1965 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1965 season of the South Australian National Football League.

It featured twenty 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 captain and Fos Williams as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1965 SANFL Season
Teams: 10
Rounds: 20
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 104

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Central District Elizabeth Oval Ken Eustice
Glenelg Glenelg Oval Len Fitzgerald
North Adelaide Prospect Oval Don Lindner
Norwood Norwood Oval Haydn Bunton
Port Adelaide Alberton Oval Fos Williams
South Adelaide Adelaide Oval Neil Kerley
Sturt Unley Oval Jack Oatey
West Adelaide Richmond Oval Don Taylor
West Torrens Thebarton Oval Jim Slaven
Woodville Woodville Oval Peter Obst

Season Results

Premiers: Port Adelaide
Runners-Up: Sturt
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- 3 34 56.4% 1,756 1,357 246 280 191 211
South Adelaide 2nd 15 -0- 5 30 58.1% 1,829 1,318 259 275 180 238
Sturt 3rd 13 -0- 7 26 57.6% 1,953 1,436 281 267 198 248
Norwood 4th 13 -0- 7 26 55.8% 1,932 1,532 279 258 213 254
North Adelaide 5th 13 -0- 7 26 53.4% 1,808 1,577 259 254 225 227
Glenelg 6th 10 -0- 10 20 47.2% 1,721 1,927 243 263 276 271
Central District 7th 8 -0- 12 16 44.6% 1,623 2,020 226 267 285 310
West Torrens 8th 4 -0- 16 8 43.6% 1,443 1,867 203 225 268 259
West Adelaide 9th 4 -0- 16 8 43.2% 1,516 1,994 210 256 290 254
Woodville 10th 3 -0- 17 6 42.1% 1,463 2,016 206 227 286 300

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Port Adelaide 1st Premiers
Sturt 2nd Runners-Up
South Adelaide 3rd Defeated by Sturt (Preliminary Final)
Norwood 4th Defeated by Sturt (Semi Final)
North Adelaide 5th Did not qualify for finals
Glenelg 6th Did not qualify for finals
Central District 7th Did not qualify for finals
West Torrens 8th Did not qualify for finals
West Adelaide 9th Did not qualify for finals
Woodville 10th Did not qualify for finals

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/04/1965 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Glenelg Oval 77 - 80
SAT 17/04/1965 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Central District Prospect Oval 101 - 63
SAT 17/04/1965 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 66 - 60
SAT 17/04/1965 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Richmond Oval 65 - 51
SAT 17/04/1965 2:10 PM Woodville v Norwood Woodville Oval 86 - 60

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 1 -0- 0 2 61.6% 101 63
Woodville 2nd 1 -0- 0 2 58.9% 86 60
West Adelaide 3rd 1 -0- 0 2 56.0% 65 51
South Adelaide 4th 1 -0- 0 2 52.4% 66 60
Port Adelaide 5th 1 -0- 0 2 51.0% 80 77
Glenelg 6th 0 -0- 1 0 49.0% 77 80
Sturt 7th 0 -0- 1 0 47.6% 60 66
West Torrens 8th 0 -0- 1 0 44.0% 51 65
Norwood 9th 0 -0- 1 0 41.1% 60 86
Central District 10th 0 -0- 1 0 38.4% 63 101

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/04/1965 2:10 PM Central District v Woodville Elizabeth Oval 98 - 81
SAT 24/04/1965 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Prospect Oval 86 - 67
SAT 24/04/1965 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Unley Oval 139 - 56
SAT 24/04/1965 2:10 PM West Torrens v Norwood Thebarton Oval 80 - 92
MON 26/04/1965 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 93 - 60

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 2 -0- 0 4 59.0% 187 130
South Adelaide 2nd 2 -0- 0 4 57.0% 159 120
Sturt 3rd 1 -0- 1 2 62.0% 199 122
Woodville 4th 1 -0- 1 2 51.4% 167 158
West Adelaide 5th 1 -0- 1 2 49.1% 132 137
Norwood 6th 1 -0- 1 2 47.8% 152 166
Central District 7th 1 -0- 1 2 46.9% 161 182
Port Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 1 2 45.2% 140 170
West Torrens 9th 0 -0- 2 0 45.5% 131 157
Glenelg 10th 0 -0- 2 0 37.8% 133 219

