1954 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1954 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: 1954 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 Pat Hall
North Adelaide Prospect Oval Lionel Bennetts
Norwood Norwood Oval Jack Oatey
Port Adelaide Alberton Oval Fos Williams
South Adelaide Adelaide Oval Alan Hickinbotham
Sturt Unley Oval Len Fitzgerald
West Adelaide Adelaide Oval Laurie Cahill
West Torrens Thebarton Oval Joe Kinlough

Season Results

Premiers: Port Adelaide
Runners-Up: West 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 59.5% 1,720 1,170 245 250 165 180
West Adelaide 2nd 13 -0- 5 26 52.2% 1,559 1,425 225 209 203 207
West Torrens 3rd 10 -0- 8 20 50.6% 1,412 1,377 200 212 189 243
Norwood 4th 9 -0- 9 18 51.3% 1,467 1,393 207 225 197 211
North Adelaide 5th 8 -0- 10 16 50.1% 1,395 1,389 191 249 195 219
Sturt 6th 8 -0- 10 16 46.9% 1,415 1,599 194 251 227 237
South Adelaide 7th 5 -0- 13 10 44.1% 1,135 1,440 157 193 204 216
Glenelg 8th 4 -0- 14 8 44.9% 1,364 1,674 192 212 231 288

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/04/1954 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Glenelg Oval 52 - 84
SAT 24/04/1954 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Prospect Oval 68 - 71
SAT 24/04/1954 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Unley Oval 31 - 79
MON 26/04/1954 2:10 PM West Torrens v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 68 - 77

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Adelaide 1st 1 -0- 0 2 71.8% 79 31
Norwood 2nd 1 -0- 0 2 61.8% 84 52
Port Adelaide 3rd 1 -0- 0 2 53.1% 77 68
West Adelaide 4th 1 -0- 0 2 51.1% 71 68
North Adelaide 5th 0 -0- 1 0 48.9% 68 71
West Torrens 6th 0 -0- 1 0 46.9% 68 77
Glenelg 7th 0 -0- 1 0 38.2% 52 84
Sturt 8th 0 -0- 1 0 28.2% 31 79

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/05/1954 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 83 - 86
SAT 01/05/1954 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Alberton Oval 128 - 59
SAT 01/05/1954 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 87 - 84
SAT 01/05/1954 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Thebarton Oval 72 - 37

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 2 -0- 0 4 61.7% 205 127
West Adelaide 2nd 2 -0- 0 4 51.0% 158 152
West Torrens 3rd 1 -0- 1 2 55.1% 140 114
Norwood 4th 1 -0- 1 2 54.8% 167 138
South Adelaide 5th 1 -0- 1 2 53.0% 116 103
North Adelaide 6th 1 -0- 1 2 50.0% 154 154
Glenelg 7th 0 -0- 2 0 44.3% 136 171
Sturt 8th 0 -0- 2 0 30.3% 90 207

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/05/1954 2:10 PM Norwood v South Adelaide Norwood Oval 74 - 76
SAT 08/05/1954 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Alberton Oval 121 - 78
SAT 08/05/1954 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 82 - 69
SAT 08/05/1954 2:10 PM West Torrens v West Adelaide Thebarton Oval 72 - 75

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 3 -0- 0 6 61.4% 326 205
West Adelaide 2nd 3 -0- 0 6 51.0% 233 224
South Adelaide 3rd 2 -0- 1 4 52.0% 192 177
Norwood 4th 1 -0- 2 2 53.0% 241 214
West Torrens 5th 1 -0- 2 2 52.9% 212 189
North Adelaide 6th 1 -0- 2 2 45.8% 232 275
Sturt 7th 1 -0- 2 2 38.4% 172 276
Glenelg 8th 0 -0- 3 0 44.8% 205 253

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/05/1954 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 75 - 130
SAT 15/05/1954 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Unley Oval 98 - 89
SAT 15/05/1954 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Kensington Oval 86 - 68
SAT 15/05/1954 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Centenary Oval 77 - 96

