1962 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1962 season of the South Australian National Football League.

It featured nineteen 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: 1962 SANFL Season
Teams: 8
Rounds: 19
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 80

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Glenelg Glenelg Oval Doug Long
North Adelaide Prospect Oval Jack McCarthy
Norwood Norwood Oval Alan Killigrew
Port Adelaide Alberton Oval Fos Williams
South Adelaide Adelaide Oval
Sturt Unley Oval Jack Oatey
West Adelaide Richmond Oval Neil Kerley
West Torrens Thebarton Oval Dick Reynolds

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- 2 34 60.9% 1,942 1,248 275 292 180 168
West Adelaide 2nd 13 -0- 6 26 58.7% 1,971 1,386 281 285 198 198
Norwood 3rd 11 -1- 7 23 54.1% 1,904 1,616 275 254 227 254
West Torrens 4th 10 -1- 8 21 54.0% 1,638 1,398 231 252 192 246
Glenelg 5th 9 -0- 10 18 48.0% 1,621 1,756 230 241 244 292
North Adelaide 6th 8 -0- 11 16 48.4% 1,456 1,555 200 256 221 229
Sturt 7th 4 -0- 15 8 41.1% 1,380 1,975 194 216 278 307
South Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 16 6 35.4% 1,187 2,165 164 203 310 305

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/04/1962 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Glenelg Oval 139 - 122
SAT 21/04/1962 2:10 PM North Adelaide v South Adelaide Prospect Oval 130 - 58
SAT 21/04/1962 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 100 - 69
SAT 21/04/1962 2:10 PM West Torrens v Port Adelaide Thebarton Oval 57 - 69

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 1 -0- 0 2 69.1% 130 58
Norwood 2nd 1 -0- 0 2 59.2% 100 69
Port Adelaide 3rd 1 -0- 0 2 54.8% 69 57
Glenelg 4th 1 -0- 0 2 53.3% 139 122
Sturt 5th 0 -0- 1 0 46.7% 122 139
West Torrens 6th 0 -0- 1 0 45.2% 57 69
West Adelaide 7th 0 -0- 1 0 40.8% 69 100
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 1 0 30.9% 58 130

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
WED 25/04/1962 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Norwood Oval 104 - 82
WED 25/04/1962 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 70 - 79
WED 25/04/1962 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Unley Oval 76 - 77
WED 25/04/1962 2:10 PM West Torrens v West Adelaide Thebarton Oval 75 - 52

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 2 -0- 0 4 60.7% 207 134
Norwood 2nd 2 -0- 0 4 57.5% 204 151
Glenelg 3rd 2 -0- 0 4 53.2% 218 192
West Torrens 4th 1 -0- 1 2 52.2% 132 121
Port Adelaide 5th 1 -0- 1 2 48.4% 151 161
Sturt 6th 0 -0- 2 0 47.8% 198 216
West Adelaide 7th 0 -0- 2 0 40.9% 121 175
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 2 0 38.0% 128 209

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/04/1962 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Prospect Oval 48 - 97
SAT 28/04/1962 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Norwood Oval 126 - 74
SAT 28/04/1962 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Alberton Oval 114 - 29
SAT 28/04/1962 2:10 PM Sturt v West Adelaide Unley Oval 54 - 109

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 3 -0- 0 6 59.5% 330 225
Port Adelaide 2nd 2 -0- 1 4 58.2% 265 190
West Torrens 3rd 2 -0- 1 4 57.5% 229 169
North Adelaide 4th 2 -0- 1 4 52.5% 255 231
Glenelg 5th 2 -0- 1 4 47.9% 292 318
West Adelaide 6th 1 -0- 2 2 50.1% 230 229
Sturt 7th 0 -0- 3 0 43.7% 252 325
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 3 0 32.7% 157 323

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/05/1962 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Torrens Glenelg Oval 79 - 135
SAT 05/05/1962 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Kensington Oval 155 - 27
SAT 05/05/1962 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 38 - 82
SAT 05/05/1962 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Richmond Oval 79 - 58

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 4 -0- 0 8 61.0% 412 263
Port Adelaide 2nd 3 -0- 1 6 65.9% 420 217
West Torrens 3rd 3 -0- 1 6 59.5% 364 248
West Adelaide 4th 2 -0- 2 4 51.8% 309 287
North Adelaide 5th 2 -0- 2 4 50.2% 313 310
Glenelg 6th 2 -0- 2 4 45.0% 371 453
Sturt 7th 0 -0- 4 0 36.8% 279 480
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 4 0 32.5% 195 405

