1958 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1958 season of the South Australian National Football League.

It featured eighteen rounds. North 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: 1958 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 Neil Davies
North Adelaide Prospect Oval Peter Koerner
Norwood Norwood Oval Haydn Bunton
Port Adelaide Alberton Oval Fos Williams
South Adelaide Adelaide Oval
Sturt Unley Oval Eddie Tilley
West Adelaide Richmond Oval Jack Oatey
West Torrens Thebarton Oval Dick Jones

Season Results

Premiers: Port Adelaide
Runners-Up: West Adelaide
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 15 -0- 3 30 57.4% 1,705 1,264 237 283 178 196
West Adelaide 2nd 15 -0- 3 30 56.8% 1,806 1,374 255 276 198 186
Port Adelaide 3rd 13 -0- 5 26 59.3% 1,754 1,203 249 260 170 183
Norwood 4th 7 -1- 10 15 47.1% 1,389 1,559 196 213 212 287
West Torrens 5th 7 -1- 10 15 47.0% 1,400 1,581 202 188 221 255
South Adelaide 6th 6 -1- 11 13 45.0% 1,255 1,531 170 235 220 211
Glenelg 7th 5 -0- 13 10 45.0% 1,357 1,661 193 199 234 257
Sturt 8th 2 -1- 15 5 42.3% 1,360 1,853 194 196 263 275

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 25/04/1958 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 97 - 68
SAT 26/04/1958 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 77 - 78
SAT 26/04/1958 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Kensington Oval 139 - 88
SAT 26/04/1958 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Richmond Oval 83 - 73

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 1 -0- 0 2 61.2% 139 88
Port Adelaide 2nd 1 -0- 0 2 58.8% 97 68
West Adelaide 3rd 1 -0- 0 2 53.2% 83 73
South Adelaide 4th 1 -0- 0 2 50.3% 78 77
Glenelg 5th 0 -0- 1 0 49.7% 77 78
West Torrens 6th 0 -0- 1 0 46.8% 73 83
Norwood 7th 0 -0- 1 0 41.2% 68 97
Sturt 8th 0 -0- 1 0 38.8% 88 139

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/05/1958 2:10 PM North Adelaide v South Adelaide Prospect Oval 119 - 60
SAT 03/05/1958 2:10 PM Norwood v West Torrens Norwood Oval 71 - 51
SAT 03/05/1958 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Alberton Oval 35 - 55
SAT 03/05/1958 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 63 - 106

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 2 -0- 0 4 63.5% 258 148
West Adelaide 2nd 2 -0- 0 4 56.1% 138 108
Glenelg 3rd 1 -0- 1 2 56.5% 183 141
Port Adelaide 4th 1 -0- 1 2 51.8% 132 123
Norwood 5th 1 -0- 1 2 48.4% 139 148
South Adelaide 6th 1 -0- 1 2 41.3% 138 196
West Torrens 7th 0 -0- 2 0 44.6% 124 154
Sturt 8th 0 -0- 2 0 38.1% 151 245

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/05/1958 2:10 PM Glenelg v North Adelaide Glenelg Oval 88 - 132
SAT 10/05/1958 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 69 - 100
SAT 10/05/1958 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Unley Oval 64 - 80
SAT 10/05/1958 2:10 PM West Torrens v Port Adelaide Thebarton Oval 43 - 150

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 3 -0- 0 6 62.3% 390 236
West Adelaide 2nd 3 -0- 0 6 57.3% 238 177
Port Adelaide 3rd 2 -0- 1 4 62.9% 282 166
South Adelaide 4th 2 -0- 1 4 45.6% 218 260
Glenelg 5th 1 -0- 2 2 49.8% 271 273
Norwood 6th 1 -0- 2 2 45.6% 208 248
Sturt 7th 0 -0- 3 0 39.8% 215 325
West Torrens 8th 0 -0- 3 0 35.5% 167 304

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/05/1958 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Norwood Oval 104 - 95
SAT 17/05/1958 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 64 - 76
SAT 17/05/1958 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Richmond Oval 64 - 85
SAT 17/05/1958 2:10 PM West Torrens v Sturt Thebarton Oval 72 - 32