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 4 -0- 0 8 62.0% 456 280
West Adelaide 2nd 4 -0- 0 8 52.2% 319 292
South Adelaide 3rd 2 -0- 2 4 46.5% 267 307
Sturt 4th 2 -0- 2 4 42.5% 270 365
Norwood 5th 1 -0- 3 2 50.7% 309 300
West Torrens 6th 1 -0- 3 2 50.3% 289 285
Glenelg 7th 1 -0- 3 2 47.7% 301 330
North Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 3 2 46.3% 321 373

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/05/1954 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 79 - 96
SAT 22/05/1954 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Prospect Oval 79 - 49
SAT 22/05/1954 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 103 - 97
SAT 22/05/1954 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 71 - 115

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 5 -0- 0 10 61.9% 571 351
West Adelaide 2nd 4 -0- 1 8 48.9% 390 407
South Adelaide 3rd 3 -0- 2 6 48.5% 363 386
Norwood 4th 2 -0- 3 4 50.9% 412 397
North Adelaide 5th 2 -0- 3 4 48.7% 400 422
Sturt 6th 2 -0- 3 4 44.0% 367 468
West Torrens 7th 1 -0- 4 2 48.1% 338 364
Glenelg 8th 1 -0- 4 2 47.1% 380 426

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/05/1954 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Kensington Oval 96 - 69
SAT 29/05/1954 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Memorial Oval 94 - 37
SAT 29/05/1954 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 81 - 92
SAT 29/05/1954 2:10 PM Sturt v West Torrens Unley Oval 86 - 77

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 6 -0- 0 12 63.2% 665 388
West Adelaide 2nd 5 -0- 1 10 49.7% 482 488
North Adelaide 3rd 3 -0- 3 6 50.3% 496 491
South Adelaide 4th 3 -0- 3 6 48.2% 444 478
Sturt 5th 3 -0- 3 6 45.4% 453 545
Norwood 6th 2 -0- 4 4 47.8% 449 491
West Torrens 7th 1 -0- 5 2 48.0% 415 450
Glenelg 8th 1 -0- 5 2 46.2% 449 522

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/06/1954 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Glenelg Oval 75 - 107
SAT 05/06/1954 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 59 - 84
SAT 05/06/1954 2:10 PM Sturt v West Adelaide Unley Oval 113 - 101
SAT 05/06/1954 2:10 PM West Torrens v Norwood Thebarton Oval 83 - 53

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 7 -0- 0 14 62.5% 772 463
West Adelaide 2nd 5 -0- 2 10 49.2% 583 601
North Adelaide 3rd 4 -0- 3 8 51.3% 580 550
Sturt 4th 4 -0- 3 8 46.7% 566 646
South Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 4 6 47.2% 503 562
West Torrens 6th 2 -0- 5 4 49.8% 498 503
Norwood 7th 2 -0- 5 4 46.7% 502 574
Glenelg 8th 1 -0- 6 2 45.4% 524 629

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/06/1954 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Alberton Oval 124 - 64
SAT 12/06/1954 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Kensington Oval 109 - 43
SAT 12/06/1954 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 109 - 72
MON 14/06/1954 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Adelaide Oval 102 - 78

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 8 -0- 0 16 63.0% 896 527
West Adelaide 2nd 6 -0- 2 12 50.7% 692 673
Sturt 3rd 5 -0- 3 10 49.5% 675 689
North Adelaide 4th 4 -0- 4 8 49.7% 652 659
South Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 5 6 44.9% 546 671
West Torrens 6th 2 -0- 6 4 47.3% 562 627
Glenelg 7th 2 -0- 6 4 47.0% 626 707
Norwood 8th 2 -0- 6 4 46.2% 580 676

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/06/1954 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Prospect Oval 73 - 84
SAT 26/06/1954 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Norwood Oval 76 - 90
SAT 26/06/1954 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 38 - 98
SAT 26/06/1954 2:10 PM West Torrens v Sturt Thebarton Oval 93 - 50

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 9 -0- 0 18 63.8% 994 565
West Adelaide 2nd 7 -0- 2 14 51.1% 782 749
Sturt 3rd 5 -0- 4 10 48.1% 725 782
North Adelaide 4th 4 -0- 5 8 49.4% 725 743
West Torrens 5th 3 -0- 6 6 49.2% 655 677
Glenelg 6th 3 -0- 6 6 47.7% 710 780
South Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 6 6 43.2% 584 769
Norwood 8th 2 -0- 7 4 46.1% 656 766

