1953 SANFL season | |
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Teams | 8 |
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 played | 76 |
Total attendance | 738,703 (9,720 per match) |
Highest | 42,949 (Grand Final, West Torrens vs. Port Adelaide) |
The 1953 South Australian National Football League season was the 74th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.
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TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | PTS | ||||
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1 | Port Adelaide | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1669 | 1161 | 58.98 | 30 | |||
2 | West Torrens (P) | 18 | 15 | 3 | 0 | 1822 | 1305 | 58.27 | 30 | |||
3 | Norwood | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 1609 | 1497 | 51.80 | 20 | |||
4 | Glenelg | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 1701 | 1552 | 52.29 | 18 | |||
5 | North Adelaide | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 1465 | 1518 | 49.11 | 16 | |||
6 | West Adelaide | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1372 | 1546 | 47.02 | 10 | |||
7 | Sturt | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1505 | 1885 | 44.40 | 10 | |||
8 | South Adelaide | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 1170 | 1849 | 38.75 | 10 | |||
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers | [1] |
1953 SANFL Grand Final | |||||
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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 | Goals | 2 W. Dittmar, G. Motley, F. Williams 1 Hayes, Jaggard | |||
Clingly, Cockshell, Coverlid, Prior, Pyatt, Bradford, L. Head | Best | Clift, G. Motley, Parham, Russell, Jaggard, Boyd | |||
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