1989 SANFL Season

These are the results for the 1989 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. Port Adelaide were the premiers, with John Cahill as the premiership coach.

Season Details

Name: 1989 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 Neil Kerley
Glenelg Glenelg Oval Graham Cornes
North Adelaide Prospect Oval Mike Nunan
Norwood Norwood Oval Neil Balme
Port Adelaide Alberton Oval John Cahill
South Adelaide Adelaide Oval John Reid
Sturt Adelaide Oval Rick Davies
West Adelaide Richmond Oval Kevin Morris
West Torrens Thebarton Oval Andy Bennett
Woodville Woodville Oval Russell Ebert

Season Results

Premiers: Port Adelaide
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 19 -0- 3 38 61.3% 2,513 1,585 362 341 229 211
Port Adelaide 2nd 18 -0- 4 36 58.2% 2,529 1,818 363 351 263 240
Central District 3rd 13 -0- 9 26 49.6% 2,156 2,187 314 272 318 279
Norwood 4th 12 -0- 10 24 52.5% 2,180 1,975 326 224 284 271
Glenelg 5th 12 -0- 10 24 50.0% 2,033 2,030 294 269 289 296
West Torrens 6th 10 -0- 12 20 46.3% 1,879 2,179 269 265 317 277
West Adelaide 7th 8 -0- 14 16 48.5% 2,167 2,301 311 301 339 267
Woodville 8th 8 -0- 14 16 47.2% 1,985 2,223 288 257 317 321
South Adelaide 9th 6 -0- 16 12 43.3% 1,796 2,352 255 266 341 306
Sturt 10th 4 -0- 18 8 42.9% 1,781 2,369 257 239 342 317

Overall Premiership Results

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

Season Fixture

Round 1

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/04/1989 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Football Park 77 - 88 12,235
SAT 15/04/1989 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Sturt Alberton Oval 147 - 116 9,569
SAT 15/04/1989 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 108 - 131 4,472
SAT 15/04/1989 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Woodville Richmond Oval 130 - 106 2,918
MON 17/04/1989 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Central District Football Park 113 - 73 5,424

Round 1 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 1 -0- 0 2 60.8% 113 73
Port Adelaide 2nd 1 -0- 0 2 55.9% 147 116
West Adelaide 3rd 1 -0- 0 2 55.1% 130 106
West Torrens 4th 1 -0- 0 2 54.8% 131 108
Norwood 5th 1 -0- 0 2 53.3% 88 77
Glenelg 6th 0 -0- 1 0 46.7% 77 88
South Adelaide 7th 0 -0- 1 0 45.2% 108 131
Woodville 8th 0 -0- 1 0 44.9% 106 130
Sturt 9th 0 -0- 1 0 44.1% 116 147
Central District 10th 0 -0- 1 0 39.2% 73 113

Round 2

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/04/1989 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Norwood Oval 135 - 60 11,703
SAT 22/04/1989 2:10 PM West Torrens v Central District Football Park 194 - 77 5,893
MON 24/04/1989 2:10 PM West Adelaide v South Adelaide Football Park 126 - 69 3,383
TUE 25/04/1989 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 126 - 78 6,297
TUE 25/04/1989 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Football Park 77 - 85 26,135

Round 2 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Torrens 1st 2 -0- 0 4 63.7% 325 185
Norwood 2nd 2 -0- 0 4 61.9% 223 137
North Adelaide 3rd 2 -0- 0 4 61.3% 239 151
West Adelaide 4th 2 -0- 0 4 59.4% 256 175
Port Adelaide 5th 1 -0- 1 2 52.7% 224 201
Glenelg 6th 1 -0- 1 2 49.5% 162 165
Woodville 7th 0 -0- 2 0 41.8% 184 256
South Adelaide 8th 0 -0- 2 0 40.8% 177 257
Sturt 9th 0 -0- 2 0 38.4% 176 282
Central District 10th 0 -0- 2 0 32.8% 150 307

Round 3

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/04/1989 2:10 PM Central District v Norwood Elizabeth Oval 108 - 91 7,114
SAT 29/04/1989 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Glenelg Oval 89 - 114 6,247
SAT 29/04/1989 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Prospect Oval 120 - 81 10,232
SAT 29/04/1989 2:10 PM Woodville v South Adelaide Football Park 106 - 82 2,887
MON 01/05/1989 2:10 PM Sturt v West Torrens Football Park 75 - 87 7,183

