1971 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1971 season of the South Australian National Football League.

It featured twenty-one rounds. North Adelaide were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the Page-McIntyre system. North Adelaide were the premiers, with Mike Patterson as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1971 SANFL Season
Teams: 10
Rounds: 21
Finals System: Page-McIntyre System
Matches: 109

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Central District Elizabeth Oval Dennis Jones
Glenelg Glenelg Oval Neil Kerley
North Adelaide Prospect Oval Mike Patterson
Norwood Norwood Oval Robert Oatey
Port Adelaide Alberton Oval Fos Williams
South Adelaide Adelaide Oval Jim Deane
Sturt Unley Oval Jack Oatey
West Adelaide Richmond Oval Murray Weideman
West Torrens Thebarton Oval Allen Greer
Woodville Woodville Oval Noel Teasdale

Season Results

Premiers: North Adelaide
Runners-Up: Port 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 17 -0- 4 34 55.8% 2,076 1,645 300 276 234 241
Port Adelaide 2nd 16 -0- 5 32 58.0% 2,197 1,594 309 343 226 238
Sturt 3rd 15 -0- 6 30 59.8% 2,080 1,401 296 304 192 249
Central District 4th 12 -0- 9 24 52.8% 2,151 1,920 313 273 273 282
Norwood 5th 10 -0- 11 20 51.1% 2,047 1,962 297 265 277 300
Glenelg 6th 9 -0- 12 18 51.2% 2,132 2,030 306 296 296 254
West Torrens 7th 8 -0- 13 16 46.3% 1,525 1,767 210 265 253 249
West Adelaide 8th 6 -0- 15 12 45.7% 1,698 2,016 239 264 289 282
South Adelaide 9th 6 -0- 15 12 43.7% 1,615 2,078 227 253 293 320
Woodville 10th 6 -0- 15 12 37.1% 1,596 2,704 227 234 391 358

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/04/1971 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 111 - 128
SAT 03/04/1971 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Central District Prospect Oval 106 - 81
SAT 03/04/1971 2:10 PM Norwood v South Adelaide Norwood Oval 151 - 122
SAT 03/04/1971 2:10 PM Sturt v Woodville Unley Oval 174 - 39
SAT 03/04/1971 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Richmond Oval 77 - 58

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 1 -0- 0 2 81.7% 174 39
West Adelaide 2nd 1 -0- 0 2 57.0% 77 58
North Adelaide 3rd 1 -0- 0 2 56.7% 106 81
Norwood 4th 1 -0- 0 2 55.3% 151 122
Port Adelaide 5th 1 -0- 0 2 53.6% 128 111
Glenelg 6th 0 -0- 1 0 46.4% 111 128
South Adelaide 7th 0 -0- 1 0 44.7% 122 151
Central District 8th 0 -0- 1 0 43.3% 81 106
West Torrens 9th 0 -0- 1 0 43.0% 58 77
Woodville 10th 0 -0- 1 0 18.3% 39 174

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/04/1971 2:10 PM Central District v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 135 - 136
SAT 10/04/1971 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 133 - 141
SAT 10/04/1971 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Woodville Prospect Oval 187 - 60
SAT 10/04/1971 2:10 PM Norwood v West Torrens Norwood Oval 135 - 117
MON 12/04/1971 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 76 - 68

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 2 -0- 0 4 67.5% 293 141
Norwood 2nd 2 -0- 0 4 54.5% 286 239
Port Adelaide 3rd 2 -0- 0 4 53.3% 204 179
West Adelaide 4th 2 -0- 0 4 52.5% 213 193
Sturt 5th 1 -0- 1 2 67.8% 242 115
South Adelaide 6th 1 -0- 1 2 48.1% 263 284
Glenelg 7th 0 -0- 2 0 47.6% 244 269
Central District 8th 0 -0- 2 0 47.2% 216 242
West Torrens 9th 0 -0- 2 0 45.2% 175 212
Woodville 10th 0 -0- 2 0 21.5% 99 361

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/04/1971 2:10 PM Glenelg v Central District Glenelg Oval 63 - 80
SAT 17/04/1971 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Norwood Prospect Oval 76 - 104
SAT 17/04/1971 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Alberton Oval 84 - 67
SAT 17/04/1971 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 155 - 98
SAT 17/04/1971 2:10 PM West Torrens v Sturt Thebarton Oval 56 - 97