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 4 -0- 0 8 61.3% 475 300
Port Adelaide 2nd 3 -0- 1 6 60.9% 358 230
West Adelaide 3rd 3 -0- 1 6 53.5% 302 262
Norwood 4th 2 -0- 2 4 47.6% 312 343
South Adelaide 5th 2 -0- 2 4 45.6% 282 336
Glenelg 6th 1 -0- 3 2 49.3% 366 377
West Torrens 7th 1 -0- 3 2 41.6% 239 336
Sturt 8th 0 -0- 4 0 38.4% 247 397

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/05/1958 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Glenelg Oval 87 - 57
SAT 24/05/1958 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Prospect Oval 58 - 98 19,120
SAT 24/05/1958 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Unley Oval 90 - 98
SAT 24/05/1958 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Kensington Oval 94 - 76

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 4 -0- 1 8 61.3% 456 288
North Adelaide 2nd 4 -0- 1 8 57.3% 533 398
West Adelaide 3rd 3 -0- 2 6 50.7% 359 349
Norwood 4th 3 -0- 2 6 48.6% 410 433
Glenelg 5th 2 -0- 3 4 51.1% 453 434
South Adelaide 6th 2 -0- 3 4 45.4% 358 430
West Torrens 7th 2 -0- 3 4 44.7% 333 412
Sturt 8th 0 -0- 5 0 40.5% 337 495

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/05/1958 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Alberton Oval 113 - 68
SAT 31/05/1958 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 73 - 79
SAT 31/05/1958 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Sturt Richmond Oval 120 - 92
SAT 31/05/1958 2:10 PM West Torrens v North Adelaide Thebarton Oval 75 - 101

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 5 -0- 1 10 61.5% 569 356
North Adelaide 2nd 5 -0- 1 10 57.3% 634 473
West Adelaide 3rd 4 -0- 2 8 52.1% 479 441
Norwood 4th 4 -0- 2 8 49.1% 489 506
Glenelg 5th 2 -0- 4 4 48.8% 521 547
South Adelaide 6th 2 -0- 4 4 45.9% 431 509
West Torrens 7th 2 -0- 4 4 44.3% 408 513
Sturt 8th 0 -0- 6 0 41.1% 429 615

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/06/1958 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Torrens Glenelg Oval 69 - 81
SAT 07/06/1958 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 73 - 96
SAT 07/06/1958 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Unley Oval 92 - 129
SAT 07/06/1958 2:10 PM West Adelaide v South Adelaide Richmond Oval 118 - 77

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 6 -0- 1 12 60.9% 698 448
North Adelaide 2nd 6 -0- 1 12 57.2% 730 546
West Adelaide 3rd 5 -0- 2 10 53.5% 597 518
Norwood 4th 4 -0- 3 8 48.3% 562 602
West Torrens 5th 3 -0- 4 6 45.7% 489 582
Glenelg 6th 2 -0- 5 4 48.4% 590 628
South Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 5 4 44.8% 508 627
Sturt 8th 0 -0- 7 0 41.2% 521 744

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/06/1958 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Kensington Oval 105 - 37
SAT 14/06/1958 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Prospect Oval 96 - 66
SAT 14/06/1958 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Alberton Oval 102 - 57
MON 16/06/1958 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 148 - 122

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 7 -0- 1 14 61.3% 800 505
North Adelaide 2nd 7 -0- 1 14 57.4% 826 612
West Adelaide 3rd 6 -0- 2 12 53.8% 745 640
Norwood 4th 4 -0- 4 8 46.8% 619 704
Glenelg 5th 3 -0- 5 6 51.1% 695 665
West Torrens 6th 3 -0- 5 6 45.6% 611 730
South Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 6 4 42.7% 545 732
Sturt 8th 0 -0- 8 0 41.1% 587 840

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/06/1958 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 94 - 94
SAT 21/06/1958 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Alberton Oval 58 - 74
SAT 21/06/1958 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 135 - 74
SAT 21/06/1958 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Thebarton Oval 61 - 61

