1912 premiership season | |
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![]() 36th SAFL season Pictured above is the 1912 SAFL premiers West Adelaide. | |
Teams | 7 |
Premiers | West Adelaide 4th premiership |
Minor premiers | Port Adelaide 9th minor premiership |
Magarey Medallist | Dave Low West Torrens |
Leading goalkicker | Frank Hansen Port Adelaide (37 goals) |
Matches played | 46 |
Highest | 28,500 (Grand Final, West Adelaide vs. Port Adelaide) |
The 1912 South Australian Football League season was the 36th 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 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 868 | 423 | 67.23 | 24 | |||
2 | West Adelaide (P) | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 632 | 572 | 52.49 | 14 | |||
3 | West Torrens | 12 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 611 | 658 | 48.15 | 14 | |||
4 | Sturt | 12 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 482 | 589 | 45.00 | 10 | |||
5 | South Adelaide | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 553 | 613 | 47.43 | 8 | |||
6 | Norwood | 12 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 607 | 762 | 44.34 | 8 | |||
7 | North Adelaide | 12 | 3 | 9 | 0 | 555 | 691 | 44.54 | 6 | |||
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | [1] |
1912 SAFL Grand Final | |||||
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Monday, 28 October | West Adelaide | def. | Port Adelaide | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 28,500) | |
0.1 (1) 3.2 (20) 5.4 (34) 6.10 (46) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 2.1 (13) 2.1 (13) 4.2 (26) 5.2 (32) | |||
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