1981 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1981 season of the South Australian National Football League.

It featured twenty-two rounds. Glenelg 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: 1981 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 Mike Nunan
Norwood Norwood Oval Neil Balme
Port Adelaide Alberton Oval John Cahill
South Adelaide Adelaide Oval Haydn Bunton
Sturt Unley Oval Jack Oatey
West Adelaide Richmond Oval Neil Kerley
West Torrens Thebarton Oval Lindsay Head
Woodville Woodville Oval Rod Olsson

Season Results

Premiers: Port Adelaide
Runners-Up: Glenelg
Minor Premiers: Glenelg

Team Results

Minor Premiership Results

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA GF BF GA BA
Glenelg 1st 19 -0- 3 38 57.7% 2,769 2,029 403 351 287 307
Port Adelaide 2nd 15 -0- 7 30 54.9% 2,414 1,983 341 368 289 249
South Adelaide 3rd 15 -0- 7 30 53.4% 2,296 2,002 338 268 288 274
Norwood 4th 13 -1- 8 27 53.7% 2,430 2,096 356 294 301 290
West Adelaide 5th 11 -1- 10 23 52.8% 2,526 2,259 363 348 324 315
Sturt 6th 11 -1- 10 23 49.7% 2,262 2,286 323 324 334 282
Central District 7th 11 -0- 11 22 53.0% 2,523 2,233 366 327 319 319
North Adelaide 8th 7 -0- 15 14 46.0% 2,179 2,558 308 331 368 350
West Torrens 9th 3 -1- 18 7 43.4% 2,020 2,631 297 238 379 357
Woodville 10th 3 -0- 19 6 36.5% 1,820 3,162 258 272 464 378

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/04/1981 2:10 PM North Adelaide v South Adelaide Prospect Oval 90 - 110 4,999
SAT 04/04/1981 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 125 - 125 10,448
SAT 04/04/1981 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Football Park 94 - 149 16,860
SAT 04/04/1981 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Woodville Richmond Oval 193 - 73 3,480
SAT 04/04/1981 2:10 PM West Torrens v Central District Thebarton Oval 129 - 113 5,524

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 1 -0- 0 2 72.6% 193 73
Glenelg 2nd 1 -0- 0 2 61.3% 149 94
South Adelaide 3rd 1 -0- 0 2 55.0% 110 90
West Torrens 4th 1 -0- 0 2 53.3% 129 113
Norwood 5th 0 -1- 0 1 50.0% 125 125
Sturt 0 -1- 0 1 50.0% 125 125
Central District 7th 0 -0- 1 0 46.7% 113 129
North Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 1 0 45.0% 90 110
Port Adelaide 9th 0 -0- 1 0 38.7% 94 149
Woodville 10th 0 -0- 1 0 27.4% 73 193

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/04/1981 2:10 PM Central District v North Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 63 - 107 5,587
SAT 11/04/1981 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Glenelg Oval 96 - 72 10,630
SAT 11/04/1981 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 156 - 63 3,316
SAT 11/04/1981 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Football Park 123 - 100 15,859
SUN 12/04/1981 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Football Park 168 - 111 10,314

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Adelaide 1st 2 -0- 0 4 66.2% 361 184
South Adelaide 2nd 2 -0- 0 4 63.5% 266 153
Glenelg 3rd 2 -0- 0 4 59.6% 245 166
Sturt 4th 1 -1- 0 3 52.4% 248 225
North Adelaide 5th 1 -0- 1 2 53.2% 197 173
West Torrens 6th 1 -0- 1 2 46.1% 240 281
Norwood 7th 0 -1- 1 1 47.1% 197 221
Central District 8th 0 -0- 2 0 42.7% 176 236
Port Adelaide 9th 0 -0- 2 0 41.6% 194 272
Woodville 10th 0 -0- 2 0 28.0% 136 349

