1972 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1972 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: 1972 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 Tony Casserly
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 David Darcy
Sturt Unley Oval Jack Oatey
West Adelaide Richmond Oval Robert Loveday
West Torrens Thebarton Oval Allen Greer
Woodville Woodville Oval Barrie Barbary

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 16 -0- 5 32 57.0% 2,270 1,711 324 326 245 241
Port Adelaide 2nd 15 -0- 6 30 55.0% 2,235 1,829 318 327 264 245
Norwood 3rd 14 -1- 6 29 53.9% 2,280 1,952 329 306 274 308
Central District 4th 14 -0- 7 28 53.2% 2,019 1,774 287 297 248 286
Sturt 5th 11 -0- 10 22 54.7% 2,133 1,763 300 333 252 251
Glenelg 6th 11 -0- 10 22 52.8% 2,264 2,025 325 314 290 285
West Torrens 7th 7 -0- 14 14 46.1% 1,728 2,023 241 282 286 307
Woodville 8th 7 -0- 14 14 43.7% 1,951 2,515 280 271 358 367
South Adelaide 9th 5 -0- 16 10 40.2% 1,704 2,535 236 288 358 387
West Adelaide 10th 4 -1- 16 9 44.3% 1,793 2,250 255 263 320 330

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/04/1972 2:10 PM Glenelg v North Adelaide Glenelg Oval 71 - 138
SAT 01/04/1972 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Norwood Oval 130 - 108
SAT 01/04/1972 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 97 - 90
SAT 01/04/1972 2:10 PM Woodville v South Adelaide Woodville Oval 119 - 68
MON 03/04/1972 2:10 PM Central District v Sturt Adelaide Oval 108 - 87

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 1 -0- 0 2 66.0% 138 71
Woodville 2nd 1 -0- 0 2 63.6% 119 68
Central District 3rd 1 -0- 0 2 55.4% 108 87
Norwood 4th 1 -0- 0 2 54.6% 130 108
West Adelaide 5th 1 -0- 0 2 51.9% 97 90
West Torrens 6th 0 -0- 1 0 48.1% 90 97
Port Adelaide 7th 0 -0- 1 0 45.4% 108 130
Sturt 8th 0 -0- 1 0 44.6% 87 108
South Adelaide 9th 0 -0- 1 0 36.4% 68 119
Glenelg 10th 0 -0- 1 0 34.0% 71 138

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/04/1972 2:10 PM Central District v West Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 82 - 78
SAT 08/04/1972 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Prospect Oval 34 - 99
SAT 08/04/1972 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 107 - 59
SAT 08/04/1972 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Alberton Oval 88 - 67
SAT 08/04/1972 2:10 PM West Torrens v Woodville Thebarton Oval 82 - 115

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Woodville 1st 2 -0- 0 4 60.9% 234 150
Norwood 2nd 2 -0- 0 4 58.7% 237 167
Central District 3rd 2 -0- 0 4 53.5% 190 165
Sturt 4th 1 -0- 1 2 56.7% 186 142
West Adelaide 5th 1 -0- 1 2 50.4% 175 172
North Adelaide 6th 1 -0- 1 2 50.3% 172 170
Port Adelaide 7th 1 -0- 1 2 49.9% 196 197
West Torrens 8th 0 -0- 2 0 44.8% 172 212
South Adelaide 9th 0 -0- 2 0 39.5% 135 207
Glenelg 10th 0 -0- 2 0 34.7% 130 245

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/04/1972 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Glenelg Oval 100 - 90
SAT 15/04/1972 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Norwood Prospect Oval 124 - 58
SAT 15/04/1972 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Alberton Oval 124 - 57
SAT 15/04/1972 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Central District Adelaide Oval 66 - 168
SAT 15/04/1972 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Woodville Richmond Oval 103 - 111