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/05/1962 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 110 - 58
SAT 12/05/1962 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Alberton Oval 88 - 45
SAT 12/05/1962 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 81 - 137
SAT 12/05/1962 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Richmond Oval 111 - 89

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 5 -0- 0 10 61.9% 522 321
Port Adelaide 2nd 4 -0- 1 8 66.0% 508 262
West Torrens 3rd 4 -0- 1 8 60.4% 501 329
West Adelaide 4th 3 -0- 2 6 52.8% 420 376
North Adelaide 5th 2 -0- 3 4 47.4% 358 398
Glenelg 6th 2 -0- 3 4 44.9% 460 564
Sturt 7th 0 -0- 5 0 36.4% 337 590
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 5 0 33.7% 276 542

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/05/1962 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Norwood Prospect Oval 76 - 87
SAT 19/05/1962 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Alberton Oval 113 - 89
SAT 19/05/1962 2:10 PM West Adelaide v South Adelaide Kensington Oval 112 - 63
SAT 19/05/1962 2:10 PM West Torrens v Sturt Adelaide Oval 116 - 80

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 6 -0- 0 12 60.5% 609 397
Port Adelaide 2nd 5 -0- 1 10 63.9% 621 351
West Torrens 3rd 5 -0- 1 10 60.1% 617 409
West Adelaide 4th 4 -0- 2 8 54.8% 532 439
North Adelaide 5th 2 -0- 4 4 47.2% 434 485
Glenelg 6th 2 -0- 4 4 44.8% 549 677
Sturt 7th 0 -0- 6 0 37.1% 417 706
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 6 0 34.1% 339 654

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/05/1962 2:10 PM Glenelg v North Adelaide Glenelg Oval 110 - 84
SAT 26/05/1962 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Unley Oval 119 - 64
SAT 26/05/1962 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Richmond Oval 71 - 87
SAT 26/05/1962 2:10 PM West Torrens v Norwood Thebarton Oval 74 - 74 20,832

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 6 -1- 0 13 59.2% 683 471
Port Adelaide 2nd 6 -0- 1 12 62.7% 708 422
West Torrens 3rd 5 -1- 1 11 58.9% 691 483
West Adelaide 4th 4 -0- 3 8 53.4% 603 526
Glenelg 5th 3 -0- 4 6 46.4% 659 761
North Adelaide 6th 2 -0- 5 4 46.5% 518 595
Sturt 7th 1 -0- 6 2 41.0% 536 770
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 7 0 34.3% 403 773

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/06/1962 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Norwood Oval 59 - 145
SAT 02/06/1962 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 68 - 119
SAT 02/06/1962 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Unley Oval 92 - 41
MON 04/06/1962 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 86 - 21

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 7 -0- 1 14 64.2% 794 443
Norwood 2nd 6 -1- 1 13 54.6% 742 616
West Torrens 3rd 5 -1- 2 11 55.6% 712 569
West Adelaide 4th 5 -0- 3 10 56.1% 748 585
North Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 5 6 49.0% 637 663
Glenelg 6th 3 -0- 5 6 45.1% 700 853
Sturt 7th 2 -0- 6 4 43.6% 628 811
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 8 0 34.6% 471 892

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/06/1962 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Prospect Oval 148 - 65
SAT 09/06/1962 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Alberton Oval 123 - 63
SAT 09/06/1962 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 41 - 106
SAT 09/06/1962 2:10 PM West Torrens v West Adelaide Kensington Oval 77 - 107

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 8 -0- 1 16 64.4% 917 506
Norwood 2nd 6 -1- 2 13 52.1% 805 739
West Adelaide 3rd 6 -0- 3 12 56.4% 855 662
West Torrens 4th 5 -1- 3 11 53.9% 789 676
North Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 5 8 51.9% 785 728
Glenelg 6th 4 -0- 5 8 47.4% 806 894
Sturt 7th 2 -0- 7 4 41.9% 693 959
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 9 0 33.9% 512 998