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/04/1981 2:10 PM Central District v Norwood Adelaide Oval 103 - 98 9,580
SAT 18/04/1981 2:10 PM Glenelg v Woodville Football Park 199 - 82 5,565
SAT 18/04/1981 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Prospect Oval 139 - 116 7,512
SAT 18/04/1981 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Alberton Oval 128 - 119 11,037
SAT 18/04/1981 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Unley Oval 98 - 85 9,332

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 3 -0- 0 6 64.2% 444 248
Sturt 2nd 2 -1- 0 5 52.7% 346 310
West Adelaide 3rd 2 -0- 1 4 59.6% 477 323
South Adelaide 4th 2 -0- 1 4 58.3% 351 251
North Adelaide 5th 2 -0- 1 4 53.8% 336 289
West Torrens 6th 1 -0- 2 2 46.7% 359 409
Central District 7th 1 -0- 2 2 45.5% 279 334
Port Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 2 2 45.2% 322 391
Norwood 9th 0 -1- 2 1 47.7% 295 324
Woodville 10th 0 -0- 3 0 28.5% 218 548

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/04/1981 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Prospect Oval 145 - 112 7,522
SAT 25/04/1981 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Football Park 98 - 62 17,900
SAT 25/04/1981 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 113 - 62 6,631
SAT 25/04/1981 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Unley Oval 101 - 122 13,492
SAT 25/04/1981 2:10 PM Woodville v Central District Woodville Oval 78 - 108 3,710

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 4 -0- 0 8 61.9% 566 349
South Adelaide 2nd 3 -0- 1 6 59.7% 464 313
North Adelaide 3rd 3 -0- 1 6 54.5% 481 401
Sturt 4th 2 -1- 1 5 50.9% 447 432
West Adelaide 5th 2 -0- 2 4 55.3% 539 436
Central District 6th 2 -0- 2 4 48.4% 387 412
Port Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 2 4 48.1% 420 453
West Torrens 8th 1 -0- 3 2 46.0% 471 554
Norwood 9th 0 -1- 3 1 45.8% 357 422
Woodville 10th 0 -0- 4 0 31.1% 296 656

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/05/1981 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 132 - 123 9,422
SAT 02/05/1981 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Woodville Football Park 150 - 117 3,663
SAT 02/05/1981 2:10 PM Norwood v West Torrens Norwood Oval 111 - 107 9,532
SAT 02/05/1981 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Sturt Richmond Oval 138 - 77 6,157
SUN 03/05/1981 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Central District Football Park 102 - 96 17,416

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 5 -0- 0 10 59.7% 698 472
North Adelaide 2nd 4 -0- 1 8 54.9% 631 518
West Adelaide 3rd 3 -0- 2 6 56.9% 677 513
South Adelaide 4th 3 -0- 2 6 56.9% 587 445
Port Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 2 6 48.7% 522 549
Sturt 6th 2 -1- 2 5 47.9% 524 570
Central District 7th 2 -0- 3 4 48.4% 483 514
Norwood 8th 1 -1- 3 3 46.9% 468 529
West Torrens 9th 1 -0- 4 2 46.5% 578 665
Woodville 10th 0 -0- 5 0 33.9% 413 806

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/05/1981 2:10 PM Central District v Glenelg Football Park 97 - 123 8,574
SAT 09/05/1981 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Prospect Oval 104 - 108 7,270
SAT 09/05/1981 2:10 PM Norwood v Woodville Adelaide Oval 139 - 65 5,549
SAT 09/05/1981 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Alberton Oval 86 - 102 10,277
SAT 09/05/1981 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Thebarton Oval 45 - 72 4,065

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 6 -0- 0 12 59.1% 821 569
South Adelaide 2nd 4 -0- 2 8 57.4% 659 490
West Adelaide 3rd 4 -0- 2 8 56.5% 779 599
North Adelaide 4th 4 -0- 2 8 54.0% 735 626
Sturt 5th 3 -1- 2 7 48.4% 632 674
Port Adelaide 6th 3 -0- 3 6 48.3% 608 651
Norwood 7th 2 -1- 3 5 50.5% 607 594
Central District 8th 2 -0- 4 4 47.7% 580 637
West Torrens 9th 1 -0- 5 2 45.8% 623 737
Woodville 10th 0 -0- 6 0 33.6% 478 945

