adelaide were the premiers, with Fos Williams as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1951 SANFL Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 76

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
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 Brian Faehse
West Torrens Thebarton Oval Bob Hank

Season Results

Premiers: Port Adelaide
Runners-Up: North Adelaide
Minor Premiers: Port Adelaide

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Port Adelaide 1st 17 -0- 1 34 60.9% 1,584 1,016 223 246 139 182
North Adelaide 2nd 13 -0- 5 26 57.7% 1,566 1,146 219 252 158 198
Glenelg 3rd 12 -0- 6 24 54.4% 1,709 1,435 245 239 204 211
West Torrens 4th 10 -0- 8 20 53.4% 1,514 1,321 214 230 183 223
Norwood 5th 9 -0- 9 18 52.5% 1,370 1,240 194 206 173 202
West Adelaide 6th 8 -0- 10 16 46.9% 1,180 1,336 162 208 185 226
Sturt 7th 2 -0- 16 4 39.6% 1,169 1,780 164 185 258 232
South Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 17 2 36.6% 1,120 1,938 156 184 277 276

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Port Adelaide 1st Premiers
North Adelaide 2nd Runners-Up
Glenelg 3rd Defeated by North Adelaide (Preliminary Final)
West Torrens 4th Defeated by Glenelg (Semi Final)
Norwood 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 Attendance
SAT 21/04/1951 2:10 PM North Adelaide v South Adelaide Prospect Oval 148 - 77
SAT 21/04/1951 2:10 PM Norwood v West Torrens Norwood Oval 82 - 113
SAT 21/04/1951 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Alberton Oval 96 - 73
SAT 21/04/1951 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 106 - 102

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 1 -0- 0 2 65.8% 148 77
West Torrens 2nd 1 -0- 0 2 57.9% 113 82
Port Adelaide 3rd 1 -0- 0 2 56.8% 96 73
West Adelaide 4th 1 -0- 0 2 51.0% 106 102
Sturt 5th 0 -0- 1 0 49.0% 102 106
Glenelg 6th 0 -0- 1 0 43.2% 73 96
Norwood 7th 0 -0- 1 0 42.1% 82 113
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 1 0 34.2% 77 148

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
WED 25/04/1951 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 95 - 68
SAT 28/04/1951 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Norwood Oval 58 - 74
SAT 28/04/1951 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Unley Oval 45 - 167
SAT 28/04/1951 2:10 PM West Adelaide v South Adelaide Kensington Oval 99 - 73

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 2 -0- 0 4 72.1% 315 122
Port Adelaide 2nd 2 -0- 0 4 56.5% 170 131
West Adelaide 3rd 2 -0- 0 4 53.9% 205 175
West Torrens 4th 1 -0- 1 2 50.6% 181 177
Glenelg 5th 1 -0- 1 2 50.6% 168 164
Norwood 6th 0 -0- 2 0 42.8% 140 187
South Adelaide 7th 0 -0- 2 0 37.8% 150 247
Sturt 8th 0 -0- 2 0 35.0% 147 273

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/05/1951 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Glenelg Oval 80 - 49
SAT 05/05/1951 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Norwood Prospect Oval 74 - 40
SAT 05/05/1951 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 45 - 113
SAT 05/05/1951 2:10 PM West Torrens v Sturt Thebarton Oval 98 - 91

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 3 -0- 0 6 70.6% 389 162
Port Adelaide 2nd 3 -0- 0 6 61.7% 283 176
Glenelg 3rd 2 -0- 1 4 53.8% 248 213
West Torrens 4th 2 -0- 1 4 51.0% 279 268
West Adelaide 5th 2 -0- 1 4 49.9% 254 255
Norwood 6th 0 -0- 3 0 40.8% 180 261
Sturt 7th 0 -0- 3 0 39.1% 238 371
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 3 0 35.1% 195 360

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/05/1951 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 115 - 46
SAT 12/05/1951 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Mount Gambier 112 - 92
SAT 12/05/1951 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Unley Oval 52 - 103
SAT 12/05/1951 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 67 - 102