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 8 -0- 1 16 57.3% 900 670
Port Adelaide 2nd 7 -0- 2 14 59.7% 858 579
West Adelaide 3rd 7 -0- 2 14 55.2% 880 714
Norwood 4th 4 -1- 4 9 47.2% 713 798
West Torrens 5th 3 -1- 5 7 45.9% 672 791
Glenelg 6th 3 -0- 6 6 49.0% 769 800
South Adelaide 7th 2 -1- 6 5 43.3% 606 793
Sturt 8th 0 -1- 8 1 42.2% 681 934

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/06/1958 2:10 PM Norwood v West Torrens Kensington Oval 70 - 76
SAT 28/06/1958 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 42 - 65
SAT 28/06/1958 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Unley Oval 87 - 75
SAT 28/06/1958 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Richmond Oval 86 - 81

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 9 -0- 1 18 57.5% 965 712
West Adelaide 2nd 8 -0- 2 16 54.9% 966 795
Port Adelaide 3rd 7 -0- 3 14 58.5% 939 665
Norwood 4th 4 -1- 5 9 47.3% 783 874
West Torrens 5th 4 -1- 5 9 46.5% 748 861
Glenelg 6th 3 -0- 7 6 48.8% 844 887
South Adelaide 7th 2 -1- 7 5 43.0% 648 858
Sturt 8th 1 -1- 8 3 43.2% 768 1,009

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/07/1958 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Norwood Oval 88 - 63
SAT 05/07/1958 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 45 - 79
SAT 12/07/1958 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Prospect Oval 89 - 59
SAT 12/07/1958 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 107 - 91

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 10 -0- 1 20 57.8% 1,054 771
Port Adelaide 2nd 8 -0- 3 16 58.0% 1,046 756
West Adelaide 3rd 8 -0- 3 16 53.8% 1,029 883
Norwood 4th 5 -1- 5 11 48.2% 871 937
West Torrens 5th 4 -1- 6 9 46.4% 839 968
Glenelg 6th 3 -0- 8 6 48.1% 903 976
Sturt 7th 2 -1- 8 5 44.6% 847 1,054
South Adelaide 8th 2 -1- 8 5 42.5% 693 937

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/07/1958 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Norwood Prospect Oval 82 - 62
SAT 19/07/1958 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Kensington Oval 108 - 89
SAT 19/07/1958 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 50 - 135
SAT 19/07/1958 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Thebarton Oval 89 - 48

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 11 -0- 1 22 57.7% 1,136 833
Port Adelaide 2nd 9 -0- 3 18 57.7% 1,154 845
West Adelaide 3rd 9 -0- 3 18 55.5% 1,164 933
Norwood 4th 5 -1- 6 11 47.8% 933 1,019
West Torrens 5th 5 -1- 6 11 47.7% 928 1,016
Glenelg 6th 3 -0- 9 6 47.2% 951 1,065
Sturt 7th 2 -1- 9 5 44.6% 936 1,162
South Adelaide 8th 2 -1- 9 5 40.9% 743 1,072

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/07/1958 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Glenelg Oval 57 - 56
SAT 26/07/1958 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Prospect Oval 60 - 29
SAT 26/07/1958 2:10 PM Norwood v South Adelaide Norwood Oval 49 - 113
SAT 26/07/1958 2:10 PM Sturt v West Adelaide Unley Oval 68 - 93

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 12 -0- 1 24 58.1% 1,196 862
West Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 3 20 55.7% 1,257 1,001
Port Adelaide 3rd 9 -0- 4 18 57.3% 1,210 902
West Torrens 4th 5 -1- 7 11 47.1% 957 1,076
Norwood 5th 5 -1- 7 11 46.5% 982 1,132
Glenelg 6th 4 -0- 9 8 47.3% 1,008 1,121
South Adelaide 7th 3 -1- 9 7 43.3% 856 1,121
Sturt 8th 2 -1- 10 5 44.4% 1,004 1,255

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/08/1958 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Kensington Oval 145 - 63
SAT 02/08/1958 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Alberton Oval 98 - 61
SAT 02/08/1958 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 107 - 69
SAT 02/08/1958 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Richmond Oval 99 - 55