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/05/1981 2:10 PM Central District v South Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 92 - 105 5,862
SAT 16/05/1981 2:10 PM Glenelg v North Adelaide Glenelg Oval 175 - 69 8,965
SAT 16/05/1981 2:10 PM Sturt v West Torrens Football Park 100 - 85 8,472
SAT 16/05/1981 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Richmond Oval 102 - 142 8,032
SAT 16/05/1981 2:10 PM Woodville v Port Adelaide Woodville Oval 105 - 119 6,482

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 7 -0- 0 14 61.0% 996 638
South Adelaide 2nd 5 -0- 2 10 56.8% 764 582
Sturt 3rd 4 -1- 2 9 49.1% 732 759
West Adelaide 4th 4 -0- 3 8 54.3% 881 741
North Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 3 8 50.1% 804 801
Port Adelaide 6th 4 -0- 3 8 49.0% 727 756
Norwood 7th 3 -1- 3 7 51.8% 749 696
Central District 8th 2 -0- 5 4 47.5% 672 742
West Torrens 9th 1 -0- 6 2 45.8% 708 837
Woodville 10th 0 -0- 7 0 35.4% 583 1,064

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/05/1981 2:10 PM Central District v West Adelaide Football Park 132 - 72 5,312
SAT 23/05/1981 2:10 PM Norwood v South Adelaide Norwood Oval 123 - 95 8,621
SAT 23/05/1981 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Alberton Oval 82 - 132 9,014
SAT 23/05/1981 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Thebarton Oval 104 - 147 5,919
SAT 23/05/1981 2:10 PM Woodville v Sturt Woodville Oval 45 - 206 3,844

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 8 -0- 0 16 60.6% 1,143 742
Sturt 2nd 5 -1- 2 11 53.8% 938 804
South Adelaide 3rd 5 -0- 3 10 54.9% 859 705
North Adelaide 4th 5 -0- 3 10 51.5% 936 883
Norwood 5th 4 -1- 3 9 52.4% 872 791
West Adelaide 6th 4 -0- 4 8 52.2% 953 873
Port Adelaide 7th 4 -0- 4 8 47.7% 809 888
Central District 8th 3 -0- 5 6 49.7% 804 814
West Torrens 9th 1 -0- 7 2 45.2% 812 984
Woodville 10th 0 -0- 8 0 33.1% 628 1,270

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/05/1981 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Glenelg Oval 141 - 117 8,503
SAT 30/05/1981 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Football Park 121 - 83 10,935
SAT 30/05/1981 2:10 PM Sturt v Central District Unley Oval 137 - 111 8,182
SAT 30/05/1981 2:10 PM Woodville v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 168 - 131 4,312
SUN 31/05/1981 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Football Park 89 - 97 12,912

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 9 -0- 0 18 59.9% 1,284 859
Sturt 2nd 6 -1- 2 13 54.0% 1,075 915
South Adelaide 3rd 6 -0- 3 12 54.6% 956 794
Norwood 4th 5 -1- 3 11 53.2% 993 874
North Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 4 10 50.4% 1,019 1,004
West Adelaide 6th 4 -0- 5 8 51.3% 1,070 1,014
Port Adelaide 7th 4 -0- 5 8 47.7% 898 985
Central District 8th 3 -0- 6 6 49.0% 915 951
West Torrens 9th 1 -0- 8 2 45.0% 943 1,152
Woodville 10th 1 -0- 8 2 36.2% 796 1,401

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/06/1981 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Football Park 87 - 88 19,240
SAT 06/06/1981 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 182 - 80 4,002
SAT 06/06/1981 2:10 PM West Torrens v West Adelaide Thebarton Oval 69 - 108 5,179
MON 08/06/1981 2:10 PM Central District v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 117 - 87 9,240
MON 08/06/1981 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Football Park 71 - 105 26,107

