1952 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1952 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: 1952 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 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 Fitzgerald
West Adelaide Adelaide Oval Brian Faehse
West Torrens Thebarton Oval Joe Kinlough

Season Results

Premiers: North Adelaide
Runners-Up: Norwood
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 14 -0- 3 28 56.4% 1,525 1,179 215 235 168 171
Port Adelaide 2nd 13 -0- 4 26 59.8% 1,423 957 201 217 134 153
West Torrens 3rd 11 -0- 6 22 55.2% 1,622 1,316 238 194 186 200
Norwood 4th 10 -0- 7 20 53.1% 1,519 1,340 214 235 190 200
Glenelg 5th 6 -0- 11 12 48.7% 1,387 1,460 200 187 207 218
West Adelaide 6th 6 -0- 11 12 47.1% 1,161 1,304 159 207 186 188
South Adelaide 7th 5 -0- 12 10 39.8% 1,093 1,652 152 181 236 236
Sturt 8th 3 -0- 14 6 40.8% 1,156 1,678 163 178 235 268

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
North Adelaide 1st Premiers
Norwood 2nd Runners-Up
Port Adelaide 3rd Defeated by Norwood (Preliminary Final)
West Torrens 4th Defeated by Norwood (Semi Final)
Glenelg 5th Did not qualify for finals
West 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 Attendance
FRI 25/04/1952 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 88 - 45
SAT 26/04/1952 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Unley Oval 65 - 151
SAT 26/04/1952 2:10 PM West Adelaide v South Adelaide Kensington Oval 102 - 52
SAT 26/04/1952 2:10 PM West Torrens v North Adelaide Thebarton Oval 106 - 84

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 1 -0- 0 2 69.9% 151 65
West Adelaide 2nd 1 -0- 0 2 66.2% 102 52
Port Adelaide 3rd 1 -0- 0 2 66.2% 88 45
West Torrens 4th 1 -0- 0 2 55.8% 106 84
North Adelaide 5th 0 -0- 1 0 44.2% 84 106
South Adelaide 6th 0 -0- 1 0 33.8% 52 102
Glenelg 7th 0 -0- 1 0 33.8% 45 88
Sturt 8th 0 -0- 1 0 30.1% 65 151

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/05/1952 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Torrens Glenelg Oval 99 - 100
SAT 03/05/1952 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 81 - 67
SAT 03/05/1952 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Alberton Oval 83 - 46
SAT 03/05/1952 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Unley Oval 121 - 79

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 2 -0- 0 4 65.3% 171 91
Norwood 2nd 2 -0- 0 4 63.7% 232 132
West Torrens 3rd 2 -0- 0 4 53.0% 206 183
West Adelaide 4th 1 -0- 1 2 56.0% 169 133
Sturt 5th 1 -0- 1 2 44.7% 186 230
Glenelg 6th 0 -0- 2 0 43.4% 144 188
North Adelaide 7th 0 -0- 2 0 40.8% 130 189
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 2 0 37.0% 131 223

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/05/1952 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Prospect Oval 85 - 81
SAT 10/05/1952 2:10 PM Norwood v South Adelaide Norwood Oval 153 - 61
SAT 10/05/1952 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Alberton Oval 108 - 57
SAT 10/05/1952 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 122 - 57

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 3 -0- 0 6 66.6% 385 193
Port Adelaide 2nd 3 -0- 0 6 65.3% 279 148
West Adelaide 3rd 2 -0- 1 4 60.5% 291 190
West Torrens 4th 2 -0- 1 4 47.5% 263 291
North Adelaide 5th 1 -0- 2 2 44.3% 215 270
Sturt 6th 1 -0- 2 2 40.8% 243 352
Glenelg 7th 0 -0- 3 0 45.2% 225 273
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 3 0 33.8% 192 376