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 3 -0- 0 6 55.3% 390 315
Port Adelaide 2nd 3 -0- 0 6 53.9% 288 246
Sturt 3rd 2 -0- 1 4 66.5% 339 171
North Adelaide 4th 2 -0- 1 4 60.1% 369 245
South Adelaide 5th 2 -0- 1 4 52.3% 418 382
West Adelaide 6th 2 -0- 1 4 50.3% 280 277
Central District 7th 1 -0- 2 2 49.3% 296 305
Glenelg 8th 0 -0- 3 0 46.8% 307 349
West Torrens 9th 0 -0- 3 0 42.8% 231 309
Woodville 10th 0 -0- 3 0 27.6% 197 516

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/04/1971 2:10 PM Central District v South Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 70 - 94
SAT 24/04/1971 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 90 - 75
SAT 24/04/1971 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Woodville Alberton Oval 191 - 41
SAT 24/04/1971 2:10 PM West Torrens v North Adelaide Thebarton Oval 52 - 69
MON 26/04/1971 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Adelaide Oval 55 - 70

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 4 -0- 0 8 62.5% 479 287
Norwood 2nd 4 -0- 0 8 55.2% 480 390
Sturt 3rd 3 -0- 1 6 64.4% 409 226
North Adelaide 4th 3 -0- 1 6 59.6% 438 297
South Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 1 6 53.1% 512 452
West Adelaide 6th 2 -0- 2 4 49.2% 355 367
Central District 7th 1 -0- 3 2 47.8% 366 399
Glenelg 8th 0 -0- 4 0 46.4% 362 419
West Torrens 9th 0 -0- 4 0 42.8% 283 378
Woodville 10th 0 -0- 4 0 25.2% 238 707

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/05/1971 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Torrens Glenelg Oval 93 - 56
SAT 01/05/1971 2:10 PM Norwood v Woodville Adelaide Oval 108 - 55
SAT 01/05/1971 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Central District Alberton Oval 123 - 30
SAT 01/05/1971 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Unley Oval 72 - 24
SAT 01/05/1971 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Richmond Oval 42 - 68

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 5 -0- 0 10 65.5% 602 317
Norwood 2nd 5 -0- 0 10 56.9% 588 445
Sturt 3rd 4 -0- 1 8 65.8% 481 250
North Adelaide 4th 4 -0- 1 8 59.9% 506 339
South Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 2 6 50.6% 536 524
West Adelaide 6th 2 -0- 3 4 47.7% 397 435
Glenelg 7th 1 -0- 4 2 48.9% 455 475
Central District 8th 1 -0- 4 2 43.1% 396 522
West Torrens 9th 0 -0- 5 0 41.9% 339 471
Woodville 10th 0 -0- 5 0 26.4% 293 815

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/05/1971 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Prospect Oval 138 - 55
SAT 08/05/1971 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Norwood Oval 125 - 108
SAT 08/05/1971 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 44 - 56
SAT 08/05/1971 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Sturt Richmond Oval 70 - 73
SAT 08/05/1971 2:10 PM Woodville v Central District Woodville Oval 132 - 124

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 6 -0- 0 12 56.3% 713 553
Sturt 2nd 5 -0- 1 10 63.4% 554 320
North Adelaide 3rd 5 -0- 1 10 62.0% 644 394
Port Adelaide 4th 5 -0- 1 10 59.1% 657 455
South Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 3 6 50.0% 580 580
West Adelaide 6th 2 -0- 4 4 47.9% 467 508
Glenelg 7th 1 -0- 5 2 48.4% 563 600
Central District 8th 1 -0- 5 2 44.3% 520 654
West Torrens 9th 1 -0- 5 2 43.4% 395 515
Woodville 10th 1 -0- 5 2 31.2% 425 939

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/05/1971 2:10 PM Central District v West Torrens Elizabeth Oval 127 - 47
SAT 15/05/1971 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Alberton Oval 140 - 60
SAT 15/05/1971 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Unley Oval 120 - 71
SAT 15/05/1971 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 106 - 122
MON 17/05/1971 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 115 - 99