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/05/1965 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 69 - 118
SAT 01/05/1965 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 83 - 77
SAT 01/05/1965 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Unley Oval 89 - 92
SAT 01/05/1965 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Central District Adelaide Oval 123 - 46
SAT 01/05/1965 2:10 PM West Torrens v Woodville Thebarton Oval 98 - 70

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Adelaide 1st 3 -0- 0 6 59.4% 277 189
West Adelaide 2nd 2 -0- 1 4 58.2% 255 183
North Adelaide 3rd 2 -0- 1 4 55.3% 264 213
Norwood 4th 2 -0- 1 4 49.2% 235 243
Port Adelaide 5th 2 -0- 1 4 47.3% 232 259
Sturt 6th 1 -0- 2 2 57.4% 288 214
West Torrens 7th 1 -0- 2 2 50.2% 229 227
Woodville 8th 1 -0- 2 2 48.1% 237 256
Central District 9th 1 -0- 2 2 40.4% 207 305
Glenelg 10th 0 -0- 3 0 37.5% 202 337

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/05/1965 2:10 PM Central District v West Torrens Elizabeth Oval 74 - 100
SAT 08/05/1965 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Prospect Oval 109 - 63
SAT 08/05/1965 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Alberton Oval 90 - 52
SAT 08/05/1965 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 119 - 73
SAT 08/05/1965 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Richmond Oval 103 - 115

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Adelaide 1st 4 -0- 0 8 60.2% 396 262
North Adelaide 2nd 3 -0- 1 6 57.5% 373 276
Port Adelaide 3rd 3 -0- 1 6 50.9% 322 311
West Adelaide 4th 2 -0- 2 4 54.6% 358 298
West Torrens 5th 2 -0- 2 4 52.2% 329 301
Norwood 6th 2 -0- 2 4 46.3% 287 333
Sturt 7th 1 -0- 3 2 52.1% 351 323
Woodville 8th 1 -0- 3 2 45.3% 310 375
Glenelg 9th 1 -0- 3 2 41.9% 317 440
Central District 10th 1 -0- 3 2 41.0% 281 405

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/05/1965 2:10 PM Glenelg v Central District Adelaide Oval 78 - 62
SAT 15/05/1965 2:10 PM Norwood v South Adelaide Norwood Oval 49 - 56
SAT 15/05/1965 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Alberton Oval 89 - 25
SAT 15/05/1965 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Sturt Richmond Oval 54 - 96
SAT 15/05/1965 2:10 PM Woodville v North Adelaide Woodville Oval 56 - 88

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Adelaide 1st 5 -0- 0 10 59.2% 452 311
North Adelaide 2nd 4 -0- 1 8 58.1% 461 332
Port Adelaide 3rd 4 -0- 1 8 55.0% 411 336
Sturt 4th 2 -0- 3 4 54.2% 447 377
West Adelaide 5th 2 -0- 3 4 51.1% 412 394
West Torrens 6th 2 -0- 3 4 47.6% 354 390
Norwood 7th 2 -0- 3 4 46.3% 336 389
Glenelg 8th 2 -0- 3 4 44.0% 395 502
Woodville 9th 1 -0- 4 2 44.1% 366 463
Central District 10th 1 -0- 4 2 41.5% 343 483

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/05/1965 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Glenelg Oval 95 - 73
SAT 22/05/1965 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Prospect Oval 44 - 61
SAT 22/05/1965 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Central District Adelaide Oval 126 - 65
SAT 22/05/1965 2:10 PM Sturt v West Torrens Unley Oval 91 - 62
SAT 22/05/1965 2:10 PM Woodville v West Adelaide Woodville Oval 77 - 113