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/05/1952 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Prospect Oval 78 - 43
SAT 17/05/1952 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Kensington Oval 59 - 68
SAT 17/05/1952 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 86 - 58
SAT 17/05/1952 2:10 PM West Torrens v Sturt Thebarton Oval 107 - 62

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 4 -0- 0 8 62.6% 347 207
Norwood 2nd 3 -0- 1 6 63.0% 444 261
West Torrens 3rd 3 -0- 1 6 51.2% 370 353
West Adelaide 4th 2 -0- 2 4 55.5% 334 268
North Adelaide 5th 2 -0- 2 4 48.3% 293 313
Sturt 6th 1 -0- 3 2 39.9% 305 459
South Adelaide 7th 1 -0- 3 2 39.0% 278 434
Glenelg 8th 0 -0- 4 0 44.1% 283 359

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/05/1952 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Glenelg Oval 90 - 52
SAT 24/05/1952 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 72 - 86
SAT 24/05/1952 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 43 - 40
SAT 24/05/1952 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Thebarton Oval 106 - 89

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 4 -0- 1 8 60.8% 387 250
West Torrens 2nd 4 -0- 1 8 51.9% 476 442
Norwood 3rd 3 -0- 2 6 59.8% 516 347
West Adelaide 4th 3 -0- 2 6 55.0% 377 308
North Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 2 6 49.6% 379 385
Glenelg 6th 1 -0- 4 2 47.6% 373 411
South Adelaide 7th 1 -0- 4 2 40.5% 367 540
Sturt 8th 1 -0- 4 2 39.4% 357 549

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/05/1952 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Glenelg Oval 87 - 70
SAT 31/05/1952 2:10 PM North Adelaide v South Adelaide Prospect Oval 78 - 41
SAT 31/05/1952 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Kensington Oval 52 - 96
SAT 31/05/1952 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 50 - 49

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 5 -0- 1 10 61.5% 483 302
West Adelaide 2nd 4 -0- 2 8 54.5% 427 357
North Adelaide 3rd 4 -0- 2 8 51.8% 457 426
West Torrens 4th 4 -0- 2 8 51.6% 525 492
Norwood 5th 3 -0- 3 6 57.5% 586 434
Glenelg 6th 2 -0- 4 4 48.9% 460 481
South Adelaide 7th 1 -0- 5 2 39.8% 408 618
Sturt 8th 1 -0- 5 2 38.8% 409 645

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/06/1952 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Kensington Oval 105 - 111
SAT 07/06/1952 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Alberton Oval 92 - 41
SAT 07/06/1952 2:10 PM West Adelaide v South Adelaide Adelaide Oval 38 - 71
MON 09/06/1952 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 93 - 101

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 6 -0- 1 12 62.6% 575 343
West Torrens 2nd 5 -0- 2 10 51.7% 626 585
West Adelaide 3rd 4 -0- 3 8 52.1% 465 428
North Adelaide 4th 4 -0- 3 8 51.1% 550 527
Norwood 5th 3 -0- 4 6 55.9% 691 545
Glenelg 6th 2 -0- 5 4 46.6% 501 573
South Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 5 4 42.2% 479 656
Sturt 8th 2 -0- 5 4 40.9% 520 750

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/06/1952 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Glenelg Oval 109 - 88
SAT 14/06/1952 2:10 PM Norwood v West Torrens Norwood Oval 99 - 81
SAT 14/06/1952 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 62 - 60
SAT 14/06/1952 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Unley Oval 70 - 104

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 6 -0- 2 12 61.1% 635 405
North Adelaide 2nd 5 -0- 3 10 52.3% 654 597
West Torrens 3rd 5 -0- 3 10 50.8% 707 684
Norwood 4th 4 -0- 4 8 55.8% 790 626
West Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 4 8 50.7% 553 537
Glenelg 6th 3 -0- 5 6 48.0% 610 661
South Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 5 6 43.0% 541 716
Sturt 8th 2 -0- 6 4 40.9% 590 854

