1987 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1987 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. North Adelaide were the premiers, with Mike Nunan as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1987 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: North Adelaide
Runners-Up: Glenelg
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 19 -0- 3 38 57.7% 2,515 1,846 363 337 269 232
Port Adelaide 2nd 15 -0- 7 30 52.8% 2,280 2,042 332 288 294 278
Norwood 3rd 14 -0- 8 28 54.8% 2,423 1,996 355 293 290 256
Glenelg 4th 12 -0- 10 24 54.1% 2,502 2,119 363 324 312 247
Woodville 5th 12 -0- 10 24 48.2% 2,240 2,409 324 296 351 303
West Torrens 6th 10 -0- 12 20 51.1% 2,160 2,069 315 270 297 287
West Adelaide 7th 10 -0- 12 20 49.0% 2,374 2,466 340 334 355 336
Central District 8th 7 -0- 15 14 45.4% 2,121 2,555 310 261 377 293
Sturt 9th 6 -0- 16 12 46.1% 2,137 2,500 311 271 367 298
South Adelaide 10th 5 -0- 17 10 41.4% 1,798 2,548 265 208 366 352

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/04/1987 2:10 PM Central District v North Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 156 - 69 6,100
SAT 11/04/1987 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Norwood Oval 121 - 99 8,250
SAT 11/04/1987 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Football Park 146 - 78 14,054
SAT 11/04/1987 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 89 - 81 4,621
SAT 11/04/1987 2:10 PM Woodville v West Adelaide Woodville Oval 153 - 113 4,523

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 1 -0- 0 2 69.3% 156 69
Port Adelaide 2nd 1 -0- 0 2 65.2% 146 78
Woodville 3rd 1 -0- 0 2 57.5% 153 113
Norwood 4th 1 -0- 0 2 55.0% 121 99
South Adelaide 5th 1 -0- 0 2 52.4% 89 81
West Torrens 6th 0 -0- 1 0 47.6% 81 89
Glenelg 7th 0 -0- 1 0 45.0% 99 121
West Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 1 0 42.5% 113 153
Sturt 9th 0 -0- 1 0 34.8% 78 146
North Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 1 0 30.7% 69 156

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/04/1987 2:10 PM North Adelaide v South Adelaide Prospect Oval 146 - 63 4,188
SAT 18/04/1987 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Football Park 110 - 202 10,265
SAT 18/04/1987 2:10 PM Woodville v Central District Woodville Oval 96 - 119 6,934
SUN 19/04/1987 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Football Park 136 - 101 25,312
SUN 19/04/1987 2:10 PM West Torrens v West Adelaide Football Park 125 - 81 25,312

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 2 -0- 0 4 62.5% 275 165
Port Adelaide 2nd 2 -0- 0 4 61.2% 282 179
Norwood 3rd 2 -0- 0 4 60.7% 323 209
West Torrens 4th 1 -0- 1 2 54.8% 206 170
Woodville 5th 1 -0- 1 2 51.8% 249 232
North Adelaide 6th 1 -0- 1 2 49.5% 215 219
South Adelaide 7th 1 -0- 1 2 40.1% 152 227
Glenelg 8th 0 -0- 2 0 43.8% 200 257
West Adelaide 9th 0 -0- 2 0 41.1% 194 278
Sturt 10th 0 -0- 2 0 35.1% 188 348

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/04/1987 2:10 PM Central District v Port Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 114 - 99 13,673
SAT 25/04/1987 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Glenelg Oval 201 - 118 6,903
SAT 25/04/1987 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Football Park 73 - 109 17,295
SAT 25/04/1987 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Adelaide Oval 146 - 85 4,847
SAT 25/04/1987 2:10 PM West Torrens v Woodville Football Park 104 - 118 17,295