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Adelaide 1st 6 -0- 0 12 60.6% 578 376
Port Adelaide 2nd 5 -0- 1 10 55.4% 472 380
North Adelaide 3rd 4 -0- 2 8 56.2% 505 393
Sturt 4th 3 -0- 3 6 55.1% 538 439
West Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 3 6 52.7% 525 471
Glenelg 6th 3 -0- 3 6 46.0% 490 575
West Torrens 7th 2 -0- 4 4 46.4% 416 481
Norwood 8th 2 -0- 4 4 45.8% 409 484
Woodville 9th 1 -0- 5 2 43.5% 443 576
Central District 10th 1 -0- 5 2 40.1% 408 609

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/05/1965 2:10 PM Norwood v Central District Norwood Oval 184 - 83
SAT 29/05/1965 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 68 - 80
SAT 29/05/1965 2:10 PM Sturt v Woodville Unley Oval 101 - 83
SAT 29/05/1965 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Richmond Oval 87 - 107
SAT 29/05/1965 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Thebarton Oval 64 - 116

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Adelaide 1st 6 -0- 1 12 58.6% 646 456
Port Adelaide 2nd 6 -0- 1 12 55.4% 579 467
North Adelaide 3rd 5 -0- 2 10 55.9% 585 461
Sturt 4th 4 -0- 3 8 55.0% 639 522
Glenelg 5th 4 -0- 3 8 48.7% 606 639
West Adelaide 6th 3 -0- 4 6 51.4% 612 578
Norwood 7th 3 -0- 4 6 51.1% 593 567
West Torrens 8th 2 -0- 5 4 44.6% 480 597
Woodville 9th 1 -0- 6 2 43.7% 526 677
Central District 10th 1 -0- 6 2 38.2% 491 793

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/06/1965 2:10 PM Central District v Sturt Elizabeth Oval 76 - 137
SAT 05/06/1965 2:10 PM Glenelg v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 118 - 95
SAT 05/06/1965 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Norwood Oval 61 - 54
SAT 05/06/1965 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Woodville Alberton Oval 88 - 49
SAT 05/06/1965 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Thebarton Oval 50 - 67

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Adelaide 1st 7 -0- 1 14 58.5% 713 506
Port Adelaide 2nd 7 -0- 1 14 56.4% 667 516
Sturt 3rd 5 -0- 3 10 56.5% 776 598
North Adelaide 4th 5 -0- 3 10 54.0% 680 579
Glenelg 5th 5 -0- 3 10 49.7% 724 734
Norwood 6th 4 -0- 4 8 51.3% 654 621
West Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 5 6 51.0% 666 639
West Torrens 8th 2 -0- 6 4 44.4% 530 664
Woodville 9th 1 -0- 7 2 42.9% 575 765
Central District 10th 1 -0- 7 2 37.9% 567 930

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/06/1965 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Alberton Oval 57 - 56
SAT 12/06/1965 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 91 - 112
SAT 12/06/1965 2:10 PM Woodville v Central District Woodville Oval 116 - 85
MON 14/06/1965 2:10 PM Norwood v West Torrens Norwood Oval 137 - 69
MON 14/06/1965 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 164 - 53

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 8 -0- 1 16 55.9% 724 572
South Adelaide 2nd 7 -0- 2 14 57.7% 769 563
Sturt 3rd 6 -0- 3 12 59.1% 940 651
North Adelaide 4th 6 -0- 3 12 54.2% 792 670
Norwood 5th 5 -0- 4 10 53.4% 791 690
Glenelg 6th 5 -0- 4 10 46.4% 777 898
West Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 6 6 50.2% 757 751
Woodville 8th 2 -0- 7 4 44.8% 691 850
West Torrens 9th 2 -0- 7 4 42.8% 599 801
Central District 10th 1 -0- 8 2 38.4% 652 1,046

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/06/1965 2:10 PM Central District v Port Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 92 - 101
SAT 19/06/1965 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Prospect Oval 105 - 85
SAT 19/06/1965 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 118 - 69
SAT 19/06/1965 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Unley Oval 100 - 46
SAT 19/06/1965 2:10 PM Woodville v Glenelg Woodville Oval 88 - 96