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/06/1952 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Prospect Oval 96 - 54
SAT 28/06/1952 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Norwood Oval 107 - 67
SAT 28/06/1952 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 82 - 45
SAT 28/06/1952 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Thebarton Oval 112 - 90

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 6 -0- 3 12 57.9% 689 501
North Adelaide 2nd 6 -0- 3 12 53.5% 750 651
West Torrens 3rd 6 -0- 3 12 51.4% 819 774
Norwood 4th 5 -0- 4 10 56.4% 897 693
West Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 5 8 49.1% 620 644
South Adelaide 6th 4 -0- 5 8 45.0% 623 761
Glenelg 7th 3 -0- 6 6 47.5% 700 773
Sturt 8th 2 -0- 7 4 40.4% 635 936

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/07/1952 2:10 PM Glenelg v North Adelaide Glenelg Oval 65 - 127
SAT 05/07/1952 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 56 - 57
SAT 05/07/1952 2:10 PM Sturt v West Adelaide Unley Oval 88 - 102
SAT 05/07/1952 2:10 PM West Torrens v Port Adelaide Thebarton Oval 62 - 86

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 7 -0- 3 14 57.9% 775 563
North Adelaide 2nd 7 -0- 3 14 55.1% 877 716
Norwood 3rd 6 -0- 4 12 56.0% 954 749
West Torrens 4th 6 -0- 4 12 50.6% 881 860
West Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 5 10 49.7% 722 732
South Adelaide 6th 4 -0- 6 8 45.4% 679 818
Glenelg 7th 3 -0- 7 6 45.9% 765 900
Sturt 8th 2 -0- 8 4 41.1% 723 1,038

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/07/1952 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 128 - 64
SAT 12/07/1952 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Norwood Oval 72 - 61
SAT 12/07/1952 2:10 PM Sturt v West Torrens Unley Oval 52 - 51
SAT 12/07/1952 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 49 - 50

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 8 -0- 3 16 54.8% 927 765
Port Adelaide 2nd 7 -0- 4 14 56.8% 836 635
Norwood 3rd 7 -0- 4 14 55.9% 1,026 810
West Torrens 4th 6 -0- 5 12 50.5% 932 912
West Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 6 10 49.6% 771 782
Glenelg 6th 4 -0- 7 8 48.1% 893 964
South Adelaide 7th 4 -0- 7 8 44.0% 743 946
Sturt 8th 3 -0- 8 6 41.6% 775 1,089

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/07/1952 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Norwood Prospect Oval 89 - 65
SAT 26/07/1952 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Alberton Oval 76 - 47
SAT 26/07/1952 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Unley Oval 62 - 96
SAT 26/07/1952 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Kensington Oval 120 - 61

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 9 -0- 3 18 55.0% 1,016 830
Port Adelaide 2nd 8 -0- 4 16 57.2% 912 682
Norwood 3rd 7 -0- 5 14 54.8% 1,091 899
West Torrens 4th 7 -0- 5 14 52.0% 1,052 973
Glenelg 5th 5 -0- 7 10 49.1% 989 1,026
West Adelaide 6th 5 -0- 7 10 48.8% 818 858
South Adelaide 7th 4 -0- 8 8 43.0% 804 1,066
Sturt 8th 3 -0- 9 6 41.4% 837 1,185

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/08/1952 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Norwood Oval 75 - 71
SAT 02/08/1952 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Alberton Oval 84 - 37
SAT 02/08/1952 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 54 - 125
SAT 02/08/1952 2:10 PM West Torrens v West Adelaide Thebarton Oval 95 - 67

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 10 -0- 3 20 56.3% 1,141 884
Port Adelaide 2nd 9 -0- 4 18 58.1% 996 719
Norwood 3rd 8 -0- 5 16 54.6% 1,166 970
West Torrens 4th 8 -0- 5 16 52.4% 1,147 1,040
Glenelg 5th 5 -0- 8 10 49.1% 1,060 1,101
West Adelaide 6th 5 -0- 8 10 48.2% 885 953
South Adelaide 7th 4 -0- 9 8 41.9% 858 1,191
Sturt 8th 3 -0- 10 6 40.8% 874 1,269