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 3 -0- 0 6 59.6% 389 264
Port Adelaide 2nd 2 -0- 1 4 56.5% 381 293
Norwood 3rd 2 -0- 1 4 55.5% 396 318
North Adelaide 4th 2 -0- 1 4 52.6% 324 292
Woodville 5th 2 -0- 1 4 52.2% 367 336
West Torrens 6th 1 -0- 2 2 51.8% 310 288
Glenelg 7th 1 -0- 2 2 51.7% 401 375
Sturt 8th 1 -0- 2 2 43.5% 334 433
South Adelaide 9th 1 -0- 2 2 38.9% 237 373
West Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 3 0 39.4% 312 479

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/05/1987 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Football Park 111 - 92 7,033
SAT 02/05/1987 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Alberton Oval 78 - 84 9,183
SAT 02/05/1987 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 72 - 102 2,704
SAT 02/05/1987 2:10 PM West Torrens v Central District Thebarton Oval 106 - 71 5,018
SAT 02/05/1987 2:10 PM Woodville v North Adelaide Woodville Oval 80 - 123 3,714

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Central District 1st 3 -0- 1 6 55.4% 460 370
Norwood 2nd 3 -0- 1 6 54.8% 480 396
North Adelaide 3rd 3 -0- 1 6 54.6% 447 372
Port Adelaide 4th 2 -0- 2 4 54.9% 459 377
West Torrens 5th 2 -0- 2 4 53.7% 416 359
Glenelg 6th 2 -0- 2 4 52.3% 512 467
Woodville 7th 2 -0- 2 4 49.3% 447 459
Sturt 8th 1 -0- 3 2 43.9% 426 544
West Adelaide 9th 1 -0- 3 2 42.9% 414 551
South Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 3 2 39.4% 309 475

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/05/1987 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Prospect Oval 101 - 118 10,388
SAT 09/05/1987 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Norwood Oval 113 - 124 7,175
SAT 09/05/1987 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Central District Adelaide Oval 167 - 119 4,245
SAT 09/05/1987 2:10 PM West Torrens v Sturt Thebarton Oval 93 - 96 6,523
SAT 09/05/1987 2:10 PM Woodville v Glenelg Football Park 119 - 95 7,463

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 3 -0- 2 6 54.7% 577 478
Norwood 2nd 3 -0- 2 6 53.3% 593 520
North Adelaide 3rd 3 -0- 2 6 52.8% 548 490
Central District 4th 3 -0- 2 6 51.9% 579 537
Woodville 5th 3 -0- 2 6 50.5% 566 554
West Torrens 6th 2 -0- 3 4 52.8% 509 455
Glenelg 7th 2 -0- 3 4 50.9% 607 586
Sturt 8th 2 -0- 3 4 45.0% 522 637
West Adelaide 9th 2 -0- 3 4 44.8% 538 664
South Adelaide 10th 2 -0- 3 4 44.5% 476 594

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/05/1987 2:10 PM Norwood v South Adelaide Football Park 74 - 70 6,135
SAT 16/05/1987 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Richmond Oval 103 - 81 6,768
SAT 16/05/1987 2:10 PM Woodville v Sturt Woodville Oval 92 - 81 3,906
MON 18/05/1987 2:10 PM Glenelg v Central District Football Park 98 - 120 22,238
MON 18/05/1987 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Football Park 97 - 81 22,238

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Norwood 1st 4 -0- 2 8 53.1% 667 590
North Adelaide 2nd 4 -0- 2 8 53.0% 645 571
Central District 3rd 4 -0- 2 8 52.4% 699 635
Woodville 4th 4 -0- 2 8 50.9% 658 635
Port Adelaide 5th 3 -0- 3 6 53.1% 658 581
West Adelaide 6th 3 -0- 3 6 46.2% 641 745
West Torrens 7th 2 -0- 4 4 51.7% 590 552
Glenelg 8th 2 -0- 4 4 50.0% 705 706
Sturt 9th 2 -0- 4 4 45.3% 603 729
South Adelaide 10th 2 -0- 4 4 45.0% 546 668

