1979 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1979 season of the South Australian National Football League.

It featured twenty-two rounds. Central District were the minor premiers.

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. Port Adelaide were the premiers, with John Cahill as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1979 SANFL Season
Teams: 10
Rounds: 22
Finals System: McIntyre Final Five System
Matches: 116

Team Details

Team Home Ground Coach (Appointed) Coach (Caretaker)
Central District Elizabeth Oval Daryl Hicks
Glenelg Glenelg Oval John Halbert
North Adelaide Prospect Oval Barrie Robran
Norwood Norwood Oval Bob Hammond
Port Adelaide Alberton Oval John Cahill
South Adelaide Adelaide Oval Haydn Bunton
Sturt Unley Oval Jack Oatey
West Adelaide Richmond Oval Trevor Hughes
West Torrens Thebarton Oval Neil Kerley
Woodville Woodville Oval Barry Goodingham

Season Results

Premiers: Port Adelaide
Runners-Up: South Adelaide
Minor Premiers: Central District

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Central District 1st 15 -1- 6 31 52.1% 2,304 2,116 327 342 300 316
Port Adelaide 2nd 14 -0- 8 28 52.7% 2,112 1,892 295 342 271 266
South Adelaide 3rd 14 -0- 8 28 51.2% 2,052 1,956 294 288 280 276
Norwood 4th 11 -0- 11 22 54.3% 2,339 1,966 338 311 279 292
Woodville 5th 10 -0- 12 20 51.1% 2,131 2,043 303 313 287 321
North Adelaide 6th 10 -0- 12 20 47.5% 2,134 2,360 306 298 342 308
Glenelg 7th 9 -1- 12 19 49.2% 2,111 2,184 299 317 312 312
West Torrens 8th 9 -1- 12 19 46.4% 1,959 2,267 274 315 327 305
Sturt 9th 9 -0- 13 18 47.8% 2,131 2,331 308 283 331 345
West Adelaide 10th 7 -1- 14 15 48.3% 2,244 2,402 327 282 342 350

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/04/1979 2:10 PM North Adelaide v South Adelaide Prospect Oval 76 - 91 4,549
SAT 07/04/1979 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Alberton Oval 89 - 126 14,182
SAT 07/04/1979 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Unley Oval 86 - 136 11,388
SAT 07/04/1979 2:10 PM West Torrens v Central District Football Park 98 - 98 8,704
SAT 07/04/1979 2:10 PM Woodville v West Adelaide Woodville Oval 104 - 121 3,248

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 1 -0- 0 2 61.3% 136 86
Norwood 2nd 1 -0- 0 2 58.6% 126 89
South Adelaide 3rd 1 -0- 0 2 54.5% 91 76
West Adelaide 4th 1 -0- 0 2 53.8% 121 104
Central District 5th 0 -1- 0 1 50.0% 98 98
West Torrens 0 -1- 0 1 50.0% 98 98
Woodville 7th 0 -0- 1 0 46.2% 104 121
North Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 1 0 45.5% 76 91
Port Adelaide 9th 0 -0- 1 0 41.4% 89 126
Sturt 10th 0 -0- 1 0 38.7% 86 136

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/04/1979 2:10 PM Central District v North Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 140 - 70 6,912
SAT 14/04/1979 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Football Park 103 - 102 18,476
SAT 14/04/1979 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 99 - 91 3,562
SAT 14/04/1979 2:10 PM West Torrens v West Adelaide Thebarton Oval 131 - 70 6,719
MON 16/04/1979 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Football Park 61 - 52 18,320

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 2 -0- 0 4 56.0% 239 188
South Adelaide 2nd 2 -0- 0 4 53.2% 190 167
Central District 3rd 1 -1- 0 3 58.6% 238 168
West Torrens 4th 1 -1- 0 3 57.7% 229 168
Norwood 5th 1 -0- 1 2 54.3% 228 192
West Adelaide 6th 1 -0- 1 2 44.8% 191 235
Sturt 7th 1 -0- 1 2 43.9% 147 188
Woodville 8th 0 -0- 2 0 47.0% 195 220
Port Adelaide 9th 0 -0- 2 0 43.0% 141 187
North Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 2 0 38.7% 146 231