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 9 -0- 1 18 55.4% 825 664
South Adelaide 2nd 8 -0- 2 16 58.4% 887 632
Sturt 3rd 7 -0- 3 14 59.9% 1,040 697
North Adelaide 4th 7 -0- 3 14 54.3% 897 755
Glenelg 5th 6 -0- 4 12 47.0% 873 986
Norwood 6th 5 -0- 5 10 51.4% 837 790
West Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 7 6 48.7% 826 869
Woodville 8th 2 -0- 8 4 45.2% 779 946
West Torrens 9th 2 -0- 8 4 43.0% 684 906
Central District 10th 1 -0- 9 2 39.3% 744 1,147

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/06/1965 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Norwood Prospect Oval 56 - 129
SAT 26/06/1965 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Alberton Oval 73 - 66
SAT 26/06/1965 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 121 - 78
SAT 26/06/1965 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Central District Richmond Oval 83 - 121
SAT 26/06/1965 2:10 PM Woodville v West Torrens Woodville Oval 105 - 50

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 10 -0- 1 20 55.2% 898 730
South Adelaide 2nd 9 -0- 2 18 58.7% 1,008 710
Sturt 3rd 7 -0- 4 14 59.0% 1,106 770
North Adelaide 4th 7 -0- 4 14 51.9% 953 884
Norwood 5th 6 -0- 5 12 53.3% 966 846
Glenelg 6th 6 -0- 5 12 46.2% 951 1,107
West Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 8 6 47.9% 909 990
Woodville 8th 3 -0- 8 6 47.0% 884 996
West Torrens 9th 2 -0- 9 4 42.1% 734 1,011
Central District 10th 2 -0- 9 4 41.3% 865 1,230

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/07/1965 2:10 PM Glenelg v Central District Glenelg Oval 114 - 89
SAT 03/07/1965 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Woodville Prospect Oval 114 - 46
SAT 03/07/1965 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 87 - 55
SAT 03/07/1965 2:10 PM Sturt v West Adelaide Unley Oval 80 - 46
SAT 03/07/1965 2:10 PM West Torrens v Port Adelaide Thebarton Oval 75 - 87

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 11 -0- 1 22 55.0% 985 805
South Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 2 20 58.9% 1,095 765
Sturt 3rd 8 -0- 4 16 59.2% 1,186 816
North Adelaide 4th 8 -0- 4 16 53.4% 1,067 930
Glenelg 5th 7 -0- 5 14 47.1% 1,065 1,196
Norwood 6th 6 -0- 6 12 52.3% 1,021 933
West Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 9 6 47.2% 955 1,070
Woodville 8th 3 -0- 9 6 45.6% 930 1,110
West Torrens 9th 2 -0- 10 4 42.4% 809 1,098
Central District 10th 2 -0- 10 4 41.5% 954 1,344

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/07/1965 2:10 PM Central District v North Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 81 - 57
SAT 17/07/1965 2:10 PM Norwood v Woodville Adelaide Oval 115 - 74
SAT 17/07/1965 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Alberton Oval 112 - 71
SAT 17/07/1965 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Unley Oval 90 - 60
SAT 17/07/1965 2:10 PM West Torrens v West Adelaide Thebarton Oval 83 - 52

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 12 -0- 1 24 55.6% 1,097 876
South Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 3 20 57.5% 1,155 855
Sturt 3rd 9 -0- 4 18 59.3% 1,276 876
North Adelaide 4th 8 -0- 5 16 52.6% 1,124 1,011
Norwood 5th 7 -0- 6 14 53.0% 1,136 1,007
Glenelg 6th 7 -0- 6 14 46.5% 1,136 1,308
West Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 10 6 46.6% 1,007 1,153
Woodville 8th 3 -0- 10 6 45.0% 1,004 1,225
West Torrens 9th 3 -0- 10 6 43.7% 892 1,150
Central District 10th 3 -0- 10 6 42.5% 1,035 1,401

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/07/1965 2:10 PM Glenelg v Woodville Glenelg Oval 92 - 87
SAT 24/07/1965 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 93 - 83
SAT 24/07/1965 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Central District Alberton Oval 120 - 63
SAT 24/07/1965 2:10 PM West Adelaide v South Adelaide Richmond Oval 40 - 118
SAT 24/07/1965 2:10 PM West Torrens v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 66 - 108