Round 3 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
West Torrens 1st 3 -0- 0 6 61.3% 412 260
North Adelaide 2nd 3 -0- 0 6 60.7% 359 232
West Adelaide 3rd 3 -0- 0 6 58.4% 370 264
Norwood 4th 2 -0- 1 4 56.2% 314 245
Port Adelaide 5th 1 -0- 2 2 48.7% 305 321
Glenelg 6th 1 -0- 2 2 47.4% 251 279
Woodville 7th 1 -0- 2 2 46.2% 290 338
Central District 8th 1 -0- 2 2 39.3% 258 398
South Adelaide 9th 0 -0- 3 0 41.6% 259 363
Sturt 10th 0 -0- 3 0 40.5% 251 369

Round 4

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 06/05/1989 2:10 PM North Adelaide v South Adelaide Football Park 142 - 60 3,409
SAT 06/05/1989 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 69 - 87 7,420
SAT 06/05/1989 2:10 PM West Torrens v West Adelaide Thebarton Oval 67 - 107 7,675
SAT 06/05/1989 2:10 PM Woodville v Central District Woodville Oval 46 - 146 3,864
MON 08/05/1989 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Football Park 72 - 67 14,029

Round 4 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 4 -0- 0 8 63.2% 501 292
West Adelaide 2nd 4 -0- 0 8 59.0% 477 331
West Torrens 3rd 3 -0- 1 6 56.6% 479 367
Norwood 4th 2 -0- 2 4 54.6% 381 317
Port Adelaide 5th 2 -0- 2 4 49.3% 377 388
Glenelg 6th 2 -0- 2 4 49.3% 338 348
Central District 7th 2 -0- 2 4 47.6% 404 444
Woodville 8th 1 -0- 3 2 41.0% 336 484
Sturt 9th 0 -0- 4 0 41.2% 320 456
South Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 4 0 38.7% 319 505

Round 5

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 13/05/1989 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Torrens Football Park 172 - 69 7,010
SAT 13/05/1989 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Central District Alberton Oval 135 - 109 9,674
SAT 13/05/1989 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Sturt Adelaide Oval 77 - 107 4,782
MON 15/05/1989 2:10 PM Glenelg v Woodville Football Park 49 - 83 16,425
MON 15/05/1989 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Football Park 159 - 89 16,425

Round 5 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 5 -0- 0 10 65.1% 673 361
West Adelaide 2nd 4 -0- 1 8 53.6% 566 490
Norwood 3rd 3 -0- 2 6 57.1% 540 406
Port Adelaide 4th 3 -0- 2 6 50.7% 512 497
West Torrens 5th 3 -0- 2 6 50.4% 548 539
Glenelg 6th 2 -0- 3 4 47.3% 387 431
Central District 7th 2 -0- 3 4 47.0% 513 579
Woodville 8th 2 -0- 3 4 44.0% 419 533
Sturt 9th 1 -0- 4 2 44.5% 427 533
South Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 5 0 39.3% 396 612

Round 6

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 20/05/1989 2:10 PM Central District v South Adelaide Football Park 94 - 93 3,297
SAT 20/05/1989 2:10 PM Glenelg v North Adelaide Glenelg Oval 87 - 124 7,672
SAT 20/05/1989 2:10 PM Norwood v West Torrens Norwood Oval 68 - 123 9,105
SAT 20/05/1989 2:10 PM Sturt v Woodville Adelaide Oval 108 - 119 4,999
SAT 20/05/1989 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Richmond Oval 69 - 137 7,888

Round 6 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 6 -0- 0 12 64.0% 797 448
Port Adelaide 2nd 4 -0- 2 8 53.4% 649 566
West Torrens 3rd 4 -0- 2 8 52.5% 671 607
West Adelaide 4th 4 -0- 2 8 50.3% 635 627
Norwood 5th 3 -0- 3 6 53.5% 608 529
Central District 6th 3 -0- 3 6 47.5% 607 672
Woodville 7th 3 -0- 3 6 45.6% 538 641
Glenelg 8th 2 -0- 4 4 46.1% 474 555
Sturt 9th 1 -0- 5 2 45.1% 535 652
South Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 6 0 40.9% 489 706