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 3 -0- 0 6 60.8% 358 231
Woodville 2nd 3 -0- 0 6 57.7% 345 253
North Adelaide 3rd 2 -0- 1 4 56.5% 296 228
Port Adelaide 4th 2 -0- 1 4 55.7% 320 254
Norwood 5th 2 -0- 1 4 50.3% 295 291
Sturt 6th 1 -0- 2 2 53.3% 276 242
West Adelaide 7th 1 -0- 2 2 49.6% 278 283
Glenelg 8th 1 -0- 2 2 40.7% 230 335
West Torrens 9th 0 -0- 3 0 40.5% 229 336
South Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 3 0 34.9% 201 375

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/04/1972 2:10 PM Central District v Woodville Elizabeth Oval 107 - 95
SAT 22/04/1972 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 37 - 136
SAT 22/04/1972 2:10 PM Sturt v West Adelaide Unley Oval 81 - 83
SAT 22/04/1972 2:10 PM West Torrens v Norwood Thebarton Oval 86 - 92
TUE 25/04/1972 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 77 - 96

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 4 -0- 0 8 58.8% 465 326
Port Adelaide 2nd 3 -0- 1 6 55.7% 416 331
Woodville 3rd 3 -0- 1 6 55.0% 440 360
Norwood 4th 3 -0- 1 6 50.7% 387 377
North Adelaide 5th 2 -0- 2 4 53.5% 373 324
West Adelaide 6th 2 -0- 2 4 49.8% 361 364
Glenelg 7th 2 -0- 2 4 49.6% 366 372
Sturt 8th 1 -0- 3 2 52.3% 357 325
West Torrens 9th 0 -0- 4 0 42.4% 315 428
South Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 4 0 31.8% 238 511

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/04/1972 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 154 - 82
SAT 29/04/1972 2:10 PM Norwood v Central District Norwood Oval 96 - 110
SAT 29/04/1972 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Unley Oval 161 - 54
SAT 29/04/1972 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Richmond Oval 134 - 118
SAT 29/04/1972 2:10 PM Woodville v North Adelaide Woodville Oval 81 - 107

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 5 -0- 0 10 57.7% 575 422
North Adelaide 2nd 3 -0- 2 6 54.2% 480 405
Port Adelaide 3rd 3 -0- 2 6 53.5% 534 465
Glenelg 4th 3 -0- 2 6 53.4% 520 454
Woodville 5th 3 -0- 2 6 52.7% 521 467
West Adelaide 6th 3 -0- 2 6 50.7% 495 482
Norwood 7th 3 -0- 2 6 49.8% 483 487
Sturt 8th 2 -0- 3 4 57.7% 518 379
West Torrens 9th 0 -0- 5 0 40.6% 397 582
South Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 5 0 30.3% 292 672

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/05/1972 2:10 PM Central District v North Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 88 - 67
SAT 06/05/1972 2:10 PM Glenelg v Woodville Glenelg Oval 175 - 109
SAT 06/05/1972 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 113 - 91
SAT 06/05/1972 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Alberton Oval 85 - 96
SAT 06/05/1972 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Thebarton Oval 105 - 91

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 6 -0- 0 12 57.6% 663 489
Glenelg 2nd 4 -0- 2 8 55.2% 695 563
Norwood 3rd 4 -0- 2 8 50.8% 596 578
Sturt 4th 3 -0- 3 6 57.0% 614 464
North Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 3 6 52.6% 547 493
Port Adelaide 6th 3 -0- 3 6 52.5% 619 561
West Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 3 6 49.6% 586 595
Woodville 8th 3 -0- 3 6 49.5% 630 642
West Torrens 9th 1 -0- 5 2 42.7% 502 673
South Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 6 0 33.0% 383 777

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/05/1972 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 48 - 226
SAT 13/05/1972 2:10 PM Sturt v West Torrens Unley Oval 96 - 70
SAT 13/05/1972 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Richmond Oval 107 - 116
SAT 13/05/1972 2:10 PM Woodville v Norwood Woodville Oval 69 - 167
MON 15/05/1972 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Central District Adelaide Oval 120 - 86

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 6 -0- 1 12 55.2% 749 609
Glenelg 2nd 5 -0- 2 10 54.8% 811 670
Norwood 3rd 5 -0- 2 10 54.1% 763 647
North Adelaide 4th 4 -0- 3 8 58.8% 773 541
Sturt 5th 4 -0- 3 8 57.1% 710 534
Port Adelaide 6th 4 -0- 3 8 53.3% 739 647
West Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 4 6 49.4% 693 711
Woodville 8th 3 -0- 4 6 46.4% 699 809
West Torrens 9th 1 -0- 6 2 42.7% 572 769
South Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 7 0 30.1% 431 1,003