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 6 -0- 1 12 63.3% 674 391
Port Adelaide 2nd 6 -0- 1 12 60.7% 797 515
North Adelaide 3rd 6 -0- 1 12 60.6% 759 493
Norwood 4th 6 -0- 1 12 53.8% 784 673
South Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 4 6 47.1% 640 720
Central District 6th 2 -0- 5 4 48.0% 647 701
West Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 5 4 47.6% 573 630
Woodville 8th 2 -0- 5 4 34.4% 547 1,045
Glenelg 9th 1 -0- 6 2 48.1% 662 715
West Torrens 10th 1 -0- 6 2 40.8% 442 642

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/05/1971 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Glenelg Oval 128 - 82
SAT 22/05/1971 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Norwood Oval 67 - 105
SAT 22/05/1971 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 81 - 99
SAT 22/05/1971 2:10 PM Sturt v Central District Unley Oval 137 - 81
SAT 22/05/1971 2:10 PM West Torrens v Woodville Thebarton Oval 110 - 90

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Sturt 1st 7 -0- 1 14 63.2% 811 472
Port Adelaide 2nd 7 -0- 1 14 60.8% 902 582
North Adelaide 3rd 7 -0- 1 14 59.9% 858 574
Norwood 4th 6 -0- 2 12 52.2% 851 778
South Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 5 6 46.8% 721 819
Glenelg 6th 2 -0- 6 4 49.8% 790 797
Central District 7th 2 -0- 6 4 46.5% 728 838
West Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 6 4 46.4% 655 758
West Torrens 9th 2 -0- 6 4 43.0% 552 732
Woodville 10th 2 -0- 6 4 35.5% 637 1,155

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/05/1971 2:10 PM Central District v Norwood Elizabeth Oval 102 - 95
SAT 29/05/1971 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 75 - 67
SAT 29/05/1971 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Alberton Oval 127 - 43
SAT 29/05/1971 2:10 PM West Adelaide v South Adelaide Richmond Oval 86 - 78
SAT 29/05/1971 2:10 PM Woodville v Glenelg Woodville Oval 82 - 134

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 8 -0- 1 16 62.2% 1,029 625
North Adelaide 2nd 8 -0- 1 16 59.3% 933 641
Sturt 3rd 7 -0- 2 14 61.6% 878 547
Norwood 4th 6 -0- 3 12 51.8% 946 880
Glenelg 5th 3 -0- 6 6 51.2% 924 879
Central District 6th 3 -0- 6 6 47.1% 830 933
West Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 6 6 47.0% 741 836
South Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 6 6 46.9% 799 905
West Torrens 9th 2 -0- 7 4 40.9% 595 859
Woodville 10th 2 -0- 7 4 35.8% 719 1,289

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/06/1971 2:10 PM Central District v North Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 84 - 101
SAT 05/06/1971 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Glenelg Oval 122 - 102
SAT 05/06/1971 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 56 - 88
SAT 05/06/1971 2:10 PM West Torrens v West Adelaide Thebarton Oval 74 - 76
SAT 05/06/1971 2:10 PM Woodville v Sturt Woodville Oval 59 - 150

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 9 -0- 1 18 58.8% 1,034 725
Sturt 2nd 8 -0- 2 16 62.9% 1,028 606
Port Adelaide 3rd 8 -0- 2 16 60.2% 1,131 747
Norwood 4th 7 -0- 3 14 52.5% 1,034 936
Glenelg 5th 4 -0- 6 8 51.6% 1,046 981
West Adelaide 6th 4 -0- 6 8 47.3% 817 910
Central District 7th 3 -0- 7 6 46.9% 914 1,034
South Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 7 6 46.3% 855 993
West Torrens 9th 2 -0- 8 4 41.7% 669 935
Woodville 10th 2 -0- 8 4 35.1% 778 1,439

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/06/1971 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Alberton Oval 94 - 73
SAT 12/06/1971 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 142 - 48
SAT 12/06/1971 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Central District Richmond Oval 58 - 100
SAT 12/06/1971 2:10 PM Woodville v North Adelaide Woodville Oval 116 - 92
MON 14/06/1971 2:10 PM West Torrens v Norwood Adelaide Oval 39 - 74

