1986 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1986 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: 1986 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 Rick Davies
Sturt Adelaide Oval Merv Keane
West Adelaide Richmond Oval John Cahill
West Torrens Thebarton Oval Paul Weston
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 16 -0- 6 32 56.7% 2,563 1,960 368 355 283 262
Glenelg 2nd 13 -0- 9 26 54.9% 2,436 2,004 358 288 289 270
Port Adelaide 3rd 13 -0- 9 26 50.8% 2,232 2,164 324 288 318 256
Woodville 4th 13 -0- 9 26 49.4% 2,377 2,430 350 277 358 282
Norwood 5th 12 -0- 10 24 52.4% 2,341 2,124 349 247 304 300
Central District 6th 11 -1- 10 23 48.0% 2,200 2,386 322 268 348 298
West Adelaide 7th 9 -0- 13 18 51.3% 2,367 2,251 348 279 325 301
Sturt 8th 9 -0- 13 18 46.3% 2,032 2,357 291 286 346 281
South Adelaide 9th 7 -1- 14 15 48.4% 2,193 2,335 325 243 345 265
West Torrens 10th 6 -0- 16 12 41.6% 1,810 2,540 254 286 373 302

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/03/1986 2:10 PM Central District v South Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 81 - 138 3,877
SAT 29/03/1986 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Prospect Oval 133 - 86 4,619
SAT 29/03/1986 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Football Park 111 - 84 9,970
MON 31/03/1986 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Football Park 142 - 103 18,625
MON 31/03/1986 2:10 PM West Torrens v Woodville Football Park 97 - 102 18,625

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
South Adelaide 1st 1 -0- 0 2 63.0% 138 81
North Adelaide 2nd 1 -0- 0 2 60.7% 133 86
Glenelg 3rd 1 -0- 0 2 58.0% 142 103
Port Adelaide 4th 1 -0- 0 2 56.9% 111 84
Woodville 5th 1 -0- 0 2 51.3% 102 97
West Torrens 6th 0 -0- 1 0 48.7% 97 102
Sturt 7th 0 -0- 1 0 43.1% 84 111
Norwood 8th 0 -0- 1 0 42.0% 103 142
West Adelaide 9th 0 -0- 1 0 39.3% 86 133
Central District 10th 0 -0- 1 0 37.0% 81 138

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/04/1986 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Glenelg Oval 119 - 131 11,203
SAT 05/04/1986 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Football Park 81 - 155 4,794
SAT 05/04/1986 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Adelaide Oval 109 - 123 11,303
SAT 05/04/1986 2:10 PM West Torrens v North Adelaide Thebarton Oval 110 - 77 5,841
SAT 05/04/1986 2:10 PM Woodville v Central District Woodville Oval 101 - 144 3,819

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 2 -0- 0 4 54.4% 242 203
West Torrens 2nd 1 -0- 1 2 53.6% 207 179
West Adelaide 3rd 1 -0- 1 2 53.0% 241 214
Glenelg 4th 1 -0- 1 2 52.7% 261 234
North Adelaide 5th 1 -0- 1 2 51.7% 210 196
Central District 6th 1 -0- 1 2 48.5% 225 239
South Adelaide 7th 1 -0- 1 2 48.1% 219 236
Norwood 8th 1 -0- 1 2 47.4% 226 251
Woodville 9th 1 -0- 1 2 45.7% 203 241
Sturt 10th 0 -0- 2 0 45.2% 193 234

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/04/1986 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Woodville Prospect Oval 165 - 82 4,591
SAT 12/04/1986 2:10 PM Norwood v South Adelaide Norwood Oval 118 - 85 7,065
SAT 12/04/1986 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Central District Alberton Oval 146 - 123 9,518
SAT 12/04/1986 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Sturt Richmond Oval 94 - 140 5,167
SAT 12/04/1986 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Football Park 82 - 148 7,807

