1953 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1953 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. West Torrens were the premiers, with Joe Kinlough as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1953 SANFL Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 18
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 76

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Glenelg	Glenelg Oval	Pat Hall
North Adelaide	Prospect Oval	Lionel Bennetts
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	Laurie Cahill
West Torrens	Thebarton Oval	Joe Kinlough

Season Results

Premiers: West Torrens
Runners-Up: Port 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	15	-0-	3	30	59.0%	1,669	1,161	230	289	164	177
West Torrens	2nd	15	-0-	3	30	58.3%	1,822	1,305	256	286	178	237
Norwood	3rd	10	-0-	8	20	51.8%	1,609	1,497	227	247	210	237
Glenelg	4th	9	-0-	9	18	52.3%	1,701	1,552	241	255	216	256
North Adelaide	5th	8	-0-	10	16	49.1%	1,465	1,518	209	211	213	240
West Adelaide	6th	5	-0-	13	10	47.0%	1,372	1,546	189	238	220	226
Sturt	7th	5	-0-	13	10	44.4%	1,505	1,885	212	233	268	277
South Adelaide	8th	5	-0-	13	10	38.8%	1,170	1,849	164	186	259	295

Overall Premiership Results

Team	Position (Outcome)
West Torrens	1st	Premiers
Port Adelaide	2nd	Runners-Up
Glenelg	3rd	Defeated by Port Adelaide (Preliminary Final)
Norwood	4th	Defeated by Glenelg (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	25/04/1953	2:10 PM	Glenelg v South Adelaide	Kensington Oval	138	-	74
SAT	25/04/1953	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Prospect Oval	56	-	63
SAT	25/04/1953	2:10 PM	Norwood v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	65	-	89
SAT	25/04/1953	2:10 PM	Sturt v West Adelaide	Unley Oval	64	-	76

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenelg	1st	1	-0-	0	2	65.1%	138	74
West Torrens	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	57.8%	89	65
West Adelaide	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	54.3%	76	64
Port Adelaide	4th	1	-0-	0	2	52.9%	63	56
North Adelaide	5th	0	-0-	1	0	47.1%	56	63
Sturt	6th	0	-0-	1	0	45.7%	64	76
Norwood	7th	0	-0-	1	0	42.2%	65	89
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	1	0	34.9%	74	138

Round 2

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	02/05/1953	2:10 PM	Glenelg v West Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	114	-	41
SAT	02/05/1953	2:10 PM	Norwood v North Adelaide	Norwood Oval	88	-	55
SAT	02/05/1953	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	112	-	168
SAT	02/05/1953	2:10 PM	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	54	-	88

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenelg	1st	2	-0-	0	4	68.7%	252	115
Port Adelaide	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	57.9%	151	110
Sturt	3rd	1	-0-	1	2	55.2%	232	188
Norwood	4th	1	-0-	1	2	51.5%	153	144
West Torrens	5th	1	-0-	1	2	48.3%	143	153
West Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	1	2	39.7%	117	178
North Adelaide	7th	0	-0-	2	0	42.4%	111	151
South Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	2	0	37.8%	186	306

Round 3

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	09/05/1953	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v West Torrens	Prospect Oval	99	-	127
SAT	09/05/1953	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v Norwood	Alberton Oval	76	-	85
SAT	09/05/1953	2:10 PM	Sturt v Glenelg	Unley Oval	76	-	123
SAT	09/05/1953	2:10 PM	West Adelaide v South Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	62	-	99

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenelg	1st	3	-0-	0	6	66.3%	375	191
Port Adelaide	2nd	2	-0-	1	4	53.8%	227	195
Norwood	3rd	2	-0-	1	4	52.0%	238	220
West Torrens	4th	2	-0-	1	4	51.7%	270	252
Sturt	5th	1	-0-	2	2	49.8%	308	311
South Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	2	2	43.6%	285	368
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	2	2	39.3%	179	277
North Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	3	0	43.0%	210	278

Round 4

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	16/05/1953	2:10 PM	Glenelg v North Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	133	-	78
SAT	16/05/1953	2:10 PM	Norwood v West Adelaide	Kensington Oval	72	-	71
SAT	16/05/1953	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v Sturt	Alberton Oval	124	-	88
SAT	16/05/1953	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	78	-	107

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Glenelg	1st	4	-0-	0	8	65.4%	508	269
Port Adelaide	2nd	3	-0-	1	6	55.4%	351	283
West Torrens	3rd	3	-0-	1	6	53.3%	377	330
Norwood	4th	3	-0-	1	6	51.6%	310	291
Sturt	5th	1	-0-	3	2	47.7%	396	435
South Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	3	2	43.3%	363	475
West Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	3	2	41.7%	250	349
North Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	4	0	41.2%	288	411