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/07/1954 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Naracoorte 59 - 35
SAT 03/07/1954 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Norwood Oval 56 - 50
SAT 03/07/1954 2:10 PM West Adelaide v South Adelaide Adelaide Oval 63 - 61
SAT 03/07/1954 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Thebarton Oval 70 - 65

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 9 -0- 1 18 62.7% 1,044 621
West Adelaide 2nd 8 -0- 2 16 51.1% 845 810
North Adelaide 3rd 5 -0- 5 10 50.2% 784 778
Sturt 4th 5 -0- 5 10 47.5% 760 841
West Torrens 5th 4 -0- 6 8 49.4% 725 742
Glenelg 6th 3 -0- 7 6 47.7% 775 850
Norwood 7th 3 -0- 7 6 46.6% 712 816
South Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 7 6 43.7% 645 832

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/07/1954 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Glenelg Oval 73 - 98
SAT 10/07/1954 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Prospect Oval 42 - 91
SAT 10/07/1954 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Kensington Oval 43 - 57
SAT 10/07/1954 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 127 - 62

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 10 -0- 1 20 63.1% 1,135 663
West Adelaide 2nd 9 -0- 2 18 52.7% 972 872
Sturt 3rd 6 -0- 5 12 48.4% 858 914
North Adelaide 4th 5 -0- 6 10 48.7% 826 869
West Torrens 5th 4 -0- 7 8 47.5% 787 869
Norwood 6th 4 -0- 7 8 47.2% 769 859
Glenelg 7th 3 -0- 8 6 47.2% 848 948
South Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 8 6 43.6% 688 889

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/07/1954 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Kensington Oval 88 - 118
SAT 17/07/1954 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Alberton Oval 75 - 61
SAT 17/07/1954 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 93 - 59
SAT 17/07/1954 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Unley Oval 59 - 131

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 11 -0- 1 22 62.6% 1,210 724
West Adelaide 2nd 9 -0- 3 18 52.2% 1,033 947
Sturt 3rd 6 -0- 6 12 46.7% 917 1,045
Norwood 4th 5 -0- 7 10 49.5% 900 918
West Torrens 5th 5 -0- 7 10 48.6% 905 957
North Adelaide 6th 5 -0- 7 10 48.1% 914 987
South Adelaide 7th 4 -0- 8 8 45.2% 781 948
Glenelg 8th 3 -0- 9 6 46.6% 907 1,041

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/07/1954 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Torrens Glenelg Oval 62 - 90
SAT 31/07/1954 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Prospect Oval 91 - 68
SAT 31/07/1954 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Alberton Oval 81 - 103
SAT 31/07/1954 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Johnstone Park 41 - 77

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 11 -0- 2 22 61.0% 1,291 827
West Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 3 20 52.9% 1,110 988
Norwood 3rd 6 -0- 7 12 50.1% 1,003 999
West Torrens 4th 6 -0- 7 12 49.4% 995 1,019
North Adelaide 5th 6 -0- 7 12 48.8% 1,005 1,055
Sturt 6th 6 -0- 7 12 46.4% 985 1,136
South Adelaide 7th 4 -0- 9 8 44.5% 822 1,025
Glenelg 8th 3 -0- 10 6 46.1% 969 1,131

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/08/1954 2:10 PM North Adelaide v South Adelaide Prospect Oval 115 - 37
SAT 07/08/1954 2:10 PM Norwood v West Torrens Norwood Oval 81 - 89
SAT 07/08/1954 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Alberton Oval 88 - 49
SAT 07/08/1954 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 91 - 102

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 12 -0- 2 24 61.2% 1,379 876
West Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 4 20 52.4% 1,201 1,090
North Adelaide 3rd 7 -0- 7 14 50.6% 1,120 1,092
West Torrens 4th 7 -0- 7 14 49.6% 1,084 1,100
Sturt 5th 7 -0- 7 14 47.0% 1,087 1,227
Norwood 6th 6 -0- 8 12 49.9% 1,084 1,088
South Adelaide 7th 4 -0- 10 8 43.0% 859 1,140
Glenelg 8th 3 -0- 11 6 45.5% 1,018 1,219