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/05/1987 2:10 PM Central District v West Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 102 - 156 5,327
SAT 23/05/1987 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Torrens Glenelg Oval 122 - 93 9,803
SAT 23/05/1987 2:10 PM Norwood v Woodville Norwood Oval 119 - 93 6,877
SAT 23/05/1987 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Football Park 102 - 94 8,538
SAT 23/05/1987 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 96 - 142 6,237

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 5 -0- 2 10 54.1% 787 667
Norwood 2nd 5 -0- 2 10 53.5% 786 683
Port Adelaide 3rd 4 -0- 3 8 53.0% 760 675
Central District 4th 4 -0- 3 8 50.3% 801 791
Woodville 5th 4 -0- 3 8 49.9% 751 754
West Adelaide 6th 4 -0- 3 8 48.5% 797 847
Glenelg 7th 3 -0- 4 6 50.9% 827 799
West Torrens 8th 2 -0- 5 4 50.3% 683 674
South Adelaide 9th 2 -0- 5 4 45.4% 640 770
Sturt 10th 2 -0- 5 4 44.5% 699 871

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 30/05/1987 2:10 PM Central District v Norwood Football Park 89 - 134 7,312
SAT 30/05/1987 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Prospect Oval 140 - 65 6,117
SAT 30/05/1987 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Alberton Oval 99 - 61 6,810
SAT 30/05/1987 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 70 - 115 3,156
SAT 30/05/1987 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Sturt Richmond Oval 97 - 62 3,661

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 6 -0- 2 12 55.9% 927 732
Norwood 2nd 6 -0- 2 12 54.4% 920 772
Port Adelaide 3rd 5 -0- 3 10 53.9% 859 736
Woodville 4th 5 -0- 3 10 51.2% 866 824
West Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 3 10 49.6% 894 909
Central District 6th 4 -0- 4 8 49.0% 890 925
Glenelg 7th 3 -0- 5 6 48.7% 892 939
West Torrens 8th 2 -0- 6 4 49.0% 744 773
South Adelaide 9th 2 -0- 6 4 44.5% 710 885
Sturt 10th 2 -0- 6 4 44.0% 761 968

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 05/06/1987 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 109 - 82 6,331
FRI 05/06/1987 2:10 PM West Torrens v Norwood Thebarton Oval 96 - 88 8,002
FRI 05/06/1987 2:10 PM Woodville v Port Adelaide Football Park 141 - 87 15,265
SUN 07/06/1987 2:10 PM Central District v Sturt Football Park 98 - 149 18,808
SUN 07/06/1987 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Football Park 151 - 131 18,808

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 7 -0- 2 14 55.5% 1,078 863
Norwood 2nd 6 -0- 3 12 53.7% 1,008 868
Woodville 3rd 6 -0- 3 12 52.5% 1,007 911
Port Adelaide 4th 5 -0- 4 10 51.9% 946 877
West Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 4 10 49.2% 1,025 1,060
Glenelg 6th 4 -0- 5 8 49.5% 1,001 1,021
Central District 7th 4 -0- 5 8 47.9% 988 1,074
West Torrens 8th 3 -0- 6 6 49.4% 840 861
Sturt 9th 3 -0- 6 6 46.1% 910 1,066
South Adelaide 10th 2 -0- 7 4 44.3% 792 994

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 12/06/1987 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Football Park 158 - 58 10,622
FRI 12/06/1987 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Central District Prospect Oval 116 - 71 5,116
FRI 12/06/1987 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Alberton Oval 109 - 86 7,743
FRI 12/06/1987 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 106 - 161 4,772
FRI 12/06/1987 2:10 PM Woodville v West Adelaide Woodville Oval 149 - 146 4,490