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 10 -0- 0 20 59.2% 1,372 946
South Adelaide 2nd 7 -0- 3 14 56.6% 1,138 874
Sturt 3rd 6 -1- 3 13 52.9% 1,146 1,020
Norwood 4th 5 -1- 4 11 52.9% 1,080 962
West Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 5 10 52.1% 1,178 1,083
North Adelaide 6th 5 -0- 5 10 49.7% 1,106 1,121
Port Adelaide 7th 5 -0- 5 10 48.7% 1,003 1,056
Central District 8th 4 -0- 6 8 49.9% 1,032 1,038
West Torrens 9th 1 -0- 9 2 44.5% 1,012 1,260
Woodville 10th 1 -0- 9 2 35.6% 876 1,583

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/06/1981 2:10 PM Central District v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 207 - 102 5,253
SAT 13/06/1981 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Glenelg Oval 68 - 89 14,953
SAT 13/06/1981 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Football Park 141 - 72 4,248
SAT 13/06/1981 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Unley Oval 107 - 80 10,691
SAT 13/06/1981 2:10 PM Woodville v West Adelaide Woodville Oval 88 - 160 2,522

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 10 -0- 1 20 58.2% 1,440 1,035
South Adelaide 2nd 8 -0- 3 16 57.5% 1,279 946
Sturt 3rd 7 -1- 3 15 53.3% 1,253 1,100
West Adelaide 4th 6 -0- 5 12 53.3% 1,338 1,171
Port Adelaide 5th 6 -0- 5 12 49.3% 1,092 1,124
Norwood 6th 5 -1- 5 11 52.0% 1,160 1,069
Central District 7th 5 -0- 6 10 52.1% 1,239 1,140
North Adelaide 8th 5 -0- 6 10 48.3% 1,178 1,262
West Torrens 9th 1 -0- 10 2 43.2% 1,114 1,467
Woodville 10th 1 -0- 10 2 35.6% 964 1,743

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/06/1981 2:10 PM Central District v Norwood Elizabeth Oval 177 - 75 8,798
SAT 20/06/1981 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 150 - 97 8,996
SAT 20/06/1981 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Football Park 57 - 88 7,149
SAT 20/06/1981 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Richmond Oval 185 - 121 3,541
SAT 20/06/1981 2:10 PM Woodville v Glenelg Woodville Oval 69 - 122 3,435

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 11 -0- 1 22 58.6% 1,562 1,104
South Adelaide 2nd 9 -0- 3 18 57.7% 1,367 1,003
Sturt 3rd 7 -1- 4 15 52.4% 1,310 1,188
West Adelaide 4th 7 -0- 5 14 54.1% 1,523 1,292
Port Adelaide 5th 7 -0- 5 14 50.4% 1,242 1,221
Central District 6th 6 -0- 6 12 53.8% 1,416 1,215
Norwood 7th 5 -1- 6 11 49.8% 1,235 1,246
North Adelaide 8th 5 -0- 7 10 47.3% 1,299 1,447
West Torrens 9th 1 -0- 11 2 42.8% 1,211 1,617
Woodville 10th 1 -0- 11 2 35.6% 1,033 1,865

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/06/1981 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Football Park 104 - 96 10,254
SAT 27/06/1981 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Norwood Oval 58 - 59 12,442
SAT 27/06/1981 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 108 - 97 5,119
SAT 27/06/1981 2:10 PM West Torrens v North Adelaide Thebarton Oval 62 - 61 3,156
SUN 28/06/1981 2:10 PM Central District v Woodville Football Park 73 - 96 4,543