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 3 -0- 0 6 54.3% 388 326
North Adelaide 2nd 2 -0- 1 4 57.4% 375 278
Glenelg 3rd 2 -0- 1 4 56.4% 409 316
Norwood 4th 2 -0- 1 4 50.6% 344 336
Sturt 5th 1 -0- 2 2 50.4% 333 328
West Adelaide 6th 1 -0- 2 2 48.6% 335 354
Central District 7th 1 -0- 2 2 47.5% 348 385
West Torrens 8th 1 -0- 2 2 46.9% 289 327
South Adelaide 9th 1 -0- 2 2 46.2% 304 354
Woodville 10th 1 -0- 2 2 41.2% 285 406

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/04/1986 2:10 PM Central District v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 91 - 171 7,010
SAT 19/04/1986 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Glenelg Oval 135 - 156 9,342
SAT 19/04/1986 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Football Park 90 - 139 18,098
SAT 19/04/1986 2:10 PM West Torrens v West Adelaide Thebarton Oval 71 - 143 4,947
SAT 19/04/1986 2:10 PM Woodville v South Adelaide Woodville Oval 161 - 135 2,572

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 3 -0- 1 6 59.7% 546 369
Norwood 2nd 3 -0- 1 6 53.1% 483 426
Port Adelaide 3rd 3 -0- 1 6 50.7% 478 465
Glenelg 4th 2 -0- 2 4 53.5% 544 472
West Adelaide 5th 2 -0- 2 4 52.9% 478 425
Sturt 6th 2 -0- 2 4 51.4% 489 463
Woodville 7th 2 -0- 2 4 45.2% 446 541
South Adelaide 8th 1 -0- 3 2 46.0% 439 515
Central District 9th 1 -0- 3 2 44.1% 439 556
West Torrens 10th 1 -0- 3 2 43.4% 360 470

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 25/04/1986 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 85 - 48 9,706
FRI 25/04/1986 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Football Park 48 - 87 16,649
FRI 25/04/1986 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Central District Football Park 108 - 55 16,649
SAT 26/04/1986 2:10 PM Norwood v West Torrens Norwood Oval 146 - 102 7,578
SAT 26/04/1986 2:10 PM Woodville v Glenelg Football Park 131 - 113 5,670

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 4 -0- 1 8 60.3% 633 417
Norwood 2nd 4 -0- 1 8 54.4% 629 528
West Adelaide 3rd 3 -0- 2 6 55.0% 586 480
Port Adelaide 4th 3 -0- 2 6 48.9% 526 550
Woodville 5th 3 -0- 2 6 46.9% 577 654
Glenelg 6th 2 -0- 3 4 52.1% 657 603
Sturt 7th 2 -0- 3 4 49.4% 537 550
South Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 3 4 48.2% 524 563
West Torrens 9th 1 -0- 4 2 42.9% 462 616
Central District 10th 1 -0- 4 2 42.7% 494 664

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/05/1986 2:10 PM Central District v Glenelg Elizabeth Oval 104 - 94 5,467
SAT 03/05/1986 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Alberton Oval 73 - 106 7,479
SAT 03/05/1986 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Football Park 89 - 130 6,611
SAT 03/05/1986 2:10 PM Sturt v Woodville Adelaide Oval 166 - 108 7,626
SAT 03/05/1986 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Richmond Oval 128 - 113 7,437

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 5 -0- 1 10 60.1% 763 506
West Adelaide 2nd 4 -0- 2 8 54.6% 714 593
Norwood 3rd 4 -0- 2 8 53.1% 742 656
Sturt 4th 3 -0- 3 6 51.7% 703 658
Port Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 3 6 47.7% 599 656
Woodville 6th 3 -0- 3 6 45.5% 685 820
Glenelg 7th 2 -0- 4 4 51.5% 751 707
South Adelaide 8th 2 -0- 4 4 46.9% 613 693
West Torrens 9th 2 -0- 4 4 45.2% 568 689
Central District 10th 2 -0- 4 4 44.1% 598 758