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 8 -0- 2 16 56.1% 1,194 934
Woodville 2nd 7 -0- 3 14 52.2% 1,156 1,057
Port Adelaide 3rd 6 -0- 4 12 52.3% 1,055 963
Norwood 4th 6 -0- 4 12 51.0% 1,066 1,026
Glenelg 5th 5 -0- 5 10 51.8% 1,159 1,079
West Adelaide 6th 5 -0- 5 10 49.2% 1,171 1,209
West Torrens 7th 4 -0- 6 8 50.9% 1,001 967
Central District 8th 4 -0- 6 8 47.1% 1,059 1,190
Sturt 9th 3 -0- 7 6 45.9% 996 1,175
South Adelaide 10th 2 -0- 8 4 43.7% 898 1,155

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 19/06/1987 2:10 PM Central District v Woodville Elizabeth Oval 128 - 134 3,991
FRI 19/06/1987 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Glenelg Oval 177 - 80 12,342
FRI 19/06/1987 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Football Park 98 - 120 4,018
FRI 19/06/1987 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Adelaide Oval 112 - 150 8,184
FRI 19/06/1987 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Richmond Oval 133 - 39 6,614

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 9 -0- 2 18 56.0% 1,314 1,032
Woodville 2nd 8 -0- 3 16 52.1% 1,290 1,185
Norwood 3rd 7 -0- 4 14 51.7% 1,216 1,138
Glenelg 4th 6 -0- 5 12 53.5% 1,336 1,159
West Adelaide 5th 6 -0- 5 12 51.1% 1,304 1,248
Port Adelaide 6th 6 -0- 5 12 49.9% 1,135 1,140
West Torrens 7th 4 -0- 7 8 48.6% 1,040 1,100
Central District 8th 4 -0- 7 8 47.3% 1,187 1,324
Sturt 9th 3 -0- 8 6 45.5% 1,108 1,325
South Adelaide 10th 2 -0- 9 4 43.9% 996 1,275

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
FRI 26/06/1987 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 65 - 76 7,070
FRI 26/06/1987 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Central District Alberton Oval 114 - 93 6,417
FRI 26/06/1987 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 80 - 79 3,653
FRI 26/06/1987 2:10 PM West Torrens v Woodville Football Park 97 - 98 4,698
SAT 27/06/1987 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 110 - 176 11,577

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 10 -0- 2 20 55.9% 1,390 1,097
Woodville 2nd 9 -0- 3 18 52.0% 1,388 1,282
Glenelg 3rd 7 -0- 5 14 54.4% 1,512 1,269
Norwood 4th 7 -0- 5 14 51.3% 1,281 1,214
Port Adelaide 5th 7 -0- 5 14 50.3% 1,249 1,233
West Adelaide 6th 6 -0- 6 12 49.8% 1,414 1,424
West Torrens 7th 4 -0- 8 8 48.7% 1,137 1,198
Central District 8th 4 -0- 8 8 47.1% 1,280 1,438
Sturt 9th 3 -0- 9 6 45.8% 1,187 1,405
South Adelaide 10th 3 -0- 9 6 44.3% 1,076 1,354

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 04/07/1987 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Glenelg Oval 163 - 81 6,910
SAT 04/07/1987 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 108 - 135 3,266
SAT 04/07/1987 2:10 PM Woodville v North Adelaide Football Park 85 - 156 9,307
SUN 05/07/1987 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Football Park 90 - 172 24,323
SUN 05/07/1987 2:10 PM West Torrens v Central District Football Park 159 - 89 24,323

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 11 -0- 2 22 56.7% 1,546 1,182
Woodville 2nd 9 -0- 4 18 50.6% 1,473 1,438
Glenelg 3rd 8 -0- 5 16 55.4% 1,675 1,350
Norwood 4th 8 -0- 5 16 52.7% 1,453 1,304
West Adelaide 5th 7 -0- 6 14 50.3% 1,549 1,532
Port Adelaide 6th 7 -0- 6 14 48.8% 1,339 1,405
West Torrens 7th 5 -0- 8 10 50.2% 1,296 1,287
Central District 8th 4 -0- 9 8 46.2% 1,369 1,597
Sturt 9th 3 -0- 10 6 44.7% 1,268 1,568
South Adelaide 10th 3 -0- 10 6 44.3% 1,184 1,489