Round 7

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 27/05/1989 2:10 PM Central District v Sturt Elizabeth Oval 115 - 82 6,234
SAT 27/05/1989 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Prospect Oval 168 - 87 6,201
SAT 27/05/1989 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Glenelg Adelaide Oval 103 - 116 5,001
SAT 27/05/1989 2:10 PM West Torrens v Port Adelaide Thebarton Oval 96 - 157 11,754
SAT 27/05/1989 2:10 PM Woodville v Norwood Football Park 116 - 112 7,386

Round 7 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 7 -0- 0 14 64.3% 965 535
Port Adelaide 2nd 5 -0- 2 10 54.9% 806 662
West Torrens 3rd 4 -0- 3 8 50.1% 767 764
Central District 4th 4 -0- 3 8 48.9% 722 754
West Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 3 8 47.6% 722 795
Woodville 6th 4 -0- 3 8 46.5% 654 753
Norwood 7th 3 -0- 4 6 52.7% 720 645
Glenelg 8th 3 -0- 4 6 47.3% 590 658
Sturt 9th 1 -0- 6 2 44.6% 617 767
South Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 7 0 41.9% 592 822

Round 8

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 03/06/1989 2:10 PM Glenelg v Central District Glenelg Oval 80 - 84 6,059
SAT 03/06/1989 2:10 PM Norwood v North Adelaide Norwood Oval 67 - 134 10,939
SAT 03/06/1989 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v South Adelaide Alberton Oval 108 - 82 5,692
SAT 03/06/1989 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Sturt Football Park 68 - 77 4,867
SAT 03/06/1989 2:10 PM Woodville v West Torrens Woodville Oval 85 - 105 4,536

Round 8 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 8 -0- 0 16 64.6% 1,099 602
Port Adelaide 2nd 6 -0- 2 12 55.1% 914 744
West Torrens 3rd 5 -0- 3 10 50.7% 872 849
Central District 4th 5 -0- 3 10 49.1% 806 834
West Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 4 8 47.5% 790 872
Woodville 6th 4 -0- 4 8 46.3% 739 858
Norwood 7th 3 -0- 5 6 50.3% 787 779
Glenelg 8th 3 -0- 5 6 47.5% 670 742
Sturt 9th 2 -0- 6 4 45.4% 694 835
South Adelaide 10th 0 -0- 8 0 42.0% 674 930

Round 9

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 10/06/1989 2:10 PM Sturt v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 61 - 94 6,516
SAT 10/06/1989 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Central District Richmond Oval 91 - 100 3,677
SAT 10/06/1989 2:10 PM West Torrens v Glenelg Football Park 114 - 92 7,533
MON 12/06/1989 2:10 PM Norwood v South Adelaide Football Park 92 - 110 17,834
MON 12/06/1989 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Woodville Football Park 140 - 101 17,834

Round 9 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 9 -0- 0 18 64.3% 1,193 663
Port Adelaide 2nd 7 -0- 2 14 55.5% 1,054 845
West Torrens 3rd 6 -0- 3 12 51.2% 986 941
Central District 4th 6 -0- 3 12 49.5% 906 925
West Adelaide 5th 4 -0- 5 8 47.5% 881 972
Woodville 6th 4 -0- 5 8 45.7% 840 998
Norwood 7th 3 -0- 6 6 49.7% 879 889
Glenelg 8th 3 -0- 6 6 47.1% 762 856
Sturt 9th 2 -0- 7 4 44.8% 755 929
South Adelaide 10th 1 -0- 8 2 43.4% 784 1,022

Round 10

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 17/06/1989 2:10 PM Central District v North Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 67 - 116 7,983
SAT 17/06/1989 2:10 PM Glenelg v Norwood Glenelg Oval 111 - 82 6,376
SAT 17/06/1989 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Football Park 81 - 115 9,589
SAT 17/06/1989 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Thebarton Oval 44 - 47 3,961
SAT 17/06/1989 2:10 PM Woodville v West Adelaide Woodville Oval 44 - 98 2,507