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/05/1972 2:10 PM Glenelg v Central District Glenelg Oval 104 - 111
SAT 20/05/1972 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 110 - 99
SAT 20/05/1972 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 130 - 73
SAT 20/05/1972 2:10 PM West Torrens v North Adelaide Thebarton Oval 73 - 108
SAT 20/05/1972 2:10 PM Woodville v Port Adelaide Woodville Oval 82 - 184

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 7 -0- 1 14 54.7% 860 713
Norwood 2nd 6 -0- 2 12 53.9% 873 746
North Adelaide 3rd 5 -0- 3 10 58.9% 881 614
Port Adelaide 4th 5 -0- 3 10 55.9% 923 729
Glenelg 5th 5 -0- 3 10 54.0% 915 781
Sturt 6th 4 -0- 4 8 55.7% 809 644
West Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 5 6 47.7% 766 841
Woodville 8th 3 -0- 5 6 44.0% 781 993
West Torrens 9th 1 -0- 7 2 42.4% 645 877
South Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 7 2 34.3% 561 1,076

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/05/1972 2:10 PM Central District v West Torrens Elizabeth Oval 112 - 82
SAT 27/05/1972 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Prospect Oval 128 - 48
SAT 27/05/1972 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Alberton Oval 124 - 116
SAT 27/05/1972 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 119 - 123
SAT 27/05/1972 2:10 PM Sturt v Woodville Unley Oval 97 - 115

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 8 -0- 1 16 55.0% 972 795
Norwood 2nd 7 -0- 2 14 53.5% 996 865
North Adelaide 3rd 6 -0- 3 12 60.4% 1,009 662
Port Adelaide 4th 6 -0- 3 12 55.3% 1,047 845
Glenelg 5th 5 -0- 4 10 53.3% 1,031 905
Sturt 6th 4 -0- 5 8 54.4% 906 759
Woodville 7th 4 -0- 5 8 45.1% 896 1,090
West Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 6 6 45.7% 814 969
West Torrens 9th 1 -0- 8 2 42.4% 727 989
South Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 8 2 36.2% 680 1,199

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/06/1972 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Prospect Oval 111 - 72
SAT 03/06/1972 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Alberton Oval 62 - 116
SAT 03/06/1972 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 140 - 92
SAT 03/06/1972 2:10 PM Sturt v Central District Unley Oval 118 - 102
SAT 03/06/1972 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Richmond Oval 67 - 95

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 8 -0- 2 16 54.5% 1,112 927
Central District 2nd 8 -0- 2 16 54.1% 1,074 913
North Adelaide 3rd 7 -0- 3 14 60.4% 1,120 734
Port Adelaide 4th 6 -0- 4 12 53.6% 1,109 961
Sturt 5th 5 -0- 5 10 54.3% 1,024 861
Glenelg 6th 5 -0- 5 10 52.1% 1,103 1,016
Woodville 7th 4 -0- 6 8 44.5% 988 1,230
West Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 7 6 45.3% 881 1,064
West Torrens 9th 2 -0- 8 4 43.8% 822 1,056
South Adelaide 10th 2 -0- 8 4 38.8% 820 1,291

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/06/1972 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Glenelg Oval 130 - 46
SAT 10/06/1972 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 60 - 119
SAT 10/06/1972 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Central District Richmond Oval 88 - 121
SAT 10/06/1972 2:10 PM Woodville v West Torrens Woodville Oval 63 - 79
MON 12/06/1972 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 99 - 91