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 9 -0- 2 18 59.9% 1,225 820
North Adelaide 2nd 9 -0- 2 18 57.2% 1,126 841
Sturt 3rd 8 -0- 3 16 61.1% 1,101 700
Norwood 4th 8 -0- 3 16 53.2% 1,108 975
Glenelg 5th 4 -0- 7 8 49.3% 1,094 1,123
South Adelaide 6th 4 -0- 7 8 48.9% 997 1,041
Central District 7th 4 -0- 7 8 48.1% 1,014 1,092
West Adelaide 8th 4 -0- 7 8 46.4% 875 1,010
Woodville 9th 3 -0- 8 6 36.9% 894 1,531
West Torrens 10th 2 -0- 9 4 41.2% 708 1,009

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/06/1971 2:10 PM Central District v Glenelg Elizabeth Oval 111 - 145
SAT 19/06/1971 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 75 - 93
SAT 19/06/1971 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 103 - 72
SAT 19/06/1971 2:10 PM Sturt v West Torrens Unley Oval 81 - 45
SAT 19/06/1971 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Richmond Oval 82 - 119

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 10 -0- 2 20 59.8% 1,344 902
North Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 2 20 57.1% 1,219 916
Sturt 3rd 9 -0- 3 18 61.3% 1,182 745
Norwood 4th 8 -0- 4 16 52.6% 1,183 1,068
Glenelg 5th 5 -0- 7 10 50.1% 1,239 1,234
South Adelaide 6th 5 -0- 7 10 49.7% 1,100 1,113
Central District 7th 4 -0- 8 8 47.6% 1,125 1,237
West Adelaide 8th 4 -0- 8 8 45.9% 957 1,129
Woodville 9th 3 -0- 9 6 37.2% 966 1,634
West Torrens 10th 2 -0- 10 4 40.9% 753 1,090

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/06/1971 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Glenelg Oval 94 - 87
SAT 26/06/1971 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Prospect Oval 93 - 40
SAT 26/06/1971 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Norwood Oval 81 - 84
SAT 26/06/1971 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Central District Adelaide Oval 48 - 102
SAT 26/06/1971 2:10 PM Woodville v Port Adelaide Woodville Oval 49 - 74

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 11 -0- 2 22 59.9% 1,418 951
North Adelaide 2nd 11 -0- 2 22 57.8% 1,312 956
Sturt 3rd 9 -0- 4 18 60.2% 1,269 839
Norwood 4th 8 -0- 5 16 52.3% 1,264 1,152
Glenelg 5th 6 -0- 7 12 50.2% 1,333 1,321
Central District 6th 5 -0- 8 10 48.8% 1,227 1,285
South Adelaide 7th 5 -0- 8 10 48.6% 1,148 1,215
West Adelaide 8th 5 -0- 8 10 46.2% 1,041 1,210
Woodville 9th 3 -0- 10 6 37.3% 1,015 1,708
West Torrens 10th 2 -0- 11 4 40.1% 793 1,183

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/07/1971 2:10 PM Central District v Port Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 110 - 80
SAT 10/07/1971 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Prospect Oval 119 - 101
SAT 10/07/1971 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 63 - 139
SAT 10/07/1971 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Thebarton Oval 100 - 70
SAT 10/07/1971 2:10 PM Woodville v Norwood Woodville Oval 49 - 169

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 12 -0- 2 24 57.5% 1,431 1,057
Port Adelaide 2nd 11 -0- 3 22 58.5% 1,498 1,061
Sturt 3rd 10 -0- 4 20 61.0% 1,408 902
Norwood 4th 9 -0- 5 18 54.4% 1,433 1,201
Glenelg 5th 6 -0- 8 12 49.7% 1,403 1,421
Central District 6th 6 -0- 8 12 49.5% 1,337 1,365
South Adelaide 7th 5 -0- 9 10 47.2% 1,211 1,354
West Adelaide 8th 5 -0- 9 10 46.2% 1,142 1,329
West Torrens 9th 3 -0- 11 6 41.6% 893 1,253
Woodville 10th 3 -0- 11 6 36.2% 1,064 1,877