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/05/1986 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Football Park 144 - 130 11,249
SAT 17/05/1986 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Football Park 89 - 52 7,357
SAT 17/05/1986 2:10 PM Woodville v Norwood Woodville Oval 105 - 132 4,716
MON 19/05/1986 2:10 PM Central District v West Torrens Football Park 118 - 80 19,270
MON 19/05/1986 2:10 PM Glenelg v North Adelaide Football Park 86 - 110 19,270

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 6 -0- 1 12 59.6% 873 592
Norwood 2nd 5 -0- 2 10 53.5% 874 761
West Adelaide 3rd 4 -0- 3 8 53.4% 844 737
Sturt 4th 4 -0- 3 8 52.7% 792 710
Port Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 3 8 48.6% 743 786
Central District 6th 3 -0- 4 6 46.1% 716 838
Woodville 7th 3 -0- 4 6 45.4% 790 952
Glenelg 8th 2 -0- 5 4 50.6% 837 817
South Adelaide 9th 2 -0- 5 4 46.0% 665 782
West Torrens 10th 2 -0- 5 4 44.5% 648 807

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/05/1986 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 169 - 57 5,638
SAT 24/05/1986 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Prospect Oval 128 - 96 10,808
SAT 24/05/1986 2:10 PM Norwood v Central District Football Park 108 - 140 8,184
SAT 24/05/1986 2:10 PM Sturt v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 122 - 98 6,421
SAT 24/05/1986 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Woodville Richmond Oval 129 - 71 3,088

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 7 -0- 1 14 59.3% 1,001 688
West Adelaide 2nd 5 -0- 3 10 54.6% 973 808
Sturt 3rd 5 -0- 3 10 53.1% 914 808
Norwood 4th 5 -0- 3 10 52.2% 982 901
Port Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 4 8 47.9% 839 914
Central District 6th 4 -0- 4 8 47.5% 856 946
Glenelg 7th 3 -0- 5 6 53.5% 1,006 874
Woodville 8th 3 -0- 5 6 44.3% 861 1,081
West Torrens 9th 2 -0- 6 4 44.5% 746 929
South Adelaide 10th 2 -0- 6 4 43.2% 722 951

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 31/05/1986 2:10 PM Central District v Sturt Elizabeth Oval 131 - 86 7,412
SAT 31/05/1986 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Norwood Prospect Oval 57 - 100 11,549
SAT 31/05/1986 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 173 - 83 4,649
SAT 31/05/1986 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Richmond Oval 135 - 73 7,038
SAT 31/05/1986 2:10 PM Woodville v Port Adelaide Football Park 60 - 126 8,189

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 7 -0- 2 14 57.3% 1,058 788
West Adelaide 2nd 6 -0- 3 12 55.7% 1,108 881
Norwood 3rd 6 -0- 3 12 53.0% 1,082 958
Sturt 4th 5 -0- 4 10 51.6% 1,000 939
Port Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 4 10 49.8% 965 974
Central District 6th 5 -0- 4 10 48.9% 987 1,032
Glenelg 7th 3 -0- 6 6 51.7% 1,079 1,009
South Adelaide 8th 3 -0- 6 6 46.4% 895 1,034
Woodville 9th 3 -0- 6 6 43.3% 921 1,207
West Torrens 10th 2 -0- 7 4 42.9% 829 1,102

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/06/1986 2:10 PM Central District v South Adelaide Football Park 85 - 85 12,441
SAT 07/06/1986 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Norwood Oval 93 - 105 10,561
SAT 07/06/1986 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Football Park 116 - 140 12,441
SAT 07/06/1986 2:10 PM West Torrens v Woodville Thebarton Oval 114 - 90 3,687
MON 09/06/1986 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Football Park 103 - 122 19,818

