1914 SAFL season

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1914 SAFL premiership season
PortAdelaide1914.jpg
37th SAFL season
Pictured above is the 1914 Port Adelaide premiership team.
Teams7
Premiers Port Adelaide
(8th premiership)
Minor premiers Port Adelaide
(11th minor premiership)
Matches played45
Highest attendance15,000 (Round 6, Port Adelaide vs. North Adelaide)
Leading goalkickerJack Dunn
Port Adelaide (33 goals)
Magarey Medallist Jack Ashley
Port Adelaide
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The 1914 South Australian Football League season was the 38th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Contents

The season opened on 2 May with a match between South Adelaide and Port Adelaide, and concluded on 19 September with the Grand Final, in which minor premiers Port Adelaide went on to win its eighth premiership, defeating North Adelaide by 79 points. [1]

West Torrens and Sturt also made the top four teams and participated in the finals series. West Adelaide, South Adelaide and Norwood all missed the top four.

The 1914 South Australian Football League season is the only time in SAFA/SAFL/SANFL history a team has gone through the entire season winning every game. In addition to going undefeated during the SAFL season, Port Adelaide beat a composite team of all the other SAFL sides and the Carlton Football Club in the Champions of Australia match played at Adelaide Oval.

1914 SAFL Minor Rounds

Round 1

Round 1
Saturday, 2 May South Adelaide 7.8 (50)def. by Port Adelaide 10.13 (73) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 10,500) [2]
Saturday, 2 May Norwood 8.14 (62)def. West Adelaide 6.7 (43) Norwood Oval (crowd: 5,000) [2]
Saturday, 2 May Sturt 9.4 (58)def. North Adelaide 6.8 (44) Unley Oval
Bye: West Torrens

Round 2

Round 2
Saturday, 9 May North Adelaide 9.9 (63)def. West Adelaide 8.9 (57) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 7,300) [3]
Monday, 11 May Norwood 11.12 (78)def. West Torrens 4.9 (33) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 12,000) [4]
Monday, 11 May Sturt 8.11 (59)def. South Adelaide 8.9 (57) Unley Oval
Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 3

Round 3
Saturday, 16 May North Adelaide 11.15 (81)def. South Adelaide 8.6 (54) Adelaide Oval
Saturday, 16 May West Torrens 9.8 (62)drew with West Adelaide 8.14 (62) Hindmarsh Oval (crowd: 5,000) [5]
Saturday, 16 May Port Adelaide 14.16 (100)def. Sturt 4.5 (29) Alberton Oval (crowd: 5,000) [6]
Bye: Norwood

Round 4

Round 4
Saturday, 23 May South Adelaide 4.7 (31)def. by West Adelaide 4.10 (34) Adelaide Oval
Saturday, 23 May Port Adelaide 13.11 (89)def. West Torrens 2.9 (21) Alberton Oval
Saturday, 23 May Norwood 5.7 (37)def. by Sturt 5.15 (45) Norwood Oval (crowd: 7,000) [7]
Bye: North Adelaide

Round 5

Round 5
Saturday, 30 May North Adelaide 8.12 (60)def. West Torrens 8.8 (56) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 4,200) [8]
Saturday, 30 May Norwood 8.5 (53)def. by Port Adelaide 13.13 (91) Norwood Oval (crowd: 9,000) [8]
Saturday, 30 May Sturt 7.7 (49)def. by West Adelaide 8.11 (59) Unley Oval
Bye: South Adelaide

Round 6

Round 6
Saturday, 6 June South Adelaide 7.15 (57)def. Norwood 5.11 (41) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 7,000) [9]
Saturday, 6 June West Torrens 11.11 (77)def. by Sturt 13.5 (83) Hindmarsh Oval
Monday, 8 June North Adelaide 6.19 (46)def. by Port Adelaide 11.8 (74) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 15,000) [10]
Bye: West Adelaide