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 4 -0- 0 8 68.2% 491 229
Port Adelaide 2nd 4 -0- 0 8 59.6% 395 268
Glenelg 3rd 3 -0- 1 6 58.4% 363 259
West Torrens 4th 2 -0- 2 4 49.4% 371 380
West Adelaide 5th 2 -0- 2 4 47.3% 321 357
Norwood 6th 1 -0- 3 2 47.5% 283 313
Sturt 7th 0 -0- 4 0 38.0% 290 474
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 4 0 33.7% 241 475

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/05/1951 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Prospect Oval 118 - 73
SAT 19/05/1951 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Norwood Oval 45 - 62
SAT 19/05/1951 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Kensington Oval 102 - 58
SAT 19/05/1951 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 75 - 150

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 5 -0- 0 10 66.8% 609 302
Port Adelaide 2nd 5 -0- 0 10 60.4% 497 326
Glenelg 3rd 3 -0- 2 6 53.6% 436 377
West Torrens 4th 3 -0- 2 6 53.4% 521 455
West Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 2 6 48.8% 383 402
Norwood 6th 1 -0- 4 2 46.7% 328 375
Sturt 7th 0 -0- 5 0 37.7% 348 576
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 5 0 33.6% 316 625

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/06/1951 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Glenelg Oval 84 - 100
SAT 02/06/1951 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Alberton Oval 103 - 40
SAT 02/06/1951 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Central Oval 50 - 95
SAT 02/06/1951 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 72 - 68

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 6 -0- 0 12 62.1% 600 366
North Adelaide 2nd 5 -0- 1 10 61.6% 649 405
West Adelaide 3rd 4 -0- 2 8 49.2% 455 470
West Torrens 4th 3 -0- 3 6 52.8% 589 527
Glenelg 5th 3 -0- 3 6 52.2% 520 477
Norwood 6th 2 -0- 4 4 48.3% 428 459
South Adelaide 7th 1 -0- 5 2 37.8% 411 675
Sturt 8th 0 -0- 6 0 37.2% 398 671

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/06/1951 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Torrens Glenelg Oval 107 - 109
SAT 09/06/1951 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 103 - 82
SAT 09/06/1951 2:10 PM West Adelaide v South Adelaide Adelaide Oval 98 - 69
MON 11/06/1951 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 47 - 52

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 7 -0- 0 14 61.2% 652 413
North Adelaide 2nd 6 -0- 1 12 60.7% 752 487
West Adelaide 3rd 5 -0- 2 10 50.6% 553 539
West Torrens 4th 4 -0- 3 8 52.4% 698 634
Glenelg 5th 3 -0- 4 6 51.7% 627 586
Norwood 6th 2 -0- 5 4 48.2% 475 511
South Adelaide 7th 1 -0- 6 2 38.3% 480 773
Sturt 8th 0 -0- 7 0 38.3% 480 774

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/06/1951 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Alberton Oval 86 - 71
SAT 16/06/1951 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 62 - 125
SAT 16/06/1951 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Unley Oval 78 - 113
SAT 16/06/1951 2:10 PM West Torrens v North Adelaide Thebarton Oval 63 - 66

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 8 -0- 0 16 60.4% 738 484
North Adelaide 2nd 7 -0- 1 14 59.8% 818 550
West Adelaide 3rd 5 -0- 3 10 50.0% 624 625
Glenelg 4th 4 -0- 4 8 52.7% 740 664
West Torrens 5th 4 -0- 4 8 52.1% 761 700
Norwood 6th 3 -0- 5 6 51.2% 600 573
South Adelaide 7th 1 -0- 7 2 37.6% 542 898
Sturt 8th 0 -0- 8 0 38.6% 558 887

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/06/1951 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Norwood Oval 86 - 97
SAT 23/06/1951 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Unley Oval 84 - 53
SAT 23/06/1951 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Berri Oval 38 - 69
SAT 23/06/1951 2:10 PM West Torrens v Port Adelaide Thebarton Oval 50 - 38