Round 10 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 10 -0- 0 20 64.2% 1,309 730
Port Adelaide 2nd 8 -0- 2 16 55.8% 1,169 926
West Torrens 3rd 6 -0- 4 12 51.0% 1,030 988
Central District 4th 6 -0- 4 12 48.3% 973 1,041
West Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 5 10 49.1% 979 1,016
Glenelg 6th 4 -0- 6 8 48.2% 873 938
Woodville 7th 4 -0- 6 8 44.6% 884 1,096
Norwood 8th 3 -0- 7 6 49.0% 961 1,000
Sturt 9th 2 -0- 8 4 44.5% 836 1,044
South Adelaide 10th 2 -0- 8 4 43.8% 831 1,066

Round 11

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 24/06/1989 2:10 PM Central District v West Torrens Elizabeth Oval 166 - 80 5,174
SAT 24/06/1989 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Woodville Prospect Oval 53 - 48 4,097
SAT 24/06/1989 2:10 PM Norwood v Sturt Football Park 65 - 116 7,613
SAT 24/06/1989 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Glenelg Alberton Oval 165 - 48 9,050
SAT 24/06/1989 2:10 PM South Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 93 - 90 3,986

Round 11 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 11 -0- 0 22 63.6% 1,362 778
Port Adelaide 2nd 9 -0- 2 18 57.8% 1,334 974
Central District 3rd 7 -0- 4 14 50.4% 1,139 1,121
West Torrens 4th 6 -0- 5 12 49.0% 1,110 1,154
West Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 6 10 49.1% 1,069 1,109
Glenelg 6th 4 -0- 7 8 45.5% 921 1,103
Woodville 7th 4 -0- 7 8 44.8% 932 1,149
Norwood 8th 3 -0- 8 6 47.9% 1,026 1,116
Sturt 9th 3 -0- 8 6 46.2% 952 1,109
South Adelaide 10th 3 -0- 8 6 44.4% 924 1,156

Round 12

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 01/07/1989 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Football Park 60 - 144 12,281
SUN 02/07/1989 2:10 PM Norwood v Central District Norwood Oval 141 - 69 7,272
SUN 02/07/1989 2:10 PM Sturt v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 67 - 81 5,896
SUN 02/07/1989 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Glenelg Richmond Oval 129 - 148 3,796
SUN 02/07/1989 2:10 PM Woodville v South Adelaide Woodville Oval 156 - 86 2,683

Round 12 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 11 -0- 1 22 60.7% 1,422 922
Port Adelaide 2nd 10 -0- 2 20 58.8% 1,478 1,034
West Torrens 3rd 7 -0- 5 14 49.4% 1,191 1,221
Central District 4th 7 -0- 5 14 48.9% 1,208 1,262
West Adelaide 5th 5 -0- 7 10 48.8% 1,198 1,257
Woodville 6th 5 -0- 7 10 46.8% 1,088 1,235
Glenelg 7th 5 -0- 7 10 46.5% 1,069 1,232
Norwood 8th 4 -0- 8 8 49.6% 1,167 1,185
Sturt 9th 3 -0- 9 6 46.1% 1,019 1,190
South Adelaide 10th 3 -0- 9 6 43.5% 1,010 1,312

Round 13

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 08/07/1989 2:10 PM Central District v Woodville Adelaide Oval 119 - 92 3,247
SAT 08/07/1989 2:10 PM Glenelg v Sturt Glenelg Oval 94 - 74 5,517
SAT 08/07/1989 2:10 PM North Adelaide v South Adelaide Prospect Oval 146 - 39 2,912
SAT 08/07/1989 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Norwood Alberton Oval 138 - 64 9,968
SAT 08/07/1989 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Football Park 69 - 98 4,427

Round 13 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 12 -0- 1 24 62.0% 1,568 961
Port Adelaide 2nd 11 -0- 2 22 59.5% 1,616 1,098
West Torrens 3rd 8 -0- 5 16 50.0% 1,289 1,290
Central District 4th 8 -0- 5 16 49.5% 1,327 1,354
Glenelg 5th 6 -0- 7 12 47.1% 1,163 1,306
West Adelaide 6th 5 -0- 8 10 48.3% 1,267 1,355
Woodville 7th 5 -0- 8 10 46.6% 1,180 1,354
Norwood 8th 4 -0- 9 8 48.2% 1,231 1,323
Sturt 9th 3 -0- 10 6 46.0% 1,093 1,284
South Adelaide 10th 3 -0- 10 6 41.8% 1,049 1,458