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 9 -0- 2 18 54.4% 1,195 1,001
North Adelaide 2nd 8 -0- 3 16 59.6% 1,219 825
Norwood 3rd 8 -0- 3 16 52.3% 1,158 1,057
Port Adelaide 4th 7 -0- 4 14 54.6% 1,228 1,021
Glenelg 5th 6 -0- 5 12 53.7% 1,233 1,062
Sturt 6th 5 -0- 6 10 53.7% 1,115 960
Woodville 7th 4 -0- 7 8 44.5% 1,051 1,309
West Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 8 6 45.0% 969 1,185
West Torrens 9th 3 -0- 8 6 44.6% 901 1,119
South Adelaide 10th 2 -0- 9 4 38.4% 880 1,410

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/06/1972 2:10 PM Central District v South Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 135 - 75
SAT 17/06/1972 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 93 - 121
SAT 17/06/1972 2:10 PM West Torrens v Port Adelaide Thebarton Oval 77 - 98
SAT 24/06/1972 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 133 - 95
SAT 24/06/1972 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Unley Oval 123 - 77

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 10 -0- 2 20 55.3% 1,330 1,076
Norwood 2nd 9 -0- 3 18 52.8% 1,291 1,152
North Adelaide 3rd 8 -0- 4 16 57.8% 1,314 958
Port Adelaide 4th 8 -0- 4 16 54.7% 1,326 1,098
Sturt 5th 6 -0- 6 12 54.4% 1,238 1,037
Glenelg 6th 6 -0- 6 12 52.5% 1,310 1,185
Woodville 7th 5 -0- 7 10 45.5% 1,172 1,402
West Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 9 6 44.8% 1,062 1,306
West Torrens 9th 3 -0- 9 6 44.6% 978 1,217
South Adelaide 10th 2 -0- 10 4 38.2% 955 1,545

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/07/1972 2:10 PM Norwood v West Torrens Norwood Oval 95 - 111
SAT 01/07/1972 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Alberton Oval 104 - 145
SAT 01/07/1972 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 83 - 71
SAT 01/07/1972 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Sturt Richmond Oval 49 - 82
SAT 01/07/1972 2:10 PM Woodville v Central District Woodville Oval 101 - 96

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 10 -0- 3 20 54.8% 1,426 1,177
North Adelaide 2nd 9 -0- 4 18 57.9% 1,459 1,062
Norwood 3rd 9 -0- 4 18 52.3% 1,386 1,263
Port Adelaide 4th 8 -0- 5 16 53.5% 1,430 1,243
Sturt 5th 7 -0- 6 14 54.9% 1,320 1,086
Glenelg 6th 6 -0- 7 12 52.1% 1,381 1,268
Woodville 7th 6 -0- 7 12 45.9% 1,273 1,498
West Torrens 8th 4 -0- 9 8 45.4% 1,089 1,312
West Adelaide 9th 3 -0- 10 6 44.5% 1,111 1,388
South Adelaide 10th 3 -0- 10 6 39.1% 1,038 1,616

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/07/1972 2:10 PM Central District v Norwood Elizabeth Oval 87 - 86
SAT 08/07/1972 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Woodville Prospect Oval 113 - 82
SAT 08/07/1972 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Alberton Oval 134 - 55
SAT 08/07/1972 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 54 - 150
SAT 08/07/1972 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Thebarton Oval 91 - 132

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 11 -0- 3 22 54.5% 1,513 1,263
North Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 4 20 57.9% 1,572 1,144
Port Adelaide 3rd 9 -0- 5 18 54.6% 1,564 1,298
Norwood 4th 9 -0- 5 18 52.2% 1,472 1,350
Sturt 5th 8 -0- 6 16 56.3% 1,470 1,140
Glenelg 6th 7 -0- 7 14 52.7% 1,513 1,359
Woodville 7th 6 -0- 8 12 45.7% 1,355 1,611
West Torrens 8th 4 -0- 10 8 45.0% 1,180 1,444
West Adelaide 9th 3 -0- 11 6 43.4% 1,166 1,522
South Adelaide 10th 3 -0- 11 6 38.2% 1,092 1,766

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/07/1972 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Central District Prospect Oval 96 - 38
SAT 15/07/1972 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Norwood Oval 99 - 45
SAT 15/07/1972 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 65 - 81
SAT 15/07/1972 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Unley Oval 53 - 57
SAT 15/07/1972 2:10 PM Woodville v Glenelg Woodville Oval 46 - 105

