1928 SANFL season

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1928 SANFL season
Port Adelaide Football Club team photo 1928.jpg
48th SAFL season
Pictured above is the Port Adelaide premiership team.
Teams8
Premiers Port Adelaide
10th premiership
Minor premiers Port Adelaide
14th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist Jim Handby
Glenelg
Ken Farmer Medallist Jack Owens
Glenelg (83 Goals)
Matches played72
Highest35,700 (Grand Final, Port Adelaide vs. Norwood)
  1927
1929  

The 1928 South Australian National Football League season was the 49th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

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Ladder

1928 SANFL Ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Port Adelaide (P)1714301487125154.3128
2 West Adelaide 1713401694122857.9726
3 Norwood 1710701323125851.2620
4 North Adelaide 179711355136849.7619
5 West Torrens 177821184123548.9516
6 Sturt 176921294144247.3014
7 Glenelg 1741301397165245.828
8 South Adelaide 1721411257155744.675
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals series

Grand Final

1928 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday, 6 October Port Adelaide def. Norwood Adelaide Oval (crowd: 35,700)
5.5
7.8
10.10
 15.14 (104)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
3.2
4.7
5.9
 7.14 (56)

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References

  1. "Australian Football – SAFL Season 1928". Archived from the original on 12 January 2015. Retrieved 7 January 2015.