1985 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1985 season of the South Australian National Football League.

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

The season ended with a finals series following the McIntyre Final Five system. Glenelg were the premiers, with Graham Cornes as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1985 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 Kevin Neale
Glenelg Glenelg Oval Graham Cornes
North Adelaide Prospect Oval Mike Nunan
Norwood Norwood Oval Neil Balme
Port Adelaide Alberton Oval Russell Ebert
South Adelaide Adelaide Oval Don Scott Rick Davies
Sturt Unley Oval Merv Keane
West Adelaide Richmond Oval John Cahill
West Torrens Thebarton Oval Glenn Elliott
Woodville Woodville Oval Malcolm Blight

Season Results

Premiers: Glenelg
Runners-Up: North 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 15 -0- 7 30 52.7% 2,738 2,460 401 332 365 270
Norwood 2nd 14 -1- 7 29 52.4% 2,602 2,362 393 244 344 298
Glenelg 3rd 14 -0- 8 28 54.4% 2,704 2,263 395 334 332 271
West Adelaide 4th 13 -0- 9 26 52.4% 2,856 2,591 421 330 383 293
Sturt 5th 12 -1- 9 25 52.6% 2,741 2,470 407 299 364 286
Central District 6th 11 -0- 11 22 51.0% 2,649 2,546 394 285 375 296
Port Adelaide 7th 8 -0- 14 16 46.9% 2,464 2,786 357 322 414 302
South Adelaide 8th 8 -0- 14 16 46.2% 2,315 2,693 341 269 398 305
West Torrens 9th 8 -0- 14 16 45.7% 2,481 2,946 365 291 432 354
Woodville 10th 6 -0- 16 12 46.4% 2,752 3,185 408 304 475 335

Overall Premiership Results

Team Position (Outcome)
Glenelg 1st Premiers
North Adelaide 2nd Runners-Up
West Adelaide 3rd Defeated by North Adelaide (Preliminary Final)
Norwood 4th Defeated by West Adelaide (Semi Final)
Sturt 5th Defeated by West Adelaide (Elimination Final)
Central District 6th Did not qualify for finals
Port Adelaide 7th Did not qualify for finals
South 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 06/04/1985 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Central District Prospect Oval 162 - 96 6,627
SAT 06/04/1985 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Football Park 150 - 147 13,304
SAT 06/04/1985 2:10 PM Woodville v South Adelaide Woodville Oval 116 - 102 2,862
MON 08/04/1985 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Glenelg Oval 204 - 116 13,596
MON 08/04/1985 2:10 PM West Torrens v West Adelaide Football Park 163 - 111 6,279

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 1 -0- 0 2 63.8% 204 116
North Adelaide 2nd 1 -0- 0 2 62.8% 162 96
West Torrens 3rd 1 -0- 0 2 59.5% 163 111
Woodville 4th 1 -0- 0 2 53.2% 116 102
Norwood 5th 1 -0- 0 2 50.5% 150 147
Sturt 6th 0 -0- 1 0 49.5% 147 150
South Adelaide 7th 0 -0- 1 0 46.8% 102 116
West Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 1 0 40.5% 111 163
Central District 9th 0 -0- 1 0 37.2% 96 162
Port Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 1 0 36.3% 116 204

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/04/1985 2:10 PM Central District v Woodville Elizabeth Oval 179 - 108 4,220
SAT 13/04/1985 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Norwood Oval 81 - 67 11,314
SAT 13/04/1985 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Football Park 138 - 120 11,277
SAT 13/04/1985 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 95 - 140 4,449
SAT 13/04/1985 2:10 PM West Torrens v North Adelaide Thebarton Oval 111 - 161 6,401

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 2 -0- 0 4 60.9% 323 207
Norwood 2nd 2 -0- 0 4 51.9% 231 214
Glenelg 3rd 1 -0- 1 2 57.9% 271 197
Central District 4th 1 -0- 1 2 50.5% 275 270
West Torrens 5th 1 -0- 1 2 50.2% 274 272
West Adelaide 6th 1 -0- 1 2 49.3% 251 258
Woodville 7th 1 -0- 1 2 44.4% 224 281
Port Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 1 2 43.9% 254 324
Sturt 9th 0 -0- 2 0 48.1% 267 288
South Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 2 0 43.5% 197 256