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 11 -0- 4 22 58.5% 1,668 1,182
Central District 2nd 11 -0- 4 22 53.3% 1,551 1,359
Port Adelaide 3rd 10 -0- 5 20 54.5% 1,621 1,351
Norwood 4th 10 -0- 5 20 53.0% 1,571 1,395
Sturt 5th 8 -0- 7 16 56.0% 1,523 1,197
Glenelg 6th 8 -0- 7 16 53.5% 1,618 1,405
Woodville 7th 6 -0- 9 12 44.9% 1,401 1,716
West Torrens 8th 5 -0- 10 10 45.5% 1,261 1,509
West Adelaide 9th 3 -0- 12 6 42.8% 1,211 1,621
South Adelaide 10th 3 -0- 12 6 38.5% 1,157 1,847

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/07/1972 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Glenelg Oval 68 - 114
SAT 22/07/1972 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 86 - 82
SAT 22/07/1972 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Richmond Oval 81 - 101
SAT 22/07/1972 2:10 PM West Torrens v Central District Thebarton Oval 73 - 84
SAT 22/07/1972 2:10 PM Woodville v Sturt Woodville Oval 83 - 184

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 12 -0- 4 24 58.3% 1,769 1,263
Central District 2nd 12 -0- 4 24 53.3% 1,635 1,432
Port Adelaide 3rd 11 -0- 5 22 55.0% 1,735 1,419
Norwood 4th 10 -0- 6 20 52.7% 1,653 1,481
Sturt 5th 9 -0- 7 18 57.1% 1,707 1,280
Glenelg 6th 8 -0- 8 16 52.6% 1,686 1,519
Woodville 7th 6 -0- 10 12 43.9% 1,484 1,900
West Torrens 8th 5 -0- 11 10 45.6% 1,334 1,593
South Adelaide 9th 4 -0- 12 8 39.2% 1,243 1,929
West Adelaide 10th 3 -0- 13 6 42.9% 1,292 1,722

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/07/1972 2:10 PM Central District v Glenelg Elizabeth Oval 92 - 67
SAT 29/07/1972 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Prospect Oval 106 - 54
SAT 29/07/1972 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Woodville Alberton Oval 136 - 103
SAT 29/07/1972 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Unley Oval 101 - 124
SAT 29/07/1972 2:10 PM West Adelaide v South Adelaide Richmond Oval 147 - 73

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 13 -0- 4 26 58.7% 1,875 1,317
Central District 2nd 13 -0- 4 26 53.5% 1,727 1,499
Port Adelaide 3rd 12 -0- 5 24 55.1% 1,871 1,522
Norwood 4th 11 -0- 6 22 52.9% 1,777 1,582
Sturt 5th 9 -0- 8 18 56.3% 1,808 1,404
Glenelg 6th 8 -0- 9 16 52.1% 1,753 1,611
Woodville 7th 6 -0- 11 12 43.8% 1,587 2,036
West Torrens 8th 5 -0- 12 10 45.0% 1,388 1,699
West Adelaide 9th 4 -0- 13 8 44.5% 1,439 1,795
South Adelaide 10th 4 -0- 13 8 38.8% 1,316 2,076

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/08/1972 2:10 PM Central District v Port Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 49 - 53
SAT 05/08/1972 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Glenelg Oval 124 - 79
SAT 05/08/1972 2:10 PM North Adelaide v South Adelaide Prospect Oval 72 - 59
SAT 05/08/1972 2:10 PM Norwood v Woodville Norwood Oval 118 - 83
SAT 05/08/1972 2:10 PM West Torrens v Sturt Thebarton Oval 33 - 61

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 14 -0- 4 28 58.6% 1,947 1,376
Port Adelaide 2nd 13 -0- 5 26 55.1% 1,924 1,571
Central District 3rd 13 -0- 5 26 53.4% 1,776 1,552
Norwood 4th 12 -0- 6 24 53.2% 1,895 1,665
Sturt 5th 10 -0- 8 20 56.5% 1,869 1,437
Glenelg 6th 9 -0- 9 18 52.6% 1,877 1,690
Woodville 7th 6 -0- 12 12 43.7% 1,670 2,154
West Torrens 8th 5 -0- 13 10 44.7% 1,421 1,760
West Adelaide 9th 4 -0- 14 8 44.2% 1,518 1,919
South Adelaide 10th 4 -0- 14 8 39.0% 1,375 2,148