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 8 -0- 2 16 57.0% 1,198 904
West Adelaide 2nd 6 -0- 4 12 54.5% 1,224 1,021
Norwood 3rd 6 -0- 4 12 52.5% 1,175 1,063
Sturt 4th 6 -0- 4 12 51.8% 1,122 1,042
Central District 5th 5 -1- 4 11 49.0% 1,072 1,117
Port Adelaide 6th 5 -0- 5 10 49.4% 1,068 1,096
Glenelg 7th 4 -0- 6 8 51.8% 1,184 1,102
South Adelaide 8th 3 -1- 6 7 46.7% 980 1,119
West Torrens 9th 3 -0- 7 6 44.2% 943 1,192
Woodville 10th 3 -0- 7 6 43.4% 1,011 1,321

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 14/06/1986 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 126 - 86 6,672
SAT 14/06/1986 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Alberton Oval 83 - 92 9,304
SAT 14/06/1986 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Football Park 64 - 155 13,970
SAT 14/06/1986 2:10 PM West Adelaide v South Adelaide Richmond Oval 141 - 139 3,437
SAT 14/06/1986 2:10 PM Woodville v Central District Football Park 182 - 81 13,970

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 9 -0- 2 18 57.2% 1,324 990
West Adelaide 2nd 7 -0- 4 14 54.1% 1,365 1,160
Norwood 3rd 7 -0- 4 14 54.1% 1,330 1,127
Sturt 4th 6 -0- 5 12 49.8% 1,186 1,197
Central District 5th 5 -1- 5 11 47.0% 1,153 1,299
Glenelg 6th 5 -0- 6 10 51.8% 1,276 1,185
Port Adelaide 7th 5 -0- 6 10 49.2% 1,151 1,188
Woodville 8th 4 -0- 7 8 46.0% 1,193 1,402
South Adelaide 9th 3 -1- 7 7 47.0% 1,119 1,260
West Torrens 10th 3 -0- 8 6 43.8% 1,029 1,318

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 21/06/1986 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Torrens Glenelg Oval 193 - 70 5,173
SAT 21/06/1986 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Central District Football Park 94 - 89 13,721
SAT 21/06/1986 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Adelaide Oval 88 - 97 6,457
SAT 21/06/1986 2:10 PM Sturt v West Adelaide Football Park 128 - 97 13,721
SAT 21/06/1986 2:10 PM Woodville v North Adelaide Woodville Oval 96 - 93 3,685

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 9 -0- 3 18 56.6% 1,417 1,086
Norwood 2nd 8 -0- 4 16 54.0% 1,427 1,215
West Adelaide 3rd 7 -0- 5 14 53.2% 1,462 1,288
Sturt 4th 7 -0- 5 14 50.4% 1,314 1,294
Glenelg 5th 6 -0- 6 12 53.9% 1,469 1,255
Port Adelaide 6th 6 -0- 6 12 49.4% 1,245 1,277
Central District 7th 5 -1- 6 11 47.1% 1,242 1,393
Woodville 8th 5 -0- 7 10 46.3% 1,289 1,495
South Adelaide 9th 3 -1- 8 7 47.1% 1,207 1,357
West Torrens 10th 3 -0- 9 6 42.1% 1,099 1,511

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 28/06/1986 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Central District Prospect Oval 149 - 68 5,453
SAT 28/06/1986 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Norwood Oval 153 - 87 11,701
SAT 28/06/1986 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 75 - 105 10,716
SAT 28/06/1986 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Football Park 108 - 113 6,445
SAT 28/06/1986 2:10 PM Woodville v South Adelaide Football Park 150 - 113 6,445

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 10 -0- 3 20 57.6% 1,566 1,154
Norwood 2nd 9 -0- 4 18 54.8% 1,580 1,302
Glenelg 3rd 7 -0- 6 14 54.2% 1,574 1,330
West Adelaide 4th 7 -0- 6 14 52.8% 1,570 1,401
Sturt 5th 7 -0- 6 14 49.8% 1,389 1,399
Port Adelaide 6th 6 -0- 7 12 48.2% 1,332 1,430
Woodville 7th 6 -0- 7 12 47.2% 1,439 1,608
Central District 8th 5 -1- 7 11 45.9% 1,310 1,542
West Torrens 9th 4 -0- 9 8 42.8% 1,212 1,619
South Adelaide 10th 3 -1- 9 7 46.7% 1,320 1,507