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/04/1985 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Torrens Football Park 115 - 104 7,561
SAT 20/04/1985 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 154 - 100 12,446
SAT 20/04/1985 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Central District Alberton Oval 111 - 147 8,437
SAT 20/04/1985 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Unley Oval 118 - 106 5,847
SAT 20/04/1985 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Woodville Richmond Oval 113 - 169 2,985

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 3 -0- 0 6 60.8% 477 307
Glenelg 2nd 2 -0- 1 4 56.2% 386 301
Central District 3rd 2 -0- 1 4 52.6% 422 381
Woodville 4th 2 -0- 1 4 49.9% 393 394
Norwood 5th 2 -0- 1 4 47.4% 331 368
Sturt 6th 1 -0- 2 2 49.4% 385 394
West Torrens 7th 1 -0- 2 2 49.4% 378 387
West Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 2 2 46.0% 364 427
Port Adelaide 9th 1 -0- 2 2 43.7% 365 471
South Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 3 0 44.8% 303 374

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
THU 25/04/1985 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Woodville Football Park 163 - 134 31,797
THU 25/04/1985 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Football Park 127 - 152 31,797
THU 25/04/1985 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 90 - 118 6,951
SAT 27/04/1985 2:10 PM Central District v West Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 126 - 135 6,885
SAT 27/04/1985 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Football Park 167 - 96 11,631

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 4 -0- 0 8 59.2% 640 441
Glenelg 2nd 3 -0- 1 6 58.2% 553 397
Norwood 3rd 3 -0- 1 6 49.4% 483 495
Central District 4th 2 -0- 2 4 51.5% 548 516
West Torrens 5th 2 -0- 2 4 51.0% 496 477
Woodville 6th 2 -0- 2 4 48.6% 527 557
West Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 2 4 47.4% 499 553
Sturt 8th 1 -0- 3 2 46.2% 481 561
Port Adelaide 9th 1 -0- 3 2 44.1% 492 623
South Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 4 0 44.4% 393 492

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/05/1985 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Football Park 142 - 95 6,918
SAT 04/05/1985 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 93 - 131 6,387
SAT 04/05/1985 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Richmond Oval 134 - 155 12,260
SAT 04/05/1985 2:10 PM West Torrens v Central District Thebarton Oval 157 - 107 5,552
SAT 04/05/1985 2:10 PM Woodville v Sturt Woodville Oval 109 - 174 4,580

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 5 -0- 0 10 59.3% 782 536
Glenelg 2nd 4 -0- 1 8 57.1% 708 531
Norwood 3rd 4 -0- 1 8 51.1% 614 588
West Torrens 4th 3 -0- 2 6 52.8% 653 584
Sturt 5th 2 -0- 3 4 49.4% 655 670
Central District 6th 2 -0- 3 4 49.3% 655 673
West Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 3 4 47.2% 633 708
Woodville 8th 2 -0- 3 4 46.5% 636 731
Port Adelaide 9th 1 -0- 4 2 43.4% 587 765
South Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 5 0 43.8% 486 623

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/05/1985 2:10 PM Glenelg v Woodville Glenelg Oval 185 - 102 4,768
SAT 11/05/1985 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Prospect Oval 158 - 124 6,596
SAT 11/05/1985 2:10 PM Norwood v West Torrens Norwood Oval 147 - 97 9,843
SAT 11/05/1985 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Alberton Oval 142 - 75 5,737
SAT 11/05/1985 2:10 PM Sturt v Central District Football Park 161 - 65 7,050

