1952 SANFL season
The 1952 South Australian National Football League season was the 73rd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
| 1952 SANFL season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 8 |
| Premiers | North Adelaide (8th premiership) |
| Minor premiers | North Adelaide (7th minor premiership) |
| Matches played | 72 |
| Attendance | 724,460 (10,062 per match) |
| Highest attendance | 50,105 (Grand Final, North Adelaide vs. Norwood) |
| Ken Farmer Medallist | John Willis West Torrens (85 Goals) |
| Magarey Medallist | Len Fitzgerald Sturt (25 votes) |
Minor Round
Round 1
| Round 1 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Friday, 25 April (2:10pm) | Port Adelaide 11.12 (88) | def. | Glenelg 7.3 (45) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 27,000) | [1] |
| Saturday, 26 April (2:10pm) | West Adelaide 15.12 (102) | def. | South Adelaide 7.10 (52) | Kensington Oval (crowd: 2,000) | [2] |
| Saturday, 26 April (2:10pm) | West Torrens 17.4 (106) | def. | North Adelaide 11.18 (84) | Thebarton Oval (crowd: 9,500) | [3] |
| Saturday, 26 April (2:10pm) | Sturt 9.11 (65) | def. by | Norwood 23.13 (151) | Unley Oval (crowd: 9,500) | [4] |
Ladder
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| TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | PTS | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Adelaide (P) | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1525 | 1179 | 56.40 | 28 | |||
| 2 | Port Adelaide | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1423 | 957 | 59.79 | 26 | |||
| 3 | West Torrens | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1622 | 1316 | 55.21 | 22 | |||
| 4 | Norwood | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1519 | 1340 | 53.13 | 20 | |||
| 5 | Glenelg | 17 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1387 | 1460 | 48.72 | 12 | |||
| 6 | West Adelaide | 17 | 6 | 11 | 0 | 1161 | 1304 | 47.10 | 12 | |||
| 7 | South Adelaide | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1093 | 1652 | 39.82 | 10 | |||
| 8 | Sturt | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1156 | 1678 | 40.79 | 6 | |||
| Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, Pennsylvania = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | [5] | |||||||||||
Finals
Grand Final
| 1952 SANFL Grand Final | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saturday 4 October (2:10 pm) |
North Adelaide | def. | Norwood | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 50,105) | Report |
| 3.1 (19) 11.3 (64) 17.10 (112) 23.15 (153) |
Q1 Q2 Q3 Final |
2.0 (12) 3.4 (22) 5.5 (35) 6.9 (45) |
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References
- "Teamwork Gives Port Easy Win". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 26 April 1952. p. 12. Retrieved 12 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Round the Pickets". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 28 April 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 13 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Round the Pickets". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 28 April 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 13 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Round the Pickets". The Advertiser. Adelaide. 28 April 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 13 November 2015 – via National Library of Australia.
- "Australian Football - SANFL Season 1952". Archived from the original on 13 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
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