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 12 -0- 1 24 58.1% 1,666 1,200
South Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 3 20 57.3% 1,475 1,100
Port Adelaide 3rd 8 -0- 5 16 50.4% 1,301 1,279
Sturt 4th 7 -1- 5 15 52.1% 1,406 1,292
West Adelaide 5th 7 -0- 6 14 53.6% 1,620 1,400
Central District 6th 6 -0- 7 12 53.2% 1,489 1,311
Norwood 7th 5 -1- 7 11 49.8% 1,293 1,305
North Adelaide 8th 5 -0- 8 10 47.4% 1,360 1,509
West Torrens 9th 2 -0- 11 4 43.1% 1,273 1,678
Woodville 10th 2 -0- 11 4 36.8% 1,129 1,938

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/07/1981 2:10 PM Central District v Port Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 90 - 67 11,189
SAT 04/07/1981 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Woodville Prospect Oval 75 - 48 2,408
SAT 04/07/1981 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 69 - 119 8,270
SAT 04/07/1981 2:10 PM Sturt v West Adelaide Unley Oval 62 - 93 5,455
SAT 04/07/1981 2:10 PM West Torrens v Norwood Football Park 80 - 83 6,545

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 13 -0- 1 26 58.4% 1,785 1,269
South Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 4 20 55.9% 1,544 1,219
West Adelaide 3rd 8 -0- 6 16 54.0% 1,713 1,462
Port Adelaide 4th 8 -0- 6 16 50.0% 1,368 1,369
Sturt 5th 7 -1- 6 15 51.5% 1,468 1,385
Central District 6th 7 -0- 7 14 53.4% 1,579 1,378
Norwood 7th 6 -1- 7 13 49.8% 1,376 1,385
North Adelaide 8th 6 -0- 8 12 48.0% 1,435 1,557
West Torrens 9th 2 -0- 12 4 43.4% 1,353 1,761
Woodville 10th 2 -0- 12 4 36.9% 1,177 2,013

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/07/1981 2:10 PM Glenelg v Central District Glenelg Oval 111 - 100 8,232
SAT 11/07/1981 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Unley Oval 52 - 91 5,096
SAT 11/07/1981 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Richmond Oval 58 - 67 9,745
SAT 11/07/1981 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Football Park 43 - 69 4,134
SAT 11/07/1981 2:10 PM Woodville v Norwood Woodville Oval 59 - 85 4,147

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 14 -0- 1 28 58.1% 1,896 1,369
South Adelaide 2nd 11 -0- 4 22 56.1% 1,613 1,262
Port Adelaide 3rd 9 -0- 6 18 50.1% 1,435 1,427
West Adelaide 4th 8 -0- 7 16 53.7% 1,771 1,529
Sturt 5th 7 -1- 7 15 50.7% 1,520 1,476
Norwood 6th 7 -1- 7 15 50.3% 1,461 1,444
Central District 7th 7 -0- 8 14 53.0% 1,679 1,489
North Adelaide 8th 7 -0- 8 14 48.7% 1,526 1,609
West Torrens 9th 2 -0- 13 4 43.3% 1,396 1,830
Woodville 10th 2 -0- 13 4 37.1% 1,236 2,098

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/07/1981 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Norwood Oval 153 - 114 9,809
SAT 18/07/1981 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Woodville Alberton Oval 217 - 80 6,898
SAT 18/07/1981 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Central District Adelaide Oval 110 - 93 7,416
SAT 18/07/1981 2:10 PM West Torrens v Sturt Football Park 118 - 124 6,983
SUN 19/07/1981 2:10 PM Glenelg v North Adelaide Football Park 144 - 97 9,960

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 15 -0- 1 30 58.2% 2,040 1,466
South Adelaide 2nd 12 -0- 4 24 56.0% 1,723 1,355
Port Adelaide 3rd 10 -0- 6 20 52.3% 1,652 1,507
Norwood 4th 8 -1- 7 17 50.9% 1,614 1,558
Sturt 5th 8 -1- 7 17 50.8% 1,644 1,594
West Adelaide 6th 8 -0- 8 16 52.8% 1,885 1,682
Central District 7th 7 -0- 9 14 52.6% 1,772 1,599
North Adelaide 8th 7 -0- 9 14 48.1% 1,623 1,753
West Torrens 9th 2 -0- 14 4 43.7% 1,514 1,954
Woodville 10th 2 -0- 14 4 36.2% 1,316 2,315