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 6 -0- 0 12 58.8% 940 660
Glenelg 2nd 5 -0- 1 10 58.5% 893 633
Norwood 3rd 5 -0- 1 10 52.6% 761 685
Sturt 4th 3 -0- 3 6 52.6% 816 735
West Torrens 5th 3 -0- 3 6 50.6% 750 731
West Adelaide 6th 2 -0- 4 4 46.6% 757 866
Port Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 4 4 46.5% 729 840
Central District 8th 2 -0- 4 4 46.3% 720 834
Woodville 9th 2 -0- 4 4 44.6% 738 916
South Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 6 0 42.3% 561 765

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/05/1985 2:10 PM Glenelg v North Adelaide Glenelg Oval 78 - 98 11,572
SAT 18/05/1985 2:10 PM Norwood v Woodville Football Park 119 - 96 5,313
SAT 18/05/1985 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Sturt Richmond Oval 87 - 122 4,735
MON 20/05/1985 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Football Park 76 - 167 15,538
MON 20/05/1985 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Central District Adelaide Oval 93 - 154 6,750

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 7 -0- 0 14 58.4% 1,038 738
Norwood 2nd 6 -0- 1 12 53.0% 880 781
Glenelg 3rd 5 -0- 2 10 57.1% 971 731
Sturt 4th 4 -0- 3 8 53.3% 938 822
West Torrens 5th 4 -0- 3 8 53.2% 917 807
Central District 6th 3 -0- 4 6 48.5% 874 927
West Adelaide 7th 2 -0- 5 4 46.1% 844 988
Woodville 8th 2 -0- 5 4 44.6% 834 1,035
Port Adelaide 9th 2 -0- 5 4 44.4% 805 1,007
South Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 7 0 41.6% 654 919

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/05/1985 2:10 PM Norwood v Central District Norwood Oval 121 - 80 8,650
SAT 25/05/1985 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 122 - 92 6,352
SAT 25/05/1985 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Unley Oval 98 - 103 11,017
SAT 25/05/1985 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Football Park 95 - 96 9,488
SAT 25/05/1985 2:10 PM West Torrens v Woodville Thebarton Oval 155 - 109 4,854

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 8 -0- 0 16 57.7% 1,141 836
Norwood 2nd 7 -0- 1 14 53.8% 1,001 861
Glenelg 3rd 5 -0- 3 10 55.5% 1,063 853
West Torrens 4th 5 -0- 3 10 53.9% 1,072 916
Sturt 5th 4 -0- 4 8 52.8% 1,036 925
Central District 6th 3 -0- 5 6 47.7% 954 1,048
Port Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 5 6 45.0% 901 1,102
West Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 6 4 46.4% 939 1,084
Woodville 9th 2 -0- 6 4 44.2% 943 1,190
South Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 7 2 43.4% 776 1,011

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/06/1985 2:10 PM Glenelg v Central District Football Park 102 - 111 7,042
SAT 01/06/1985 2:10 PM North Adelaide v South Adelaide Prospect Oval 149 - 69 6,456
SAT 01/06/1985 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Norwood Oval 85 - 112 7,997
SAT 01/06/1985 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 109 - 128 6,520
SAT 01/06/1985 2:10 PM West Torrens v Sturt Thebarton Oval 114 - 137 9,135

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 9 -0- 0 18 58.8% 1,290 905
Norwood 2nd 7 -0- 2 14 52.7% 1,086 973
Glenelg 3rd 5 -0- 4 10 54.7% 1,165 964
West Torrens 4th 5 -0- 4 10 53.0% 1,186 1,053
Sturt 5th 5 -0- 4 10 53.0% 1,173 1,039
Central District 6th 4 -0- 5 8 48.1% 1,065 1,150
West Adelaide 7th 3 -0- 6 6 47.3% 1,051 1,169
Woodville 8th 3 -0- 6 6 45.2% 1,071 1,299
Port Adelaide 9th 3 -0- 6 6 45.1% 1,010 1,230
South Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 8 2 42.1% 845 1,160