Round 7

Round 7
Saturday, 13 June North Adelaide 7.17 (59)def. Norwood 8.9 (57) Adelaide Oval
Saturday, 13 June Port Adelaide 14.21 (105)def. West Adelaide 4.6 (30) Alberton Oval (crowd: 5,000) [11]
Saturday, 13 June South Adelaide 10.8 (68)def. West Torrens 7.11 (53) Jubilee Oval
Bye: Sturt

Round 8

Round 8
Saturday, 20 JuneNorth Adelaide 9.10 (64)def. by Sturt 10.11 (71) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 6,500) [12]
Saturday, 20 June Port Adelaide 9.15 (69)def. South Adelaide 5.7 (37) Alberton Oval (crowd: 5,500) [12]
Saturday, 20 June West Adelaide 8.19 (67)def. Norwood 8.9 (57) Jubilee Oval (crowd: 3,000) [12]
Bye: West Torrens

Round 9

Round 9
Saturday, 27 June Port Adelaide 11.15 (81)def. West Torrens 9.5 (59) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 8,500) [13]
Monday, 29 June South Adelaide 11.10 (76)def. West Adelaide 5.7 (37) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 10,200) [14]
Monday, 29 June Sturt 10.9 (69)def. Norwood 6.3 (39) Unley Oval (crowd: 6,000) [14]
Bye: North Adelaide

Round 10

Round 10
Saturday, 4 July North Adelaide 8.16 (64)def. West Adelaide 8.7 (55) Adelaide Oval
Saturday, 4 July West Torrens 13.9 (87)def. Norwood 9.12 (66) Hindmarsh Oval (crowd: 5,000) [15]
Saturday, 4 July South Adelaide 11.6 (72)def. Sturt 10.11 (71) Jubilee Oval (crowd: 6,500) [16]
Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 11

Round 11
Saturday, 11 July North Adelaide 12.9 (81)def. South Adelaide 12.8 (80) Jubilee Oval (crowd: 4,000) [17]
Saturday, 11 July Sturt 6.5 (41)def. by Port Adelaide 13.10 (88) Unley Oval
Tuesday, 14 July West Adelaide 6.15 (51)def. by West Torrens 9.8 (62) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 6,000) [17]
Bye: Norwood
  • After half time at Unley Oval Port Adelaide kicked 65 points to Sturt's 2. [18]

Round 12

Round 12
Saturday, 18 July Port Adelaide 19.17 (131)def. Norwood 7.8 (50) Alberton Oval (crowd: 4,500) [19]
Saturday, 18 July West Torrens 8.21 (69)def. North Adelaide 6.15 (51) Hindmarsh Oval (crowd: 5,000) [20]
Saturday, 18 July West Adelaide 13.13 (91)def. Sturt 5.19 (49) Jubilee Oval
Bye: South Adelaide

Round 13

Round 13
Saturday, 22 August North Adelaide 8.11 (59)def. by Port Adelaide 11.14 (80) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 9,000) [21]
Saturday, 22 August Norwood 8.10 (58)def. South Adelaide 8.6 (54) Norwood Oval
Saturday, 22 August Sturt 5.11 (41)def. by West Torrens 10.11 (71) Unley Oval
Bye: West Adelaide

Round 14

Round 14
Saturday, 29 August West Adelaide 5.5 (35)def. by Port Adelaide 12.15 (87) Adelaide Oval
Saturday, 29 August West Torrens 10.5 (65)def. South Adelaide 7.14 (56) Hindmarsh Oval
Saturday, 29 August Norwood 8.10 (58)def. North Adelaide 7.9 (51) Norwood Oval (crowd: 2,000) [22]
Bye: Sturt

Ladder

1914 SAFL Ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPA %PTS
1 Port Adelaide (P)121200106851067.6824
2 North Adelaide 1266072376948.4612
3 Sturt 1266066579945.4212
4 West Torrens 1256171578647.6311
5 West Adelaide 1247162176744.749
6 South Adelaide 1248069272248.948
7 Norwood 1248065678745.468
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers [23]

