1919 SAFL season

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1919 SAFL premiership season
Sturt 1919 premiers.jpg
39th SAFL season
Pictured above is the 1919 Sturt premiership team.
Teams7
Premiers Sturt
(2nd premiership)
Minor premiers Sturt
(2nd minor premiership)
Matches played48
Highest attendance35,000 (Grand Final Replay, Sturt vs. North Adelaide)
Leading goalkickerLen Lackman
Port Adelaide (26 goals)
Magarey Medallist Dan Moriarty
South Adelaide
1920  

The 1919 South Australian Football League season was the 40th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Contents

The Grand Final of the 1919 SAFL season ended in a draw between Sturt and North Adelaide. The Grand Final Replay was won by Sturt in what is currently the last drawn SANFL Grand Final.

Ladder

1919 SAFL Ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPA %PTS
1 Sturt (P)12102077156357.8020
2 West Torrens 1293069256954.8818
3 North Adelaide 1275061047156.4314
4 Port Adelaide 1265169354456.0213
5 South Adelaide 1247160567147.419
6 West Adelaide 1248059585441.068
7 Norwood 12111055885239.522
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers [1]

Finals series

Grand Final

1919 SAFL Grand Final
Wednesday, 8 October Sturt def. North Adelaide Adelaide Oval (crowd: 35,000)
0.2 (2)
0.3 (3)
0.4 (4)
 3.5 (23)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
0.3 (3)
1.4 (10)
2.6 (18)
 2.6 (18)

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References

  1. "Australian Football – SANFL Season 1919". Archived from the original on 5 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.