1923 SAFL premiership season | |
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![]() 43rd SAFL season Pictured above is the 1923 Norwood premiership team. | |
Teams | 8 |
Premiers | Norwood 16th premiership |
Minor premiers | Norwood 6th minor premiership |
Magarey Medallist | Horrie Riley Sturt |
Leading goalkicker | Percy Lewis North Adelaide (58 Goals) |
Matches played | 59 |
Highest | 37,000 (Grand Final, Norwood vs. Sturt) |
The 1923 South Australian Football League season was the 44th 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 | Norwood (P) | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 1000 | 801 | 55.52 | 23 | |||
2 | Sturt | 14 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1031 | 757 | 57.66 | 20 | |||
3 | South Adelaide | 14 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1002 | 871 | 53.50 | 18 | |||
4 | North Adelaide | 14 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 905 | 785 | 53.55 | 15 | |||
5 | West Torrens | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 960 | 967 | 49.82 | 14 | |||
6 | West Adelaide | 14 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 782 | 844 | 48.09 | 12 | |||
7 | Port Adelaide | 14 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 911 | 918 | 49.81 | 10 | |||
8 | Glenelg | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 594 | 1242 | 32.35 | 0 | |||
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | [1] |
1923 SAFL Grand Final | |||||
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Saturday, 29 September | Norwood | def. | North Adelaide | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 37,000) | |
4.3 (27) 6.8 (44) 7.9 (51) 9.12 (66) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 2.1 (13) 4.1 (25) 5.1 (31) 6.4 (40) | |||
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