1952 SANFL season

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1952 SANFL season
Teams8
Premiers North Adelaide
8th premiership
Minor premiers North Adelaide
7th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist Len Fitzgerald
Sturt (25 votes)
Ken Farmer Medallist John Willis
West Torrens (85 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played72
Total attendance724,460 (10,062 per match)
Highest50,105 (Grand Final, North Adelaide vs. Norwood)
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The 1952 South Australian National Football League season was the 73rd season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Contents

Minor Round

Round 1

Round 1
Friday, 25 April (2:10pm) Port Adelaide 11.12 (88)def. Glenelg 7.3 (45) Adelaide Oval (crowd: 27,000) [1]
Saturday, 26 April (2:10pm) West Adelaide 15.12 (102)def. South Adelaide 7.10 (52) Kensington Oval (crowd: 2,000) [2]
Saturday, 26 April (2:10pm) West Torrens 17.4 (106)def. North Adelaide 11.18 (84) Thebarton Oval (crowd: 9,500) [3]
Saturday, 26 April (2:10pm) Sturt 9.11 (65)def. by Norwood 23.13 (151) Unley Oval (crowd: 9,500) [4]

Ladder

1952 SANFL Ladder
PosTeamPldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 North Adelaide (P)1714301525117956.4028
2 Port Adelaide 171340142395759.7926
3 West Torrens 1711601622131655.2122
4 Norwood 1710701519134053.1320
5 Glenelg 1761101387146048.7212
6 West Adelaide 1761101161130447.1012
7 South Adelaide 1751201093165239.8210
8 Sturt 1731401156167840.796
Source: [5]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

Grand Final

1952 SANFL Grand Final
Saturday 4 October
(2:10 pm)		 North Adelaide def. Norwood Adelaide Oval (crowd: 50,105) Report
3.1 (19)
11.3 (64)
17.10 (112)
23.15 (153)		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final		2.0 (12)
3.4 (22)
5.5 (35)
6.9 (45)

References

  1. ↑ "Teamwork Gives Port Easy Win". The Advertiser . Adelaide. 26 April 1952. p. 12. Retrieved 12 November 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  2. ↑ "Round the Pickets". The Advertiser . Adelaide. 28 April 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 13 November 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Round the Pickets". The Advertiser . Adelaide. 28 April 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 13 November 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "Round the Pickets". The Advertiser . Adelaide. 28 April 1952. p. 5. Retrieved 13 November 2015– via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Australian Football – SANFL Season 1952". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
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