1954 SANFLS Season

The results for the 1954 SANFLS season (currently known as the South Australian National Football League Reserves). West Torrens Seconds (West Torrens Reserves) were the premiers, coached by Bill Tonkin.

Season Details

Name: 1954 SANFLS Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 17
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 72

Team Details

Team	Home Ground	Coach (Appointed)
Glenelg Seconds	Glenelg Oval	Mel Brock
North Adelaide Seconds	Prospect Oval	Jack Summersides
Norwood Seconds	Norwood Oval	Ian Houston
Port Adelaide Seconds	Alberton Oval	Jock McKenzie
South Adelaide Seconds	Kensington Oval	Harold Harris
Sturt Seconds	Unley Oval	Wally Southern
West Adelaide Seconds		John Atkins
West Torrens Seconds	Thebarton Oval	Bill Tonkin

Season Results

Premiers: West Torrens Seconds
Runners-Up: Port Adelaide Seconds
Minor Premiers: Port Adelaide Seconds

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA	GF	BF	GA	BA
Port Adelaide Seconds	1st	15	-0-	2	30	62.6%	1,744	1,042	244	280	145	172
West Torrens Seconds	2nd	11	-1-	5	23	54.7%	1,447	1,199	207	205	167	197
West Adelaide Seconds	3rd	10	-0-	7	20	52.5%	1,474	1,332	209	220	189	198
Sturt Seconds	4th	10	-0-	7	20	49.9%	1,421	1,425	200	221	205	195
North Adelaide Seconds	5th	8	-0-	9	16	47.6%	1,319	1,451	187	197	211	185
Norwood Seconds	6th	5	-0-	12	10	48.0%	1,447	1,565	205	217	214	281
South Adelaide Seconds	7th	4	-1-	12	9	43.1%	1,175	1,553	161	209	221	227
Glenelg Seconds	8th	4	-0-	13	8	41.8%	1,170	1,630	169	156	230	250

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	24/04/1954	Norwood (S) v Glenelg (S)	Norwood Oval	116	-	74
SAT	24/04/1954	Port Adelaide (S) v West Adelaide (S)	Alberton Oval	98	-	64
SAT	24/04/1954	Sturt (S) v South Adelaide (S)	Hawthorn Oval	67	-	50
SAT	24/04/1954	West Torrens (S) v North Adelaide (S)	Thebarton Oval	87	-	84

Round 1 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Norwood Seconds	1st	1	-0-	0	2	61.1%	116	74
Port Adelaide Seconds	2nd	1	-0-	0	2	60.5%	98	64
Sturt Seconds	3rd	1	-0-	0	2	57.3%	67	50
West Torrens Seconds	4th	1	-0-	0	2	50.9%	87	84
North Adelaide Seconds	5th	0	-0-	1	0	49.1%	84	87
South Adelaide Seconds	6th	0	-0-	1	0	42.7%	50	67
West Adelaide Seconds	7th	0	-0-	1	0	39.5%	64	98
Glenelg Seconds	8th	0	-0-	1	0	38.9%	74	116

Round 2

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	01/05/1954	Glenelg (S) v West Torrens (S)	Glenelg Oval	64	-	119
SAT	01/05/1954	North Adelaide (S) v Norwood (S)	Prospect Oval	109	-	65
SAT	01/05/1954	South Adelaide (S) v Port Adelaide (S)	Kensington Oval	73	-	90
SAT	01/05/1954	Sturt (S) v West Adelaide (S)	Unley Oval	83	-	77

Round 2 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens Seconds	1st	2	-0-	0	4	58.2%	206	148
Port Adelaide Seconds	2nd	2	-0-	0	4	57.8%	188	137
Sturt Seconds	3rd	2	-0-	0	4	54.2%	150	127
North Adelaide Seconds	4th	1	-0-	1	2	55.9%	193	152
Norwood Seconds	5th	1	-0-	1	2	49.7%	181	183
South Adelaide Seconds	6th	0	-0-	2	0	43.9%	123	157
West Adelaide Seconds	7th	0	-0-	2	0	43.8%	141	181
Glenelg Seconds	8th	0	-0-	2	0	37.0%	138	235

Round 3

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	08/05/1954	Glenelg (S) v Sturt (S)	Glenelg Oval	80	-	107
SAT	08/05/1954	North Adelaide (S) v Port Adelaide (S)	Prospect Oval	68	-	79
SAT	08/05/1954	South Adelaide (S) v Norwood (S)	Kensington Oval	58	-	81
SAT	08/05/1954	West Adelaide (S) v West Torrens (S)	Unley Oval	63	-	89