Win/Loss table

ColourSymbolResult
Green+Win
Red-Loss
BlueN/ADraw

Bold – Home game
X – Bye
Opponent for round listed above margin

Team1234567891011121314F1F2GF
Port Adelaide SthA
23		XStu
71		WT
68		Nor
38		NthA
28		WstA
75		SthA
32		WT
22		XStu
47		Nor
81		NthA
21		WstA
52		Stu
54		XNthA
79
North Adelaide Stu
14		WstA
6		SthA
27		XWT
4		Port
28		Nor
2		Stu
7		XWstA
9		SthA
1		WT
18		Port
21		Nor
7		XWT
9		Port
79
Sturt NthA
14		SthA
2		Port
71		Nor
8		WstA
10		WT
6		XNthA
7		Nor
30		SthA
1		Port
47		WstA
42		WT
30		XPort
54
West Torrens XNor
45		WstA
0		Port
68		NthA
4		Stu
6		SthA
15		XPort
22		Nor
21		WstA
11		NthA
18		Stu
30		SthA
9		XNthA
9
West Adelaide Nor
19		NthA
6		WT
0		SthA
3		Stu
10		XPort
75		Nor
10		SthA
39		NthA
9		WT
11		Stu
42		XPort
52
South Adelaide Port
23		Stu
2		NthA
27		WstA
3		XNor
16		WT
15		Port
32		WstA
39		Stu
1		NthA
1		XNor
4		WT
9
Norwood WstA
19		WT
45		XStu
8		Port
38		SthA
16		NthA
2		WstA
10		Stu
30		WT
21		XPort
81		SthA
4		NthA
7
Team1234567891011121314F1F2GF

1914 SAFL Finals

Week 1

Semi Final
Saturday, 5 September Port Adelaide 12.17 (89)def. Sturt 5.5 (35) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 8,000) [24]

Week 2

Qualifying Finals
Saturday, 12 September North Adelaide 5.10 (40)def. West Torrens 3.13 (31) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 8,000) [25]

Week 3 (1914 SAFL Grand Final)

Grand Final
Saturday, 19 September Port Adelaide def. North Adelaide Adelaide Oval (crowd: 11,000) Report
2.1 (13)
5.7 (37)
7.8 (50)
 13.15 (93)		Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final		0.3 (3)
0.4 (4)
0.8 (8)
 1.8 (14)
Congear 4
Chaplin 3
Drummond, Andersen 2
Dunn, McFarlane 1		Goals1 Thomas
Congear, Chaplin, Watson, Magor, Drummond, Andersen, Londrigan, Boon, Pope, Oliver, RobertsonBestSecombe, Klose, Lewis, O'Brien, Pratten, Thomas, Wainwright, Russell, Trescowthick, Murch

Awards

Best and fairest

ClubPlayer
North Adelaide Tom Leahy
Norwood Sidney White
Port Adelaide Jack Ashley
South Adelaide —
Sturt William Mayman
West Adelaide —
West Torrens Stan Patten

Club leadership

ClubCoachCaptain(s)
North Adelaide -Johns, EEB
Norwood Algy Millhouse Algy Millhouse
Port Adelaide Jack Londrigan Jack Londrigan
South Adelaide Jack Tredrea Bert Renfry
Sturt William MaymanWilliam Mayman
West Adelaide Joseph Dailey
West Torrens Stewart GeddesWilliam Hutton

Post-season

1914 Championship of Australia

1914 Championship of Australia
Wednesday, 3 October Port Adelaide 9.16 (70)def. Carlton 5.6 (36) Adelaide Oval

1914 SAFL Combined State Game

South Australia vs. Port Adelaide
Wednesday, 14 October South Australia 5.10 (40)def. by Port Adelaide 14.14 (98) Jubilee Oval [26]

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