1985 SANFL Season: West Adelaide
These are the details of the premiership results of West Adelaide for the 1985 SANFL season. The team finished the regular season in fourth place, securing a place in the finals series. After defeating Sturt in the elimination final and defeating Norwood in a semi final, West Adelaide were defeated by North Adelaide in the preliminary final, resulting in finishing in third place overall (adjusted for finals).
Season Team Details
Competition:
1985 SANFL Season
Team:
West Adelaide
Home Ground:
Richmond Oval
Team Results
Ladder Position:
4th (W-D-L: 13-0-9, P%: 52.4)
Finals Performance:
Defeated by North Adelaide (Preliminary Final)
Player Results
| Player | Guernseys | Matches | Goals | Rounds |
|---|
Coach Results
| Coach | Matches (W-D-L) | Rounds | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cahill, John | 25 | 15 | -0- | 10 | R01-22, EF, SF, PF |
Match Results
| Date | Round | Opponent | H/A | Result | Coach | Captain (Nominated) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 08/04/1985 | Round 1 | West Torrens | AWAY | LOSS | WTRN by 52 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 13/04/1985 | Round 2 | South Adelaide | AWAY | WIN | WADL by 45 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 20/04/1985 | Round 3 | Woodville | HOME | LOSS | WOOD by 56 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 27/04/1985 | Round 4 | Central District | AWAY | WIN | WADL by 9 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 04/05/1985 | Round 5 | Glenelg | HOME | LOSS | GLNG by 21 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 11/05/1985 | Round 6 | North Adelaide | AWAY | LOSS | NADL by 34 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 18/05/1985 | Round 7 | Sturt | HOME | LOSS | STRT by 35 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 25/05/1985 | Round 8 | Port Adelaide | HOME | LOSS | PADL by 1 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 01/06/1985 | Round 9 | Norwood | AWAY | WIN | WADL by 27 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 08/06/1985 | Round 10 | West Torrens | HOME | LOSS | WTRN by 19 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 22/06/1985 | Round 11 | South Adelaide | AWAY | WIN | WADL by 46 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 29/06/1985 | Round 12 | Woodville | HOME | LOSS | WOOD by 25 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 06/07/1985 | Round 13 | Central District | HOME | WIN | WADL by 7 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 13/07/1985 | Round 14 | Glenelg | HOME | WIN | WADL by 7 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 20/07/1985 | Round 15 | Port Adelaide | AWAY | WIN | WADL by 75 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 27/07/1985 | Round 16 | Norwood | HOME | LOSS | NRWD by 9 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 03/08/1985 | Round 17 | North Adelaide | HOME | WIN | WADL by 100 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 10/08/1985 | Round 18 | Sturt | AWAY | WIN | WADL by 50 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 17/08/1985 | Round 19 | West Torrens | AWAY | WIN | WADL by 30 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 24/08/1985 | Round 20 | South Adelaide | HOME | WIN | WADL by 77 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 31/08/1985 | Round 21 | Woodville | AWAY | WIN | WADL by 14 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 07/09/1985 | Round 22 | Central District | AWAY | WIN | WADL by 30 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 14/09/1985 | Elimination Final | Sturt | HOME | WIN | WADL by 13 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 21/09/1985 | Semi Final | Norwood | AWAY | WIN | WADL by 24 | John Cahill | unknown |
| 29/09/1985 | Preliminary Final | North Adelaide | AWAY | LOSS | NADL by 11 | John Cahill | unknown |
Ladder Chart
This chart is based on the nominal round, i.e. only one result (win, loss, draw, bye) per round, which may result in not being accurate from a chronological perspective. The positions during the finals series is determined via bespoke logic.