1957 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1957 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: 1957 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 Charlie May
North Adelaide Prospect Oval Colin Aamodt
Norwood Norwood Oval Haydn Bunton
Port Adelaide Alberton Oval Fos Williams
South Adelaide Adelaide Oval
Sturt Unley Oval Eddie Tilley
West Adelaide Adelaide Oval Jack Oatey
West Torrens Thebarton Oval Dick Jones

Season Results

Premiers: Port Adelaide
Runners-Up: Norwood
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 -1- 2 31 62.9% 2,152 1,267 313 274 177 205
West Adelaide 2nd 12 -0- 6 24 54.3% 1,790 1,506 255 260 214 222
West Torrens 3rd 11 -1- 6 23 50.7% 1,517 1,474 218 209 205 244
Norwood 4th 11 -0- 7 22 50.8% 1,681 1,628 235 271 229 254
Sturt 5th 8 -0- 10 16 48.8% 1,576 1,652 224 232 235 242
North Adelaide 6th 6 -0- 12 12 47.1% 1,355 1,523 189 221 212 251
Glenelg 7th 6 -0- 12 12 44.9% 1,421 1,744 196 245 248 256
South Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 16 4 39.6% 1,335 2,033 182 243 292 281

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/04/1957 2:10 PM North Adelaide v South Adelaide Prospect Oval 77 - 72
SAT 20/04/1957 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 75 - 68
SAT 20/04/1957 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Alberton Oval 105 - 72
SAT 20/04/1957 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 93 - 103

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 1 -0- 0 2 59.3% 105 72
Glenelg 2nd 1 -0- 0 2 52.6% 103 93
Norwood 3rd 1 -0- 0 2 52.4% 75 68
North Adelaide 4th 1 -0- 0 2 51.7% 77 72
South Adelaide 5th 0 -0- 1 0 48.3% 72 77
Sturt 6th 0 -0- 1 0 47.6% 68 75
West Adelaide 7th 0 -0- 1 0 47.4% 93 103
West Torrens 8th 0 -0- 1 0 40.7% 72 105

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
THU 25/04/1957 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 95 - 58
SAT 27/04/1957 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Norwood Oval 88 - 66
SAT 27/04/1957 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 92 - 119
SAT 27/04/1957 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Unley Oval 58 - 80

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 2 -0- 0 4 60.6% 200 130
Norwood 2nd 2 -0- 0 4 54.9% 163 134
Glenelg 3rd 2 -0- 0 4 54.8% 183 151
West Torrens 4th 1 -0- 1 2 49.2% 191 197
North Adelaide 5th 1 -0- 1 2 44.7% 135 167
South Adelaide 6th 0 -0- 2 0 45.6% 164 196
West Adelaide 7th 0 -0- 2 0 45.4% 159 191
Sturt 8th 0 -0- 2 0 44.8% 126 155

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/05/1957 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 139 - 50
SAT 04/05/1957 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Kensington Oval 101 - 59
SAT 04/05/1957 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 61 - 78
SAT 04/05/1957 2:10 PM West Torrens v Sturt Thebarton Oval 96 - 53

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 3 -0- 0 6 61.6% 322 201
Port Adelaide 2nd 3 -0- 0 6 61.4% 301 189
West Torrens 3rd 2 -0- 1 4 53.4% 287 250
Norwood 4th 2 -0- 1 4 48.6% 222 235
North Adelaide 5th 2 -0- 1 4 48.3% 213 228
West Adelaide 6th 0 -0- 3 0 45.0% 220 269
Sturt 7th 0 -0- 3 0 41.6% 179 251
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 3 0 39.0% 214 335

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/05/1957 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Prospect Oval 101 - 67
SAT 11/05/1957 2:10 PM Norwood v West Torrens Norwood Oval 107 - 99
SAT 11/05/1957 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Alberton Oval 159 - 104
SAT 11/05/1957 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 76 - 129

