1943 SANFL season

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1943 SANFL season
Teams4
Premiers Norwood/North Adelaide
Highest attendance36,400 (Grand Final,Norwood/North Adelaide vs. Port Adelaide/West Torrens)
  1942
1944  

The 1942 South Australian National Football League season was the second of three war-interrupted seasons. [1] [2]

Ladder

1943 SANFL Ladder
TEAM
1 Norwood / North Adelaide
2 Port Adelaide / West Torrens
3 West Adelaide / Glenelg
4 Sturt / South Adelaide
[3] Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers

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References

  1. "Norwood-North Celebrates Premiership Success". The Advertiser . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 28 October 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  2. "LEAGUE FOOTBALL". The Chronicle . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 7 October 1943. p. 8. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  3. "FOOTBALL STANDARD BELOW 1942". The Mail . Adelaide: National Library of Australia. 9 October 1943. p. 6. Retrieved 8 January 2015.