1959 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1959 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 Geof Motley as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1959 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 Alan Killigrew
Port Adelaide Alberton Oval Geof Motley
South Adelaide Adelaide Oval
Sturt Unley Oval Glynn Williams
West Adelaide Richmond Oval Jack Oatey
West Torrens Thebarton Oval Lindsay Head

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 17 -0- 1 34 61.5% 1,935 1,213 273 297 175 163
West Adelaide 2nd 12 -0- 6 24 58.3% 1,864 1,335 267 262 182 243
Sturt 3rd 10 -0- 8 20 52.0% 1,798 1,663 250 298 238 235
Glenelg 4th 10 -0- 8 20 49.6% 1,709 1,738 242 257 243 280
West Torrens 5th 9 -0- 9 18 50.0% 1,528 1,525 219 214 213 247
Norwood 6th 7 -0- 11 14 47.5% 1,552 1,717 218 244 244 253
North Adelaide 7th 4 -0- 14 8 42.9% 1,340 1,783 182 248 252 271
South Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 15 6 38.2% 1,217 1,969 169 203 273 331

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/04/1959 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Norwood Prospect Oval 82 - 51
SAT 25/04/1959 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 72 - 65
SAT 25/04/1959 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Unley Oval 120 - 92
SAT 25/04/1959 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Richmond Oval 83 - 79

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 1 -0- 0 2 61.7% 82 51
Sturt 2nd 1 -0- 0 2 56.6% 120 92
South Adelaide 3rd 1 -0- 0 2 52.6% 72 65
West Adelaide 4th 1 -0- 0 2 51.2% 83 79
Port Adelaide 5th 0 -0- 1 0 48.8% 79 83
West Torrens 6th 0 -0- 1 0 47.4% 65 72
Glenelg 7th 0 -0- 1 0 43.4% 92 120
Norwood 8th 0 -0- 1 0 38.3% 51 82

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/05/1959 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 89 - 62
SAT 02/05/1959 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Kensington Oval 146 - 53
SAT 02/05/1959 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 102 - 73
SAT 02/05/1959 2:10 PM West Torrens v Sturt Thebarton Oval 143 - 59

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 2 -0- 0 4 54.9% 185 152
Port Adelaide 2nd 1 -0- 1 2 62.3% 225 136
West Torrens 3rd 1 -0- 1 2 61.4% 208 131
North Adelaide 4th 1 -0- 1 2 50.3% 155 153
Glenelg 5th 1 -0- 1 2 49.9% 181 182
South Adelaide 6th 1 -0- 1 2 46.5% 134 154
Sturt 7th 1 -0- 1 2 43.2% 179 235
Norwood 8th 0 -0- 2 0 31.3% 104 228

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/05/1959 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Torrens Glenelg Oval 73 - 99
SAT 09/05/1959 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Norwood Oval 60 - 124
SAT 09/05/1959 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Alberton Oval 62 - 42
SAT 09/05/1959 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 71 - 131

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 3 -0- 0 6 59.3% 309 212
Port Adelaide 2nd 2 -0- 1 4 61.7% 287 178
West Torrens 3rd 2 -0- 1 4 60.1% 307 204
Sturt 4th 2 -0- 1 4 50.3% 310 306
North Adelaide 5th 1 -0- 2 2 47.8% 197 215
Glenelg 6th 1 -0- 2 2 47.5% 254 281
South Adelaide 7th 1 -0- 2 2 41.8% 205 285
Norwood 8th 0 -0- 3 0 31.8% 164 352

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/05/1959 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Prospect Oval 82 - 113
SAT 16/05/1959 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Norwood Oval 83 - 92
SAT 16/05/1959 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 100 - 58
SAT 16/05/1959 2:10 PM West Adelaide v South Adelaide Richmond Oval 106 - 55