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 8 -0- 1 16 60.1% 887 588
Port Adelaide 2nd 8 -0- 1 16 59.2% 776 534
Glenelg 3rd 5 -0- 4 10 52.7% 837 750
West Torrens 4th 5 -0- 4 10 52.4% 811 738
West Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 4 10 48.8% 662 694
Norwood 6th 3 -0- 6 6 50.6% 686 670
Sturt 7th 1 -0- 8 2 40.6% 642 940
South Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 8 2 37.7% 595 982

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/06/1951 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 141 - 87
SAT 30/06/1951 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 120 - 89
SAT 30/06/1951 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Alberton Oval 96 - 59
SAT 30/06/1951 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 74 - 83

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 9 -0- 1 18 59.5% 872 593
North Adelaide 2nd 8 -0- 2 16 58.0% 946 684
Glenelg 3rd 6 -0- 4 12 53.9% 978 837
West Torrens 4th 6 -0- 4 12 52.4% 894 812
West Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 5 10 48.6% 736 777
Norwood 6th 4 -0- 6 8 51.5% 806 759
Sturt 7th 1 -0- 9 2 40.8% 731 1,060
South Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 9 2 37.8% 682 1,123

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/07/1951 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Moonta 75 - 67
SAT 14/07/1951 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Prospect Oval 42 - 56
SAT 14/07/1951 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 55 - 62
SAT 14/07/1951 2:10 PM West Torrens v West Adelaide Thebarton Oval 77 - 40

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 10 -0- 1 20 59.4% 928 635
North Adelaide 2nd 8 -0- 3 16 57.2% 988 740
Glenelg 3rd 7 -0- 4 14 53.8% 1,053 904
West Torrens 4th 7 -0- 4 14 53.3% 971 852
West Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 6 10 47.6% 776 854
Norwood 6th 4 -0- 7 8 51.1% 873 834
Sturt 7th 2 -0- 9 4 41.6% 793 1,115
South Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 10 2 38.3% 737 1,185

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/07/1951 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Glenelg Oval 66 - 89
SAT 21/07/1951 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 38 - 82
SAT 21/07/1951 2:10 PM Sturt v West Adelaide Unley Oval 55 - 57
SAT 21/07/1951 2:10 PM West Torrens v Norwood Thebarton Oval 35 - 95

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 11 -0- 1 22 59.2% 1,017 701
North Adelaide 2nd 9 -0- 3 18 57.9% 1,070 778
Glenelg 3rd 7 -0- 5 14 53.0% 1,119 993
West Torrens 4th 7 -0- 5 14 51.5% 1,006 947
West Adelaide 5th 6 -0- 6 12 47.8% 833 909
Norwood 6th 5 -0- 7 10 52.7% 968 869
Sturt 7th 2 -0- 10 4 42.0% 848 1,172
South Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 11 2 38.0% 775 1,267

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/07/1951 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Kensington Oval 84 - 94
SAT 28/07/1951 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Norwood Prospect Oval 47 - 63
SAT 28/07/1951 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Alberton Oval 157 - 72
SAT 28/07/1951 2:10 PM Sturt v West Torrens Unley Oval 69 - 110

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 12 -0- 1 24 60.3% 1,174 773
North Adelaide 2nd 9 -0- 4 18 57.0% 1,117 841
West Torrens 3rd 8 -0- 5 16 52.3% 1,116 1,016
Glenelg 4th 7 -0- 6 14 52.5% 1,203 1,087
West Adelaide 5th 7 -0- 6 14 48.3% 927 993
Norwood 6th 6 -0- 7 12 53.0% 1,031 916
Sturt 7th 2 -0- 11 4 41.7% 917 1,282
South Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 12 2 37.3% 847 1,424

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/08/1951 2:10 PM Glenelg v North Adelaide Glenelg Oval 99 - 81
SAT 04/08/1951 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Alberton Oval 133 - 43
SAT 04/08/1951 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 39 - 47
SAT 04/08/1951 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Kensington Oval 98 - 27