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/07/1986 2:10 PM Central District v West Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 158 - 124 3,867
SAT 05/07/1986 2:10 PM Glenelg v Woodville Glenelg Oval 112 - 73 6,320
SAT 05/07/1986 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Football Park 149 - 66 7,623
SAT 05/07/1986 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Alberton Oval 108 - 65 5,011
SAT 05/07/1986 2:10 PM West Torrens v Norwood Thebarton Oval 58 - 82 5,152

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 11 -0- 3 22 58.4% 1,715 1,220
Norwood 2nd 10 -0- 4 20 55.0% 1,662 1,360
Glenelg 3rd 8 -0- 6 16 54.6% 1,686 1,403
West Adelaide 4th 7 -0- 7 14 52.1% 1,694 1,559
Port Adelaide 5th 7 -0- 7 14 49.1% 1,440 1,495
Sturt 6th 7 -0- 7 14 48.5% 1,455 1,548
Central District 7th 6 -1- 7 13 46.8% 1,468 1,666
Woodville 8th 6 -0- 8 12 46.8% 1,512 1,720
West Torrens 9th 4 -0- 10 8 42.7% 1,270 1,701
South Adelaide 10th 3 -1- 10 7 46.2% 1,385 1,615

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/07/1986 2:10 PM Glenelg v Central District Glenelg Oval 54 - 61 6,427
SAT 12/07/1986 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Norwood Oval 51 - 91 7,606
SAT 12/07/1986 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 120 - 141 5,060
SAT 12/07/1986 2:10 PM West Torrens v Port Adelaide Football Park 83 - 111 9,010
SAT 12/07/1986 2:10 PM Woodville v Sturt Woodville Oval 113 - 82 3,891

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 12 -0- 3 24 58.1% 1,856 1,340
Norwood 2nd 10 -0- 5 20 54.1% 1,713 1,451
Glenelg 3rd 8 -0- 7 16 54.3% 1,740 1,464
West Adelaide 4th 8 -0- 7 16 52.6% 1,785 1,610
Port Adelaide 5th 8 -0- 7 16 49.6% 1,551 1,578
Central District 6th 7 -1- 7 15 47.1% 1,529 1,720
Sturt 7th 7 -0- 8 14 48.1% 1,537 1,661
Woodville 8th 7 -0- 8 14 47.4% 1,625 1,802
West Torrens 9th 4 -0- 11 8 42.7% 1,353 1,812
South Adelaide 10th 3 -1- 11 7 46.2% 1,505 1,756

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/07/1986 2:10 PM Norwood v Woodville Football Park 96 - 115 8,000
SAT 19/07/1986 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Adelaide Alberton Oval 153 - 113 8,626
SAT 19/07/1986 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 141 - 90 5,315
SAT 26/07/1986 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Prospect Oval 116 - 123 10,670
SAT 26/07/1986 2:10 PM West Torrens v Central District Football Park 67 - 101 5,125

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 12 -0- 4 24 57.4% 1,972 1,463
Norwood 2nd 10 -0- 6 20 53.6% 1,809 1,566
Glenelg 3rd 9 -0- 7 18 54.1% 1,863 1,580
Port Adelaide 4th 9 -0- 7 18 50.2% 1,704 1,691
Central District 5th 8 -1- 7 17 47.7% 1,630 1,787
West Adelaide 6th 8 -0- 8 16 51.8% 1,898 1,763
Woodville 7th 8 -0- 8 16 47.8% 1,740 1,898
Sturt 8th 7 -0- 9 14 47.4% 1,627 1,802
South Adelaide 9th 4 -1- 11 9 47.1% 1,646 1,846
West Torrens 10th 4 -0- 12 8 42.6% 1,420 1,913