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/04/1979 2:10 PM Glenelg v North Adelaide Glenelg Oval 70 - 91 6,297
SAT 21/04/1979 2:10 PM Norwood v West Torrens Norwood Oval 86 - 89 10,927
SAT 21/04/1979 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Football Park 84 - 66 8,198
SAT 21/04/1979 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Central District Richmond Oval 99 - 106 4,113
SAT 21/04/1979 2:10 PM Woodville v Sturt Woodville Oval 118 - 66 3,670

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 2 -1- 0 5 56.3% 344 267
West Torrens 2nd 2 -1- 0 5 55.6% 318 254
Glenelg 3rd 2 -0- 1 4 52.6% 309 279
South Adelaide 4th 2 -0- 1 4 50.5% 256 251
Norwood 5th 1 -0- 2 2 52.8% 314 281
Woodville 6th 1 -0- 2 2 52.3% 313 286
Port Adelaide 7th 1 -0- 2 2 47.1% 225 253
West Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 2 2 46.0% 290 341
North Adelaide 9th 1 -0- 2 2 44.1% 237 301
Sturt 10th 1 -0- 2 2 41.0% 213 306

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
WED 25/04/1979 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Football Park 137 - 86 16,703
SAT 28/04/1979 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Alberton Oval 95 - 70 12,775
SAT 28/04/1979 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Central District Football Park 102 - 72 6,272
SAT 28/04/1979 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Richmond Oval 94 - 126 4,386
SAT 28/04/1979 2:10 PM West Torrens v Woodville Thebarton Oval 121 - 109 6,110

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Torrens 1st 3 -1- 0 7 54.7% 439 363
South Adelaide 2nd 3 -0- 1 6 52.6% 358 323
Central District 3rd 2 -1- 1 5 53.0% 416 369
Norwood 4th 2 -0- 2 4 55.1% 451 367
Glenelg 5th 2 -0- 2 4 50.3% 379 374
Port Adelaide 6th 2 -0- 2 4 49.8% 320 323
North Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 2 4 47.9% 363 395
Woodville 8th 1 -0- 3 2 50.9% 422 407
West Adelaide 9th 1 -0- 3 2 45.1% 384 467
Sturt 10th 1 -0- 3 2 40.3% 299 443

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/05/1979 2:10 PM Glenelg v Central District Glenelg Oval 98 - 62 8,094
SAT 05/05/1979 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 100 - 118 9,664
SAT 05/05/1979 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Woodville Football Park 80 - 78 8,876
SAT 05/05/1979 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 100 - 61 9,163
SAT 05/05/1979 2:10 PM Sturt v West Adelaide Unley Oval 132 - 88 6,191

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Adelaide 1st 4 -0- 1 8 54.4% 458 384
West Torrens 2nd 3 -1- 1 7 51.9% 500 463
Glenelg 3rd 3 -0- 2 6 52.2% 477 436
Port Adelaide 4th 3 -0- 2 6 49.9% 400 401
North Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 2 6 49.3% 481 495
Central District 6th 2 -1- 2 5 50.6% 478 467
Norwood 7th 2 -0- 3 4 53.2% 551 485
Sturt 8th 2 -0- 3 4 44.8% 431 531
Woodville 9th 1 -0- 4 2 50.7% 500 487
West Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 4 2 44.1% 472 599

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/05/1979 2:10 PM Central District v Woodville Elizabeth Oval 146 - 113 4,255
SAT 12/05/1979 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Football Park 63 - 75 8,018
SAT 12/05/1979 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Prospect Oval 110 - 77 10,258
SAT 12/05/1979 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Richmond Oval 123 - 131 4,346
SAT 12/05/1979 2:10 PM West Torrens v Sturt Thebarton Oval 106 - 113 7,101

