1947 SANFL season

1947 SANFL season
Teams	8
Premiers	West Adelaide 6th premiership
Minor premiers	Norwood 12th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist	Bob Hank West Torrens (26 votes) [1]
Ken Farmer Medallist	Bob McLean Port Adelaide (80 goals)
Matches played	72
Highest	32,631 (Grand Final, West Adelaide vs. Norwood)
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The 1947 South Australian National Football League season was the 68th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Ladder

1947 SANFL Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
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

Source: ^[2]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals series

Grand Final

Main article: 1947 SANFL Grand Final

	1947 SANFL Grand Final
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)

References

1. "Magarey Medal To Bob Hank". The Advertiser . Adelaide. 9 September 1947. p. 10. Retrieved 20 December 2014– via National Library of Australia.
2. "Australian Football - SANFL Season 1947". Archived from the original on 11 January 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.

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