Round 3 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens Seconds	1st	3	-0-	0	6	58.3%	295	211
Port Adelaide Seconds	2nd	3	-0-	0	6	56.6%	267	205
Sturt Seconds	3rd	3	-0-	0	6	55.4%	257	207
Norwood Seconds	4th	2	-0-	1	4	52.1%	262	241
North Adelaide Seconds	5th	1	-0-	2	2	53.0%	261	231
South Adelaide Seconds	6th	0	-0-	3	0	43.2%	181	238
West Adelaide Seconds	7th	0	-0-	3	0	43.0%	204	270
Glenelg Seconds	8th	0	-0-	3	0	38.9%	218	342

Round 4

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	15/05/1954	Glenelg (S) v Port Adelaide (S)	Glenelg Oval	58	-	78
SAT	15/05/1954	North Adelaide (S) v South Adelaide (S)	Prospect Oval	104	-	78
SAT	15/05/1954	West Adelaide (S) v Norwood (S)	Alberton Oval	106	-	76
SAT	15/05/1954	West Torrens (S) v Sturt (S)	Thebarton Oval	140	-	51

Round 4 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
West Torrens Seconds	1st	4	-0-	0	8	62.4%	435	262
Port Adelaide Seconds	2nd	4	-0-	0	8	56.7%	345	263
Sturt Seconds	3rd	3	-0-	1	6	47.0%	308	347
North Adelaide Seconds	4th	2	-0-	2	4	54.2%	365	309
Norwood Seconds	5th	2	-0-	2	4	49.3%	338	347
West Adelaide Seconds	6th	1	-0-	3	2	47.3%	310	346
South Adelaide Seconds	7th	0	-0-	4	0	43.1%	259	342
Glenelg Seconds	8th	0	-0-	4	0	39.7%	276	420

Round 5

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	29/05/1954	Glenelg (S) v South Adelaide (S)	Glenelg Oval	117	-	116
SAT	29/05/1954	Norwood (S) v North Adelaide (S)	Norwood Oval	88	-	91
SAT	29/05/1954	West Adelaide (S) v Sturt (S)	Prospect Oval	101	-	91
SAT	29/05/1954	West Torrens (S) v Port Adelaide (S)	Thebarton Oval	52	-	110

Round 5 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide Seconds	1st	5	-0-	0	10	59.1%	455	315
West Torrens Seconds	2nd	4	-0-	1	8	56.7%	487	372
North Adelaide Seconds	3rd	3	-0-	2	6	53.5%	456	397
Sturt Seconds	4th	3	-0-	2	6	47.1%	399	448
Norwood Seconds	5th	2	-0-	3	4	49.3%	426	438
West Adelaide Seconds	6th	2	-0-	3	4	48.5%	411	437
Glenelg Seconds	7th	1	-0-	4	2	42.3%	393	536
South Adelaide Seconds	8th	0	-0-	5	0	45.0%	375	459

Round 6

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	05/06/1954	North Adelaide (S) v Sturt (S)	Kensington Oval	67	-	135
SAT	05/06/1954	Norwood (S) v West Torrens (S)	Norwood Oval	104	-	72
SAT	05/06/1954	Port Adelaide (S) v Glenelg (S)	Alberton Oval	122	-	86
SAT	05/06/1954	South Adelaide (S) v West Adelaide (S)	Prospect Oval	66	-	77

Round 6 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide Seconds	1st	6	-0-	0	12	59.0%	577	401
West Torrens Seconds	2nd	4	-0-	2	8	54.0%	559	476
Sturt Seconds	3rd	4	-0-	2	8	50.9%	534	515
Norwood Seconds	4th	3	-0-	3	6	51.0%	530	510
North Adelaide Seconds	5th	3	-0-	3	6	49.6%	523	532
West Adelaide Seconds	6th	3	-0-	3	6	49.2%	488	503
Glenelg Seconds	7th	1	-0-	5	2	42.1%	479	658
South Adelaide Seconds	8th	0	-0-	6	0	45.1%	441	536