Round 14

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 15/07/1989 2:10 PM Central District v Port Adelaide Football Park 54 - 146 11,672
SAT 15/07/1989 2:10 PM Norwood v West Adelaide Norwood Oval 155 - 83 6,227
SAT 15/07/1989 2:10 PM Sturt v South Adelaide Adelaide Oval 96 - 103 3,817
SAT 15/07/1989 2:10 PM West Torrens v North Adelaide Thebarton Oval 51 - 175 5,367
SAT 15/07/1989 2:10 PM Woodville v Glenelg Woodville Oval 81 - 82 3,542

Round 14 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 13 -0- 1 26 63.3% 1,743 1,012
Port Adelaide 2nd 12 -0- 2 24 60.5% 1,762 1,152
Central District 3rd 8 -0- 6 16 47.9% 1,381 1,500
West Torrens 4th 8 -0- 6 16 47.8% 1,340 1,465
Glenelg 5th 7 -0- 7 14 47.3% 1,245 1,387
Norwood 6th 5 -0- 9 10 49.6% 1,386 1,406
West Adelaide 7th 5 -0- 9 10 47.2% 1,350 1,510
Woodville 8th 5 -0- 9 10 46.8% 1,261 1,436
South Adelaide 9th 4 -0- 10 8 42.6% 1,152 1,554
Sturt 10th 3 -0- 11 6 46.2% 1,189 1,387

Round 15

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 22/07/1989 2:10 PM Glenelg v North Adelaide Football Park 50 - 36 13,141
SAT 22/07/1989 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Central District Adelaide Oval 54 - 32 2,107
SAT 22/07/1989 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Port Adelaide Football Park 64 - 72 13,141
SAT 22/07/1989 2:10 PM West Torrens v Norwood Thebarton Oval 21 - 46 3,472
SAT 22/07/1989 2:10 PM Woodville v Sturt Woodville Oval 98 - 21 1,637

Round 15 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 13 -0- 2 26 62.6% 1,779 1,062
Port Adelaide 2nd 13 -0- 2 26 60.1% 1,834 1,216
Central District 3rd 8 -0- 7 16 47.6% 1,413 1,554
Glenelg 4th 8 -0- 7 16 47.6% 1,295 1,423
West Torrens 5th 8 -0- 7 16 47.4% 1,361 1,511
Norwood 6th 6 -0- 9 12 50.1% 1,432 1,427
Woodville 7th 6 -0- 9 12 48.3% 1,359 1,457
West Adelaide 8th 5 -0- 10 10 47.2% 1,414 1,582
South Adelaide 9th 5 -0- 10 10 43.2% 1,206 1,586
Sturt 10th 3 -0- 12 6 44.9% 1,210 1,485

Round 16

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 29/07/1989 2:10 PM Glenelg v South Adelaide Glenelg Oval 95 - 60 4,963
SAT 29/07/1989 2:10 PM North Adelaide v West Adelaide Adelaide Oval 96 - 53 3,613
SAT 29/07/1989 2:10 PM Norwood v Woodville Norwood Oval 110 - 99 6,430
SAT 29/07/1989 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v West Torrens Alberton Oval 120 - 68 6,296
SAT 29/07/1989 2:10 PM Sturt v Central District Football Park 87 - 107 3,654

Round 16 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 14 -0- 2 28 62.7% 1,875 1,115
Port Adelaide 2nd 14 -0- 2 28 60.3% 1,954 1,284
Glenelg 3rd 9 -0- 7 18 48.4% 1,390 1,483
Central District 4th 9 -0- 7 18 48.1% 1,520 1,641
West Torrens 5th 8 -0- 8 16 46.7% 1,429 1,631
Norwood 6th 7 -0- 9 14 50.3% 1,542 1,526
Woodville 7th 6 -0- 10 12 48.2% 1,458 1,567
West Adelaide 8th 5 -0- 11 10 46.6% 1,467 1,678
South Adelaide 9th 5 -0- 11 10 43.0% 1,266 1,681
Sturt 10th 3 -0- 13 6 44.9% 1,297 1,592

Round 17

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 05/08/1989 2:10 PM Central District v Glenelg Elizabeth Oval 144 - 59 5,618
SAT 05/08/1989 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Norwood Prospect Oval 61 - 97 7,093
SAT 05/08/1989 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Port Adelaide Football Park 77 - 129 5,959
SAT 05/08/1989 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Sturt Richmond Oval 154 - 109 2,164
SAT 05/08/1989 2:10 PM West Torrens v Woodville Thebarton Oval 64 - 71 3,223

