1912 SAFL season

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1912 premiership season
West Adelaide 1912 premiers.jpg
36th SAFL season
Pictured above is the 1912 SAFL premiers West Adelaide.
Teams7
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 played46
Highest28,500 (Grand Final, West Adelaide vs. Port Adelaide)
  1911
1913  

The 1912 South Australian Football League season was the 36th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Contents

Ladder

1912 SAFL Ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPA %PTS
1 Port Adelaide 12120086842367.2324
2 West Adelaide (P)1275063257252.4914
3 West Torrens 1275061165848.1514
4 Sturt 1257048258945.0010
5 South Adelaide 1248055361347.438
6 Norwood 1248060776244.348
7 North Adelaide 1239055569144.546
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers [1]

1912 SAFL Finals

Grand Final

1912 SAFL Grand Final
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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References

  1. "Australian Football – SANFL Season 1912". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 January 2015.