The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL, is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's governing body for the sport.
The 1910 VFL season was the 14th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured ten clubs and ran from 30 April to 1 October, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top four clubs.
The 1911 VFL season was the 15th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured ten clubs and ran from 29 April to 23 September, comprising an 18-match home-and-away season followed by a three-week finals series featuring the top four clubs. The season was the beginning of the league's professional era, with clubs permitted for the first time to pay players beyond the reimbursement of expenses.
The 1915 VFL season was the 19th season of the Victorian Football League (VFL), the highest-level senior Australian rules football competition in Victoria. The season featured nine clubs and ran from 24 April to 18 September, comprising a 16-match home-and-away season followed by a four-week finals series featuring the top four clubs.
Sampson Hosking was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian Football League (SAFL). He was twice a recipient of the Magarey Medal, an individual award given in recognition of being the best and fairest player in the SAFL. After his playing career Hosking was also an accomplished football coach successfully leading Port Adelaide and the West Torrens Football Club to a combined six premierships. In 1929 he was described in the Register as "one of the most prominent figures in the game during the past 20 years. Combining exceptional pace with a football brain of rare fertility".
Thomas Joseph Leahy was an Australian rules footballer who played 111 games with North Adelaide and 58 games with West Adelaide in the SAFL.
The 1907 Victorian Football Association season was the 31st season of the Australian rules football competition. The premiership was won by the Williamstown Football Club, after it defeated West Melbourne in the final by eighteen points. It was the first premiership won by Williamstown, in its 24th season of senior competition.
William Harold Oliver was an Australian rules footballer. Harold Oliver was a key player to some of South Australian football's most successful teams. He starred in South Australia's victorious 1911 Australian football championship along with Port Adelaide's 1914 "Invincibles" team. After being close to retiring from the game after World War I, he returned to captain both Port Adelaide to the 1921 SAFL premiership and South Australia in a game against Western Australia. His reputation as an early exponent of the spectacular mark—along with his general skill at playing the game—saw him regarded as one of the best players South Australia has produced.
The 1907 South Australian Football League season was the 31st season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia and the first season under a new name.
The 1908 South Australian Football League season was the 32nd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
The 1909 South Australian Football League season was the 33rd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
The 1921 SAFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Norwood Football Club and the Port Adelaide Football Club, held at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide on 8 October 1921. It was the 23rd annual Grand Final of the South Australian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1921 SAFL season. The match, attended by 34,000 spectators, was won by Port Adelaide by a margin of 8 points, marking the club's ninth premiership victory.
The 1910 SAFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football championship match. Port Adelaide beat Sturt 60 to 41 to claim the 1910 SAFL season premiership.
The 1907 SAFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Norwood Football Club and the Port Adelaide Football Club, held at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide on the 21 September 1907. It was the 12th annual Grand Final of the South Australian Football League, staged to determine the premiers for the 1907 SAFL season. The match, attended by 25,000 spectators, was won by Norwood by a margin of 28 points, marking the clubs fourteenth premiership victory.
The history of Port Adelaide Football Club dates back to its founding on 12 May 1870. Since the club's first game on 24 May 1870, it has won 36 SANFL premierships, including six in a row. The club also won this competition on a record four occasions.
The 1923 SAFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Norwood Football Club and the North Adelaide Football Club, held at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide on the 29 September 1922.
The 1924 SAFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the West Torrens Football Club and the Sturt Football Club, held at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide on the 28 September 1924.
The 1925 SAFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Norwood Football Club and the West Torrens Football Club, held at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide on the 26 September 1925.
The 1926 SAFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Sturt Football Club and the North Adelaide Football Club, held at the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide on the 26 October 1926.
The Port Adelaide v South Australia (1914) exhibition match played between Port Adelaide and the South Australian state team was an Australian rules football match played at the Jubilee Oval on 14 October 1914. The match saw one of seven South Australian Football League (SAFL) clubs in Port Adelaide take on a composite team of players from the remaining 6 clubs. Port Adelaide won the match by 58 points.