Round 17 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 15 -0- 2 30 60.5% 2,083 1,361
North Adelaide 2nd 14 -0- 3 28 61.5% 1,936 1,212
Central District 3rd 10 -0- 7 20 49.5% 1,664 1,700
Glenelg 4th 9 -0- 8 18 47.1% 1,449 1,627
Norwood 5th 8 -0- 9 16 50.8% 1,639 1,587
West Torrens 6th 8 -0- 9 16 46.7% 1,493 1,702
Woodville 7th 7 -0- 10 14 48.4% 1,529 1,631
West Adelaide 8th 6 -0- 11 12 47.6% 1,621 1,787
South Adelaide 9th 5 -0- 12 10 42.6% 1,343 1,810
Sturt 10th 3 -0- 14 6 44.6% 1,406 1,746

Round 18

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 12/08/1989 2:10 PM Central District v West Adelaide Elizabeth Oval 140 - 126 4,918
SAT 12/08/1989 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Torrens Adelaide Oval 148 - 63 6,034
SAT 12/08/1989 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Sturt Prospect Oval 135 - 45 3,801
SAT 12/08/1989 2:10 PM Norwood v South Adelaide Football Park 110 - 56 6,598
SAT 12/08/1989 2:10 PM Woodville v Port Adelaide Woodville Oval 88 - 113 6,827

Round 18 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 16 -0- 2 32 60.2% 2,196 1,449
North Adelaide 2nd 15 -0- 3 30 62.2% 2,071 1,257
Central District 3rd 11 -0- 7 22 49.7% 1,804 1,826
Glenelg 4th 10 -0- 8 20 48.6% 1,597 1,690
Norwood 5th 9 -0- 9 18 51.6% 1,749 1,643
West Torrens 6th 8 -0- 10 16 45.7% 1,556 1,850
Woodville 7th 7 -0- 11 14 48.1% 1,617 1,744
West Adelaide 8th 6 -0- 12 12 47.6% 1,747 1,927
South Adelaide 9th 5 -0- 13 10 42.2% 1,399 1,920
Sturt 10th 3 -0- 15 6 43.5% 1,451 1,881

Round 19

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 19/08/1989 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Central District Prospect Oval 101 - 57 4,804
SAT 19/08/1989 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Norwood Oval 102 - 51 9,269
SAT 19/08/1989 2:10 PM Sturt v Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval 68 - 84 4,742
SAT 19/08/1989 2:10 PM West Adelaide v Woodville Football Park 100 - 103 5,421
SAT 19/08/1989 2:10 PM West Torrens v South Adelaide Football Park 92 - 73 5,421

Round 19 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 17 -0- 2 34 60.0% 2,280 1,517
North Adelaide 2nd 16 -0- 3 32 62.3% 2,172 1,314
Central District 3rd 11 -0- 8 22 49.1% 1,861 1,927
Norwood 4th 10 -0- 9 20 52.2% 1,851 1,694
Glenelg 5th 10 -0- 9 20 47.9% 1,648 1,792
West Torrens 6th 9 -0- 10 18 46.1% 1,648 1,923
Woodville 7th 8 -0- 11 16 48.3% 1,720 1,844
West Adelaide 8th 6 -0- 13 12 47.6% 1,847 2,030
South Adelaide 9th 5 -0- 14 10 42.3% 1,472 2,012
Sturt 10th 3 -0- 16 6 43.6% 1,519 1,965

Round 20

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 26/08/1989 2:10 PM Central District v West Torrens Football Park 70 - 58 7,638
SAT 26/08/1989 2:10 PM Glenelg v Port Adelaide Glenelg Oval 65 - 77 9,813
SAT 26/08/1989 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Woodville Football Park 114 - 69 7,638
SAT 26/08/1989 2:10 PM Sturt v Norwood Adelaide Oval 126 - 83 6,953
SAT 26/08/1989 2:10 PM West Adelaide v South Adelaide Richmond Oval 109 - 99 1,723