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 11/07/1987 2:10 PM Glenelg v Woodville Glenelg Oval 174 - 100 8,313
SAT 11/07/1987 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Alberton Oval 72 - 76 7,419
SAT 11/07/1987 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Central District Football Park 112 - 89 2,468
SAT 11/07/1987 2:10 PM Sturt v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 98 - 118 5,078
SAT 11/07/1987 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Norwood Richmond Oval 73 - 162 5,697

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 12 -0- 2 24 56.4% 1,622 1,254
Glenelg 2nd 9 -0- 5 18 56.0% 1,849 1,450
Norwood 3rd 9 -0- 5 18 54.0% 1,615 1,377
Woodville 4th 9 -0- 5 18 49.4% 1,573 1,612
West Adelaide 5th 7 -0- 7 14 48.9% 1,622 1,694
Port Adelaide 6th 7 -0- 7 14 48.8% 1,411 1,481
West Torrens 7th 6 -0- 8 12 50.5% 1,414 1,385
Central District 8th 4 -0- 10 8 46.0% 1,458 1,709
South Adelaide 9th 4 -0- 10 8 45.1% 1,296 1,578
Sturt 10th 3 -0- 11 6 44.8% 1,366 1,686

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 18/07/1987 2:10 PM Central District v Glenelg Elizabeth Oval 76 - 58 2,515
SAT 18/07/1987 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Prospect Oval 64 - 37 3,969
SAT 18/07/1987 2:10 PM Norwood v South Adelaide Norwood Oval 114 - 37 3,739
SAT 18/07/1987 2:10 PM Sturt v Woodville Adelaide Oval 56 - 64 2,823
SAT 18/07/1987 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Football Park 64 - 69 8,157

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 13 -0- 2 26 56.6% 1,686 1,291
Norwood 2nd 10 -0- 5 20 55.0% 1,729 1,414
Woodville 3rd 10 -0- 5 20 49.5% 1,637 1,668
Glenelg 4th 9 -0- 6 18 55.5% 1,907 1,526
Port Adelaide 5th 8 -0- 7 16 48.9% 1,480 1,545
West Adelaide 6th 7 -0- 8 14 48.9% 1,686 1,763
West Torrens 7th 6 -0- 9 12 50.0% 1,451 1,449
Central District 8th 5 -0- 10 10 46.5% 1,534 1,767
South Adelaide 9th 4 -0- 11 8 44.1% 1,333 1,692
Sturt 10th 3 -0- 12 6 44.8% 1,422 1,750

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 25/07/1987 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Football Park 83 - 64 4,395
SAT 25/07/1987 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 31 - 88 5,154
SAT 25/07/1987 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Central District Richmond Oval 72 - 55 2,561
SAT 25/07/1987 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Thebarton Oval 43 - 61 4,695
SAT 25/07/1987 2:10 PM Woodville v Norwood Woodville Oval 88 - 78 5,201

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 14 -0- 2 28 56.6% 1,769 1,355
Woodville 2nd 11 -0- 5 22 49.7% 1,725 1,746
Glenelg 3rd 10 -0- 6 20 55.6% 1,968 1,569
Norwood 4th 10 -0- 6 20 54.6% 1,807 1,502
Port Adelaide 5th 9 -0- 7 18 49.9% 1,568 1,576
West Adelaide 6th 8 -0- 8 16 49.2% 1,758 1,818
West Torrens 7th 6 -0- 10 12 49.7% 1,494 1,510
Central District 8th 5 -0- 11 10 46.4% 1,589 1,839
South Adelaide 9th 4 -0- 12 8 43.4% 1,364 1,780
Sturt 10th 3 -0- 13 6 44.8% 1,486 1,833

