1947 SANFL season | |
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Teams | 8 |
Premiers | West Adelaide (6th premiership) |
Minor premiers | Norwood (12th minor premiership) |
Matches played | 72 |
Highest attendance | 32,631 (Grand Final, West Adelaide vs. Norwood) |
Ken Farmer Medallist | Bob McLean Port Adelaide (80 goals) |
Magarey Medallist | Bob Hank West Torrens (26 votes) [1] |
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TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | PTS | ||||
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1 | Norwood | 17 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 1916 | 1402 | 57.75 | 30 | |||
2 | Port Adelaide | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1642 | 1252 | 56.74 | 28 | |||
3 | Sturt | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1638 | 1438 | 53.25 | 20 | |||
4 | West Adelaide (P) | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1733 | 1523 | 53.22 | 20 | |||
5 | West Torrens | 17 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1448 | 1432 | 50.28 | 18 | |||
6 | North Adelaide | 17 | 5 | 12 | 0 | 1481 | 1717 | 46.31 | 10 | |||
7 | Glenelg | 17 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 1427 | 1877 | 43.19 | 6 | |||
8 | South Adelaide | 17 | 2 | 15 | 0 | 1277 | 1921 | 39.93 | 4 | |||
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | [2] |
1947 SANFL Grand Final | |||||
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Saturday, 4 October | West Adelaide | def. | Norwood | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 32,631) | |
2.5 (17) 5.6 (36) 7.12 (54) 10.15 (75) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 0.4 (4) 2.10 (22) 4.12 (36) 5.15 (45) | |||
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