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/07/1971 2:10 PM Central District v Woodville Elizabeth Oval 153 - 86
SAT 17/07/1971 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Glenelg Oval 115 - 112
SAT 17/07/1971 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 83 - 168
SAT 17/07/1971 2:10 PM Sturt v West Adelaide Unley Oval 110 - 56
SAT 17/07/1971 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Thebarton Oval 129 - 54

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 12 -0- 3 24 59.3% 1,666 1,144
North Adelaide 2nd 12 -0- 3 24 55.3% 1,514 1,225
Sturt 3rd 11 -0- 4 22 61.3% 1,518 958
Norwood 4th 9 -0- 6 18 54.0% 1,545 1,316
Central District 5th 7 -0- 8 14 50.7% 1,490 1,451
Glenelg 6th 7 -0- 8 14 49.8% 1,518 1,533
South Adelaide 7th 5 -0- 10 10 46.0% 1,265 1,483
West Adelaide 8th 5 -0- 10 10 45.4% 1,198 1,439
West Torrens 9th 4 -0- 11 8 43.9% 1,022 1,307
Woodville 10th 3 -0- 12 6 36.2% 1,150 2,030

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/07/1971 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Prospect Oval 93 - 65
SAT 24/07/1971 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 83 - 142 20,280
SAT 24/07/1971 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 62 - 95
SAT 24/07/1971 2:10 PM West Torrens v Central District Thebarton Oval 106 - 130
SAT 24/07/1971 2:10 PM Woodville v West Adelaide Woodville Oval 101 - 93

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 13 -0- 3 26 59.4% 1,761 1,206
North Adelaide 2nd 13 -0- 3 26 55.5% 1,607 1,290
Sturt 3rd 12 -0- 4 24 61.5% 1,660 1,041
Norwood 4th 9 -0- 7 18 52.8% 1,628 1,458
Central District 5th 8 -0- 8 16 51.0% 1,620 1,557
Glenelg 6th 7 -0- 9 14 49.3% 1,583 1,626
South Adelaide 7th 5 -0- 11 10 45.7% 1,327 1,578
West Adelaide 8th 5 -0- 11 10 45.6% 1,291 1,540
West Torrens 9th 4 -0- 12 8 44.0% 1,128 1,437
Woodville 10th 4 -0- 12 8 37.1% 1,251 2,123

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/07/1971 2:10 PM Central District v Sturt Elizabeth Oval 54 - 103
SAT 31/07/1971 2:10 PM North Adelaide v South Adelaide Prospect Oval 144 - 78
SAT 31/07/1971 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Alberton Oval 106 - 70
SAT 31/07/1971 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Richmond Oval 81 - 136
SAT 31/07/1971 2:10 PM Woodville v West Torrens Woodville Oval 45 - 76

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 14 -0- 3 28 59.4% 1,867 1,276
North Adelaide 2nd 14 -0- 3 28 56.1% 1,751 1,368
Sturt 3rd 13 -0- 4 26 61.7% 1,763 1,095
Norwood 4th 9 -0- 8 18 52.1% 1,698 1,564
Glenelg 5th 8 -0- 9 16 50.2% 1,719 1,707
Central District 6th 8 -0- 9 16 50.2% 1,674 1,660
West Adelaide 7th 5 -0- 12 10 45.0% 1,372 1,676
South Adelaide 8th 5 -0- 12 10 44.9% 1,405 1,722
West Torrens 9th 5 -0- 12 10 44.8% 1,204 1,482
Woodville 10th 4 -0- 13 8 37.1% 1,296 2,199

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/08/1971 2:10 PM Glenelg v Woodville Glenelg Oval 213 - 43
SAT 07/08/1971 2:10 PM Norwood v Central District Norwood Oval 92 - 103
SAT 07/08/1971 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 67 - 45
SAT 07/08/1971 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Unley Oval 52 - 76
SAT 07/08/1971 2:10 PM West Torrens v Port Adelaide Thebarton Oval 62 - 53