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 4 -0- 0 8 61.1% 460 293
Glenelg 2nd 3 -0- 1 6 56.3% 389 302
North Adelaide 3rd 3 -0- 1 6 51.6% 314 295
Norwood 4th 3 -0- 1 6 49.6% 329 334
West Torrens 5th 2 -0- 2 4 52.0% 386 357
West Adelaide 6th 1 -0- 3 2 50.3% 349 345
Sturt 7th 0 -0- 4 0 40.8% 283 410
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 4 0 38.5% 290 464

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/05/1957 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Glenelg Oval 28 - 74
SAT 18/05/1957 2:10 PM North Adelaide v South Adelaide Kensington Oval 97 - 58
SAT 18/05/1957 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Unley Oval 82 - 59
SAT 18/05/1957 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 49 - 51

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 5 -0- 0 10 62.5% 534 321
North Adelaide 2nd 4 -0- 1 8 53.8% 411 353
Glenelg 3rd 3 -0- 2 6 52.6% 417 376
West Torrens 4th 3 -0- 2 6 51.8% 437 406
Norwood 5th 3 -0- 2 6 48.3% 388 416
West Adelaide 6th 1 -0- 4 2 50.1% 398 396
Sturt 7th 1 -0- 4 2 43.8% 365 469
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 5 0 38.3% 348 561

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/05/1957 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Glenelg Oval 80 - 141
SAT 25/05/1957 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Alberton Oval 136 - 70
SAT 25/05/1957 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 120 - 67
SAT 25/05/1957 2:10 PM West Torrens v North Adelaide Thebarton Oval 77 - 68

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 6 -0- 0 12 63.1% 670 391
North Adelaide 2nd 4 -0- 2 8 52.7% 479 430
West Torrens 3rd 4 -0- 2 8 52.0% 514 474
Norwood 4th 4 -0- 2 8 51.6% 529 496
Glenelg 5th 3 -0- 3 6 49.0% 497 517
West Adelaide 6th 2 -0- 4 4 52.8% 518 463
Sturt 7th 1 -0- 5 2 42.3% 432 589
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 6 0 37.5% 418 697

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/06/1957 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Prospect Oval 94 - 55
SAT 01/06/1957 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 91 - 92
SAT 01/06/1957 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Kensington Oval 168 - 92
SAT 01/06/1957 2:10 PM West Torrens v Port Adelaide Thebarton Oval 79 - 79

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 6 -1- 0 13 61.4% 749 470
North Adelaide 2nd 5 -0- 2 10 54.2% 573 485
Norwood 3rd 5 -0- 2 10 51.4% 621 587
West Torrens 4th 4 -1- 2 9 51.7% 593 553
West Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 4 6 55.3% 686 555
Glenelg 6th 3 -0- 4 6 46.2% 589 685
Sturt 7th 1 -0- 6 2 41.6% 487 683
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 7 0 39.2% 509 789

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/06/1957 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 88 - 81
SAT 08/06/1957 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Alberton Oval 113 - 103
SAT 08/06/1957 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 99 - 115
SAT 08/06/1957 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Thebarton Oval 103 - 98

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 7 -1- 0 15 60.1% 862 573
Norwood 2nd 6 -0- 2 12 51.5% 709 668
West Torrens 3rd 5 -1- 2 11 51.7% 696 651
North Adelaide 4th 5 -0- 3 10 53.3% 654 573
West Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 5 6 54.2% 789 668
Glenelg 6th 3 -0- 5 6 46.6% 687 788
Sturt 7th 2 -0- 6 4 43.5% 602 782
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 8 0 40.2% 608 904

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/06/1957 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Adelaide Oval 74 - 124
SAT 15/06/1957 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Prospect Oval 67 - 115
SAT 15/06/1957 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Thebarton Oval 105 - 92
MON 17/06/1957 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 108 - 102

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 8 -1- 0 17 60.4% 977 640
West Torrens 2nd 6 -1- 2 13 51.9% 801 743
Norwood 3rd 6 -0- 3 12 51.1% 811 776
North Adelaide 4th 5 -0- 4 10 51.2% 721 688
West Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 5 8 53.8% 897 770
Sturt 6th 3 -0- 6 6 45.9% 726 856
Glenelg 7th 3 -0- 6 6 45.5% 761 912
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 9 0 41.0% 700 1,009