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/08/1987 2:10 PM Norwood v Central District Norwood Oval 146 - 46 5,229
SAT 01/08/1987 2:10 PM Sturt v West Adelaide Football Park 126 - 100 4,125
SAT 01/08/1987 2:10 PM West Torrens v Port Adelaide Thebarton Oval 75 - 101 6,803
SAT 01/08/1987 2:10 PM Woodville v South Adelaide Woodville Oval 68 - 56 2,198
SUN 02/08/1987 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 53 - 79 15,629

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 14 -0- 3 28 56.0% 1,822 1,434
Woodville 2nd 12 -0- 5 24 49.9% 1,793 1,802
Glenelg 3rd 11 -0- 6 22 55.8% 2,047 1,622
Norwood 4th 11 -0- 6 22 55.8% 1,953 1,548
Port Adelaide 5th 10 -0- 7 20 50.3% 1,669 1,651
West Adelaide 6th 8 -0- 9 16 48.9% 1,858 1,944
West Torrens 7th 6 -0- 11 12 49.3% 1,569 1,611
Central District 8th 5 -0- 12 10 45.2% 1,635 1,985
Sturt 9th 4 -0- 13 8 45.5% 1,612 1,933
South Adelaide 10th 4 -0- 13 8 43.5% 1,420 1,848

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/08/1987 2:10 PM Central District v Sturt Elizabeth Oval 136 - 55 2,614
SAT 08/08/1987 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Prospect Oval 116 - 105 3,910
SAT 08/08/1987 2:10 PM Norwood v West Torrens Norwood Oval 135 - 84 6,676
SAT 08/08/1987 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Woodville Alberton Oval 126 - 65 8,856
SAT 08/08/1987 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Glenelg Football Park 104 - 92 4,883

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 15 -0- 3 30 55.7% 1,938 1,539
Norwood 2nd 12 -0- 6 24 56.1% 2,088 1,632
Woodville 3rd 12 -0- 6 24 49.1% 1,858 1,928
Glenelg 4th 11 -0- 7 22 55.3% 2,139 1,726
Port Adelaide 5th 11 -0- 7 22 51.1% 1,795 1,716
West Adelaide 6th 8 -0- 10 16 48.8% 1,963 2,060
West Torrens 7th 6 -0- 12 12 48.6% 1,653 1,746
Central District 8th 6 -0- 12 12 46.5% 1,771 2,040
South Adelaide 9th 5 -0- 13 10 44.0% 1,524 1,940
Sturt 10th 4 -0- 14 8 44.6% 1,667 2,069

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/08/1987 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Glenelg Oval 92 - 97 11,311
SAT 15/08/1987 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Torrens Football Park 77 - 179 3,862
SAT 15/08/1987 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 139 - 155 8,244
SUN 16/08/1987 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Central District Football Park 152 - 97 11,915
SUN 16/08/1987 2:10 PM Woodville v West Adelaide Football Park 88 - 114 11,915

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 16 -0- 3 32 56.1% 2,090 1,636
Norwood 2nd 13 -0- 6 26 55.9% 2,185 1,724
Port Adelaide 3rd 12 -0- 7 24 51.2% 1,950 1,855
Woodville 4th 12 -0- 7 24 48.8% 1,946 2,042
Glenelg 5th 11 -0- 8 22 55.0% 2,231 1,823
West Adelaide 6th 9 -0- 10 18 49.2% 2,077 2,148
West Torrens 7th 7 -0- 12 14 50.1% 1,832 1,823
Central District 8th 6 -0- 13 12 46.0% 1,868 2,192
South Adelaide 9th 5 -0- 14 10 43.0% 1,601 2,119
Sturt 10th 4 -0- 15 8 44.8% 1,806 2,224