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 13 -0- 1 26 56.4% 1,217 939
South Adelaide 2nd 11 -0- 3 22 58.7% 1,273 895
Sturt 3rd 9 -0- 5 18 58.4% 1,359 969
North Adelaide 4th 9 -0- 5 18 53.4% 1,232 1,077
Norwood 5th 8 -0- 6 16 53.0% 1,229 1,090
Glenelg 6th 8 -0- 6 16 46.8% 1,228 1,395
Woodville 7th 3 -0- 11 6 45.3% 1,091 1,317
West Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 11 6 45.2% 1,047 1,271
West Torrens 9th 3 -0- 11 6 43.2% 958 1,258
Central District 10th 3 -0- 11 6 41.9% 1,098 1,521

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/07/1965 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Glenelg Oval 125 - 63
SAT 31/07/1965 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Norwood Oval 79 - 59
SAT 31/07/1965 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Unley Oval 137 - 74
SAT 31/07/1965 2:10 PM West Torrens v Central District Thebarton Oval 98 - 114
SAT 31/07/1965 2:10 PM Woodville v South Adelaide Woodville Oval 24 - 154

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 13 -0- 2 26 55.6% 1,276 1,018
South Adelaide 2nd 12 -0- 3 24 60.8% 1,427 919
Sturt 3rd 10 -0- 5 20 58.9% 1,496 1,043
Norwood 4th 9 -0- 6 18 53.2% 1,308 1,149
North Adelaide 5th 9 -0- 6 18 51.8% 1,306 1,214
Glenelg 6th 9 -0- 6 18 48.1% 1,353 1,458
Central District 7th 4 -0- 11 8 42.8% 1,212 1,619
West Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 12 6 44.3% 1,110 1,396
West Torrens 9th 3 -0- 12 6 43.5% 1,056 1,372
Woodville 10th 3 -0- 12 6 43.1% 1,115 1,471

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/08/1965 2:10 PM Central District v Woodville Elizabeth Oval 88 - 69
SAT 07/08/1965 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Glenelg Oval 78 - 72
SAT 07/08/1965 2:10 PM Norwood v West Torrens Norwood Oval 144 - 74
SAT 07/08/1965 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 64 - 101
SAT 07/08/1965 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Richmond Oval 44 - 121

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 14 -0- 2 28 56.0% 1,377 1,082
South Adelaide 2nd 12 -0- 4 24 59.4% 1,491 1,020
Sturt 3rd 10 -0- 6 20 58.3% 1,568 1,121
Norwood 4th 10 -0- 6 20 54.3% 1,452 1,223
North Adelaide 5th 10 -0- 6 20 53.1% 1,427 1,258
Glenelg 6th 10 -0- 6 20 48.3% 1,431 1,530
Central District 7th 5 -0- 11 10 43.5% 1,300 1,688
Woodville 8th 3 -0- 13 6 43.2% 1,184 1,559
West Adelaide 9th 3 -0- 13 6 43.2% 1,154 1,517
West Torrens 10th 3 -0- 13 6 42.7% 1,130 1,516

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/08/1965 Woodville v Port Adelaide Woodville Oval 61 - 144
SAT 14/08/1965 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Prospect Oval 112 - 77
SAT 14/08/1965 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 82 - 68
SAT 14/08/1965 2:10 PM Sturt v Central District Unley Oval 126 - 66
SAT 14/08/1965 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Richmond Oval 95 - 181

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 15 -0- 2 30 57.1% 1,521 1,143
South Adelaide 2nd 13 -0- 4 26 59.1% 1,573 1,088
Sturt 3rd 11 -0- 6 22 58.8% 1,694 1,187
Norwood 4th 11 -0- 6 22 55.3% 1,633 1,318
North Adelaide 5th 11 -0- 6 22 53.5% 1,539 1,335
Glenelg 6th 10 -0- 7 20 47.9% 1,508 1,642
Central District 7th 5 -0- 12 10 43.0% 1,366 1,814
West Torrens 8th 3 -0- 14 6 42.8% 1,198 1,598
West Adelaide 9th 3 -0- 14 6 42.4% 1,249 1,698
Woodville 10th 3 -0- 14 6 42.2% 1,245 1,703