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/06/1985 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Football Park 129 - 117 14,332
SAT 08/06/1985 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Richmond Oval 98 - 117 6,428
MON 10/06/1985 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Central District Football Park 88 - 77 13,574
MON 10/06/1985 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 78 - 78 14,070
MON 10/06/1985 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Woodville Football Park 159 - 98 13,574

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 10 -0- 0 20 58.4% 1,378 982
Norwood 2nd 7 -1- 2 15 52.6% 1,164 1,051
West Torrens 3rd 6 -0- 4 12 53.1% 1,303 1,151
Sturt 4th 5 -1- 4 11 52.8% 1,251 1,117
Glenelg 5th 5 -0- 5 10 54.0% 1,282 1,093
Central District 6th 4 -0- 6 8 48.0% 1,142 1,238
Port Adelaide 7th 4 -0- 6 8 45.8% 1,139 1,347
West Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 7 6 47.2% 1,149 1,286
Woodville 9th 3 -0- 7 6 44.5% 1,169 1,458
South Adelaide 10th 2 -0- 8 4 44.4% 1,004 1,258

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/06/1985 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Glenelg Oval 128 - 108 8,336
SAT 22/06/1985 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 165 - 97 9,100
SAT 22/06/1985 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Football Park 80 - 126 4,073
SAT 22/06/1985 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Unley Oval 116 - 93 9,548
SAT 22/06/1985 2:10 PM Woodville v Central District Woodville Oval 116 - 147 2,906

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 11 -0- 0 22 58.8% 1,543 1,079
Norwood 2nd 7 -1- 3 15 51.9% 1,272 1,179
Sturt 3rd 6 -1- 4 13 53.0% 1,367 1,210
Glenelg 4th 6 -0- 5 12 54.0% 1,410 1,201
West Torrens 5th 6 -0- 5 12 51.5% 1,400 1,316
Central District 6th 5 -0- 6 10 48.8% 1,289 1,354
West Adelaide 7th 4 -0- 7 8 48.3% 1,275 1,366
Port Adelaide 8th 4 -0- 7 8 45.7% 1,232 1,463
Woodville 9th 3 -0- 8 6 44.5% 1,285 1,605
South Adelaide 10th 2 -0- 9 4 43.9% 1,084 1,384

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/06/1985 2:10 PM Central District v Port Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 149 - 116 8,931
SAT 29/06/1985 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Norwood Prospect Oval 88 - 124 10,606
SAT 29/06/1985 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Football Park 160 - 128 7,060
SAT 29/06/1985 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 150 - 175 2,652
SAT 29/06/1985 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Thebarton Oval 108 - 107 6,627

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 11 -0- 1 22 57.6% 1,631 1,203
Norwood 2nd 8 -1- 3 17 52.4% 1,396 1,267
West Torrens 3rd 7 -0- 5 14 51.5% 1,508 1,423
Sturt 4th 6 -1- 5 13 52.2% 1,495 1,370
Glenelg 5th 6 -0- 6 12 53.7% 1,517 1,309
Central District 6th 6 -0- 6 12 49.4% 1,438 1,470
West Adelaide 7th 4 -0- 8 8 48.0% 1,425 1,541
Port Adelaide 8th 4 -0- 8 8 45.5% 1,348 1,612
Woodville 9th 4 -0- 8 8 45.4% 1,460 1,755
South Adelaide 10th 3 -0- 9 6 45.1% 1,244 1,512

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/07/1985 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Glenelg Oval 129 - 99 9,349
SAT 06/07/1985 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Norwood Oval 112 - 80 10,980
SAT 06/07/1985 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Torrens Football Park 102 - 82 6,346
SAT 06/07/1985 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Central District Richmond Oval 116 - 109 3,974
SAT 06/07/1985 2:10 PM Woodville v North Adelaide Woodville Oval 100 - 148 4,292