Round 7

Date		Match	Venue	Result
MON	14/06/1954	North Adelaide (S) v Sturt (S)	Prospect Oval	46	-	47
MON	14/06/1954	Port Adelaide (S) v Norwood (S)	Alberton Oval	127	-	46
MON	14/06/1954	West Adelaide (S) v Glenelg (S)	Kensington Oval	105	-	37
MON	14/06/1954	West Torrens (S) v South Adelaide (S)	Thebarton Oval	82	-	84

Round 7 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide Seconds	1st	7	-0-	0	14	61.2%	704	447
Sturt Seconds	2nd	5	-0-	2	10	50.9%	581	561
West Torrens Seconds	3rd	4	-0-	3	8	53.4%	641	560
West Adelaide Seconds	4th	4	-0-	3	8	52.3%	593	540
North Adelaide Seconds	5th	3	-0-	4	6	49.6%	569	579
Norwood Seconds	6th	3	-0-	4	6	47.5%	576	637
South Adelaide Seconds	7th	1	-0-	6	2	45.9%	525	618
Glenelg Seconds	8th	1	-0-	6	2	40.3%	516	763

Round 8

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	26/06/1954	Glenelg (S) v North Adelaide (S)	Glenelg Oval	98	-	129
SAT	26/06/1954	Port Adelaide (S) v West Torrens (S)	Alberton Oval	62	-	76
SAT	26/06/1954	South Adelaide (S) v West Adelaide (S)	Kensington Oval	60	-	130
SAT	26/06/1954	Sturt (S) v Norwood (S)	Unley Oval	85	-	70

Round 8 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide Seconds	1st	7	-0-	1	14	59.4%	766	523
Sturt Seconds	2nd	6	-0-	2	12	51.3%	666	631
West Adelaide Seconds	3rd	5	-0-	3	10	54.6%	723	600
West Torrens Seconds	4th	5	-0-	3	10	53.5%	717	622
North Adelaide Seconds	5th	4	-0-	4	8	50.8%	698	677
Norwood Seconds	6th	3	-0-	5	6	47.2%	646	722
South Adelaide Seconds	7th	1	-0-	7	2	43.9%	585	748
Glenelg Seconds	8th	1	-0-	7	2	40.8%	614	892

Round 9

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	03/07/1954	Glenelg (S) v West Torrens (S)	Glenelg Oval	63	-	70
SAT	03/07/1954	North Adelaide (S) v South Adelaide (S)	Prospect Oval	105	-	60
SAT	03/07/1954	Port Adelaide (S) v Norwood (S)	Alberton Oval	72	-	56
SAT	03/07/1954	Sturt (S) v West Adelaide (S)	Alberton Oval	55	-	62

Round 9 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide Seconds	1st	8	-0-	1	16	59.1%	838	579
West Adelaide Seconds	2nd	6	-0-	3	12	54.5%	785	655
West Torrens Seconds	3rd	6	-0-	3	12	53.5%	787	685
Sturt Seconds	4th	6	-0-	3	12	51.0%	721	693
North Adelaide Seconds	5th	5	-0-	4	10	52.1%	803	737
Norwood Seconds	6th	3	-0-	6	6	46.9%	702	794
South Adelaide Seconds	7th	1	-0-	8	2	43.1%	645	853
Glenelg Seconds	8th	1	-0-	8	2	41.3%	677	962

Round 10

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	10/07/1954	Norwood (S) v South Adelaide (S)	Norwood Oval	73	-	77
SAT	10/07/1954	Port Adelaide (S) v North Adelaide (S)	Alberton Oval	103	-	13
SAT	10/07/1954	Sturt (S) v Glenelg (S)	Unley Oval	75	-	76
SAT	10/07/1954	West Torrens (S) v West Adelaide (S)	Thebarton Oval	58	-	93

Round 10 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide Seconds	1st	9	-0-	1	18	61.4%	941	592
West Adelaide Seconds	2nd	7	-0-	3	14	55.2%	878	713
West Torrens Seconds	3rd	6	-0-	4	12	52.1%	845	778
Sturt Seconds	4th	6	-0-	4	12	50.9%	796	769
North Adelaide Seconds	5th	5	-0-	5	10	49.3%	816	840
Norwood Seconds	6th	3	-0-	7	6	47.1%	775	871
South Adelaide Seconds	7th	2	-0-	8	4	43.8%	722	926
Glenelg Seconds	8th	2	-0-	8	4	42.1%	753	1,037