Round 20 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
Port Adelaide 1st 18 -0- 2 36 59.8% 2,357 1,582
North Adelaide 2nd 17 -0- 3 34 62.3% 2,286 1,383
Central District 3rd 12 -0- 8 24 49.3% 1,931 1,985
Norwood 4th 10 -0- 10 20 51.5% 1,934 1,820
Glenelg 5th 10 -0- 10 20 47.8% 1,713 1,869
West Torrens 6th 9 -0- 11 18 46.1% 1,706 1,993
Woodville 7th 8 -0- 12 16 47.7% 1,789 1,958
West Adelaide 8th 7 -0- 13 14 47.9% 1,956 2,129
South Adelaide 9th 5 -0- 15 10 42.6% 1,571 2,121
Sturt 10th 4 -0- 16 8 44.5% 1,645 2,048

Round 21

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 02/09/1989 2:10 PM Central District v Norwood Football Park 88 - 119 15,513
SAT 02/09/1989 2:10 PM Glenelg v West Adelaide Football Park 121 - 94 15,513
SAT 02/09/1989 2:10 PM South Adelaide v Woodville Adelaide Oval 128 - 113 2,085
SAT 02/09/1989 2:10 PM West Torrens v Sturt Thebarton Oval 122 - 69 3,861
SUN 03/09/1989 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Football Park 105 - 109 29,204

Round 21 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 18 -0- 3 36 61.7% 2,395 1,488
Port Adelaide 2nd 18 -0- 3 36 59.3% 2,462 1,691
Central District 3rd 12 -0- 9 24 49.0% 2,019 2,104
Norwood 4th 11 -0- 10 22 51.8% 2,053 1,908
Glenelg 5th 11 -0- 10 22 48.3% 1,834 1,963
West Torrens 6th 10 -0- 11 20 47.0% 1,828 2,062
Woodville 7th 8 -0- 13 16 47.7% 1,902 2,086
West Adelaide 8th 7 -0- 14 14 47.7% 2,050 2,250
South Adelaide 9th 6 -0- 15 12 43.2% 1,699 2,234
Sturt 10th 4 -0- 17 8 44.1% 1,714 2,170

Round 22

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 09/09/1989 2:10 PM Central District v Woodville Elizabeth Oval 137 - 83 4,410
SAT 09/09/1989 2:10 PM Norwood v Port Adelaide Football Park 127 - 67 27,759
SAT 09/09/1989 2:10 PM South Adelaide v North Adelaide Adelaide Oval 97 - 118 3,568
SAT 09/09/1989 2:10 PM Sturt v Glenelg Football Park 67 - 199 27,759
SAT 09/09/1989 2:10 PM West Adelaide v West Torrens Richmond Oval 117 - 51 2,812

Round 22 Ladder

Team Ladder (W-D-L, PP & P%) PF PA
North Adelaide 1st 19 -0- 3 38 61.3% 2,513 1,585
Port Adelaide 2nd 18 -0- 4 36 58.2% 2,529 1,818
Central District 3rd 13 -0- 9 26 49.6% 2,156 2,187
Norwood 4th 12 -0- 10 24 52.5% 2,180 1,975
Glenelg 5th 12 -0- 10 24 50.0% 2,033 2,030
West Torrens 6th 10 -0- 12 20 46.3% 1,879 2,179
West Adelaide 7th 8 -0- 14 16 48.5% 2,167 2,301
Woodville 8th 8 -0- 14 16 47.2% 1,985 2,223
South Adelaide 9th 6 -0- 16 12 43.3% 1,796 2,352
Sturt 10th 4 -0- 18 8 42.9% 1,781 2,369

Final Round 1

Elimination Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 17/09/1989 2:10 PM Norwood v Glenelg Football Park 97 - 92 25,239

Qualifying Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 16/09/1989 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v Central District Football Park 155 - 70 21,763

Final Round 2

Semi Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 23/09/1989 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Port Adelaide Football Park 102 - 125 31,420
SUN 24/09/1989 2:10 PM Central District v Norwood Football Park 82 - 105 23,378

Final Round 3

Preliminary Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SUN 01/10/1989 2:10 PM North Adelaide v Norwood Football Park 121 - 85 30,311

Final Round 4

Grand Final

Date Match Venue Result Attendance
SAT 07/10/1989 2:10 PM Port Adelaide v North Adelaide Football Park 108 - 14 50,487