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/08/1965 2:10 PM Central District v South Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 74 - 52
SAT 21/08/1965 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Norwood Oval 121 - 80
SAT 21/08/1965 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Alberton Oval 62 - 77
SAT 21/08/1965 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 123 - 98
SAT 21/08/1965 2:10 PM West Torrens v Sturt Thebarton Oval 86 - 99

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 15 -0- 3 30 56.5% 1,583 1,220
South Adelaide 2nd 13 -0- 5 26 58.3% 1,625 1,162
Sturt 3rd 12 -0- 6 24 58.5% 1,793 1,273
Norwood 4th 12 -0- 6 24 55.6% 1,754 1,398
North Adelaide 5th 12 -0- 6 24 53.6% 1,616 1,397
Glenelg 6th 10 -0- 8 20 47.4% 1,588 1,763
Central District 7th 6 -0- 12 12 43.6% 1,440 1,866
West Adelaide 8th 4 -0- 14 8 43.3% 1,372 1,796
West Torrens 9th 3 -0- 15 6 43.1% 1,284 1,697
Woodville 10th 3 -0- 15 6 42.4% 1,343 1,826

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/08/1965 2:10 PM Central District v West Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 110 - 85
SAT 28/08/1965 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Glenelg Oval 78 - 85
SAT 28/08/1965 2:10 PM Norwood v Woodville Norwood Oval 109 - 61
SAT 28/08/1965 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 104 - 79
SAT 28/08/1965 2:10 PM West Torrens v North Adelaide Thebarton Oval 80 - 115

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 16 -0- 3 32 56.2% 1,668 1,298
South Adelaide 2nd 14 -0- 5 28 58.2% 1,729 1,241
Norwood 3rd 13 -0- 6 26 56.1% 1,863 1,459
North Adelaide 4th 13 -0- 6 26 54.0% 1,731 1,477
Sturt 5th 12 -0- 7 24 57.6% 1,872 1,377
Glenelg 6th 10 -0- 9 20 47.4% 1,666 1,848
Central District 7th 7 -0- 12 14 44.3% 1,550 1,951
West Adelaide 8th 4 -0- 15 8 43.3% 1,457 1,906
West Torrens 9th 3 -0- 16 6 42.9% 1,364 1,812
Woodville 10th 3 -0- 16 6 42.0% 1,404 1,935

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/09/1965 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Torrens Glenelg Oval 55 - 79
SAT 04/09/1965 2:10 PM North Adelaide v South Adelaide Prospect Oval 77 - 100
SAT 04/09/1965 2:10 PM Norwood v Central District Adelaide Oval 69 - 73
SAT 04/09/1965 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Alberton Oval 88 - 59
SAT 04/09/1965 2:10 PM Woodville v Sturt Woodville Oval 59 - 81

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 17 -0- 3 34 56.4% 1,756 1,357
South Adelaide 2nd 15 -0- 5 30 58.1% 1,829 1,318
Sturt 3rd 13 -0- 7 26 57.6% 1,953 1,436
Norwood 4th 13 -0- 7 26 55.8% 1,932 1,532
North Adelaide 5th 13 -0- 7 26 53.4% 1,808 1,577
Glenelg 6th 10 -0- 10 20 47.2% 1,721 1,927
Central District 7th 8 -0- 12 16 44.6% 1,623 2,020
West Torrens 8th 4 -0- 16 8 43.6% 1,443 1,867
West Adelaide 9th 4 -0- 16 8 43.2% 1,516 1,994
Woodville 10th 3 -0- 17 6 42.1% 1,463 2,016

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/09/1965 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Adelaide Oval 102 - 57 40,570
SAT 18/09/1965 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Adelaide Oval 112 - 107 37,628

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/09/1965 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 87 - 94 35,717

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/10/1965 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 80 - 77 62,543