1948 SANFL season | |
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Teams | 8 |
Premiers | Norwood 21st premiership |
Minor premiers | Norwood 13th minor premiership |
Magarey Medallist | Ron Phillips North Adelaide |
Ken Farmer Medallist | Colin Churchett Glenelg (88 Goals) |
Attendance | |
Matches played | 72 |
Total attendance | 598,902 (8,318 per match) |
Highest | 48,755 (Grand Final, Norwood vs. West Torrens) |
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TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | PTS | ||||
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1 | Norwood (P) | 17 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1762 | 1343 | 56.75 | 28 | |||
2 | West Torrens | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 1814 | 1463 | 55.36 | 26 | |||
3 | West Adelaide | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1867 | 1644 | 53.18 | 22 | |||
4 | Sturt | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 1516 | 1363 | 52.66 | 20 | |||
5 | North Adelaide | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1588 | 1395 | 53.22 | 16 | |||
6 | Glenelg | 17 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1622 | 1734 | 48.33 | 16 | |||
7 | Port Adelaide | 17 | 4 | 13 | 0 | 1364 | 1581 | 46.32 | 8 | |||
8 | South Adelaide | 17 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 1201 | 2211 | 35.20 | 0 | |||
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | [1] |
1948 SANFL Grand Final | |||||
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Saturday, 2 October | Norwood | def. | West Torrens | Adelaide Oval (crowd: 48,755) | |
5.4 (34) 5.6 (36) 9.14 (68) 15.16 (106) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 1.4 (10) 3.9 (27) 4.9 (33) 6.13 (49) | |||
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