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/08/1972 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Torrens Glenelg Oval 106 - 59
SAT 12/08/1972 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 56 - 104
SAT 12/08/1972 2:10 PM Woodville v West Adelaide Woodville Oval 106 - 91
SAT 19/08/1972 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Central District Adelaide Oval 76 - 66
SAT 19/08/1972 2:10 PM Norwood v South Adelaide Norwood Oval 129 - 62

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 15 -0- 4 30 58.4% 2,023 1,442
Port Adelaide 2nd 13 -0- 6 26 54.2% 1,980 1,675
Norwood 3rd 13 -0- 6 26 54.0% 2,024 1,727
Central District 4th 13 -0- 6 26 53.1% 1,842 1,628
Sturt 5th 11 -0- 8 22 56.9% 1,973 1,493
Glenelg 6th 10 -0- 9 20 53.1% 1,983 1,749
Woodville 7th 7 -0- 12 14 44.2% 1,776 2,245
West Torrens 8th 5 -0- 14 10 44.2% 1,480 1,866
West Adelaide 9th 4 -0- 15 8 44.3% 1,609 2,025
South Adelaide 10th 4 -0- 15 8 38.7% 1,437 2,277

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/08/1972 2:10 PM Central District v Sturt Elizabeth Oval 106 - 51
SAT 26/08/1972 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Prospect Oval 83 - 160
SAT 26/08/1972 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Norwood Oval 145 - 114
SAT 26/08/1972 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 136 - 91
SAT 26/08/1972 2:10 PM West Torrens v West Adelaide Thebarton Oval 114 - 73

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 15 -0- 5 30 56.8% 2,106 1,602
Port Adelaide 2nd 14 -0- 6 28 54.9% 2,140 1,758
Norwood 3rd 14 -0- 6 28 54.1% 2,169 1,841
Central District 4th 14 -0- 6 28 53.7% 1,948 1,679
Sturt 5th 11 -0- 9 22 55.9% 2,024 1,599
Glenelg 6th 10 -0- 10 20 52.5% 2,097 1,894
Woodville 7th 7 -0- 13 14 44.0% 1,867 2,381
West Torrens 8th 6 -0- 14 12 45.1% 1,594 1,939
South Adelaide 9th 5 -0- 15 10 39.9% 1,573 2,368
West Adelaide 10th 4 -0- 16 8 44.0% 1,682 2,139

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/09/1972 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 167 - 131
SAT 02/09/1972 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Central District Alberton Oval 95 - 71
SAT 02/09/1972 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Unley Oval 109 - 164
SAT 02/09/1972 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Richmond Oval 111 - 111
SAT 02/09/1972 2:10 PM West Torrens v Woodville Adelaide Oval 134 - 84

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 16 -0- 5 32 57.0% 2,270 1,711
Port Adelaide 2nd 15 -0- 6 30 55.0% 2,235 1,829
Norwood 3rd 14 -1- 6 29 53.9% 2,280 1,952
Central District 4th 14 -0- 7 28 53.2% 2,019 1,774
Sturt 5th 11 -0- 10 22 54.7% 2,133 1,763
Glenelg 6th 11 -0- 10 22 52.8% 2,264 2,025
West Torrens 7th 7 -0- 14 14 46.1% 1,728 2,023
Woodville 8th 7 -0- 14 14 43.7% 1,951 2,515
South Adelaide 9th 5 -0- 16 10 40.2% 1,704 2,535
West Adelaide 10th 4 -1- 16 9 44.3% 1,793 2,250

Final Round 1

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/09/1972 2:10 PM Norwood v Central District Adelaide Oval 91 - 121 35,265
SAT 16/09/1972 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 96 - 75 36,932

Final Round 2

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/09/1972 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Central District Adelaide Oval 110 - 104 38,602

Final Round 3

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/09/1972 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 128 - 72 55,709