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 12 -0- 1 24 57.7% 1,779 1,303
Norwood 2nd 9 -1- 3 19 52.8% 1,508 1,347
Glenelg 3rd 7 -0- 6 14 53.9% 1,646 1,408
West Torrens 4th 7 -0- 6 14 51.0% 1,590 1,525
Sturt 5th 6 -1- 6 13 51.5% 1,594 1,499
Central District 6th 6 -0- 7 12 49.4% 1,547 1,586
West Adelaide 7th 5 -0- 8 10 48.3% 1,541 1,650
South Adelaide 8th 4 -0- 9 8 45.8% 1,346 1,594
Port Adelaide 9th 4 -0- 9 8 45.3% 1,428 1,724
Woodville 10th 4 -0- 9 8 45.0% 1,560 1,903

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/07/1985 2:10 PM Central District v West Torrens Elizabeth Oval 168 - 111 5,923
SAT 13/07/1985 2:10 PM Norwood v South Adelaide Adelaide Oval 105 - 146 8,168
SAT 13/07/1985 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Alberton Oval 91 - 139 7,265
SAT 13/07/1985 2:10 PM Sturt v Woodville Unley Oval 183 - 123 4,204
SAT 13/07/1985 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Football Park 104 - 97 7,389

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 13 -0- 1 26 57.9% 1,918 1,394
Norwood 2nd 9 -1- 4 19 51.9% 1,613 1,493
Sturt 3rd 7 -1- 6 15 52.3% 1,777 1,622
Glenelg 4th 7 -0- 7 14 53.5% 1,743 1,512
Central District 5th 7 -0- 7 14 50.3% 1,715 1,697
West Torrens 6th 7 -0- 7 14 50.1% 1,701 1,693
West Adelaide 7th 6 -0- 8 12 48.5% 1,645 1,747
South Adelaide 8th 5 -0- 9 10 46.8% 1,492 1,699
Port Adelaide 9th 4 -0- 10 8 44.9% 1,519 1,863
Woodville 10th 4 -0- 10 8 44.7% 1,683 2,086

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/07/1985 2:10 PM Central District v Norwood Football Park 71 - 64 9,844
SAT 20/07/1985 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 92 - 57 4,670
SAT 20/07/1985 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Prospect Oval 74 - 104 6,403
SAT 20/07/1985 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Alberton Oval 81 - 156 4,396
SAT 20/07/1985 2:10 PM West Torrens v Woodville Football Park 49 - 166 9,844

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 13 -0- 2 26 57.1% 1,992 1,498
Norwood 2nd 9 -1- 5 19 51.7% 1,677 1,564
Sturt 3rd 8 -1- 6 17 52.6% 1,881 1,696
Glenelg 4th 8 -0- 7 16 53.9% 1,835 1,569
Central District 5th 8 -0- 7 16 50.4% 1,786 1,761
West Adelaide 6th 7 -0- 8 14 49.6% 1,801 1,828
West Torrens 7th 7 -0- 8 14 48.5% 1,750 1,859
Woodville 8th 5 -0- 10 10 46.4% 1,849 2,135
South Adelaide 9th 5 -0- 10 10 46.4% 1,549 1,791
Port Adelaide 10th 4 -0- 11 8 44.2% 1,600 2,019

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/07/1985 2:10 PM Central District v Glenelg Elizabeth Oval 86 - 90 6,773
SAT 27/07/1985 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 132 - 126 5,910
SAT 27/07/1985 2:10 PM Sturt v West Torrens Unley Oval 197 - 68 5,756
SAT 27/07/1985 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Football Park 99 - 108 8,159
SAT 27/07/1985 2:10 PM Woodville v Port Adelaide Woodville Oval 109 - 189 5,519

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 13 -0- 3 26 56.5% 2,118 1,630
Norwood 2nd 10 -1- 5 21 51.8% 1,785 1,663
Sturt 3rd 9 -1- 6 19 54.1% 2,078 1,764
Glenelg 4th 9 -0- 7 18 53.8% 1,925 1,655
Central District 5th 8 -0- 8 16 50.3% 1,872 1,851
West Adelaide 6th 7 -0- 9 14 49.5% 1,900 1,936
West Torrens 7th 7 -0- 9 14 46.9% 1,818 2,056
South Adelaide 8th 6 -0- 10 12 46.7% 1,681 1,917
Woodville 9th 5 -0- 11 10 45.7% 1,958 2,324
Port Adelaide 10th 5 -0- 11 10 45.7% 1,789 2,128