Round 11

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	17/07/1954	North Adelaide (S) v Glenelg (S)	Prospect Oval	60	-	48
SAT	17/07/1954	Norwood (S) v Sturt (S)	Norwood Oval	116	-	83
SAT	17/07/1954	West Adelaide (S) v Port Adelaide (S)	Glenelg Oval	64	-	144
SAT	17/07/1954	West Torrens (S) v South Adelaide (S)	Thebarton Oval	77	-	77

Round 11 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide Seconds	1st	10	-0-	1	20	62.3%	1,085	656
West Adelaide Seconds	2nd	7	-0-	4	14	52.4%	942	857
West Torrens Seconds	3rd	6	-1-	4	13	51.9%	922	855
Sturt Seconds	4th	6	-0-	5	12	49.8%	879	885
North Adelaide Seconds	5th	6	-0-	5	12	49.7%	876	888
Norwood Seconds	6th	4	-0-	7	8	48.3%	891	954
South Adelaide Seconds	7th	2	-1-	8	5	44.3%	799	1,003
Glenelg Seconds	8th	2	-0-	9	4	42.2%	801	1,097

Round 12

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	31/07/1954	Norwood (S) v West Adelaide (S)	Norwood Oval	86	-	100
SAT	31/07/1954	South Adelaide (S) v North Adelaide (S)	Kensington Oval	51	-	92
SAT	31/07/1954	Sturt (S) v Port Adelaide (S)	Unley Oval	96	-	88
SAT	31/07/1954	West Torrens (S) v Glenelg (S)	Thebarton Oval	85	-	55

Round 12 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide Seconds	1st	10	-0-	2	20	60.9%	1,173	752
West Adelaide Seconds	2nd	8	-0-	4	16	52.5%	1,042	943
West Torrens Seconds	3rd	7	-1-	4	15	52.5%	1,007	910
North Adelaide Seconds	4th	7	-0-	5	14	50.8%	968	939
Sturt Seconds	5th	7	-0-	5	14	50.1%	975	973
Norwood Seconds	6th	4	-0-	8	8	48.1%	977	1,054
South Adelaide Seconds	7th	2	-1-	9	5	43.7%	850	1,095
Glenelg Seconds	8th	2	-0-	10	4	42.0%	856	1,182

Round 13

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	07/08/1954	Glenelg (S) v Port Adelaide (S)	Glenelg Oval	49	-	96
SAT	07/08/1954	Sturt (S) v South Adelaide (S)	Unley Oval	74	-	76
SAT	07/08/1954	West Adelaide (S) v North Adelaide (S)	Hawthorn Oval	105	-	123
SAT	07/08/1954	West Torrens (S) v Norwood (S)	Thebarton Oval	116	-	27

Round 13 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide Seconds	1st	11	-0-	2	22	61.3%	1,269	801
West Torrens Seconds	2nd	8	-1-	4	17	54.5%	1,123	937
West Adelaide Seconds	3rd	8	-0-	5	16	51.8%	1,147	1,066
North Adelaide Seconds	4th	8	-0-	5	16	51.1%	1,091	1,044
Sturt Seconds	5th	7	-0-	6	14	50.0%	1,049	1,049
Norwood Seconds	6th	4	-0-	9	8	46.2%	1,004	1,170
South Adelaide Seconds	7th	3	-1-	9	7	44.2%	926	1,169
Glenelg Seconds	8th	2	-0-	11	4	41.5%	905	1,278

Round 14

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	14/08/1954	Glenelg (S) v Norwood (S)	Glenelg Oval	109	-	88
SAT	14/08/1954	Port Adelaide (S) v West Adelaide (S)	Alberton Oval	104	-	61
SAT	14/08/1954	South Adelaide (S) v West Torrens (S)	Kensington Oval	75	-	125
SAT	14/08/1954	Sturt (S) v North Adelaide (S)	Unley Oval	80	-	70

Round 14 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide Seconds	1st	12	-0-	2	24	61.4%	1,373	862
West Torrens Seconds	2nd	9	-1-	4	19	55.2%	1,248	1,012
West Adelaide Seconds	3rd	8	-0-	6	16	50.8%	1,208	1,170
North Adelaide Seconds	4th	8	-0-	6	16	50.8%	1,161	1,124
Sturt Seconds	5th	8	-0-	6	16	50.2%	1,129	1,119
Norwood Seconds	6th	4	-0-	10	8	46.1%	1,092	1,279
South Adelaide Seconds	7th	3	-1-	10	7	43.6%	1,001	1,294
Glenelg Seconds	8th	3	-0-	11	6	42.6%	1,014	1,366