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/08/1986 2:10 PM Central District v Norwood Elizabeth Oval 105 - 58 5,790
SAT 02/08/1986 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Alberton Oval 58 - 50 8,158
SAT 02/08/1986 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Glenelg Football Park 65 - 67 5,003
SAT 02/08/1986 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 78 - 101 4,125
SAT 02/08/1986 2:10 PM West Torrens v Sturt Thebarton Oval 60 - 51 3,020

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 12 -0- 5 24 57.1% 2,022 1,521
Glenelg 2nd 10 -0- 7 20 54.0% 1,930 1,645
Norwood 3rd 10 -0- 7 20 52.8% 1,867 1,671
Port Adelaide 4th 10 -0- 7 20 50.3% 1,762 1,741
Central District 5th 9 -1- 7 19 48.5% 1,735 1,845
Woodville 6th 9 -0- 8 18 48.2% 1,841 1,976
West Adelaide 7th 8 -0- 9 16 51.5% 1,976 1,864
Sturt 8th 7 -0- 10 14 47.4% 1,678 1,862
West Torrens 9th 5 -0- 12 10 43.0% 1,480 1,964
South Adelaide 10th 4 -1- 12 9 47.2% 1,711 1,913

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/08/1986 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Football Park 103 - 68 7,588
SAT 09/08/1986 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 111 - 138 9,694
SAT 09/08/1986 2:10 PM Sturt v Central District Adelaide Oval 110 - 126 5,381
SAT 09/08/1986 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Thebarton Oval 56 - 157 3,542
SAT 09/08/1986 2:10 PM Woodville v Port Adelaide Woodville Oval 95 - 89 11,026

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 13 -0- 5 26 57.0% 2,160 1,632
Glenelg 2nd 11 -0- 7 22 54.3% 2,033 1,713
Central District 3rd 10 -1- 7 21 48.8% 1,861 1,955
Norwood 4th 10 -0- 8 20 52.2% 1,978 1,809
Port Adelaide 5th 10 -0- 8 20 50.2% 1,851 1,836
Woodville 6th 10 -0- 8 20 48.4% 1,936 2,065
West Adelaide 7th 8 -0- 10 16 51.0% 2,044 1,967
Sturt 8th 7 -0- 11 14 47.4% 1,788 1,988
South Adelaide 9th 5 -1- 12 11 48.7% 1,868 1,969
West Torrens 10th 5 -0- 13 10 42.0% 1,536 2,121

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/08/1986 2:10 PM Central District v South Adelaide Football Park 99 - 92 3,979
SAT 16/08/1986 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Glenelg Oval 101 - 55 7,623
SAT 16/08/1986 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 32 - 72 7,339
SAT 16/08/1986 2:10 PM West Adelaide v North Adelaide Richmond Oval 54 - 61 3,605
SAT 16/08/1986 2:10 PM Woodville v West Torrens Woodville Oval 115 - 64 2,967

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 14 -0- 5 28 56.8% 2,221 1,686
Glenelg 2nd 12 -0- 7 24 54.7% 2,134 1,768
Central District 3rd 11 -1- 7 23 48.9% 1,960 2,047
Port Adelaide 4th 11 -0- 8 22 50.7% 1,923 1,868
Woodville 5th 11 -0- 8 22 49.1% 2,051 2,129
Norwood 6th 10 -0- 9 20 51.6% 2,033 1,910
West Adelaide 7th 8 -0- 11 16 50.8% 2,098 2,028
Sturt 8th 7 -0- 12 14 46.9% 1,820 2,060
South Adelaide 9th 5 -1- 13 11 48.7% 1,960 2,068
West Torrens 10th 5 -0- 14 10 41.7% 1,600 2,236

