1953 SANFL season

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1953 SANFL season
Teams8
Premiers West Torrens
4th premiership
Minor premiers Port Adelaide
23rd minor premiership
Magarey Medallist Jim Deane
South Adelaide (26 votes)
Ken Farmer Medallist Max Mayo
Norwood (78 Goals)
Attendance
Matches played76
Total attendance738,703 (9,720 per match)
Highest42,949 (Grand Final, West Torrens vs. Port Adelaide)
  1952
1954  

The 1953 South Australian National Football League season was the 74th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Contents

Ladder

1953 SANFL Ladder
TEAMPWLDPFPA %PTS
1 Port Adelaide 1815301669116158.9830
2 West Torrens (P)1815301822130558.2730
3 Norwood 1810801609149751.8020
4 Glenelg 189901701155252.2918
5 North Adelaide 1881001465151849.1116
6 West Adelaide 1851301372154647.0210
7 Sturt 1851301505188544.4010
8 South Adelaide 1851301170184938.7510
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers [1]

Finals Series

Grand Final

1953 SANFL Grand Final
Sunday 6 October (2:10 pm) West Torrens def. Port Adelaide Adelaide Oval (crowd: 42,949)
3.3 (21)
6.8 (44)
7.10 (52)
 9.13 (67)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
4.3 (27)
6.7 (43)
8.10 (58)
 8.12 (60)
Jack Oatey Medallist:
Bradford, L. Head, Willis 2
Cockshell, R.Hank, Pyatt 1
Goals2 W. Dittmar, G. Motley, F. Williams
1 Hayes, Jaggard
Clingly, Cockshell, Coverlid, Prior, Pyatt, Bradford, L. Head BestClift, G. Motley, Parham, Russell, Jaggard, Boyd

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References

  1. "Australian Football – SANFL Season 1953". Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 11 January 2015.