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 13 -0- 1 26 59.2% 1,341 925
West Adelaide 2nd 11 -0- 3 22 56.2% 1,356 1,056
Port Adelaide 3rd 10 -0- 4 20 57.6% 1,308 963
West Torrens 4th 5 -1- 8 11 46.4% 1,018 1,174
Norwood 5th 5 -1- 8 11 45.7% 1,037 1,231
South Adelaide 6th 4 -1- 9 9 44.7% 963 1,190
Glenelg 7th 4 -0- 10 8 45.8% 1,071 1,266
Sturt 8th 2 -1- 11 5 44.1% 1,073 1,362

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/08/1958 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Norwood Oval 40 - 82
SAT 09/08/1958 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 67 - 65
SAT 09/08/1958 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Unley Oval 80 - 129
SAT 09/08/1958 2:10 PM West Torrens v West Adelaide Thebarton Oval 80 - 120

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 14 -0- 1 28 59.4% 1,470 1,005
West Adelaide 2nd 12 -0- 3 24 56.5% 1,476 1,136
Port Adelaide 3rd 11 -0- 4 22 58.1% 1,390 1,003
West Torrens 4th 5 -1- 9 11 45.9% 1,098 1,294
Norwood 5th 5 -1- 9 11 45.1% 1,077 1,313
South Adelaide 6th 5 -1- 9 11 45.1% 1,030 1,255
Glenelg 7th 4 -0- 11 8 46.0% 1,136 1,333
Sturt 8th 2 -1- 12 5 43.6% 1,153 1,491

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/08/1958 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Glenelg Oval 78 - 75
SAT 16/08/1958 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Kensington Oval 78 - 91
SAT 16/08/1958 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 44 - 83
SAT 16/08/1958 2:10 PM West Torrens v Norwood Thebarton Oval 111 - 83

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 15 -0- 1 30 59.7% 1,553 1,049
West Adelaide 2nd 13 -0- 3 26 56.3% 1,567 1,214
Port Adelaide 3rd 11 -0- 5 22 57.3% 1,468 1,094
West Torrens 4th 6 -1- 9 13 46.8% 1,209 1,377
Norwood 5th 5 -1- 10 11 44.9% 1,160 1,424
South Adelaide 6th 5 -1- 10 11 44.5% 1,074 1,338
Glenelg 7th 5 -0- 11 10 46.3% 1,214 1,408
Sturt 8th 2 -1- 13 5 43.9% 1,228 1,569

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/08/1958 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 98 - 81
SAT 23/08/1958 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Alberton Oval 172 - 36
SAT 23/08/1958 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 108 - 79
SAT 23/08/1958 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Richmond Oval 122 - 89

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 15 -0- 2 30 58.8% 1,634 1,147
West Adelaide 2nd 14 -0- 3 28 56.5% 1,689 1,303
Port Adelaide 3rd 12 -0- 5 24 59.2% 1,640 1,130
West Torrens 4th 6 -1- 10 13 46.4% 1,288 1,485
Norwood 5th 6 -1- 10 13 45.5% 1,258 1,505
South Adelaide 6th 6 -1- 10 13 45.5% 1,182 1,417
Glenelg 7th 5 -0- 12 10 46.0% 1,303 1,530
Sturt 8th 2 -1- 14 5 42.1% 1,264 1,741

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/08/1958 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Glenelg Oval 54 - 131
SAT 30/08/1958 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Prospect Oval 71 - 117
SAT 30/08/1958 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Alberton Oval 114 - 73
SAT 30/08/1958 2:10 PM Sturt v West Torrens Unley Oval 96 - 112

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 15 -0- 3 30 57.4% 1,705 1,264
West Adelaide 2nd 15 -0- 3 30 56.8% 1,806 1,374
Port Adelaide 3rd 13 -0- 5 26 59.3% 1,754 1,203
Norwood 4th 7 -1- 10 15 47.1% 1,389 1,559
West Torrens 5th 7 -1- 10 15 47.0% 1,400 1,581
South Adelaide 6th 6 -1- 11 13 45.0% 1,255 1,531
Glenelg 7th 5 -0- 13 10 45.0% 1,357 1,661
Sturt 8th 2 -1- 15 5 42.3% 1,360 1,853

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/09/1958 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 121 - 76 38,035
SAT 13/09/1958 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 63 - 89 30,693

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/09/1958 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 60 - 87 32,046

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/09/1958 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 92 - 94 54,282