Round 15

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	21/08/1954	North Adelaide (S) v Glenelg (S)	Prospect Oval	60	-	68
SAT	21/08/1954	Norwood (S) v Port Adelaide (S)	Norwood Oval	73	-	96
SAT	21/08/1954	Sturt (S) v West Torrens (S)	Unley Oval	85	-	58
SAT	21/08/1954	West Adelaide (S) v South Adelaide (S)	Thebarton Oval	99	-	43

Round 15 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide Seconds	1st	13	-0-	2	26	61.1%	1,469	935
West Torrens Seconds	2nd	9	-1-	5	19	54.3%	1,306	1,097
West Adelaide Seconds	3rd	9	-0-	6	18	51.9%	1,307	1,213
Sturt Seconds	4th	9	-0-	6	18	50.8%	1,214	1,177
North Adelaide Seconds	5th	8	-0-	7	16	50.6%	1,221	1,192
Norwood Seconds	6th	4	-0-	11	8	45.9%	1,165	1,375
Glenelg Seconds	7th	4	-0-	11	8	43.1%	1,082	1,426
South Adelaide Seconds	8th	3	-1-	11	7	42.8%	1,044	1,393

Round 16

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	28/08/1954	Glenelg (S) v West Adelaide (S)	Glenelg Oval	57	-	117
SAT	28/08/1954	North Adelaide (S) v West Torrens (S)	Prospect Oval	52	-	79
SAT	28/08/1954	Norwood (S) v Sturt (S)	Norwood Oval	102	-	144
SAT	28/08/1954	Port Adelaide (S) v South Adelaide (S)	Alberton Oval	129	-	44

Round 16 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide Seconds	1st	14	-0-	2	28	62.0%	1,598	979
West Torrens Seconds	2nd	10	-1-	5	21	54.7%	1,385	1,149
West Adelaide Seconds	3rd	10	-0-	6	20	52.9%	1,424	1,270
Sturt Seconds	4th	10	-0-	6	20	51.5%	1,358	1,279
North Adelaide Seconds	5th	8	-0-	8	16	50.0%	1,273	1,271
Norwood Seconds	6th	4	-0-	12	8	45.5%	1,267	1,519
Glenelg Seconds	7th	4	-0-	12	8	42.5%	1,139	1,543
South Adelaide Seconds	8th	3	-1-	12	7	41.7%	1,088	1,522

Round 17

Date		Match	Venue	Result
SAT	04/09/1954	Norwood (S) v North Adelaide (S)	Norwood Oval	180	-	46
SAT	04/09/1954	Port Adelaide (S) v Sturt (S)	Alberton Oval	146	-	63
SAT	04/09/1954	South Adelaide (S) v Glenelg (S)	Kensington Oval	87	-	31
SAT	04/09/1954	West Torrens (S) v West Adelaide (S)	Thebarton Oval	62	-	50

Round 17 Ladder

Team	Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%)						PF	PA
Port Adelaide Seconds	1st	15	-0-	2	30	62.6%	1,744	1,042
West Torrens Seconds	2nd	11	-1-	5	23	54.7%	1,447	1,199
West Adelaide Seconds	3rd	10	-0-	7	20	52.5%	1,474	1,332
Sturt Seconds	4th	10	-0-	7	20	49.9%	1,421	1,425
North Adelaide Seconds	5th	8	-0-	9	16	47.6%	1,319	1,451
Norwood Seconds	6th	5	-0-	12	10	48.0%	1,447	1,565
South Adelaide Seconds	7th	4	-1-	12	9	43.1%	1,175	1,553
Glenelg Seconds	8th	4	-0-	13	8	41.8%	1,170	1,630

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	11/09/1954		Port Adelaide (S) v West Torrens (S)	Norwood Oval	75	-	78
SAT	11/09/1954		West Adelaide (S) v Sturt (S)	Thebarton Oval	76	-	56

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	18/09/1954	2:40 PM	Port Adelaide (S) v West Adelaide (S)	Norwood Oval	129	-	51

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date			Match	Venue	Result			Attendance
SAT	25/09/1954	12:00 PM	West Torrens (S) v Port Adelaide (S)	Adelaide Oval	84	-	67

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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.