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/08/1986 2:10 PM Central District v Woodville Elizabeth Oval 66 - 88 5,145
SAT 23/08/1986 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Football Park 76 - 96 13,949
SAT 23/08/1986 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Prospect Oval 89 - 58 2,796
SAT 23/08/1986 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 54 - 55 4,504
SAT 23/08/1986 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 54 - 37 1,851

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 15 -0- 5 30 57.0% 2,310 1,744
Glenelg 2nd 12 -0- 8 24 54.2% 2,210 1,864
Port Adelaide 3rd 12 -0- 8 24 50.9% 2,019 1,944
Woodville 4th 12 -0- 8 24 49.4% 2,139 2,195
Central District 5th 11 -1- 8 23 48.7% 2,026 2,135
Norwood 6th 10 -0- 10 20 51.5% 2,087 1,965
West Adelaide 7th 8 -0- 12 16 50.6% 2,135 2,082
Sturt 8th 8 -0- 12 16 47.0% 1,875 2,114
South Adelaide 9th 6 -1- 13 13 48.9% 2,014 2,105
West Torrens 10th 5 -0- 15 10 41.6% 1,658 2,325

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/08/1986 2:10 PM Central District v Port Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 73 - 95 10,686
SAT 30/08/1986 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Woodville Football Park 97 - 115 15,183
SAT 30/08/1986 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Norwood Football Park 41 - 107 15,183
SAT 30/08/1986 2:10 PM Sturt v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 109 - 103 3,963
SAT 30/08/1986 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Thebarton Oval 92 - 86 3,653

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 15 -0- 6 30 56.4% 2,407 1,859
Port Adelaide 2nd 13 -0- 8 26 51.2% 2,114 2,017
Woodville 3rd 13 -0- 8 26 49.6% 2,254 2,292
Glenelg 4th 12 -0- 9 24 54.0% 2,296 1,956
Central District 5th 11 -1- 9 23 48.5% 2,099 2,230
Norwood 6th 11 -0- 10 22 52.2% 2,194 2,006
Sturt 7th 9 -0- 12 18 47.2% 1,984 2,217
West Adelaide 8th 8 -0- 13 16 50.5% 2,238 2,191
South Adelaide 9th 6 -1- 14 13 48.2% 2,055 2,212
West Torrens 10th 6 -0- 15 12 42.1% 1,750 2,411

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/09/1986 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Football Park 140 - 48 15,098
SAT 06/09/1986 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Central District Football Park 156 - 101 15,098
SAT 06/09/1986 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Alberton Oval 118 - 147 16,053
SAT 06/09/1986 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 138 - 123 4,604
SAT 06/09/1986 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Richmond Oval 129 - 60 3,070

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 16 -0- 6 32 56.7% 2,563 1,960
Glenelg 2nd 13 -0- 9 26 54.9% 2,436 2,004
Port Adelaide 3rd 13 -0- 9 26 50.8% 2,232 2,164
Woodville 4th 13 -0- 9 26 49.4% 2,377 2,430
Norwood 5th 12 -0- 10 24 52.4% 2,341 2,124
Central District 6th 11 -1- 10 23 48.0% 2,200 2,386
West Adelaide 7th 9 -0- 13 18 51.3% 2,367 2,251
Sturt 8th 9 -0- 13 18 46.3% 2,032 2,357
South Adelaide 9th 7 -1- 14 15 48.4% 2,193 2,335
West Torrens 10th 6 -0- 16 12 41.6% 1,810 2,540

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 14/09/1986 2:10 PM Woodville v Norwood Football Park 140 - 97 26,912

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/09/1986 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Football Park 118 - 71 22,037

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/09/1986 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Football Park 96 - 72 24,404
SUN 21/09/1986 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Woodville Football Park 121 - 128 39,066

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/09/1986 2:10 PM Glenelg v Woodville Football Park 105 - 84 30,744

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/10/1986 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Football Park 87 - 135 50,538