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 13 -0- 1 26 61.6% 1,307 816
North Adelaide 2nd 9 -0- 5 18 56.0% 1,198 940
West Torrens 3rd 9 -0- 5 18 53.8% 1,214 1,043
Glenelg 4th 8 -0- 6 16 52.7% 1,302 1,168
Norwood 5th 7 -0- 7 14 53.0% 1,078 955
West Adelaide 6th 7 -0- 7 14 48.2% 966 1,040
Sturt 7th 2 -0- 12 4 40.4% 960 1,415
South Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 13 2 36.5% 874 1,522

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/08/1951 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Glenelg Oval 136 - 56
SAT 11/08/1951 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Prospect Oval 79 - 66
SAT 11/08/1951 2:10 PM Norwood v South Adelaide Norwood Oval 112 - 61
SAT 11/08/1951 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 33 - 50

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 14 -0- 1 28 61.5% 1,357 849
North Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 5 20 55.9% 1,277 1,006
Glenelg 3rd 9 -0- 6 18 54.0% 1,438 1,224
West Torrens 4th 9 -0- 6 18 53.3% 1,280 1,122
Norwood 5th 8 -0- 7 16 53.9% 1,190 1,016
West Adelaide 6th 7 -0- 8 14 47.8% 999 1,090
Sturt 7th 2 -0- 13 4 39.6% 1,016 1,551
South Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 14 2 36.4% 935 1,634

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/08/1951 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Alberton Oval 103 - 59
SAT 18/08/1951 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 40 - 94
SAT 18/08/1951 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Unley Oval 61 - 96
SAT 18/08/1951 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Thebarton Oval 64 - 81

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 15 -0- 1 30 61.7% 1,460 908
North Adelaide 2nd 11 -0- 5 22 56.3% 1,373 1,067
Glenelg 3rd 10 -0- 6 20 54.1% 1,519 1,288
West Torrens 4th 9 -0- 7 18 52.8% 1,344 1,203
Norwood 5th 8 -0- 8 16 52.7% 1,249 1,119
West Adelaide 6th 8 -0- 8 16 49.2% 1,093 1,130
Sturt 7th 2 -0- 14 4 39.5% 1,077 1,647
South Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 15 2 36.1% 975 1,728

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/08/1951 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 34 - 61
SAT 25/08/1951 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Unley Oval 32 - 46
SAT 25/08/1951 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 42 - 74
SAT 25/08/1951 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Thebarton Oval 94 - 40

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 16 -0- 1 32 61.6% 1,506 940
North Adelaide 2nd 12 -0- 5 24 56.6% 1,434 1,101
Glenelg 3rd 11 -0- 6 22 54.5% 1,593 1,330
West Torrens 4th 10 -0- 7 20 53.6% 1,438 1,243
Norwood 5th 8 -0- 9 16 52.1% 1,283 1,180
West Adelaide 6th 8 -0- 9 16 48.5% 1,135 1,204
Sturt 7th 2 -0- 15 4 39.6% 1,109 1,693
South Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 16 2 35.8% 1,015 1,822

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/09/1951 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Prospect Oval 132 - 45
SAT 01/09/1951 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 87 - 60
SAT 01/09/1951 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Alberton Oval 78 - 76
SAT 01/09/1951 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 105 - 116

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 17 -0- 1 34 60.9% 1,584 1,016
North Adelaide 2nd 13 -0- 5 26 57.7% 1,566 1,146
Glenelg 3rd 12 -0- 6 24 54.4% 1,709 1,435
West Torrens 4th 10 -0- 8 20 53.4% 1,514 1,321
Norwood 5th 9 -0- 9 18 52.5% 1,370 1,240
West Adelaide 6th 8 -0- 10 16 46.9% 1,180 1,336
Sturt 7th 2 -0- 16 4 39.6% 1,169 1,780
South Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 17 2 36.6% 1,120 1,938

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/09/1951 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 93 - 55 27,855
SAT 15/09/1951 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 100 - 69 32,030

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/09/1951 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 80 - 55 25,523

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/09/1951 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 72 - 61 41,997