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Adelaide 1st 5 -0- 1 10 54.4% 533 447
North Adelaide 2nd 4 -0- 2 8 50.8% 591 572
Central District 3rd 3 -1- 2 7 51.8% 624 580
West Torrens 4th 3 -1- 2 7 51.3% 606 576
Norwood 5th 3 -0- 3 6 52.9% 682 608
Glenelg 6th 3 -0- 3 6 51.4% 540 511
Port Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 3 6 48.3% 477 511
Sturt 8th 3 -0- 3 6 46.1% 544 637
Woodville 9th 1 -0- 5 2 49.2% 613 633
West Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 5 2 44.9% 595 730

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/05/1979 2:10 PM Glenelg v Woodville Football Park 68 - 151 4,903
SAT 19/05/1979 2:10 PM Norwood v Central District Norwood Oval 75 - 116 8,321
SAT 19/05/1979 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Alberton Oval 121 - 91 10,075
SAT 19/05/1979 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 108 - 100 5,115
SAT 19/05/1979 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Unley Oval 148 - 127 12,223

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Adelaide 1st 6 -0- 1 12 54.0% 641 547
Central District 2nd 4 -1- 2 9 53.0% 740 655
North Adelaide 3rd 4 -0- 3 8 49.9% 718 720
Port Adelaide 4th 4 -0- 3 8 49.8% 598 602
Sturt 5th 4 -0- 3 8 47.5% 692 764
West Torrens 6th 3 -1- 3 7 50.0% 697 697
Norwood 7th 3 -0- 4 6 51.1% 757 724
Glenelg 8th 3 -0- 4 6 47.9% 608 662
Woodville 9th 2 -0- 5 4 52.2% 764 701
West Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 6 2 45.3% 695 838

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/05/1979 2:10 PM Central District v Sturt Elizabeth Oval 139 - 105 7,610
SAT 26/05/1979 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Torrens Football Park 92 - 114 7,794
SAT 26/05/1979 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Woodville Prospect Oval 142 - 94 4,140
SAT 26/05/1979 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 70 - 154 9,214
SAT 26/05/1979 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Richmond Oval 92 - 122 5,264

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Adelaide 1st 6 -0- 2 12 50.4% 711 701
Central District 2nd 5 -1- 2 11 53.6% 879 760
North Adelaide 3rd 5 -0- 3 10 51.4% 860 814
Port Adelaide 4th 5 -0- 3 10 50.9% 720 694
West Torrens 5th 4 -1- 3 9 50.7% 811 789
Norwood 6th 4 -0- 4 8 53.4% 911 794
Sturt 7th 4 -0- 4 8 46.9% 797 903
Glenelg 8th 3 -0- 5 6 47.4% 700 776
Woodville 9th 2 -0- 6 4 50.4% 858 843
West Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 7 2 45.0% 787 960

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/06/1979 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Central District Alberton Oval 155 - 58 10,138
SAT 02/06/1979 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Football Park 103 - 96 7,274
SAT 02/06/1979 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Richmond Oval 93 - 93 5,221
SAT 02/06/1979 2:10 PM West Torrens v North Adelaide Thebarton Oval 116 - 153 6,989
SAT 02/06/1979 2:10 PM Woodville v Norwood Woodville Oval 90 - 85 5,259

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Adelaide 1st 7 -0- 2 14 50.5% 814 797
Port Adelaide 2nd 6 -0- 3 12 53.8% 875 752
North Adelaide 3rd 6 -0- 3 12 52.1% 1,013 930
Central District 4th 5 -1- 3 11 50.6% 937 915
West Torrens 5th 4 -1- 4 9 49.6% 927 942
Norwood 6th 4 -0- 5 8 53.0% 996 884
Sturt 7th 4 -0- 5 8 47.0% 893 1,006
Glenelg 8th 3 -1- 5 7 47.7% 793 869
Woodville 9th 3 -0- 6 6 50.5% 948 928
West Adelaide 10th 1 -1- 7 3 45.5% 880 1,053

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/06/1979 2:10 PM Central District v West Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 119 - 112 5,308
SAT 09/06/1979 2:10 PM Glenelg v North Adelaide Glenelg Oval 130 - 80 7,850
SAT 09/06/1979 2:10 PM Norwood v West Torrens Football Park 179 - 68 9,061
SAT 09/06/1979 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 112 - 79 12,201
SAT 09/06/1979 2:10 PM Sturt v Woodville Unley Oval 114 - 121 5,172

