1903 SAFA premiership season | |
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![]() 27th season Pictured above is the 1903 Port Adelaide premiership team. | |
Teams | 7 |
Premiers | Port Adelaide (4th premiership) |
Minor premiers | Port Adelaide (3rd minor premiership) |
Matches played | 46 |
Highest attendance | 14,000 (Grand Final, Port Adelaide vs. North Adelaide) |
Leading goalkicker | Anthony Daly North Adelaide (54 Goals) |
Magarey Medallist | Hendrick Waye Sturt |
The 1903 South Australian Football Association season was the 27th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
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TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | PTS | ||||
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1 | Port Adelaide (P) | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 801 | 323 | 71.26 | 21 | |||
2 | North Adelaide | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 858 | 428 | 66.72 | 20 | |||
3 | Norwood | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 573 | 382 | 60.00 | 16 | |||
4 | South Adelaide | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 521 | 527 | 49.71 | 10 | |||
5 | West Torrens | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 421 | 696 | 37.69 | 6 | |||
6 | West Adelaide | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 350 | 905 | 27.89 | 6 | |||
7 | Sturt | 12 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 320 | 583 | 35.44 | 5 | |||
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | [1] |
Port Adelaide 6.6 (42) | vs. | South Adelaide 5.5 (35) | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 14,000) | ||
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