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/08/1954 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Prospect Oval 69 - 73
SAT 14/08/1954 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Norwood Oval 159 - 96
SAT 14/08/1954 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 73 - 99
SAT 14/08/1954 2:10 PM West Torrens v Port Adelaide Thebarton Oval 96 - 57

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 12 -0- 3 24 59.6% 1,436 972
West Adelaide 2nd 11 -0- 4 22 52.4% 1,274 1,159
West Torrens 3rd 8 -0- 7 16 50.5% 1,180 1,157
Sturt 4th 8 -0- 7 16 47.7% 1,186 1,300
Norwood 5th 7 -0- 8 14 51.2% 1,243 1,184
North Adelaide 6th 7 -0- 8 14 50.5% 1,189 1,165
South Adelaide 7th 4 -0- 11 8 42.9% 932 1,239
Glenelg 8th 3 -0- 12 6 44.7% 1,114 1,378

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/08/1954 2:10 PM Glenelg v North Adelaide Glenelg Oval 69 - 79
SAT 21/08/1954 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Alberton Oval 68 - 60
SAT 21/08/1954 2:10 PM Sturt v West Torrens Kensington Oval 73 - 91
SAT 21/08/1954 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 86 - 77

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 13 -0- 3 26 59.3% 1,504 1,032
West Adelaide 2nd 12 -0- 4 24 52.4% 1,360 1,236
West Torrens 3rd 9 -0- 7 18 50.8% 1,271 1,230
North Adelaide 4th 8 -0- 8 16 50.7% 1,268 1,234
Sturt 5th 8 -0- 8 16 47.5% 1,259 1,391
Norwood 6th 7 -0- 9 14 51.0% 1,320 1,270
South Adelaide 7th 4 -0- 12 8 43.1% 992 1,307
Glenelg 8th 3 -0- 13 6 44.8% 1,183 1,457

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/08/1954 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Kensington Oval 120 - 80
SAT 28/08/1954 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 60 - 69
SAT 28/08/1954 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Unley Oval 98 - 112
SAT 28/08/1954 2:10 PM West Torrens v North Adelaide Thebarton Oval 77 - 64

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 14 -0- 3 28 59.4% 1,624 1,112
West Adelaide 2nd 12 -0- 5 24 51.5% 1,440 1,356
West Torrens 3rd 10 -0- 7 20 51.0% 1,348 1,294
Norwood 4th 8 -0- 9 16 51.1% 1,389 1,330
North Adelaide 5th 8 -0- 9 16 50.4% 1,332 1,311
Sturt 6th 8 -0- 9 16 47.4% 1,357 1,503
Glenelg 7th 4 -0- 13 8 45.4% 1,295 1,555
South Adelaide 8th 4 -0- 13 8 43.3% 1,052 1,376

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/09/1954 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Glenelg Oval 69 - 119
SAT 04/09/1954 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Norwood Prospect Oval 63 - 78
SAT 04/09/1954 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 83 - 64
SAT 04/09/1954 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Unley Oval 58 - 96

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 15 -0- 3 30 59.5% 1,720 1,170
West Adelaide 2nd 13 -0- 5 26 52.2% 1,559 1,425
West Torrens 3rd 10 -0- 8 20 50.6% 1,412 1,377
Norwood 4th 9 -0- 9 18 51.3% 1,467 1,393
North Adelaide 5th 8 -0- 10 16 50.1% 1,395 1,389
Sturt 6th 8 -0- 10 16 46.9% 1,415 1,599
South Adelaide 7th 5 -0- 13 10 44.1% 1,135 1,440
Glenelg 8th 4 -0- 14 8 44.9% 1,364 1,674

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/09/1954 2:10 PM West Torrens v Norwood Adelaide Oval 70 - 69 30,969
SAT 18/09/1954 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 65 - 54 30,487

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/09/1954 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 79 - 40 32,498

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/10/1954 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 79 - 76 42,895