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 4 -0- 0 8 60.9% 415 267
Port Adelaide 2nd 3 -0- 1 6 62.1% 387 236
Sturt 3rd 3 -0- 1 6 52.2% 423 388
West Torrens 4th 2 -0- 2 4 54.6% 365 304
Glenelg 5th 2 -0- 2 4 48.7% 346 364
North Adelaide 6th 1 -0- 3 2 46.0% 279 328
South Adelaide 7th 1 -0- 3 2 39.9% 260 391
Norwood 8th 0 -0- 4 0 35.7% 247 444

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/05/1959 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Kensington Oval 75 - 98
SAT 23/05/1959 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 52 - 135
SAT 23/05/1959 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Unley Oval 153 - 86
SAT 23/05/1959 2:10 PM West Torrens v West Adelaide Thebarton Oval 67 - 54

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 4 -0- 1 8 64.4% 522 288
West Adelaide 2nd 4 -0- 1 8 58.4% 469 334
Sturt 3rd 4 -0- 1 8 54.9% 576 474
West Torrens 4th 3 -0- 2 6 54.7% 432 358
Glenelg 5th 3 -0- 2 6 50.3% 444 439
North Adelaide 6th 1 -0- 4 2 45.4% 354 426
South Adelaide 7th 1 -0- 4 2 37.2% 312 526
Norwood 8th 0 -0- 5 0 35.8% 333 597

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/05/1959 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Alberton Oval 115 - 86
SAT 30/05/1959 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 53 - 80
SAT 30/05/1959 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Sturt Richmond Oval 77 - 47
SAT 30/05/1959 2:10 PM West Torrens v North Adelaide Thebarton Oval 143 - 58

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 5 -0- 1 10 63.0% 637 374
West Adelaide 2nd 5 -0- 1 10 58.9% 546 381
West Torrens 3rd 4 -0- 2 8 58.0% 575 416
Sturt 4th 4 -0- 2 8 53.1% 623 551
Glenelg 5th 3 -0- 3 6 48.9% 530 554
North Adelaide 6th 1 -0- 5 2 42.0% 412 569
Norwood 7th 1 -0- 5 2 38.9% 413 650
South Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 5 2 37.6% 365 606

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/06/1959 2:10 PM North Adelaide v South Adelaide Prospect Oval 73 - 112
SAT 06/06/1959 2:10 PM Norwood v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 119 - 86
SAT 06/06/1959 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Unley Oval 95 - 125
SAT 06/06/1959 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Richmond Oval 111 - 80

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 6 -0- 1 12 61.9% 762 469
West Adelaide 2nd 6 -0- 1 12 58.8% 657 461
West Torrens 3rd 4 -0- 3 8 55.3% 661 535
Sturt 4th 4 -0- 3 8 51.5% 718 676
Glenelg 5th 3 -0- 4 6 47.8% 610 665
Norwood 6th 2 -0- 5 4 42.0% 532 736
South Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 5 4 41.3% 477 679
North Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 6 2 41.6% 485 681

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/06/1959 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Glenelg Oval 87 - 138
SAT 13/06/1959 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 74 - 134
SAT 13/06/1959 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Kensington Oval 67 - 58
MON 15/06/1959 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 86 - 80

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 7 -0- 1 14 60.7% 848 549
West Adelaide 2nd 6 -0- 2 12 57.4% 737 547
West Torrens 3rd 5 -0- 3 10 55.1% 728 593
Sturt 4th 5 -0- 3 10 52.9% 856 763
Glenelg 5th 3 -0- 5 6 46.5% 697 803
Norwood 6th 3 -0- 5 6 45.1% 666 810
South Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 6 4 41.8% 535 746
North Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 7 2 40.7% 559 815

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/06/1959 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Prospect Oval 59 - 97
SAT 20/06/1959 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Unley Oval 76 - 103
SAT 20/06/1959 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Kensington Oval 131 - 89
SAT 20/06/1959 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 87 - 105