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/06/1957 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Prospect Oval 86 - 111
SAT 29/06/1957 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Norwood Oval 96 - 86
SAT 29/06/1957 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 119 - 87
SAT 29/06/1957 2:10 PM Sturt v West Torrens Unley Oval 117 - 100

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 8 -1- 1 17 59.1% 1,063 736
Norwood 2nd 7 -0- 3 14 51.3% 907 862
West Torrens 3rd 6 -1- 3 13 51.2% 901 860
West Adelaide 4th 5 -0- 5 10 54.1% 1,008 856
North Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 5 10 50.2% 807 799
Sturt 6th 4 -0- 6 8 46.9% 843 956
Glenelg 7th 3 -0- 7 6 45.1% 848 1,031
South Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 9 2 42.8% 819 1,096

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/07/1957 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Glenelg Oval 85 - 93
SAT 06/07/1957 2:10 PM Norwood v South Adelaide Norwood Oval 175 - 66
SAT 06/07/1957 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 109 - 66
SAT 06/07/1957 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Unley Oval 107 - 74

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 9 -1- 1 19 59.4% 1,172 802
Norwood 2nd 8 -0- 3 16 53.8% 1,082 928
West Torrens 3rd 6 -1- 4 13 49.9% 967 969
West Adelaide 4th 6 -0- 5 12 53.9% 1,101 941
North Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 6 10 49.3% 881 906
Sturt 6th 5 -0- 6 10 48.0% 950 1,030
Glenelg 7th 3 -0- 8 6 45.4% 933 1,124
South Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 10 2 41.0% 885 1,271

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/07/1957 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 116 - 124
SAT 13/07/1957 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Alberton Oval 155 - 48
SAT 13/07/1957 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 81 - 79
SAT 13/07/1957 2:10 PM West Torrens v West Adelaide Thebarton Oval 70 - 72

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 10 -1- 1 21 61.0% 1,327 850
Norwood 2nd 8 -0- 4 16 53.2% 1,198 1,052
West Adelaide 3rd 7 -0- 5 14 53.7% 1,173 1,011
West Torrens 4th 6 -1- 5 13 49.9% 1,037 1,041
Sturt 5th 6 -0- 6 12 48.4% 1,074 1,146
North Adelaide 6th 5 -0- 7 10 49.3% 960 987
Glenelg 7th 3 -0- 9 6 43.4% 981 1,279
South Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 10 4 41.7% 966 1,350

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/07/1957 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Alberton Oval 77 - 79
SAT 20/07/1957 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 21 - 32
SAT 27/07/1957 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 80 - 40
SAT 27/07/1957 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Unley Oval 84 - 39

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 10 -1- 2 21 60.2% 1,404 929
Norwood 2nd 9 -0- 4 18 53.9% 1,278 1,092
West Adelaide 3rd 8 -0- 5 16 53.5% 1,252 1,088
Sturt 4th 7 -0- 6 14 49.4% 1,158 1,185
West Torrens 5th 6 -1- 6 13 49.6% 1,058 1,073
North Adelaide 6th 5 -0- 8 10 48.4% 1,000 1,067
Glenelg 7th 4 -0- 9 8 43.8% 1,013 1,300
South Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 11 4 41.2% 1,005 1,434

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/08/1957 2:10 PM Glenelg v North Adelaide Glenelg Oval 74 - 91
SAT 03/08/1957 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Unley Oval 65 - 108
SAT 03/08/1957 2:10 PM West Adelaide v South Adelaide Adelaide Oval 115 - 55
SAT 03/08/1957 2:10 PM West Torrens v Norwood Thebarton Oval 116 - 101