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/08/1987 2:10 PM Central District v Woodville Football Park 105 - 93 3,295
SAT 22/08/1987 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 113 - 78 7,119
SAT 22/08/1987 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Alberton Oval 90 - 73 12,814
SAT 22/08/1987 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 24 - 157 3,472
SAT 22/08/1987 2:10 PM West Torrens v West Adelaide Thebarton Oval 110 - 72 3,844

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 17 -0- 3 34 57.5% 2,247 1,660
Norwood 2nd 14 -0- 6 28 56.0% 2,298 1,802
Port Adelaide 3rd 13 -0- 7 26 51.4% 2,040 1,928
Woodville 4th 12 -0- 8 24 48.7% 2,039 2,147
Glenelg 5th 11 -0- 9 22 54.6% 2,304 1,913
West Adelaide 6th 9 -0- 11 18 48.8% 2,149 2,258
West Torrens 7th 8 -0- 12 16 50.6% 1,942 1,895
Central District 8th 7 -0- 13 14 46.3% 1,973 2,285
South Adelaide 9th 5 -0- 15 10 41.7% 1,625 2,276
Sturt 10th 4 -0- 16 8 44.6% 1,884 2,337

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/08/1987 2:10 PM Central District v Port Adelaide Football Park 67 - 164 11,875
SAT 29/08/1987 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Richmond Oval 99 - 136 4,757
SAT 29/08/1987 2:10 PM Woodville v West Torrens Woodville Oval 93 - 112 3,668
SUN 30/08/1987 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Football Park 78 - 118 21,828
SUN 30/08/1987 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Football Park 146 - 101 21,828

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 18 -0- 3 36 57.6% 2,365 1,738
Norwood 2nd 14 -0- 7 28 55.3% 2,376 1,920
Port Adelaide 3rd 14 -0- 7 28 52.5% 2,204 1,995
Glenelg 4th 12 -0- 9 24 54.8% 2,440 2,012
Woodville 5th 12 -0- 9 24 48.6% 2,132 2,259
West Torrens 6th 9 -0- 12 18 50.8% 2,054 1,988
West Adelaide 7th 9 -0- 12 18 48.4% 2,248 2,394
Central District 8th 7 -0- 14 14 45.4% 2,040 2,449
Sturt 9th 5 -0- 16 10 45.4% 2,030 2,438
South Adelaide 10th 5 -0- 16 10 41.6% 1,726 2,422

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/09/1987 2:10 PM Central District v West Torrens Elizabeth Oval 81 - 106 2,656
SAT 05/09/1987 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Woodville Prospect Oval 150 - 108 3,991
SAT 05/09/1987 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Football Park 47 - 76 18,793
SAT 05/09/1987 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 107 - 62 5,209
SAT 05/09/1987 2:10 PM West Adelaide v South Adelaide Football Park 126 - 72 18,793

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 19 -0- 3 38 57.7% 2,515 1,846
Port Adelaide 2nd 15 -0- 7 30 52.8% 2,280 2,042
Norwood 3rd 14 -0- 8 28 54.8% 2,423 1,996
Glenelg 4th 12 -0- 10 24 54.1% 2,502 2,119
Woodville 5th 12 -0- 10 24 48.2% 2,240 2,409
West Torrens 6th 10 -0- 12 20 51.1% 2,160 2,069
West Adelaide 7th 10 -0- 12 20 49.0% 2,374 2,466
Central District 8th 7 -0- 15 14 45.4% 2,121 2,555
Sturt 9th 6 -0- 16 12 46.1% 2,137 2,500
South Adelaide 10th 5 -0- 17 10 41.4% 1,798 2,548

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 13/09/1987 2:10 PM Glenelg v Woodville Football Park 166 - 64 15,537

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/09/1987 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Football Park 64 - 98 27,750

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/09/1987 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Norwood Football Park 73 - 53 20,926
SUN 20/09/1987 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Football Park 79 - 81 30,194

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 27/09/1987 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Football Park 64 - 110 30,967

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/10/1987 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Glenelg Football Park 145 - 63 50,617