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/06/1962 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Glenelg Oval 98 - 94
SAT 16/06/1962 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 52 - 131
SAT 16/06/1962 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Sturt Richmond Oval 114 - 46
SAT 16/06/1962 2:10 PM West Torrens v North Adelaide Thebarton Oval 54 - 79

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 9 -0- 1 18 65.3% 1,048 558
West Adelaide 2nd 7 -0- 3 14 57.8% 969 708
Norwood 3rd 6 -1- 3 13 51.8% 899 837
West Torrens 4th 5 -1- 4 11 52.8% 843 755
North Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 5 10 52.5% 864 782
Glenelg 6th 5 -0- 5 10 47.8% 904 988
Sturt 7th 2 -0- 8 4 40.8% 739 1,073
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 10 0 33.3% 564 1,129

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/06/1962 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Prospect Oval 93 - 87
SAT 30/06/1962 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Alberton Oval 121 - 91
SAT 30/06/1962 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 63 - 176
SAT 30/06/1962 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Kensington Oval 66 - 77

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 10 -0- 1 20 64.3% 1,169 649
Norwood 2nd 7 -1- 3 15 54.4% 1,075 900
West Adelaide 3rd 7 -0- 4 14 56.9% 1,056 801
North Adelaide 4th 6 -0- 5 12 52.4% 957 869
Glenelg 5th 6 -0- 5 12 48.2% 981 1,054
West Torrens 6th 5 -1- 5 11 52.2% 909 832
Sturt 7th 2 -0- 9 4 41.0% 830 1,194
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 11 0 32.5% 627 1,305

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/07/1962 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 120 - 55
SAT 07/07/1962 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 89 - 84
SAT 07/07/1962 2:10 PM West Adelaide v South Adelaide Richmond Oval 204 - 66
SAT 07/07/1962 2:10 PM West Torrens v Sturt Thebarton Oval 69 - 34

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 11 -0- 1 22 63.2% 1,258 733
Norwood 2nd 8 -1- 3 17 55.6% 1,195 955
West Adelaide 3rd 8 -0- 4 16 59.2% 1,260 867
West Torrens 4th 6 -1- 5 13 53.0% 978 866
North Adelaide 5th 6 -0- 6 12 50.6% 1,012 989
Glenelg 6th 6 -0- 6 12 48.2% 1,065 1,143
Sturt 7th 2 -0- 10 4 40.6% 864 1,263
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 12 0 31.5% 693 1,509

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/07/1962 2:10 PM Glenelg v North Adelaide Kensington Oval 82 - 49
SAT 21/07/1962 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Alberton Oval 77 - 45
SAT 21/07/1962 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Unley Oval 77 - 58
SAT 21/07/1962 2:10 PM West Torrens v Norwood Adelaide Oval 92 - 67

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 12 -0- 1 24 63.2% 1,335 778
Norwood 2nd 8 -1- 4 17 54.7% 1,262 1,047
West Adelaide 3rd 8 -0- 5 16 58.0% 1,305 944
West Torrens 4th 7 -1- 5 15 53.4% 1,070 933
Glenelg 5th 7 -0- 6 14 49.0% 1,147 1,192
North Adelaide 6th 6 -0- 7 12 49.8% 1,061 1,071
Sturt 7th 3 -0- 10 6 41.6% 941 1,321
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 13 0 32.1% 751 1,586

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/07/1962 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Glenelg Oval 101 - 100
SAT 28/07/1962 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Prospect Oval 50 - 109
SAT 28/07/1962 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Unley Oval 55 - 162
SAT 28/07/1962 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Thebarton Oval 117 - 47

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 13 -0- 1 26 63.6% 1,444 828
Norwood 2nd 9 -1- 4 19 56.4% 1,424 1,102
West Torrens 3rd 8 -1- 5 17 54.8% 1,187 980
West Adelaide 4th 8 -0- 6 16 57.3% 1,405 1,045
Glenelg 5th 8 -0- 6 16 49.1% 1,248 1,292
North Adelaide 6th 6 -0- 8 12 48.5% 1,111 1,180
Sturt 7th 3 -0- 11 6 40.2% 996 1,483
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 14 0 31.9% 798 1,703

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/08/1962 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Adelaide Oval 127 - 92
SAT 04/08/1962 2:10 PM North Adelaide v South Adelaide Kensington Oval 75 - 78
SAT 04/08/1962 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Alberton Oval 91 - 71
SAT 04/08/1962 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Richmond Oval 127 - 97