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 8 -0- 1 16 60.8% 945 608
West Adelaide 2nd 7 -0- 2 14 57.7% 868 636
West Torrens 3rd 5 -0- 4 10 53.9% 815 698
Sturt 4th 5 -0- 4 10 51.8% 932 866
Glenelg 5th 4 -0- 5 8 47.4% 802 890
Norwood 6th 3 -0- 6 6 44.5% 755 941
South Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 6 6 43.7% 638 822
North Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 8 2 40.4% 618 912

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/07/1959 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Glenelg Oval 70 - 84
SAT 04/07/1959 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 70 - 135
SAT 04/07/1959 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Unley Oval 126 - 72
SAT 04/07/1959 2:10 PM West Torrens v Port Adelaide Thebarton Oval 65 - 132

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 9 -0- 1 18 61.5% 1,077 673
West Adelaide 2nd 8 -0- 2 16 58.7% 1,003 706
Sturt 3rd 6 -0- 4 12 53.0% 1,058 938
West Torrens 4th 5 -0- 5 10 51.5% 880 830
Glenelg 5th 4 -0- 6 8 47.2% 872 974
Norwood 6th 4 -0- 6 8 45.4% 839 1,011
South Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 7 6 42.5% 708 957
North Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 9 2 39.9% 690 1,038

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/07/1959 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Alberton Oval 96 - 55
SAT 11/07/1959 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Glenelg Kensington Oval 75 - 165
SAT 11/07/1959 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Richmond Oval 91 - 68
SAT 11/07/1959 2:10 PM West Torrens v Sturt Adelaide Oval 92 - 122

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 10 -0- 1 20 61.7% 1,173 728
West Adelaide 2nd 9 -0- 2 18 58.6% 1,094 774
Sturt 3rd 7 -0- 4 14 53.4% 1,180 1,030
West Torrens 4th 5 -0- 6 10 50.5% 972 952
Glenelg 5th 5 -0- 6 10 49.7% 1,037 1,049
Norwood 6th 4 -0- 7 8 44.7% 894 1,107
South Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 8 6 41.1% 783 1,122
North Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 10 2 40.2% 758 1,129

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/07/1959 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Glenelg Oval 71 - 130
SAT 25/07/1959 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Prospect Oval 68 - 109
SAT 25/07/1959 2:10 PM Norwood v South Adelaide Norwood Oval 155 - 69
SAT 25/07/1959 2:10 PM Sturt v West Adelaide Unley Oval 93 - 68

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 11 -0- 1 22 62.0% 1,303 799
West Adelaide 2nd 9 -0- 3 18 57.3% 1,162 867
Sturt 3rd 8 -0- 4 16 53.7% 1,273 1,098
West Torrens 4th 6 -0- 6 12 51.5% 1,081 1,020
Glenelg 5th 5 -0- 7 10 48.4% 1,108 1,179
Norwood 6th 5 -0- 7 10 47.1% 1,049 1,176
South Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 9 6 40.0% 852 1,277
North Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 11 2 40.0% 826 1,238

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/08/1959 2:10 PM Glenelg v North Adelaide Glenelg Oval 94 - 92
SAT 01/08/1959 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Kensington Oval 101 - 83
SAT 01/08/1959 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Alberton Oval 108 - 89
SAT 01/08/1959 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Richmond Oval 105 - 41

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 12 -0- 1 24 61.4% 1,411 888
West Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 3 20 58.3% 1,267 908
Sturt 3rd 8 -0- 5 16 53.1% 1,356 1,199
West Torrens 4th 6 -0- 7 12 49.9% 1,122 1,125
Glenelg 5th 6 -0- 7 12 48.6% 1,202 1,271
Norwood 6th 6 -0- 7 12 47.7% 1,150 1,259
South Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 10 6 40.5% 941 1,385
North Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 12 2 40.8% 918 1,332

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/08/1959 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Adelaide Oval 83 - 111
SAT 08/08/1959 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 70 - 83
SAT 08/08/1959 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Alberton Oval 101 - 64
SAT 08/08/1959 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Thebarton Oval 86 - 33