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/08/1985 2:10 PM Glenelg v Woodville Glenelg Oval 151 - 134 4,406
SAT 03/08/1985 2:10 PM Norwood v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 173 - 125 6,326
SAT 03/08/1985 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Football Park 94 - 108 8,088
SAT 03/08/1985 2:10 PM Sturt v Central District Unley Oval 134 - 117 6,783
SAT 03/08/1985 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Richmond Oval 207 - 107 4,677

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 13 -0- 4 26 54.8% 2,225 1,837
Norwood 2nd 11 -1- 5 23 52.3% 1,958 1,788
Sturt 3rd 10 -1- 6 21 54.0% 2,212 1,881
Glenelg 4th 10 -0- 7 20 53.7% 2,076 1,789
West Adelaide 5th 8 -0- 9 16 50.8% 2,107 2,043
Central District 6th 8 -0- 9 16 50.1% 1,989 1,985
West Torrens 7th 7 -0- 10 14 46.6% 1,943 2,229
South Adelaide 8th 6 -0- 11 12 46.7% 1,775 2,025
Port Adelaide 9th 6 -0- 11 12 46.1% 1,897 2,222
Woodville 10th 5 -0- 12 10 45.8% 2,092 2,475

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/08/1985 2:10 PM Central District v South Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 87 - 116 4,389
SAT 10/08/1985 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Prospect Oval 99 - 122 5,658
SAT 10/08/1985 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Alberton Oval 175 - 65 5,610
SAT 10/08/1985 2:10 PM Sturt v West Adelaide Football Park 85 - 135 9,180
SAT 10/08/1985 2:10 PM Woodville v Norwood Woodville Oval 160 - 107 3,531

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 13 -0- 5 26 54.3% 2,324 1,959
Norwood 2nd 11 -1- 6 23 51.5% 2,065 1,948
Glenelg 3rd 11 -0- 7 22 53.8% 2,198 1,888
Sturt 4th 10 -1- 7 21 53.3% 2,297 2,016
West Adelaide 5th 9 -0- 9 18 51.3% 2,242 2,128
Central District 6th 8 -0- 10 16 49.7% 2,076 2,101
Port Adelaide 7th 7 -0- 11 14 47.5% 2,072 2,287
South Adelaide 8th 7 -0- 11 14 47.2% 1,891 2,112
West Torrens 9th 7 -0- 11 14 45.5% 2,008 2,404
Woodville 10th 6 -0- 12 12 46.6% 2,252 2,582

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/08/1985 2:10 PM Central District v North Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 99 - 52 5,318
SAT 17/08/1985 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Alberton Oval 65 - 109 8,187
SAT 17/08/1985 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 140 - 113 3,442
SAT 17/08/1985 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Football Park 87 - 138 11,897
SAT 17/08/1985 2:10 PM West Torrens v West Adelaide Thebarton Oval 108 - 138 3,659

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 13 -0- 6 26 53.6% 2,376 2,058
Norwood 2nd 12 -1- 6 25 52.0% 2,203 2,035
Glenelg 3rd 12 -0- 7 24 54.2% 2,307 1,953
Sturt 4th 10 -1- 8 21 52.5% 2,384 2,154
West Adelaide 5th 10 -0- 9 20 51.6% 2,380 2,236
Central District 6th 9 -0- 10 18 50.3% 2,175 2,153
South Adelaide 7th 8 -0- 11 16 47.7% 2,031 2,225
Port Adelaide 8th 7 -0- 12 14 47.1% 2,137 2,396
West Torrens 9th 7 -0- 12 14 45.4% 2,116 2,542
Woodville 10th 6 -0- 13 12 46.5% 2,365 2,722