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 11 -1- 2 23 60.3% 1,512 994
West Adelaide 2nd 9 -0- 5 18 54.5% 1,367 1,143
Norwood 3rd 9 -0- 5 18 53.3% 1,379 1,208
West Torrens 4th 7 -1- 6 15 50.0% 1,174 1,174
Sturt 5th 7 -0- 7 14 48.6% 1,223 1,293
North Adelaide 6th 6 -0- 8 12 48.9% 1,091 1,141
Glenelg 7th 4 -0- 10 8 43.9% 1,087 1,391
South Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 12 4 40.6% 1,060 1,549

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/08/1957 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 88 - 74
SAT 10/08/1957 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Alberton Oval 112 - 51
SAT 10/08/1957 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 93 - 61
SAT 10/08/1957 2:10 PM West Torrens v Sturt Kensington Oval 97 - 87

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 12 -1- 2 25 60.8% 1,624 1,045
West Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 5 20 54.8% 1,460 1,204
Norwood 3rd 9 -0- 6 18 52.5% 1,440 1,301
West Torrens 4th 8 -1- 6 17 50.2% 1,271 1,261
Sturt 5th 7 -0- 8 14 48.5% 1,310 1,390
North Adelaide 6th 6 -0- 9 12 47.7% 1,142 1,253
Glenelg 7th 5 -0- 10 10 44.5% 1,175 1,465
South Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 13 4 40.9% 1,134 1,637

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/08/1957 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Prospect Oval 67 - 80
SAT 17/08/1957 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Norwood Oval 109 - 89
SAT 17/08/1957 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 53 - 206
SAT 17/08/1957 2:10 PM Sturt v West Adelaide Unley Oval 72 - 103

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 13 -1- 2 27 62.5% 1,830 1,098
West Adelaide 2nd 11 -0- 5 22 55.1% 1,563 1,276
Norwood 3rd 10 -0- 6 20 52.7% 1,549 1,390
West Torrens 4th 9 -1- 6 19 50.4% 1,351 1,328
Sturt 5th 7 -0- 9 14 48.1% 1,382 1,493
North Adelaide 6th 6 -0- 10 12 47.6% 1,209 1,333
Glenelg 7th 5 -0- 11 10 44.5% 1,264 1,574
South Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 14 4 39.2% 1,187 1,843

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/08/1957 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Glenelg Oval 84 - 79
SAT 24/08/1957 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Alberton Oval 173 - 56
SAT 24/08/1957 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 114 - 81
SAT 24/08/1957 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Thebarton Oval 75 - 73

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 14 -1- 2 29 63.4% 2,003 1,154
West Adelaide 2nd 12 -0- 5 24 55.3% 1,677 1,357
West Torrens 3rd 10 -1- 6 21 50.4% 1,426 1,401
Norwood 4th 10 -0- 7 20 50.7% 1,605 1,563
Sturt 5th 7 -0- 10 14 48.1% 1,461 1,577
North Adelaide 6th 6 -0- 11 12 47.1% 1,290 1,447
Glenelg 7th 6 -0- 11 12 44.9% 1,348 1,653
South Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 15 4 39.6% 1,260 1,918

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/08/1957 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Torrens Glenelg Oval 73 - 91
SAT 31/08/1957 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Norwood Prospect Oval 65 - 76
SAT 31/08/1957 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Kensington Oval 75 - 115
SAT 31/08/1957 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 113 - 149

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 15 -1- 2 31 62.9% 2,152 1,267
West Adelaide 2nd 12 -0- 6 24 54.3% 1,790 1,506
West Torrens 3rd 11 -1- 6 23 50.7% 1,517 1,474
Norwood 4th 11 -0- 7 22 50.8% 1,681 1,628
Sturt 5th 8 -0- 10 16 48.8% 1,576 1,652
North Adelaide 6th 6 -0- 12 12 47.1% 1,355 1,523
Glenelg 7th 6 -0- 12 12 44.9% 1,421 1,744
South Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 16 4 39.6% 1,335 2,033

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/09/1957 2:10 PM West Torrens v Norwood Adelaide Oval 76 - 83 26,745
SAT 14/09/1957 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 72 - 23 29,125

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/09/1957 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 73 - 104 33,109

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/09/1957 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 105 - 94 58,924