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 13 -0- 1 26 61.4% 1,512 952
West Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 4 20 56.9% 1,331 1,009
Sturt 3rd 9 -0- 5 18 53.4% 1,467 1,282
West Torrens 4th 7 -0- 7 14 51.1% 1,208 1,158
Glenelg 5th 6 -0- 8 12 48.2% 1,285 1,382
Norwood 6th 6 -0- 8 12 47.6% 1,220 1,342
South Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 11 6 39.8% 974 1,471
North Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 12 4 41.7% 1,001 1,402

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/08/1959 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Prospect Oval 91 - 90
SAT 15/08/1959 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Norwood Oval 56 - 59
SAT 15/08/1959 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 40 - 76
SAT 15/08/1959 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Thebarton Oval 74 - 91

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 14 -0- 1 28 60.9% 1,571 1,008
West Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 5 20 56.4% 1,421 1,100
Sturt 3rd 10 -0- 5 20 53.9% 1,543 1,322
West Torrens 4th 7 -0- 8 14 50.7% 1,282 1,249
Glenelg 5th 7 -0- 8 14 48.6% 1,376 1,456
Norwood 6th 6 -0- 9 12 47.7% 1,276 1,401
North Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 12 6 42.3% 1,092 1,492
South Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 12 6 39.6% 1,014 1,547

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/08/1959 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Kensington Oval 107 - 51
SAT 22/08/1959 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 76 - 95
SAT 22/08/1959 2:10 PM Sturt v West Torrens Unley Oval 68 - 70
SAT 22/08/1959 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Richmond Oval 107 - 54

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 15 -0- 1 30 61.3% 1,678 1,059
West Adelaide 2nd 11 -0- 5 22 57.0% 1,528 1,154
Sturt 3rd 10 -0- 6 20 53.6% 1,611 1,392
West Torrens 4th 8 -0- 8 16 50.7% 1,352 1,317
Glenelg 5th 8 -0- 8 16 49.0% 1,471 1,532
Norwood 6th 6 -0- 10 12 46.9% 1,330 1,508
North Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 13 6 41.7% 1,143 1,599
South Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 13 6 39.9% 1,090 1,642

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/08/1959 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Glenelg Oval 135 - 115
SAT 29/08/1959 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Alberton Oval 144 - 78
SAT 29/08/1959 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 81 - 106
SAT 29/08/1959 2:10 PM West Torrens v Norwood Thebarton Oval 100 - 95

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 16 -0- 1 32 61.6% 1,822 1,137
West Adelaide 2nd 11 -0- 6 22 56.0% 1,643 1,289
Sturt 3rd 10 -0- 7 20 52.4% 1,689 1,536
West Torrens 4th 9 -0- 8 18 50.7% 1,452 1,412
Glenelg 5th 9 -0- 8 18 49.4% 1,606 1,647
Norwood 6th 6 -0- 11 12 47.0% 1,425 1,608
North Adelaide 7th 4 -0- 13 8 42.6% 1,249 1,680
South Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 14 6 40.1% 1,171 1,748

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/09/1959 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Prospect Oval 91 - 103
SAT 05/09/1959 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 127 - 109
SAT 05/09/1959 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Alberton Oval 113 - 76
SAT 05/09/1959 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 46 - 221

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 17 -0- 1 34 61.5% 1,935 1,213
West Adelaide 2nd 12 -0- 6 24 58.3% 1,864 1,335
Sturt 3rd 10 -0- 8 20 52.0% 1,798 1,663
Glenelg 4th 10 -0- 8 20 49.6% 1,709 1,738
West Torrens 5th 9 -0- 9 18 50.0% 1,528 1,525
Norwood 6th 7 -0- 11 14 47.5% 1,552 1,717
North Adelaide 7th 4 -0- 14 8 42.9% 1,340 1,783
South Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 15 6 38.2% 1,217 1,969

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/09/1959 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 106 - 107 29,899
SAT 19/09/1959 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 67 - 92 26,631

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 25/09/1959 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 119 - 60 39,900

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/10/1959 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 77 - 87 48,884