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 15 -0- 3 30 56.3% 1,827 1,420
Port Adelaide 2nd 14 -0- 4 28 58.9% 1,920 1,338
Sturt 3rd 13 -0- 5 26 60.8% 1,815 1,171
Glenelg 4th 9 -0- 9 18 52.5% 1,932 1,750
Norwood 5th 9 -0- 9 18 51.8% 1,790 1,667
Central District 6th 9 -0- 9 18 50.4% 1,777 1,752
South Adelaide 7th 6 -0- 12 12 45.4% 1,472 1,767
West Torrens 8th 6 -0- 12 12 45.2% 1,266 1,535
West Adelaide 9th 5 -0- 13 10 44.8% 1,417 1,743
Woodville 10th 4 -0- 14 8 35.7% 1,339 2,412

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/08/1971 2:10 PM Central District v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 117 - 70
SAT 14/08/1971 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Alberton Oval 104 - 54
SAT 14/08/1971 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Unley Oval 88 - 54
SAT 14/08/1971 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Richmond Oval 75 - 101
SAT 14/08/1971 2:10 PM Woodville v South Adelaide Woodville Oval 64 - 53

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 15 -0- 4 30 59.3% 2,024 1,392
North Adelaide 2nd 15 -0- 4 30 55.2% 1,881 1,524
Sturt 3rd 14 -0- 5 28 60.8% 1,903 1,225
Norwood 4th 10 -0- 9 20 52.1% 1,891 1,742
Central District 5th 10 -0- 9 20 51.0% 1,894 1,822
Glenelg 6th 9 -0- 10 18 51.9% 1,986 1,838
South Adelaide 7th 6 -0- 13 12 45.4% 1,525 1,831
West Torrens 8th 6 -0- 13 12 44.7% 1,336 1,652
West Adelaide 9th 5 -0- 14 10 44.7% 1,492 1,844
Woodville 10th 5 -0- 14 10 36.3% 1,403 2,465

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/08/1971 2:10 PM Glenelg v North Adelaide Glenelg Oval 89 - 108
SAT 21/08/1971 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Central District Adelaide Oval 36 - 181
SAT 21/08/1971 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Unley Oval 145 - 89
SAT 21/08/1971 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Woodville Richmond Oval 144 - 96
SAT 21/08/1971 2:10 PM West Torrens v Norwood Thebarton Oval 123 - 61

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 16 -0- 4 32 55.2% 1,989 1,613
Sturt 2nd 15 -0- 5 30 60.9% 2,048 1,314
Port Adelaide 3rd 15 -0- 5 30 57.9% 2,113 1,537
Central District 4th 11 -0- 9 22 52.8% 2,075 1,858
Norwood 5th 10 -0- 10 20 51.1% 1,952 1,865
Glenelg 6th 9 -0- 11 18 51.6% 2,075 1,946
West Torrens 7th 7 -0- 13 14 46.0% 1,459 1,713
West Adelaide 8th 6 -0- 14 12 45.7% 1,636 1,940
South Adelaide 9th 6 -0- 14 12 43.7% 1,561 2,012
Woodville 10th 5 -0- 15 10 36.5% 1,499 2,609

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/08/1971 2:10 PM Central District v West Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 76 - 62
SAT 28/08/1971 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Prospect Oval 87 - 32
SAT 28/08/1971 2:10 PM Norwood v Woodville Norwood Oval 95 - 97
SAT 28/08/1971 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Alberton Oval 84 - 57
SAT 28/08/1971 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 54 - 66

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 17 -0- 4 34 55.8% 2,076 1,645
Port Adelaide 2nd 16 -0- 5 32 58.0% 2,197 1,594
Sturt 3rd 15 -0- 6 30 59.8% 2,080 1,401
Central District 4th 12 -0- 9 24 52.8% 2,151 1,920
Norwood 5th 10 -0- 11 20 51.1% 2,047 1,962
Glenelg 6th 9 -0- 12 18 51.2% 2,132 2,030
West Torrens 7th 8 -0- 13 16 46.3% 1,525 1,767
West Adelaide 8th 6 -0- 15 12 45.7% 1,698 2,016
South Adelaide 9th 6 -0- 15 12 43.7% 1,615 2,078
Woodville 10th 6 -0- 15 12 37.1% 1,596 2,704

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/09/1971 2:10 PM Sturt v Central District Adelaide Oval 64 - 91 36,400
SAT 11/09/1971 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 93 - 78 37,307

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/09/1971 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Central District Adelaide Oval 111 - 82 42,909

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/09/1971 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 79 - 59 52,228