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/08/1952 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Prospect Oval 78 - 77
SAT 09/08/1952 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Alberton Oval 117 - 61
SAT 09/08/1952 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 66 - 50
SAT 09/08/1952 2:10 PM West Torrens v Norwood Thebarton Oval 110 - 84

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 11 -0- 3 22 55.9% 1,219 961
Port Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 4 20 58.8% 1,113 780
West Torrens 3rd 9 -0- 5 18 52.8% 1,257 1,124
Norwood 4th 8 -0- 6 16 53.6% 1,250 1,080
West Adelaide 5th 6 -0- 8 12 48.7% 951 1,003
Glenelg 6th 5 -0- 9 10 48.7% 1,110 1,167
South Adelaide 7th 4 -0- 10 8 41.3% 919 1,308
Sturt 8th 3 -0- 11 6 41.4% 951 1,347

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/08/1952 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Glenelg Oval 49 - 71
SAT 23/08/1952 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Prospect Oval 73 - 68
SAT 23/08/1952 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 69 - 55
SAT 23/08/1952 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 60 - 55

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 12 -0- 3 24 55.7% 1,292 1,029
Port Adelaide 2nd 11 -0- 4 22 58.8% 1,184 829
Norwood 3rd 9 -0- 6 18 53.7% 1,319 1,135
West Torrens 4th 9 -0- 6 18 52.5% 1,325 1,197
West Adelaide 5th 6 -0- 9 12 48.6% 1,006 1,063
Glenelg 6th 5 -0- 10 10 48.4% 1,159 1,238
South Adelaide 7th 5 -0- 10 10 41.8% 979 1,363
Sturt 8th 3 -0- 12 6 41.5% 1,006 1,416

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/08/1952 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Alberton Oval 102 - 73
SAT 30/08/1952 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 43 - 155
SAT 30/08/1952 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Unley Oval 95 - 125
SAT 30/08/1952 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Kensington Oval 79 - 99

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 13 -0- 3 26 55.7% 1,391 1,108
Port Adelaide 2nd 12 -0- 4 24 58.8% 1,286 902
West Torrens 3rd 10 -0- 6 20 54.4% 1,480 1,240
Norwood 4th 9 -0- 7 18 52.9% 1,392 1,237
Glenelg 5th 6 -0- 10 12 49.1% 1,284 1,333
West Adelaide 6th 6 -0- 10 12 48.3% 1,085 1,162
South Adelaide 7th 5 -0- 11 10 40.2% 1,022 1,518
Sturt 8th 3 -0- 13 6 41.7% 1,101 1,541

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/09/1952 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Kensington Oval 103 - 127
SAT 06/09/1952 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 71 - 134
SAT 06/09/1952 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Unley Oval 55 - 137
SAT 06/09/1952 2:10 PM West Torrens v West Adelaide Thebarton Oval 142 - 76

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 14 -0- 3 28 56.4% 1,525 1,179
Port Adelaide 2nd 13 -0- 4 26 59.8% 1,423 957
West Torrens 3rd 11 -0- 6 22 55.2% 1,622 1,316
Norwood 4th 10 -0- 7 20 53.1% 1,519 1,340
Glenelg 5th 6 -0- 11 12 48.7% 1,387 1,460
West Adelaide 6th 6 -0- 11 12 47.1% 1,161 1,304
South Adelaide 7th 5 -0- 12 10 39.8% 1,093 1,652
Sturt 8th 3 -0- 14 6 40.8% 1,156 1,678

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/09/1952 2:10 PM West Torrens v Norwood Adelaide Oval 77 - 88 36,450
SAT 20/09/1952 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 84 - 81 37,697

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/09/1952 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 50 - 61 41,579

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/10/1952 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 153 - 45 50,105