Round 5

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	23/05/1953	2:10 PM	Norwood v Glenelg	Norwood Oval	112	-	100
SAT	23/05/1953	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	155	-	25
SAT	23/05/1953	2:10 PM	West Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	84	-	76
SAT	23/05/1953	2:10 PM	West Torrens v Sturt	Thebarton Oval	131	-	55

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	4	-0-	1	8	62.2%	506	308
Glenelg	2nd	4	-0-	1	8	61.5%	608	381
West Torrens	3rd	4	-0-	1	8	56.9%	508	385
Norwood	4th	4	-0-	1	8	51.9%	422	391
West Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	3	4	44.0%	334	425
Sturt	6th	1	-0-	4	2	44.3%	451	566
South Adelaide	7th	1	-0-	4	2	38.1%	388	630
North Adelaide	8th	0	-0-	5	0	42.4%	364	495

Round 6

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	30/05/1953	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	52	-	95
SAT	30/05/1953	2:10 PM	Sturt v Norwood	Unley Oval	75	-	108
SAT	30/05/1953	2:10 PM	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Kensington Oval	109	-	87
TUE	02/06/1953	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	96	-	71

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	5	-0-	1	10	61.4%	602	379
West Torrens	2nd	5	-0-	1	10	56.7%	617	472
Norwood	3rd	5	-0-	1	10	53.2%	530	466
Glenelg	4th	4	-0-	2	8	58.7%	679	477
West Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	4	4	44.1%	421	534
North Adelaide	6th	1	-0-	5	2	45.6%	459	547
Sturt	7th	1	-0-	5	2	43.8%	526	674
South Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	5	2	37.8%	440	725

Round 7

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	06/06/1953	2:10 PM	Glenelg v West Torrens	Glenelg Oval	83	-	97
SAT	06/06/1953	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v Sturt	Prospect Oval	128	-	98
SAT	06/06/1953	2:10 PM	Norwood v South Adelaide	Norwood Oval	161	-	45
SAT	06/06/1953	2:10 PM	West Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	52	-	88

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	6	-0-	1	12	61.6%	690	431
Norwood	2nd	6	-0-	1	12	57.5%	691	511
West Torrens	3rd	6	-0-	1	12	56.3%	714	555
Glenelg	4th	4	-0-	3	8	57.0%	762	574
North Adelaide	5th	2	-0-	5	4	47.6%	587	645
West Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	5	4	43.2%	473	622
Sturt	7th	1	-0-	6	2	43.8%	624	802
South Adelaide	8th	1	-0-	6	2	35.4%	485	886

Round 8

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	13/06/1953	2:10 PM	Glenelg v West Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	88	-	87
SAT	13/06/1953	2:10 PM	Norwood v North Adelaide	SCG	105	-	129
SAT	13/06/1953	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	84	-	75
SAT	13/06/1953	2:10 PM	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	70	-	98

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	7	-0-	1	14	61.1%	788	501
Norwood	2nd	6	-0-	2	12	55.4%	796	640
West Torrens	3rd	6	-0-	2	12	54.6%	784	653
Glenelg	4th	5	-0-	3	10	56.3%	850	661
North Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	5	6	48.8%	716	750
West Adelaide	6th	2	-0-	6	4	44.1%	560	710
South Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	6	4	37.2%	569	961
Sturt	8th	1	-0-	7	2	44.1%	699	886

Round 9

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	20/06/1953	2:10 PM	Glenelg v South Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	100	-	48
SAT	20/06/1953	2:10 PM	Norwood v West Torrens	Norwood Oval	96	-	83
SAT	20/06/1953	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v North Adelaide	Alberton Oval	97	-	54
SAT	20/06/1953	2:10 PM	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	77	-	88

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	1	16	61.5%	885	555
Norwood	2nd	7	-0-	2	14	55.2%	892	723
Glenelg	3rd	6	-0-	3	12	57.3%	950	709
West Torrens	4th	6	-0-	3	12	53.7%	867	749
North Adelaide	5th	3	-0-	6	6	47.6%	770	847
Sturt	6th	2	-0-	7	4	45.0%	787	963
West Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	7	4	44.4%	637	798
South Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	7	4	36.8%	617	1,061

Round 10

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	27/06/1953	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v Norwood	Prospect Oval	78	-	62
SAT	27/06/1953	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Alberton Oval	81	-	89
SAT	27/06/1953	2:10 PM	Sturt v South Adelaide	Unley Oval	98	-	82
SAT	27/06/1953	2:10 PM	West Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	105	-	127