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/08/1985 2:10 PM Central District v Woodville Adelaide Oval 166 - 142 3,609
SAT 24/08/1985 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Football Park 127 - 87 19,459
SAT 24/08/1985 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Football Park 119 - 110 19,459
SAT 24/08/1985 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Alberton Oval 134 - 85 6,605
SAT 24/08/1985 2:10 PM West Adelaide v South Adelaide Richmond Oval 164 - 87 4,041

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 14 -0- 6 28 53.5% 2,495 2,168
Glenelg 2nd 13 -0- 7 26 54.4% 2,434 2,040
Norwood 3rd 12 -1- 7 25 51.4% 2,290 2,162
West Adelaide 4th 11 -0- 9 22 52.3% 2,544 2,323
Sturt 5th 10 -1- 9 21 51.9% 2,469 2,288
Central District 6th 10 -0- 10 20 50.5% 2,341 2,295
Port Adelaide 7th 8 -0- 12 16 47.8% 2,271 2,481
South Adelaide 8th 8 -0- 12 16 47.0% 2,118 2,389
West Torrens 9th 7 -0- 13 14 45.5% 2,226 2,661
Woodville 10th 6 -0- 14 12 46.5% 2,507 2,888

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/08/1985 2:10 PM Central District v Port Adelaide Football Park 171 - 84 9,763
SAT 31/08/1985 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Torrens Glenelg Oval 164 - 83 5,689
SAT 31/08/1985 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 178 - 91 9,481
SAT 31/08/1985 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 76 - 132 6,497
SAT 31/08/1985 2:10 PM Woodville v West Adelaide Woodville Oval 131 - 145 3,832

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Glenelg 1st 14 -0- 7 28 55.0% 2,598 2,123
North Adelaide 2nd 14 -0- 7 28 52.4% 2,586 2,346
Norwood 3rd 13 -1- 7 27 52.3% 2,468 2,253
West Adelaide 4th 12 -0- 9 24 52.3% 2,689 2,454
Sturt 5th 11 -1- 9 23 52.4% 2,601 2,364
Central District 6th 11 -0- 10 22 51.4% 2,512 2,379
Port Adelaide 7th 8 -0- 13 16 47.0% 2,355 2,652
South Adelaide 8th 8 -0- 13 16 46.5% 2,194 2,521
West Torrens 9th 7 -0- 14 14 45.0% 2,309 2,825
Woodville 10th 6 -0- 15 12 46.5% 2,638 3,033

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/09/1985 2:10 PM Central District v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 137 - 167 9,747
SAT 07/09/1985 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Woodville Prospect Oval 152 - 114 5,449
SAT 07/09/1985 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Football Park 109 - 134 17,850
SAT 07/09/1985 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Unley Oval 140 - 106 11,562
SAT 07/09/1985 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Thebarton Oval 172 - 121 2,816

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 15 -0- 7 30 52.7% 2,738 2,460
Norwood 2nd 14 -1- 7 29 52.4% 2,602 2,362
Glenelg 3rd 14 -0- 8 28 54.4% 2,704 2,263
West Adelaide 4th 13 -0- 9 26 52.4% 2,856 2,591
Sturt 5th 12 -1- 9 25 52.6% 2,741 2,470
Central District 6th 11 -0- 11 22 51.0% 2,649 2,546
Port Adelaide 7th 8 -0- 14 16 46.9% 2,464 2,786
South Adelaide 8th 8 -0- 14 16 46.2% 2,315 2,693
West Torrens 9th 8 -0- 14 16 45.7% 2,481 2,946
Woodville 10th 6 -0- 16 12 46.4% 2,752 3,185

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/09/1985 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Sturt Football Park 123 - 110 20,828

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 15/09/1985 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Football Park 109 - 139 25,316

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/09/1985 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Football Park 85 - 109 25,419
SUN 22/09/1985 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Football Park 108 - 122 25,926

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 29/09/1985 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Football Park 121 - 110 27,251

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/10/1985 2:10 PM Glenelg v North Adelaide Football Park 141 - 84 50,289