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/07/1981 2:10 PM Central District v West Torrens Elizabeth Oval 136 - 59 5,272
SAT 25/07/1981 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Alberton Oval 72 - 98 14,966
SAT 25/07/1981 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 100 - 99 4,361
SAT 25/07/1981 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Woodville Football Park 131 - 107 2,257
SUN 26/07/1981 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Football Park 73 - 148 15,860

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 16 -0- 1 32 58.2% 2,138 1,538
South Adelaide 2nd 13 -0- 4 26 55.6% 1,823 1,454
Port Adelaide 3rd 10 -0- 7 20 51.8% 1,724 1,605
Norwood 4th 9 -1- 7 19 51.9% 1,762 1,631
West Adelaide 5th 9 -0- 8 18 53.0% 2,016 1,789
Sturt 6th 8 -1- 8 17 49.6% 1,717 1,742
Central District 7th 8 -0- 9 16 53.5% 1,908 1,658
North Adelaide 8th 7 -0- 10 14 48.2% 1,722 1,853
West Torrens 9th 2 -0- 15 4 42.9% 1,573 2,090
Woodville 10th 2 -0- 15 4 36.8% 1,423 2,446

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/08/1981 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Prospect Oval 91 - 145 9,037
SAT 01/08/1981 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Football Park 53 - 140 10,774
SAT 08/08/1981 2:10 PM Central District v West Adelaide Football Park 94 - 73 6,027
SAT 08/08/1981 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 50 - 43 5,403
SAT 08/08/1981 2:10 PM Sturt v Woodville Unley Oval 88 - 26 2,784

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 17 -0- 1 34 58.1% 2,188 1,581
South Adelaide 2nd 13 -0- 5 26 54.1% 1,876 1,594
Port Adelaide 3rd 11 -0- 7 22 52.4% 1,869 1,696
Norwood 4th 10 -1- 7 21 53.0% 1,902 1,684
Sturt 5th 9 -1- 8 19 50.5% 1,805 1,768
Central District 6th 9 -0- 9 18 53.6% 2,002 1,731
West Adelaide 7th 9 -0- 9 18 52.6% 2,089 1,883
North Adelaide 8th 7 -0- 11 14 47.6% 1,813 1,998
West Torrens 9th 2 -0- 16 4 43.0% 1,616 2,140
Woodville 10th 2 -0- 16 4 36.4% 1,449 2,534

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/08/1981 2:10 PM Central District v Sturt Elizabeth Oval 94 - 118 9,298
SAT 15/08/1981 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Football Park 119 - 94 8,717
SAT 15/08/1981 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 130 - 55 8,280
SAT 15/08/1981 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Alberton Oval 107 - 63 10,461
SAT 15/08/1981 2:10 PM West Torrens v Woodville Adelaide Oval 118 - 123 3,463

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 18 -0- 1 36 57.9% 2,307 1,675
South Adelaide 2nd 13 -0- 6 26 53.3% 1,939 1,701
Port Adelaide 3rd 12 -0- 7 24 52.9% 1,976 1,759
Norwood 4th 11 -1- 7 23 53.9% 2,032 1,739
Sturt 5th 10 -1- 8 21 50.8% 1,923 1,862
Central District 6th 9 -0- 10 18 53.1% 2,096 1,849
West Adelaide 7th 9 -0- 10 18 52.2% 2,183 2,002
North Adelaide 8th 7 -0- 12 14 46.7% 1,868 2,128
Woodville 9th 3 -0- 16 6 37.2% 1,572 2,652
West Torrens 10th 2 -0- 17 4 43.4% 1,734 2,263