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	8	-0-	2	16	60.0%	966	644
Glenelg	2nd	7	-0-	3	14	57.0%	1,077	814
Norwood	3rd	7	-0-	3	14	54.4%	954	801
West Torrens	4th	7	-0-	3	14	53.5%	956	830
North Adelaide	5th	4	-0-	6	8	48.3%	848	909
Sturt	6th	3	-0-	7	6	45.9%	885	1,045
West Adelaide	7th	2	-0-	8	4	44.5%	742	925
South Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	8	4	37.6%	699	1,159

Round 11

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/07/1953	2:10 PM	Glenelg v Sturt	Glenelg Oval	66	-	100
SAT	04/07/1953	2:10 PM	Norwood v Port Adelaide	Norwood Oval	78	-	88
SAT	04/07/1953	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v West Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	49	-	155
SAT	04/07/1953	2:10 PM	West Torrens v North Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	100	-	42

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	9	-0-	2	18	59.3%	1,054	722
West Torrens	2nd	8	-0-	3	16	54.8%	1,056	872
Glenelg	3rd	7	-0-	4	14	55.6%	1,143	914
Norwood	4th	7	-0-	4	14	53.7%	1,032	889
Sturt	5th	4	-0-	7	8	47.0%	985	1,111
North Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	7	8	46.9%	890	1,009
West Adelaide	7th	3	-0-	8	6	47.9%	897	974
South Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	9	4	36.3%	748	1,314

Round 12

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	25/07/1953	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v Glenelg	Prospect Oval	114	-	89
SAT	25/07/1953	2:10 PM	Norwood v West Adelaide	Norwood Oval	54	-	65
SAT	25/07/1953	2:10 PM	Sturt v Port Adelaide	Unley Oval	95	-	103
SAT	25/07/1953	2:10 PM	West Torrens v South Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	92	-	67

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	10	-0-	2	20	58.6%	1,157	817
West Torrens	2nd	9	-0-	3	18	55.0%	1,148	939
Glenelg	3rd	7	-0-	5	14	54.5%	1,232	1,028
Norwood	4th	7	-0-	5	14	53.2%	1,086	954
North Adelaide	5th	5	-0-	7	10	47.8%	1,004	1,098
West Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	8	8	48.3%	962	1,028
Sturt	7th	4	-0-	8	8	47.1%	1,080	1,214
South Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	10	4	36.7%	815	1,406

Round 13

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/08/1953	2:10 PM	Glenelg v Norwood	Glenelg Oval	108	-	110
SAT	01/08/1953	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v West Adelaide	Prospect Oval	96	-	59
SAT	01/08/1953	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	49	-	79
SAT	01/08/1953	2:10 PM	West Torrens v Sturt	Kensington Oval	139	-	57

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	11	-0-	2	22	58.8%	1,236	866
West Torrens	2nd	10	-0-	3	20	56.4%	1,287	996
Norwood	3rd	8	-0-	5	16	53.0%	1,196	1,062
Glenelg	4th	7	-0-	6	14	54.1%	1,340	1,138
North Adelaide	5th	6	-0-	7	12	48.7%	1,100	1,157
West Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	9	8	47.6%	1,021	1,124
Sturt	7th	4	-0-	9	8	45.7%	1,137	1,353
South Adelaide	8th	2	-0-	11	4	36.8%	864	1,485

Round 14

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/08/1953	2:10 PM	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	101	-	80
SAT	08/08/1953	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Alberton Oval	81	-	93
SAT	08/08/1953	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v North Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	68	-	65
SAT	08/08/1953	2:10 PM	West Torrens v West Adelaide	Thebarton Oval	90	-	44

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	11	-0-	3	22	57.9%	1,317	959
West Torrens	2nd	11	-0-	3	22	57.0%	1,377	1,040
Norwood	3rd	9	-0-	5	18	53.2%	1,297	1,142
Glenelg	4th	8	-0-	6	16	54.0%	1,433	1,219
North Adelaide	5th	6	-0-	8	12	48.7%	1,165	1,225
West Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	10	8	46.7%	1,065	1,214
Sturt	7th	4	-0-	10	8	45.6%	1,217	1,454
South Adelaide	8th	3	-0-	11	6	37.6%	932	1,550

Round 15

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/08/1953	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v West Adelaide	Alberton Oval	76	-	35
SAT	15/08/1953	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	66	-	53
SAT	15/08/1953	2:10 PM	Sturt v North Adelaide	Unley Oval	62	-	71
SAT	15/08/1953	2:10 PM	West Torrens v Glenelg	Thebarton Oval	93	-	61