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Adelaide 1st 8 -0- 2 16 51.4% 926 876
Central District 2nd 6 -1- 3 13 50.7% 1,056 1,027
Port Adelaide 3rd 6 -0- 4 12 52.5% 954 864
North Adelaide 4th 6 -0- 4 12 50.8% 1,093 1,060
Norwood 5th 5 -0- 5 10 55.2% 1,175 952
Glenelg 6th 4 -1- 5 9 49.3% 923 949
West Torrens 7th 4 -1- 5 9 47.0% 995 1,121
Woodville 8th 4 -0- 6 8 50.6% 1,069 1,042
Sturt 9th 4 -0- 6 8 47.2% 1,007 1,127
West Adelaide 10th 1 -1- 8 3 45.8% 992 1,172

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/06/1979 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Central District Prospect Oval 72 - 89 9,051
SAT 16/06/1979 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Alberton Oval 124 - 114 11,695
SAT 16/06/1979 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Football Park 125 - 78 6,366
SAT 16/06/1979 2:10 PM Woodville v South Adelaide Woodville Oval 106 - 81 4,648
MON 18/06/1979 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Football Park 103 - 94 18,874

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Adelaide 1st 8 -0- 3 16 50.6% 1,007 982
Central District 2nd 7 -1- 3 15 51.0% 1,145 1,099
Port Adelaide 3rd 7 -0- 4 14 52.4% 1,078 978
Norwood 4th 6 -0- 5 12 55.0% 1,278 1,046
North Adelaide 5th 6 -0- 5 12 50.3% 1,165 1,149
Woodville 6th 5 -0- 6 10 51.1% 1,175 1,123
Glenelg 7th 4 -1- 6 9 49.2% 1,017 1,052
West Torrens 8th 4 -1- 6 9 46.3% 1,073 1,246
Sturt 9th 4 -0- 7 8 47.3% 1,121 1,251
West Adelaide 10th 2 -1- 8 5 47.2% 1,117 1,250

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/06/1979 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Norwood Oval 140 - 107 14,795
SAT 23/06/1979 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Football Park 105 - 76 5,467
SAT 23/06/1979 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Woodville Richmond Oval 81 - 111 3,410
SAT 23/06/1979 2:10 PM West Torrens v Central District Thebarton Oval 118 - 109 5,046
SUN 24/06/1979 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Football Park 153 - 80 15,502

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Adelaide 1st 9 -0- 3 18 51.2% 1,112 1,058
Central District 2nd 7 -1- 4 15 50.7% 1,254 1,217
Norwood 3rd 7 -0- 5 14 55.2% 1,418 1,153
Port Adelaide 4th 7 -0- 5 14 51.5% 1,185 1,118
Woodville 5th 6 -0- 6 12 51.6% 1,286 1,204
North Adelaide 6th 6 -0- 6 12 49.7% 1,241 1,254
West Torrens 7th 5 -1- 6 11 46.8% 1,191 1,355
Sturt 8th 5 -0- 7 10 48.9% 1,274 1,331
Glenelg 9th 4 -1- 7 9 47.7% 1,097 1,205
West Adelaide 10th 2 -1- 9 5 46.8% 1,198 1,361

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/06/1979 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Glenelg Oval 49 - 64 8,212
SAT 30/06/1979 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Football Park 56 - 125 3,630
SAT 30/06/1979 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Unley Oval 38 - 90 9,872
SAT 30/06/1979 2:10 PM Woodville v West Torrens Woodville Oval 53 - 66 4,579
SUN 01/07/1979 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Central District Adelaide Oval 79 - 116 7,315