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/08/1981 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Central District Prospect Oval 74 - 121 4,075
SAT 22/08/1981 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Football Park 133 - 105 17,046
SAT 22/08/1981 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Alberton Oval 130 - 81 11,537
SAT 22/08/1981 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Richmond Oval 58 - 58 3,022
SAT 22/08/1981 2:10 PM Woodville v South Adelaide Woodville Oval 55 - 113 1,839

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 18 -0- 2 36 57.2% 2,412 1,808
South Adelaide 2nd 14 -0- 6 28 53.9% 2,052 1,756
Port Adelaide 3rd 13 -0- 7 26 53.4% 2,106 1,840
Norwood 4th 12 -1- 7 25 54.0% 2,165 1,844
Sturt 5th 10 -1- 9 21 50.2% 2,004 1,992
Central District 6th 10 -0- 10 20 53.6% 2,217 1,923
West Adelaide 7th 9 -1- 10 19 52.1% 2,241 2,060
North Adelaide 8th 7 -0- 13 14 46.3% 1,942 2,249
Woodville 9th 3 -0- 17 6 37.0% 1,627 2,765
West Torrens 10th 2 -1- 17 5 43.6% 1,792 2,321

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/08/1981 2:10 PM Glenelg v Woodville Glenelg Oval 224 - 75 4,645
SAT 29/08/1981 2:10 PM Norwood v Central District Norwood Oval 192 - 133 11,846
SAT 29/08/1981 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Football Park 161 - 112 7,120
SAT 29/08/1981 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 151 - 116 3,839
SAT 29/08/1981 2:10 PM West Torrens v Port Adelaide Thebarton Oval 70 - 189 7,007

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 19 -0- 2 38 58.3% 2,636 1,883
South Adelaide 2nd 15 -0- 6 30 54.2% 2,213 1,868
Port Adelaide 3rd 14 -0- 7 28 54.6% 2,295 1,910
Norwood 4th 13 -1- 7 27 54.4% 2,357 1,977
West Adelaide 5th 10 -1- 10 21 52.4% 2,392 2,176
Sturt 6th 10 -1- 10 21 49.6% 2,116 2,153
Central District 7th 10 -0- 11 20 52.6% 2,350 2,115
North Adelaide 8th 7 -0- 14 14 46.2% 2,058 2,400
Woodville 9th 3 -0- 18 6 36.3% 1,702 2,989
West Torrens 10th 2 -1- 18 5 42.6% 1,862 2,510

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/09/1981 2:10 PM Central District v Woodville Elizabeth Oval 173 - 118 4,654
SAT 05/09/1981 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Football Park 119 - 73 35,213
SAT 05/09/1981 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 146 - 133 10,669
SAT 05/09/1981 2:10 PM West Adelaide v South Adelaide Richmond Oval 134 - 83 4,109
SAT 05/09/1981 2:10 PM West Torrens v North Adelaide Thebarton Oval 158 - 121 2,787

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 19 -0- 3 38 57.7% 2,769 2,029
Port Adelaide 2nd 15 -0- 7 30 54.9% 2,414 1,983
South Adelaide 3rd 15 -0- 7 30 53.4% 2,296 2,002
Norwood 4th 13 -1- 8 27 53.7% 2,430 2,096
West Adelaide 5th 11 -1- 10 23 52.8% 2,526 2,259
Sturt 6th 11 -1- 10 23 49.7% 2,262 2,286
Central District 7th 11 -0- 11 22 53.0% 2,523 2,233
North Adelaide 8th 7 -0- 15 14 46.0% 2,179 2,558
West Torrens 9th 3 -1- 18 7 43.4% 2,020 2,631
Woodville 10th 3 -0- 19 6 36.5% 1,820 3,162

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/09/1981 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Football Park 163 - 130 23,843

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 13/09/1981 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Football Park 130 - 89 24,570

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/09/1981 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Football Park 50 - 133 23,719
SUN 20/09/1981 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Football Park 93 - 147 35,002

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 27/09/1981 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Football Park 86 - 31 29,711

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/10/1981 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Football Park 95 - 44 52,659