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 14 -0- 1 28 63.1% 1,535 899
Norwood 2nd 9 -1- 5 19 55.3% 1,521 1,229
West Adelaide 3rd 9 -0- 6 18 57.3% 1,532 1,142
Glenelg 4th 9 -0- 6 18 49.8% 1,375 1,384
West Torrens 5th 8 -1- 6 17 54.0% 1,258 1,071
North Adelaide 6th 6 -0- 9 12 48.5% 1,186 1,258
Sturt 7th 3 -0- 12 6 40.3% 1,088 1,610
South Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 14 2 33.0% 876 1,778

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/08/1962 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Norwood Prospect Oval 80 - 71
SAT 11/08/1962 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 43 - 130
SAT 11/08/1962 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Unley Oval 86 - 111
SAT 11/08/1962 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Thebarton Oval 108 - 44

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 15 -0- 1 30 62.6% 1,646 985
West Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 6 20 58.4% 1,662 1,185
West Torrens 3rd 9 -1- 6 19 55.1% 1,366 1,115
Norwood 4th 9 -1- 6 19 54.9% 1,592 1,309
Glenelg 5th 9 -0- 7 18 48.7% 1,419 1,492
North Adelaide 6th 7 -0- 9 14 48.8% 1,266 1,329
Sturt 7th 3 -0- 13 6 40.6% 1,174 1,721
South Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 15 2 32.5% 919 1,908

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/08/1962 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 84 - 86
SAT 18/08/1962 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 55 - 73
SAT 18/08/1962 2:10 PM Norwood v West Torrens Norwood Oval 96 - 88
SAT 18/08/1962 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Alberton Oval 75 - 108

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 15 -0- 2 30 61.2% 1,721 1,093
West Adelaide 2nd 11 -0- 6 22 58.4% 1,770 1,260
Norwood 3rd 10 -1- 6 21 54.7% 1,688 1,397
West Torrens 4th 9 -1- 7 19 54.6% 1,454 1,211
Glenelg 5th 9 -0- 8 18 48.8% 1,503 1,578
North Adelaide 6th 7 -0- 10 14 48.5% 1,321 1,402
Sturt 7th 4 -0- 13 8 41.3% 1,247 1,776
South Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 15 4 33.5% 1,005 1,992

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/08/1962 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Glenelg Oval 49 - 99
SAT 25/08/1962 2:10 PM Norwood v South Adelaide Norwood Oval 110 - 97
SAT 25/08/1962 2:10 PM Sturt v West Torrens Unley Oval 70 - 114
SAT 25/08/1962 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 84 - 56

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 16 -0- 2 32 61.4% 1,820 1,142
West Adelaide 2nd 12 -0- 6 24 58.5% 1,854 1,316
Norwood 3rd 11 -1- 6 23 54.6% 1,798 1,494
West Torrens 4th 10 -1- 7 21 55.0% 1,568 1,281
Glenelg 5th 9 -0- 9 18 48.1% 1,552 1,677
North Adelaide 6th 7 -0- 11 14 48.1% 1,377 1,486
Sturt 7th 4 -0- 14 8 41.1% 1,317 1,890
South Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 16 4 34.4% 1,102 2,102

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/09/1962 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Prospect Oval 79 - 69
SAT 01/09/1962 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Kensington Oval 106 - 122
SAT 01/09/1962 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 85 - 63
SAT 01/09/1962 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Richmond Oval 117 - 70

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 17 -0- 2 34 60.9% 1,942 1,248
West Adelaide 2nd 13 -0- 6 26 58.7% 1,971 1,386
Norwood 3rd 11 -1- 7 23 54.1% 1,904 1,616
West Torrens 4th 10 -1- 8 21 54.0% 1,638 1,398
Glenelg 5th 9 -0- 10 18 48.0% 1,621 1,756
North Adelaide 6th 8 -0- 11 16 48.4% 1,456 1,555
Sturt 7th 4 -0- 15 8 41.1% 1,380 1,975
South Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 16 6 35.4% 1,187 2,165

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/09/1962 2:10 PM Norwood v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 81 - 60 32,117
SAT 15/09/1962 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 105 - 44 31,307

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/09/1962 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 86 - 57 31,468

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/09/1962 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 58 - 55 43,597