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Adelaide 1st 9 -0- 4 18 50.4% 1,191 1,174
Central District 2nd 8 -1- 4 17 51.4% 1,370 1,296
Norwood 3rd 8 -0- 5 16 55.9% 1,508 1,191
Port Adelaide 4th 8 -0- 5 16 51.7% 1,249 1,167
West Torrens 5th 6 -1- 6 13 47.2% 1,257 1,408
Woodville 6th 6 -0- 7 12 51.3% 1,339 1,270
North Adelaide 7th 6 -0- 7 12 48.5% 1,297 1,379
Sturt 8th 5 -0- 8 10 48.0% 1,312 1,421
Glenelg 9th 4 -1- 8 9 47.5% 1,146 1,269
West Adelaide 10th 3 -1- 9 7 48.3% 1,323 1,417

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/07/1979 2:10 PM Central District v Glenelg Elizabeth Oval 93 - 88 7,647
SAT 07/07/1979 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Norwood Prospect Oval 115 - 92 6,791
SAT 07/07/1979 2:10 PM Sturt v West Adelaide Football Park 79 - 68 4,729
SAT 07/07/1979 2:10 PM Woodville v Port Adelaide Woodville Oval 68 - 84 7,060
SUN 08/07/1979 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Thebarton Oval 58 - 69 5,752

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Adelaide 1st 10 -0- 4 20 50.6% 1,260 1,232
Central District 2nd 9 -1- 4 19 51.4% 1,463 1,384
Port Adelaide 3rd 9 -0- 5 18 51.9% 1,333 1,235
Norwood 4th 8 -0- 6 16 55.1% 1,600 1,306
North Adelaide 5th 7 -0- 7 14 49.0% 1,412 1,471
West Torrens 6th 6 -1- 7 13 47.1% 1,315 1,477
Woodville 7th 6 -0- 8 12 51.0% 1,407 1,354
Sturt 8th 6 -0- 8 12 48.3% 1,391 1,489
Glenelg 9th 4 -1- 9 9 47.5% 1,234 1,362
West Adelaide 10th 3 -1- 10 7 48.2% 1,391 1,496

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/07/1979 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 161 - 135 7,303
SAT 14/07/1979 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Norwood Oval 143 - 55 7,000
SAT 14/07/1979 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Alberton Oval 132 - 79 9,375
SAT 14/07/1979 2:10 PM Sturt v West Torrens Unley Oval 121 - 76 8,620
SAT 14/07/1979 2:10 PM Woodville v Central District Football Park 115 - 65 5,175

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 10 -0- 5 20 52.7% 1,465 1,314
South Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 5 20 50.0% 1,395 1,393
Central District 3rd 9 -1- 5 19 50.5% 1,528 1,499
Norwood 4th 9 -0- 6 18 56.2% 1,743 1,361
Woodville 5th 7 -0- 8 14 51.8% 1,522 1,419
Sturt 6th 7 -0- 8 14 49.1% 1,512 1,565
North Adelaide 7th 7 -0- 8 14 48.2% 1,491 1,603
West Torrens 8th 6 -1- 8 13 46.5% 1,391 1,598
Glenelg 9th 5 -1- 9 11 48.2% 1,395 1,497
West Adelaide 10th 3 -1- 11 7 46.9% 1,446 1,639

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/07/1979 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Prospect Oval 71 - 100 4,490
SAT 21/07/1979 2:10 PM West Adelaide v South Adelaide Richmond Oval 80 - 55 2,064
SAT 21/07/1979 2:10 PM West Torrens v Port Adelaide Thebarton Oval 47 - 76 4,486
SAT 21/07/1979 2:10 PM Woodville v Glenelg Football Park 66 - 49 3,887
SUN 22/07/1979 2:10 PM Central District v Norwood Elizabeth Oval 85 - 83 8,427

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 11 -0- 5 22 53.1% 1,541 1,361
Central District 2nd 10 -1- 5 21 50.5% 1,613 1,582
South Adelaide 3rd 10 -0- 6 20 49.6% 1,450 1,473
Norwood 4th 9 -0- 7 18 55.8% 1,826 1,446
Woodville 5th 8 -0- 8 16 52.0% 1,588 1,468
Sturt 6th 8 -0- 8 16 49.6% 1,612 1,636
North Adelaide 7th 7 -0- 9 14 47.8% 1,562 1,703
West Torrens 8th 6 -1- 9 13 46.2% 1,438 1,674
Glenelg 9th 5 -1- 10 11 48.0% 1,444 1,563
West Adelaide 10th 4 -1- 11 9 47.4% 1,526 1,694