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	12	-0-	3	24	58.4%	1,393	994
West Torrens	2nd	12	-0-	3	24	57.2%	1,470	1,101
Norwood	3rd	9	-0-	6	18	52.8%	1,350	1,208
Glenelg	4th	8	-0-	7	16	53.2%	1,494	1,312
North Adelaide	5th	7	-0-	8	14	49.0%	1,236	1,287
West Adelaide	6th	4	-0-	11	8	46.0%	1,100	1,290
Sturt	7th	4	-0-	11	8	45.6%	1,279	1,525
South Adelaide	8th	4	-0-	11	8	38.4%	998	1,603

Round 16

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	22/08/1953	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v Port Adelaide	Kensington Oval	68	-	92
SAT	22/08/1953	2:10 PM	South Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	76	-	65
SAT	22/08/1953	2:10 PM	West Adelaide v Sturt	Adelaide Oval	82	-	83
SAT	22/08/1953	2:10 PM	West Torrens v Norwood	Thebarton Oval	99	-	61

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	13	-0-	3	26	58.3%	1,485	1,062
West Torrens	2nd	13	-0-	3	26	57.5%	1,569	1,162
Norwood	3rd	9	-0-	7	18	51.9%	1,411	1,307
Glenelg	4th	8	-0-	8	16	52.9%	1,559	1,388
North Adelaide	5th	7	-0-	9	14	48.6%	1,304	1,379
Sturt	6th	5	-0-	11	10	45.9%	1,362	1,607
South Adelaide	7th	5	-0-	11	10	39.2%	1,074	1,668
West Adelaide	8th	4	-0-	12	8	46.3%	1,182	1,373

Round 17

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	29/08/1953	2:10 PM	Glenelg v Port Adelaide	Glenelg Oval	37	-	88
SAT	29/08/1953	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v South Adelaide	Prospect Oval	85	-	34
SAT	29/08/1953	2:10 PM	Norwood v Sturt	Norwood Oval	125	-	79
SAT	29/08/1953	2:10 PM	West Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	79	-	100

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	14	-0-	3	28	58.9%	1,573	1,099
West Torrens	2nd	14	-0-	3	28	57.4%	1,669	1,241
Norwood	3rd	10	-0-	7	20	52.6%	1,536	1,386
Glenelg	4th	8	-0-	9	16	52.0%	1,596	1,476
North Adelaide	5th	8	-0-	9	16	49.6%	1,389	1,413
Sturt	6th	5	-0-	12	10	45.4%	1,441	1,732
South Adelaide	7th	5	-0-	12	10	38.7%	1,108	1,753
West Adelaide	8th	4	-0-	13	8	46.1%	1,261	1,473

Round 18

Date			Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/09/1953	2:10 PM	North Adelaide v Glenelg	Kensington Oval	76	-	105
SAT	05/09/1953	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v South Adelaide	Alberton Oval	96	-	62
SAT	05/09/1953	2:10 PM	Sturt v West Torrens	Unley Oval	64	-	153
SAT	05/09/1953	2:10 PM	West Adelaide v Norwood	Adelaide Oval	111	-	73

Round 18 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide	1st	15	-0-	3	30	59.0%	1,669	1,161
West Torrens	2nd	15	-0-	3	30	58.3%	1,822	1,305
Norwood	3rd	10	-0-	8	20	51.8%	1,609	1,497
Glenelg	4th	9	-0-	9	18	52.3%	1,701	1,552
North Adelaide	5th	8	-0-	10	16	49.1%	1,465	1,518
West Adelaide	6th	5	-0-	13	10	47.0%	1,372	1,546
Sturt	7th	5	-0-	13	10	44.4%	1,505	1,885
South Adelaide	8th	5	-0-	13	10	38.8%	1,170	1,849

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	12/09/1953	2:10 PM	Norwood v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	78	-	102	26,681
SAT	19/09/1953	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v West Torrens	Adelaide Oval	50	-	96	25,933

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	26/09/1953	2:10 PM	Port Adelaide v Glenelg	Adelaide Oval	124	-	66	32,270

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	03/10/1953	2:10 PM	West Torrens v Port Adelaide	Adelaide Oval	67	-	60	42,949

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The information provided on this site does not necessarily align with the official record. The purpose of this site is to present its author's attempt to amalgamate a variety of sources of information on the VFL/AFL, VFA/VFL, SANFL, WAFL, TSL and other competitions to provide its users a unified view of the people (e.g. players, coaches, draftees and umpires), places, events (e.g. matches, drafts and awards) and other entities that have contributed to the rich history of Australian rules football.