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/07/1979 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Torrens Football Park 129 - 63 6,132
SAT 28/07/1979 2:10 PM Norwood v South Adelaide Norwood Oval 92 - 77 8,449
SAT 28/07/1979 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Alberton Oval 123 - 127 7,604
SAT 28/07/1979 2:10 PM Sturt v Central District Unley Oval 95 - 98 10,327
SAT 28/07/1979 2:10 PM Woodville v North Adelaide Woodville Oval 120 - 64 3,554

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 11 -1- 5 23 50.5% 1,711 1,677
Port Adelaide 2nd 11 -0- 6 22 52.8% 1,664 1,488
Norwood 3rd 10 -0- 7 20 55.7% 1,918 1,523
South Adelaide 4th 10 -0- 7 20 49.4% 1,527 1,565
Woodville 5th 9 -0- 8 18 52.7% 1,708 1,532
Sturt 6th 8 -0- 9 16 49.6% 1,707 1,734
North Adelaide 7th 7 -0- 10 14 47.1% 1,626 1,823
Glenelg 8th 6 -1- 10 13 49.2% 1,573 1,626
West Torrens 9th 6 -1- 10 13 45.4% 1,501 1,803
West Adelaide 10th 5 -1- 11 11 47.6% 1,653 1,817

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/08/1979 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Glenelg Oval 118 - 157 6,645
SAT 04/08/1979 2:10 PM Norwood v Woodville Norwood Oval 92 - 99 8,382
SAT 04/08/1979 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Central District Football Park 79 - 133 17,765
SAT 04/08/1979 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 116 - 79 9,874
SUN 05/08/1979 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Football Park 85 - 59 3,373

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 12 -1- 5 25 51.2% 1,844 1,756
Port Adelaide 2nd 11 -0- 7 22 51.8% 1,743 1,621
South Adelaide 3rd 11 -0- 7 22 50.0% 1,643 1,644
Norwood 4th 10 -0- 8 20 55.3% 2,010 1,622
Woodville 5th 10 -0- 8 20 52.7% 1,807 1,624
Sturt 6th 8 -0- 10 16 49.1% 1,786 1,850
North Adelaide 7th 8 -0- 10 16 47.6% 1,711 1,882
Glenelg 8th 6 -1- 11 13 48.7% 1,691 1,783
West Adelaide 9th 6 -1- 11 13 48.3% 1,810 1,935
West Torrens 10th 6 -1- 11 13 45.2% 1,560 1,888

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/08/1979 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Prospect Oval 108 - 76 3,732
SAT 11/08/1979 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Alberton Oval 99 - 50 7,042
SAT 11/08/1979 2:10 PM Sturt v Woodville Football Park 68 - 62 5,047
SAT 11/08/1979 2:10 PM West Torrens v Norwood Thebarton Oval 89 - 32 3,818
SUN 12/08/1979 2:10 PM Central District v West Adelaide Football Park 110 - 92 8,774

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 13 -1- 5 27 51.4% 1,954 1,848
Port Adelaide 2nd 12 -0- 7 24 52.4% 1,842 1,671
South Adelaide 3rd 11 -0- 8 22 49.3% 1,693 1,743
Norwood 4th 10 -0- 9 20 54.4% 2,042 1,711
Woodville 5th 10 -0- 9 20 52.5% 1,869 1,692
Sturt 6th 9 -0- 10 18 49.2% 1,854 1,912
North Adelaide 7th 9 -0- 10 18 48.2% 1,819 1,958
West Torrens 8th 7 -1- 11 15 46.2% 1,649 1,920
Glenelg 9th 6 -1- 12 13 48.3% 1,767 1,891
West Adelaide 10th 6 -1- 12 13 48.2% 1,902 2,045

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/08/1979 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Glenelg Oval 103 - 86 6,847
SAT 18/08/1979 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Central District Football Park 85 - 117 7,168
SAT 18/08/1979 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Unley Oval 67 - 121 12,795
SUN 19/08/1979 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Richmond Oval 95 - 97 3,528
SUN 19/08/1979 2:10 PM Woodville v South Adelaide Football Park 58 - 84 6,084

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 14 -1- 5 29 51.7% 2,071 1,933
Port Adelaide 2nd 13 -0- 7 26 53.0% 1,963 1,738
South Adelaide 3rd 12 -0- 8 24 49.7% 1,777 1,801
Norwood 4th 10 -0- 10 20 54.0% 2,128 1,814
Woodville 5th 10 -0- 10 20 52.0% 1,927 1,776
Sturt 6th 9 -0- 11 18 48.6% 1,921 2,033
North Adelaide 7th 9 -0- 11 18 47.9% 1,904 2,075
West Torrens 8th 8 -1- 11 17 46.4% 1,746 2,015
Glenelg 9th 7 -1- 12 15 48.6% 1,870 1,977
West Adelaide 10th 6 -1- 13 13 48.2% 1,997 2,142

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/08/1979 2:10 PM Central District v West Torrens Elizabeth Oval 154 - 84 9,496
SAT 25/08/1979 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Glenelg Oval 151 - 128 8,833
SAT 25/08/1979 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 176 - 76 7,039
SAT 25/08/1979 2:10 PM Woodville v West Adelaide Football Park 106 - 138 3,785
SUN 26/08/1979 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Football Park 64 - 70 17,268

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 15 -1- 5 31 52.5% 2,225 2,017
Port Adelaide 2nd 14 -0- 7 28 53.0% 2,033 1,802
South Adelaide 3rd 13 -0- 8 26 51.0% 1,953 1,877
Norwood 4th 10 -0- 11 20 53.8% 2,192 1,884
Woodville 5th 10 -0- 11 20 51.5% 2,033 1,914
Sturt 6th 9 -0- 12 18 48.4% 2,049 2,184
North Adelaide 7th 9 -0- 12 18 46.8% 1,980 2,251
Glenelg 8th 8 -1- 12 17 49.0% 2,021 2,105
West Torrens 9th 8 -1- 12 17 45.8% 1,830 2,169
West Adelaide 10th 7 -1- 13 15 48.7% 2,135 2,248

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/09/1979 2:10 PM Central District v South Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 79 - 99 10,514
SAT 01/09/1979 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Prospect Oval 154 - 109 4,699
SAT 01/09/1979 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 147 - 82 9,757
SAT 01/09/1979 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Football Park 79 - 90 14,166
SAT 01/09/1979 2:10 PM Woodville v West Torrens Woodville Oval 98 - 129 3,137

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 15 -1- 6 31 52.1% 2,304 2,116
Port Adelaide 2nd 14 -0- 8 28 52.7% 2,112 1,892
South Adelaide 3rd 14 -0- 8 28 51.2% 2,052 1,956
Norwood 4th 11 -0- 11 22 54.3% 2,339 1,966
Woodville 5th 10 -0- 12 20 51.1% 2,131 2,043
North Adelaide 6th 10 -0- 12 20 47.5% 2,134 2,360
Glenelg 7th 9 -1- 12 19 49.2% 2,111 2,184
West Torrens 8th 9 -1- 12 19 46.4% 1,959 2,267
Sturt 9th 9 -0- 13 18 47.8% 2,131 2,331
West Adelaide 10th 7 -1- 14 15 48.3% 2,244 2,402

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/09/1979 2:10 PM Norwood v Woodville Football Park 130 - 64 21,925

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 09/09/1979 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Football Park 137 - 99 28,310

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/09/1979 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Football Park 106 - 85 22,113
SUN 16/09/1979 2:10 PM Central District v Port Adelaide Football Park 88 - 114 36,807

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/09/1979 2:10 PM Central District v South Adelaide Football Park 112 - 125 25,160

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/09/1979 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Football Park 63 - 32 50,428